biofuels

Finland's comprehensive "green highway" proposal will likely set a world standard for efficient, renewable energy travel.

BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico garnered front page headlines again this week as debate over the amount of oil still floating in the Gulf heated up. 

Here are the Top 10 Renewable Energy News Stories You May Have Missed This Week:

So what’s up with the biofuels sector? Two biofuels companies last week filed unpriced initial public offerings (IPOs) with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a third did the same earlier this summer. A fourth biofuels company completed an IPO in April 2010. 

This is part II of a three part interview with Catherine Dunwoody, executive director of the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP). Here Catherine talks about retail-ready stations, bringing Dr. Andreas Truckenbrodt on board, and CaFCP's four partnership categories.

Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (PINK: SUZBY), a Brazilian pulp and paper product maker founded with the goal of becoming the leader in the global wood pellets market, plans to sink US$1.3 billion into the formation of a renewable energy unit to help reach that objective.

Well, well, well.  Once again, here we stand on the eve of another journey.

But first a little prelude, if I may.

Hundreds of companies are pursuing different technologies and strategies they believe will yield a winning next-generation biofuel.  To increase its odds of backing a winner, Khosla Ventures has made no less than nine investments in this sector.

While the ethanol subsidy debate rages in Washington, D.C., the big oil and chemical companies continue their small experiments into next-generation biofuels. 

The politics of biofuel subsidies are on full boil in Washington, D.C.

Happy Friday.  If your week has been anything like mine, it's been hectic, busy, and at times, overwhelming.  With that in mind, I am not going to hold you up with a long introduction today.