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Willie Nelson to appear at Salem biodiesel plant (KMTR Eugene)

Singer Willie Nelson plans to speak in Salem at the opening of the expansion of a local biodiesel plant. Nelson is a longtime advocate of the alternative fuel.

West Lafayette, Indiana August 27, 2008 Identifying the corn genes involved with plant cell wall generation and ... (SeedQuest)

researchers. Nick Carpita and Maureen McCann will study genes involved in the formation of cell walls in the group of plants known as grasses, which includes corn. The goal is to find ways to produce more biomass containing more sugars that can be efficiently processed into biofuel.

Flowserve, Linde to develop alternative fuel systems in Europe 11:21 AM CT (Dallas Morning News)

Irving-based Flowserve Corp., a provider of fluid motion and control products and services, is forming a joint venture with Linde Group, a gases and engineering company, to develop natural gas and biogas refueling systems to be used at gas stations in Europe.

ND ag secretary defends ethanol, promotes tech (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer says a backlash against ethanol production may be easing as consumers realize the alternative fuel's value and begin doubting arguments that it is to blame for soaring food prices.

Beer-based biofuel, trash brigade help turn convention green (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The Democratic Party is using beer-based biofuel and a recycling brigade guarding trash cans to help ease the environmental impact of its convention in Denver this week.

Biomass Firm Claims Deal (Mountain View Telegraph)

By Laura Nesbitt Mountain View Telegraph David Cohen, president and co-owner of Western Water and Power Production LLC, remains "optimistic" that his plans to build a biomass electricity generating plant near Estancia will succeed.

Austin biomass deal draws new criticism (Austin American-Statesman)

As a $2.3 billion contract for biomass power goes before the Austin City Council today, another Texas-based biomass power company is criticizing Austin for not seeking bids for the contract before striking a deal with Nacogdoches Power LLC.

Salem biodiesel plant expands (Salem Statesman Journal)

Willie Nelson will speak Friday in Salem during the grand opening of a local biodiesel plant's expansion.

SunEthanol collaborates with MBI to scale-up cellulosic bioethanol process (Energy Business Review)

SunEthanol, alternative fuel technology process provider, has announced that it is collaborating with MBI International to scale-up a fermentation method for producing ethanol from non-food agricultural feedstocks.

JDRF Walk (KAMR Amarillo)

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