Algae is one of the most promising components for the development of sustainable biofuels. A current stumbling block for algae as a fuel feedstock is it can be expensive and time-consuming to harvest.

Most people associate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with space exploration, but it turns out the agency develops innovate technologies in other areas, including biofuel development. Who knew?

One company in America’s heartland claims cars can run on trees; this pioneer is KL Energy Corporation (OTC:KLEG), based out of Rapid City, South Dakota.

Decatur, Illinois-based Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM)—popularly known as ADM—has burnished its reputation as an American farming stalwart through its TV and radio ads (and PBS sponsorships) billing itself as the "Supermarket to the World."

Thanks in part to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding, a shift in biofuel production to cellulosic biofuels is underway as both demonstration and commercial-scale power plants are opening or moving closer to completion.

Move over standard 10W-30 motor oil. The next time you head to the garage for an oil change, why not consider pouring a little liquid cow power in your engine?

Jet fuel is responsible for upwards of 40 percent of an airline’s operational costs, making this industry particularly sensitive to volatility in the oil market. 

Foreign energy companies have descended on Ghana, the West African nation that was once the center of the North American slave trade, as it engages in oil exploration and plans start drilling for crude this year, a move its government hopes will help to stamp out poverty.

U.S. President Barack Obama recently announced three actions that the federal government is taking to boost biofuel production in the United States.