Biopact: January 2007 Digest

Biopact Blog writes many stories that are relevant to the study of BIOstock, BIOconversion, BIOoutput, and BIOwaste.

Rather than summarize and reprint excerpts from this excellent source of information, a breakdown of each month's most relevant titles is provided in one updated article...

BIOstock...
• A bad habit in the making: using coal to produce biofuels
• Sweet potatoes and the carbohydrate economy
• Nigeria's Ondo state and NNPC sign agreement on cassava ethanol production, release funds
• An in-depth look at biofuels from algae
• panding globally
• Europe's forest growth exceeds wood demand for energy

BIOconversion...
• INDIA: Notes on green energy and sustainability from the 94th Indian Science Congress
• "Radical" biomass use urged to combat coal, carbon trading
• Nigeria's renewables industry to generate 500,000 jobs
• Syngenta and Diversa create partnership to discover enzymes for second-generation biofuels
• European dependence on Russian energy fully exposed, once again
• Indonesia's $12.4bn biofuels plan inaugurated today; CNOOC to invest $5.5bn
• EU unveils energy policy for the 21st century: towards a 'low carbon economy' with renewables
• China releases first-ever report on climate change
• German consortium tests new biomass gasification technology, obtains record hydrogen yield
• "Plants for power in place of nuclear power plants" - International Green Week
• Bush's State of the Union: "twenty in ten", biofuel imports

BIOoutput...
• Green car sales in Sweden seen quadrupling by 2012
• Experts see 2007 as the year of biogas; biomethane as a transport fuel
• The bioeconomy at work: Metabolix to build 50,000 ton per year PHA bioplastics factory
• National survey in the U.S. reveals lack of knowledge about ethanol among consumers
• The bioeconomy at work: bioplastics from plant-based oils
• The bioeconomy at work: protein fibers from wheat gluten, similar to wool
• Green Energy Resources sees ice storm damage wood as biomass supply

BIOwaste...
• Green Energy Resources sees ice storm damage wood as biomass supply

In addition, the final week of the year, BIOpact has written a Looking back on 2006 series of articles summarizing worldwide factors affecting development in the biomass conversion industry by geographic zone:
• Looking back on 2006
• The year in review: Asia
• The year in review: Africa
• The year in review: Latin America