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"As the price of petroleum oil soars, palm oil is increasingly attractive, but the U.S. EPA has ruled that palm oil isn’t good enough to meet federal renewable fuel standards.
The proposed ruling has been called the most important climate change decision of the year. "
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Pongamia is a legume tree with sees containing oils and fatty acids suitable for biodiesel production.
It is now currently being researched by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume
Research as a feedstock for the biodiesel industry.

http://www.cilr.uq.edu.au/UserImages/File/factsheets/Pongamia Binder1.pdf

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Alternative fuels: Difference engine: Meet the meth drinkers | The Economist - http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/03/alternative-fuels

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Camelina Sativa

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National Algae Association Announces that Algae is No Longer a Research Project. Collaborative Commercial Algae Production Testing Is Well Under Way at the new NAA Testing Center - PR11857068 - http://www.prlog.org/11857068-national-algae-association-announces-that-algae-is-no-longer-research-project.html

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This young genius has cracked the oil extraction process as part of a science fair project and now owns a provisional patent for his work. Watch this video on Kare 11 as they document his success!

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Update on my local wild filamentous algae. 
I tried to harvest some local wild algae a week or so ago. My attempt was premature as the algae has not matured enough yet to get much algae.
I find that the old growth that went thru the winter freeze cycle is still there, but is rotting and of no use. 
It has broken loose from the bottom and is floating about the ponds and lakes. It has a thin veneer of bright green new growth on top that is misleading; giving the illusion that the entire matts of algae are harvestable,…

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Hi,
I am interested to know your low cost PBR technology. Can you share some more information on this?
Regards,
Indresh

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I am proposing a new solution to the algae biofuel industry. Using electrical stimulation, I have created biodiesel from algae for $0.96/gallon. Come view this presentation of my project

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REaction will be India's most important renewable energy meet, to be held in Chennai, Jul 26 and 27, 2012.

With the theme being the future of renewable energy - future technologies, future business models and future business opportunities, REaction will focus on actionables. A key component of REaction will be its emphasis on meetings. To this end, we have developed REaction Online, the online community for all REaction delegates to interact with each other even BEFORE the event. This will ensure that the delegates are able to have very productive physical meetings during the event.

REaction 2012 will feature over 20 sessions, among these three unique networking sessions, 3 showcases, 15 speaker sessions and 1 exciting video session.

REaction 2012 will get about 2000 delegates from all over the world, with over 500 large business houses from the Indian corporate sector expected to attend. Also expected are companies from around the world with cutting edge technologies and innovations in renewable energy and cleantech.

If you are interested in knowing the future of renewable energy and would like to meet the experts who are shaping this future, be sure to be at REaction 2012 - Jul 26 & 27, Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India

http://www.eai.in/reaction2012

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