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Information about biofuels and bioenergy in Massachusetts.
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Events
- 14-18 February 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Annual Meeting: "Science and Technology from a Global Perspective". (Themes: science, sustainability, technology). Sessions related to bioenergy include:
- 15 February 2008: World Biofuels Production Potential in the Next Decade (Theme: biofuels production potential, trade). Includes results of the DOE World Biofuels Study.
- 16 February 2008: Food and Fuel - Biofuels, Development, and a Sustainable Bioeconomy. From the abstract: "There need be no food–fuel trade-off, but there are also no guarantees. Producing and using biofuels in a sustainable, global bioeconomy requires delicate policy choices, further scientific and social research, new production technologies, behavior change, marketing systems, and trade regimes that balance environmental, social, and economic costs. Demand for biofuels is already changing land ownership and land use." (Themes: sustainability, technologies, food security)
- 16 February 2008: Biomass-to-Biofuels Conversion - Technical and Policy Perspectives. (Themes: biotechnology, technology, biofuels policy)
- 18 February 2008: Biofuels from Forest-Based Biomass (Themes: forest-based biomass, energy security, economic development, markets)
- 16-20 June 2008, Cambridge: MIT - Liquid Transportation Fuels from Biomass: Technology and Policy Considerations. (Theme: biofuels, biomass, policy)
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Issues
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News
- (Massachusetts governor) Patrick signs biofuels measure, 29 July 2008 by the Boston Globe: "Governor Deval Patrick signed biofuels legislation yesterday that he said will put Massachusetts at the forefront of the clean energy movement."
- "The Clean Energy Biofuels Act will make Massachusetts the first state to exempt cellulosic biofuels from state gas taxes, creating economic incentives for companies while requiring that the fuels meet strict greenhouse gas reduction standards".
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Organizations
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Governmental organizations
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Nongovernmental organizations
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Companies
- GreenFuel Technologies Corp.
- Verenium Corporation
- In May 2008, Verenium Corp. "opened the nation’s first demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Jennings, La. The facility...will use high-tech enzymes to make 1.4 million gallons per year of ethanol from the cellulose in sugar cane bagasse, a waste product." (according to the 4 June 2008 article "The race for nonfood biofuel" from the Christian Science Monitor.)
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Universities
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