Global Energy sells ethanol plant; owner to use as demonstration site for biofuel technology

October 6th, 2009 Colo. company looks to salvage Neb. ethanol plantsLINCOLN, Neb.

September 9th, 2009 Okla. researchers look for cash in the switchgrassARDMORE, Okla. — Watching grass grow is tedious, but researchers in the Oklahoma Panhandle say they'll stare at their switchgrass — all 1,000 acres of it — until they know whether they've found a commercially viable source of biofuel.

September 8th, 2009 ND agency aims to resolve ethanol plant insolvencyBISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota's Public Service Commission plans to seek permission to go ahead with a state insolvency case against an ethanol factory that is under bankruptcy protection from its creditors.

August 21st, 2009 Sector Snap: Ethanol producers slideST. LOUIS — Shares of ethanol producers rose in Monday afternoon trading as oil prices hit a new high for the year after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S.

August 21st, 2009 Putin visits power plant accident site, 26 deadMOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the site of the Siberia power plant accident on Friday, as the confirmed death toll rose to 26, and 49 people remained missing and feared dead. Several bodies were discovered overnight in the destroyed turbine room of the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station in southern Siberia, Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said.

August 18th, 2009 Michigan researchers look at rutabagas for biofuelDETROIT — Researchers at Michigan State University are working to turn the rutabaga into an oil-producing powerhouse that could make the turnip-like vegetable a better source of biofuel than other food crops. The idea is that the rutabaga, which stores oil in its seeds like some other biofuel crops, could be genetically modified to churn out more oil and store it throughout the plant.

August 18th, 2009 CBI unit wins $40 million ethylene plant contractTHE WOODLANDS, Texas — A subsidiary of Chicago Bridge & Iron NV said Tuesday it won a contract worth about $40 million to supply eight heaters to an ethylene plant in Taiwan. The Lummus Technology subsidiary said it won the contract from CTCI Corp.

July 15th, 2009 New Mexico company to develop hydrogen power plantALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico-based energy technology company says it plans to develop what it calls the world's first utility-scale, zero-emissions hydrogen power plant.

June 25th, 2009 EU to help China test carbon captureBRUSSELS — The European Union said Thursday it will give China up to euro50 million ($70 million) to build a carbon capture and storage plant that will test a technology aimed at limiting climate change. The EU's executive commission says the money will help China develop coal-burning power stations that could capture carbon dioxide and bury it underground.

June 24th, 2009 Jatropha tree examined as a biofuel alternativeFORT MYERS, Fla. — What some see as the biofuel of the future starts out as short, thick stems with a few leaves sticking out at sharp angles.

June 23rd, 2009 Coal plant officials attend Cheyenne eventCHEYENNE, Wyo. — Construction of a $100 million research plant to refine and improve technology on turning coal into clean-burning natural gas will start next year with the goal of having the plant up and running by late 2012, officials said.

June 10th, 2009 Shell station sells gas blended with wheat biofuelAMSTERDAM — Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has begun selling gasoline containing 10 percent ethanol derived from wheat straw at a Shell station in Ottawa, Canada. Though there are now thousands of gas stations worldwide that sell gasoline blends containing some ethanol fermented from corn or sugar cane, the Ottawa station is believed to be the first to sell ethanol derived from straw, Shell said.

May 28th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - Former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has urged the government to review its ethanol policy to encourage more sugar producers to start producing biofuel on a commercial scale.

April 28th, 2009 Valero 1Q profit jumps 18 pct but revenues tumbleSAN ANTONIO — Valero Energy reported Tuesday that first-quarter profits rose more than 18 percent, easily beating beat Wall Street expectations as higher refining margins offset weak gasoline demand. The nation's largest independent oil refiner said net income for the January-March period amounted to $309 million, or 59 cents a share, up from the $261 million, or 48 cents per share, it earned a year ago.

January 10th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The two-day fourth Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor Summit starting here Monday is likely to see a record number of investment proposals in renewable energy, particularly in the solar and wind energy segment, a senior state minister said Sunday. 'The state government has received very good response in all four major sectors with several new and key players of the industry expressing their willingness to take advantage of the benefits being offered by Gujarat as the ideal investment destination,' Energy and Petrochemicals Minister Saurabh Patel said.