The Daily Sprout
“Sector Snap: Ethanol Shares Decline”: The USDA estimates that there will be 8 percent less corn planted this year as compared to last year’s record crop. Ethanol stocked dipped following the forecast for higher corn costs – AP via Climateer Investing.
New Thermochemical and Catalytic Processes to Produce Biofuel: Researchers at the University of Iowa are working on converting biomass into syn gas under high heats and then converting the syn gas to ethanol using a catalyst – Science Daily.
UN Begins Bangkok Climate Talks: Delegates from up to 190 countries are meeting this week to discuss the world’s post-Kyoto Protocol climate mitigation strategy – Reuters.
EEStor Capacitors to Power Zenn Car: Looking to get away from chemical batteries, electric car maker Zenn Motor will be using ultracapacitors from EEStor for new cars expected to roll out in the fall of 2009 – Cleantech Media.
Coal Unions Like Clean Coal: The TUC’s Clean Coal Task Group, which represents coal unions and power industry employees in the UK, released a report saying that the British government needs to support clean coal research, urging support for coal plants while carbon capture and storage technology are perfected – Platts.
