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Federal bioenergy lab will give Wisconsin a chance to shine

...l labs are not often plopped down in the middle of corn fields. They are usually located near existing research centers with track records of attracting and managing large grants, and which have experience in working with industry and other academic partners. Because federal labs conduct research aimed ...

Kind approach to leveraging biofuels

...sted long-depressed prices for commodities such as corn and soybeans. While they're also cautious about the side effects of the biofuels revolution, San Joaquin Valley farmers generally recognize a mega-opportunity when it hits them. Biofuels can add value to farming, make better use of agricultural wast...

Doyle urges Legislature to support biofuels program

...energy. Sources of biomass include byproducts from corn and other crops, waste from food and beverage processing, pulp remnants from the paper and lumber industries, and switchgrass and other forest products....

Midwest life science stocks sizzle in a tepid first quarter

...iels Midland, a leader in this area. As overall corn and soybean prices have risen due to their use in biofuels, companies like Monsanto also continue to benefit from this halo effect. Our stock leader, MGI Pharma, has rebounded from last year due to the results of strong sales of its cancer palliati...

Wisconsin can offer what a federal energy research lab needs

...chips, organic sugars, soybeans, solar collectors, corn stover, wind farms, grease, waste from paper mills, and much more. State businesses, architects, and builders are national leaders in planning and constructing green buildings that save energy and money. Wisconsin policymakers and utility company e...

Bio-energy and cleantech grab attention of investors

...mple supplies of raw materials, from wood waste to corn stover; a proven conservation ethic; an increasingly efficient manufacturing sector; and impressive research and development expertise. Here are just a few examples of what Wisconsin companies are doing: Virent Energy Systems in Madison is developi...

UW-Madison dean predicts bio-economy will fuel Wisconsin

...producing biofuels from agricultural products like corn and soybeans, businesses like the Flambeau River Paper Mill near Park Falls will play a role, too. Rapidly, we will see a shift to producing ethanol from other biological material, Jahn said. Cellulosic ethanol represents an exciting possibility f...

Wisconsin will have plenty of competition in building the energy future

..., which scientists believe holds more promise than corn ethanol. Most important, Wisconsin companies are experienced in delivering value-added products to a global market. It's why the growth in Wisconsin exports has exceeded the U.S. average in each of the past three years. Energetic office In his ...

The 10 biggest events shaping biotech in 2006

...rding to BIO , processing just 30 percent of U.S. corn stover into biofuels would reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of 90 to 150 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. Another study by the University of Tennessee showed that producing 25 percent of America's energy from ag...

Corn prices and ethanol: Are the markets flaky - or working as they should?

.... - About eight percent of the weight of a box of corn flakes is corn. Less than five percent of the price of a box of corn flakes represents the cost of the corn - the rest is transportation, packaging, Super Bowl commercia...

Thompson in partnership to build ethanol plant

...lant would use approximately 38 million bushels of corn annually, and Knight said area farmers would benefit from an estimated price increase of 16 cents per bushel of corn....

Wait `till next year OK for baseball, not broadband

...llions of dollars. A nice patchwork of carrots and corn would look good right around the Chrome Bean sculpture. "Pick Your Own" in a neon sign would also give it an interactive feel without breaking the budget, and it would reflect nicely on the Bean. Would you go out and ask someone to operate on you fo...

Glue made from ethanol leftovers might be worth more than fuel

...ed to convert starch. In fact, Weimer adds, both corn and cellulosic biomass must be subjected to costly pretreatment to maximize the ethanol yield. "Our philosophy is a little bit different," Weimer says. "We think that the fermentation residue may actually be more valuable than the ethanol. And it ma...

Wisconsin Rapids to welcome new ethanol plant

...ant would also produce a useful byproduct from the corn it would process, called "distiller grain," that can be used as animal feed. This feed can be shipped to the nearby Town of Armenia in Juneau County where a 5,000-head dairy operation is currently being put in place, as well as many other large dai...

Ethanol producers are at a crossroads

...enefits of being able to secure a steady buyer for corn and development of the local economy will continue...may be in the future. Equity holders who also sell corn to the company might also consider entering long-term supply agreements prior to any sale. Private i...

Madison business receives $115,000 of new state biofuels funding

... that are used to convert starch into sugar in the corn ethanol process, and they also breakdown cellulose...ieve they can improve productivity of the existing corn ethanol process by as much as 10 percent. At C5-6, Biondi will be joined by former Lucigen employe...

State grant explores bio-diesel potential

...rm located in the town of Oregon , specializes in corn and soybean hybrids. The farm has been researching bio-diesel production to offset agricultural fuel costs, and much of the seed-handling equipment in the operation is custom designed to suit the needs of production agriculture....

Last ethanol article you'll ever need to read, Part II

...griculture does have an environmental impact. More corn means a larger dead zone at the mouth of the Missi...act that my farm neighbors can put their harvested corn on a truck, send it to Monroe or Stanley or Friesland, and have it turned into fuel. The fuel isn't ...

Anti-ethanol arguments are easily debunked

...ieve, will improve the productivity of the current corn ethanol process by 10 to 12 percent, and other enz... contains. The energy balance of dry mill produced corn ethanol is approximately 1.4, according to recent studies, meaning you get 40 percent more energy ou...

It's not exactly OPEC, but Midwest states are trading ideas on biofuels

...ss," which includes everything from switchgrass to corn stover, will make a long-term difference in the re...l production could, at some point, divert too much corn from food production and feedstocks, production of cellulose-based ethanol will yield far more energ...

The science is clear: Ethanol yields a net increase in energy

...nia-Berkeley that concluded producing ethanol from corn uses much less petroleum than producing gasoline. ...mation regarding the amount of energy used to grow corn and make ethanol, and the energy output in the form of fuel and corn byproducts. Once those change...

New venture funds should accelerate Virent's work

...rogen, a highly explosive gas. The process takes corn sugar and glycerol from soybean fats and converts it into hydrogen, methane, and propane, and has applications in electricity generation and powering cars and buses. The technology is licensed through the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Contri...

Clinton says world needs biofuels, GM crops, and more answers

...inton said we need a replacement for high fructose corn syrup, an alternative to beet or cane sugar and an ingredient in many processed foods and soda. Though its production is beneficial to farmers, he said it bears responsibility for increasing obesity rates in children because it metabolizes into fat m...

Wisconsin can lead the nation to energy independence

...t pursue home-grown solutions including the use of corn based ethanol, biodiesel, cellulosic ethanol and o...e energy deficit is a myth. Current science shows corn based ethanol contains 1.2 to 1.8 times as much energy as the fossil fuels used in its production an...

State wants to encourage industrial biotechnology

...ral products is ethanol, which can be derived from corn and even more efficiently from switchgrass and other crops, then mixed with petroleum fuel. The Wisconsin Assembly is considering legislation that would require regular gasoline sold in the state to contain 10 percent ethanol. Tom Still: Wisconsin...

Wisconsins promising bio-refining future wont run on ethanol alone

...gesters to harness energy from cow manure; turning corn into clothing that is soft, fast-drying, colorfast, chlorine resistant and resilient; and using genetically engineered plants to produce a variety of plastics, packaging materials and even pharmaceuticals. The combined commercial potential is vast,...

Biotech crops gaining acceptance, but their full promise has yet to be fulfilled

...in in 2004, more than 1.4 million acres of biotech corn and nearly 1.4 million acres of soybeans were planted, making it a national leader in both categories. From cotton to papaya, and from soybeans to cassava, biotechnology is offering hope for millions of people who dont get enough to eat because dro...

Biotech leads list of top U.S. companies to work for

...arge availability of biomass through such crops as corn and soybean. I also commented on the growth of thi...must double by 2012. But U.S. ethanol is made from corn which is about 30 percent more expensive than Brazils ethanol. According to WSJ, Henry Fords first c...

Searle spirit lives on in Chicago as alumni celebrate at former home

...biofuels strategy with another local crop, besides corn and soy, called jatropha which apparently has a higher yield than biodiesel. The Indian government is already planting 1 million acres of this crop. The government is also looking at other plants with higher biodiesel yield. Additionally, Indian Ra...

Midwest is key player for Biofuels industry

... Illinois is one of the top states in the U.S. for corn production, and the Midwest has the highest concentration of both corn and soy production, there is a tremendous amount of biomass available for conversion into biofuels. ...

Wisconsin scientists to be recognized for innovative biofuel technology

...an range from cheese whey to paper mill sludge and corn and wood waste, of which there is plenty. The process uses less energy than other methods, and produces minimal carbon dioxide, which is consumed by plant regrowth the following year. Additionally, a catalyst made of nickel and tin is used instead o...

Winslow Sargeant: Stepping onto the train called Wisconsin - Part 2

...d. My friends told me theres nothing out there but corn and dirt roads. And that all they do out there is cow-tipping. He laughed. Cow-tipping is two myths rolled into one: the first, that cows sleep standing up, and two, that wise guys try to push them over. Sargeant asked a farmwoman if cow-tipping ...

Biofuels surge forward

...ethanol and create another considerable market for corn and, potentially, for field residues corn stalks with little nutritional or commercial value. Ethanol is usually created from corn, an abund...

The worldwide growth of ag biotech

...ducing pesticides by 20.1 million pounds Biotech corn generated additional income of $258 million for farmers while generating yield gains of 4.9 billion Biotech cotton added $413 million in income while reducing pesticide use by 12.9 million pounds China may soon become the number one ag biotech com...

Farm Aid celebrates 20-year journey, heads back to Illinois roots

...ms in Illinois. Illinois is a leader in soybeans, corn and hogs. Illinois also produces buckwheat, horser... billion, dairy products brought in $21.2 billion, corn brought in $18.3 billion, soybeans brought in $15.9 billion and broilers brought in $15.2 billion. ...

Single gene controls key difference between maize and its wild ancestor

...ize -- and part of the answer may lie in a plot of corn on the western edge of Madison, where a hybrid cro...cause the diversity of life to arise on earth? The corn and teosinte model is an excellent system to investigate this question." While Doebley has laborato...

UTEK Corp. acquires Xylose Technologies

...is potential demand, sugars from waste biomass and corn fiber, which have high xylose content, will need to be fermented. The focus of this technology is to develop efficient processes for the conversion of xylose into fuel ethanol and the commodity sweetener xylitol."...

Wisconsins biobased industries could be world leader

... the loop" for ethanol production. Right now, most corn grown in Wisconsin is sent to processing plants in Minnesota and Iowa and returned as biofuel. Doyle's goal is to have five plants operational in-state by 2006, producing 200 million gallons of ethanol fuel. "I want to make sure that when we look ba...

Will tech transfer save Wisconsin's economy?

...newable method to make hydrogen from the sugars in corn and other plants. The hydrogen can then be used in fuel cells as a source of pollution-free electric energy for many uses. Akhtar met with Virent's founders and expressed concern that the company's focus on hydrogen-powered cars was too long-term an...

Governor wants $2 million for biofuels in budget

...onsin, we may not have oil fields, but we have the corn for ethanol, Doyle said in a statement. We have wi...By working off unrecognized resources such as feed corn and wood pulp, the state has a chance to craft a renewable and efficient power source. Still said o...

UW engineers clear bottleneck in hydrogen production

...ydrocarbons - such as ethylene glycol derived from corn - because these fuels generate H2 and CO in nearly equal amounts during catalytic decomposition. The hydrogen could be used directly in a proton-exchange-membrane fuel cell operating at 50 percent efficiency, and the remaining CO could be converted t...

NSF awards Lucigen $250,000

...as well as for production of low-cost ethanol from corn for use in fuels. According to Lucigen vice president Thomas Schoenfeld, the grants will be used to further the develop the commercialization of some enzymes that we discovered and to continue our discovery program. Well continue to fund our high-r...

WisconsinEye gets peripheral vision: Coverage will extend to Wisconsins emerging economy

...tional advertising model. Youll never see boxes of corn flakes sold on the non-profit WisconsinEye. Still, enough sponsors are stepping forward to nurture the vision of veteran journalist Roberts, who may be broadcasting debates on the floor of the Legislature as soon as January. Donors such as the Kohler...