23 October 2011 – The Daily Energy Report
Mike Wolcott, of Washington State University, discusses his universities efforts to make cost effective jet bio-fuel for the transportation sector and why the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance was created.
18 October 2011 – Forest Business Network
In a significant push toward researching practical adoption of biofuel in previously untapped markets, three University of Idaho professors are partnering with the University of Washington and Washington State University in two parallel, five-year $40 million grants to develop jet fuel based on isobutanol.
10 October 2011 – E&E Publishing (republished on NARA)
Major initiatives are under way to assess the feasibility of developing a new industry in the Pacific Northwest — growing and processing woody biofuels for cars, trucks and airplanes.
9 October 2011 – Missoulian
We used to make airplanes out of wood. Now we’re using trees to make jet fuel. The Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance has granted the University of Montana $500,000 for a five-year study of wood-based petrochemical substitutes.
6 October 2011 – UWToday
Students at the University of Washington have teamed up on a startup that promises to turn slash piles of forest refuse into biochar, a crumbly charcoal-like product for farmers that helps their soil hold water and nutrients. Biochar is not technically a fertilizer, but often improves yield for farmers.
5 October 2011 – PHYSORG.com
One aspect of the award in support of NARA that has particular relevance to plant biology is the alliance’s intention to utilize the most recent technologies and scientific approaches to help overcome long-standing issues in using woody biomass for biofuels production.
4 October 2011 – The Daily Evergreen
WSU professors hope to change the scheme of America’s oil consumption with a $40 million grant for jet biofuel research they received last week.
30 September 2011 – The Spokesman-Review
The twin $40 million grants awarded to Washington State University and the University of Washington for biofuels research position the consortiums they lead to take the United States another step, perhaps multiple steps, away from its dependency on oil and natural gas for energy.
30 September 2011 – Penn State Live
A forest products researcher in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences is playing a role in a national effort to gauge the viability of a novel use for wood-based biofuels.
29 September 2011 – The Spokesman-Review
Washington State University is getting a $40 million research grant to produce “green” jet fuel from woody debris in Northwest forests.