Apr

1

Miscanthus Grass May Be Used In Poor Growing Regions

April 1, 2021 | Leave a Comment

An Earlham Institute new study shows theMiscanthus genus of grasses can be grown in lower agricultural grade conditions – such as marginal land – due to their remarkable resilience and photosynthetic capacity at low temperatures. Some grasses are a sustainable energy source that could be a driving force towards achieving net zero carbon emissions, according […]

May

23

Industrial Demo Confirms Efficient Biofuel Production

May 23, 2018 | 1 Comment

Sweden’s Chalmers University researchers have developed new technologies that can be used to convert industrial plants to produce fossil-free heat, electricity, fuel, chemicals and other materials. The technical potential is enormous. By using only Sweden’s currently existing power plants, renewable fuels equivalent to 10 percent of the world’s aviation fuel could be produced. Now, after […]

Jul

4

Biofuel From Waste With a New Zeolite Catalyst

July 4, 2017 | 4 Comments

Technical University of Munich (TUM) researchers have now managed to significantly reduce the temperature and energy requirements of a key step in the biofuel production chemical process with reactions taking place inside zeolite crystals. But fuel from waste material? It is possible. So far, converting organic waste to fuel has not been economically viable. Excessively […]

Oct

20

Super Yeast Doubles Biofuel Production Efficiency

October 20, 2016 | Leave a Comment

University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have found a way to nearly double the efficiency that a commonly used industrial yeast strain converts plant sugars to biofuel. The newly engineered “super yeast” could boost the economics of making ethanol, specialty biofuels and bioproducts. Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been the baker’s and brewer’s yeast of choice for centuries, but […]

Mar

10

Progress In Algae Research

March 10, 2016 | 1 Comment

Its been a long time since we’ve seen any news in the algae field. University of Florida (UF) researchers may have found a protein key to converting algae to fuel. The UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) researchers must starve the algae of nitrogen to draw lipids out of algae. Among the hundreds […]

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