Biofuels

The Madison City Council voted early Wednesday morning to approve an application for federal funds to grow the city's bio-agriculture industry, but held off on committing any of its own dollars yet. After debating a bus fare increase for more than six hours, the council took...

Two of Obama's claims from the SOTU:     "We invented solar technology, but we've fallen behind countries like Germany and Japan in producing it." and     "I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it." After a period of prolonged study and meditation...

Some ethanol plants were announced with a big splash, including a YouTube video featuring former Gov. Tommy Thompson. But now, Wisconsin's ethanol and biodiesel industries face some financial messes. The state's largest ethanol plant, Renew Energy in Jefferson, has filed for bankruptcy. A proposed $195 million plant that...

Taking a chemical approach, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a two-step method to convert the cellulose in raw biomass into a promising biofuel. The process, which is described in the Wednesday, Feb. 11 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society,...

Columnist Michael Rosen states that although there was gloom in the overall VC landscape, one bright spot was the CleanTech, a relative newcomer to the categories of investment. CleanTech includes: alternative energy, pollution and recycling, power supplies, and conservation. In this edition of Yer Biotech...

MILWAUKEE – Governor Doyle announced today that the Charter Street Heating Plant in Madison will be capable of burning 100% biomass thanks to a new biomass boiler to be installed at the plant. "Wisconsin has the biomass resources necessary to make bio-based power a real option...

The Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative has a new director, and it's Troy Runge, research director at Kimberly-Clark Corp. Runge, who will assume the WBI helm on May 1, was selected because of his combination of business and scientific experience. In accepting the appointment, Runge said growing...