Xethanol Announces Advanced Biomass Characterization Lab at Virginia Tech

Xethanol and Virginia Tech have expanded their partnership. There is an article here that describes the program.

An update on Range Fuels....

USAToday has a nice article looking at the progress that Range Fuels is making in Georgia. Basically, the company has made it through the permitting process and plans to break ground this summer with full operations beginning sometime next year.

Interesting CNN article on the Renewable Fuels Standard

CNN.com takes a look at the Renewable Fuels Standard and the emphasis on cellulosics in addition to corn.

ORNL-UT Partnership wins a DOE Bioenergy Center

Tennessee’s efforts to be a leader in biofuels research and development took another leap forward as the U.S. Department of Energy announced that the University of Tennessee and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory will manage a new $125 million bioenergy research center.
The center, one of three funded by the DOE's Office of Science from more than 20 proposals, was announced on June 26......[more]. You can visit the new BioEnergy Science Center at http://www.bioenergycenter.org/.

Researchers Appointed Directors for the Tennessee Biofuels Initiative

Drs. Kelly Tiller and Tim Rials of the University of Tennessee's Agricultural Experiment Station have been appointed the directors of the Tennessee Biofuels Initiative. Dr. Tiller will serve as Director of External Operations and Dr. Rials will serve as Director of Research. The full press release is here.