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Oregon group to convert dairy, wood waste to butanol

In Oregon, Diesel Brewing of Salem announced that it will construct a pilot gasification plant that will convert dairy and wood waste into butanol. The company said that it expects to open the pilot facility by the end of the year and produce as much as 30,000 gallons per year in the pilot phase of [...]

Making the Case for Woody Biomass Based Biofuels and Bioenergy: a special Biofuels Digest Report

By Biofuels Digest special correspondent Tim Sklar

Overview
The Pickens Plan and most other plans being promoted for helping the US substantially reduce its dependency on foreign oil, include as part of any solution, an increased use of renewable energy. But the emphasis has been on extensive use wind power and solar power and not on the [...]