BIO FUEL

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Estonia's wood pellet industry stokes controversy
Dec 15, 2021 (AFP)
The subject is particularly sensitive in the tiny Baltic state once ruled by Moscow, whose forests cover more than half the surface area and are very much part ...
Study shows how waste can be converted into materials for advanced industries
Dec 10, 2021 (SPX)
These numbers are from a report published in 2018 by the European Environment Agency. Its statistics are the most recent available and are probably underestimat...
A system that combines solar energy and a chemical reactor to get more from biomass has been designed
Dec 10, 2021 (SPX)
Biological waste contains a large amount of energy, if used properly. This is known as biomass, in other words, plant and other vegetable remains, as well as an...
DARPA transitions synthetic biomanufacturing technologies to support national security objectives
Dec 09, 2021 (SPX)
Divided into two parts - Advanced Tools and Capabilities for Generalizable Platforms (ATCG) and 1000 Molecules - the Living Foundries program succeeded not only...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tuskegee University collaborate on advanced bioderived materials research
Dec 03, 2021 (SPX)
The collaboration combines ORNL's expertise in bioscience, high-performance computing and advanced manufacturing with Tuskegee's focus on biomaterials research ...
Tasmania to be site of Australia's first bioLNG facility
Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)
The agreement will allow the companies to investigate the potential of Optimal's subsidiary, Optimal Renewable Gas (ORG), to build a $55 million, 2.4 terajoules...
DARPA's ReSource Program turns waste into purified products, food
Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)
Performer teams are tasked with developing systems to break down mixed waste, including common plastics, reformulate the waste at the molecular level into strat...
Chemical researchers invent bio-petroleum for sustainable materials
Nov 24, 2021 (SPX)
These renewable liquids could serve as a more sustainable replacement for today's fossil fuels used to make everyday products like plastic containers and bags, ...
Microbes can provide sustainable hydrocarbons for the petrochemical industry
Nov 24, 2021 (SPX)
Making those chemicals biologically is the obvious option, but microbial products are different from fossil fuel hydrocarbons in two key ways: They contain too ...
How sugar-loving microbes could help power future cars
Nov 23, 2021 (SPX)
The project was led by biochemists Zhen Q. Wang at the University at Buffalo and Michelle C. Y. Chang at the University of California, Berkeley. The paper, whic...
Feeding sugar to bacteria may lead to less harmful fuel for cars, trucks
Nov 22, 2021 (UPI)
"Making biofuels from renewable resources like glucose has great potential to advance green energy technology," lead study author Zhen Wang said in a press rele...
Britain's RAF claims world first e-fuel flight
Nov 18, 2021 (AFP)
Group Captain Peter Hackett completed a short flight in an Ikarus C42 microlight aircraft at an airfield in Gloucestershire, western England, earlier this month...
Bioenergy crops better for biodiversity than food-based agriculture
Nov 12, 2021 (SPX)
A team of scientists, from the universities of Southampton, Surrey and California, analysed data from a variety of field-based studies to establish overall tren...
Recycling CO2 to fuel a carbon-neutral future
Nov 12, 2021 (SPX)
CO2 is a key contributor to global warming that can also serve as a raw material for useful hydrocarbons. However, its high chemical stability makes it quite ch...
Converting methane to methanol - with and without water
Nov 11, 2021 (SPX)
"Water is like a trick that people have been using for a long time to get this reaction going-and it definitely helps. It improves the selectivity and it aids t...
Making aircraft fuel from sunlight and air
Nov 08, 2021 (SPX)
Carbon-neutral fuels are crucial for making aviation and maritime transport sustainable. The plant developed in Zurich can be used to produce synthetic liquid f...
Using microbes to make carbon-neutral fuel
Nov 04, 2021 (SPX)
A team of biologists and engineers modified a microbe called Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 (TIE-1) so that it can produce a biofuel using only three renewabl...
Turning plastic grocery bags into sustainable fuel
Nov 04, 2021 (SPX)
Consequently, most plastic waste ends up in either a landfill or the ocean. A significant number of plastics break down into microplastics, which are ingested b...
Oil-rich UAE to burn waste to make power
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
The UAE, one of the world's top oil exporters, is building the Gulf region's first waste-to-power plants to ease its chronic trash problem and, at the same time...
Aircraft can get higher and greener from doped fuels
Nov 03, 2021 (SPX)
Inside the CPPL, researchers watch a bright consistent flame as it dances over wires containing droplets of liquid fuel enriched with nanomaterials. The team is...
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