With talk of recession reverberating around the nation, Gov. Jim Doyle's sixth State of the State address focused on economic development. The governor repeated his calls for capital gains reform and other efforts to stimulate capital formation, and announced additional spending for alternative fuel development. ...
The state of Wisconsin is calling for grant proposals for the construction of a large-scale soybean crushing facility in Wisconsin, one that will contribute to the production of biofuels. The biennial budget signed last year by Gov. Jim Doyle includes $4 million for such projects...
Diminishing oil reserves and the threat of global warming caused by releasing carbon into the atmosphere have researchers searching for a sustainable, carbon-neutral fuel to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. UW-Madison researcher James Dumesic has created a path to such a fuel, and his...
While the U.S. tends to think that all good technologies must come from within its borders, a recent trip to Latin America has convinced columnist Michael Rosen that America can learn from research into Brazilian and and Colombian agriculture. In this edition of Yer Biotech...
BEST Energies and Sanimax Energy have announced they will join forces to bring Wisconsin's second largest biodiesel plant on-line before the end of 2007. BEST Energies is set to open a new 10 million gallon biodiesel plant in Cashton, while Sanimax will market all of...
Midwestern guvs met in Milwaukee last week to work on slashing greenhouse gases, but that will take a healthy business climate, not just putting ink to paper, according to columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, he writes that technology and the markets...
If the California wildfires don't force America to wake up and smell the coffee on proper forest management, something is very wrong, according to columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still places the blame on government policies and zealous environmentalists who confuse...
The new 2007-09 state budget contains much to be encouraged about, but still leaves too much unfinished business, according to columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still identifies the budgetary winners and losers inside and outside of the technology realm. ...
It would appear that a declining number of companies are attracting more venture investment dollars, according to the quarterly investment report released by Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne. Wisconsin was symbolic of that trend, reporting only two deals for a robust total of...
The National Institute for Standards and Technology, a federal technology agency within the United States Department of Commerce, has awarded Virent Energy Systems a $2 million grant to enhance the use of cellulosic biomass as a primary source of fuels and chemicals. The grant will...