fuel crop News
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CoolPlanetBiofuels Gets Series B Funding from Google Ventures
Imagine a world where fuel doesn't have to be pumped, dug out or extracted from the ground, and can be locally sourced. CoolPlanetBiofuels, located in Camarillo, Calif., is developing an innovative solution to address the energy problem and has received funding from Google Ventures to accelerate the development of its technology. CoolPlanetBiofuel's technology converts low-grade biomass — ...
By Cool Planet
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Biofuels from tree seeds
Tree seeds, rather than biomass or fuel crop plants, could represent an abundant source of renewable energy, according to research published in the International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management. The study suggests that seeds from the Indian mahua and sal trees have almost as good a thermal efficiency as biodiesel but would produce lower emissions of carbon monoxide, waste ...
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GE Energy Financial Services Joins North Bridge Venture Partners in Investment in CoolPlanetBiofuels
CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), has joined an $8 million funding round for CoolPlanetBioFuels, a start-up company developing a technology that converts low-grade biomass into high-grade fuel and carbon that can be sequestered. This venture capital investment was led by North Bridge Venture Partners, ...
By Cool Planet
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OriginOil Shows How Algae Can Reduce Biofuel Dependence on Food Crops
OriginOil, Inc. (OTC/BB: OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global algae oil services industry, identified serious dislocations caused by single-crop fuel policies and pointed to algae as a way to help make crops and waste more sustainable, in a presentation at the 6th Annual ...
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