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Fractionation processes can improve profitability of ethanol production
Nov 05, 2019 (SPX)
In the conventional dry grind process, corn is mashed and starch is hydrolyzed to produce glucose, which is fermented into ethanol. Coproducts from this process...
Scientists create 'artificial leaf' that turns carbon into fuel
Nov 05, 2019 (SPX)
The new technology, outlined in a paper published in the journal Nature Energy, was inspired by the way plants use energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide i...
The use of sugarcane straw for bioenergy is an opportunity, but there are pros and cons
Oct 30, 2019 (SPX)
The warning comes from researchers affiliated with the University of Sao Paulo's Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ-USP) and the National Biorenewabl...
Greenpeace blocks Total biorefinery that uses palm oil
Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
Environmentalists say palm oil drives deforestation, with vast areas of Southeast Asian rainforest having been logged or set ablaze in recent decades to make wa...
Turning plastic trash into treasure
Oct 25, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers have developed a new method for upcycling abundant, seemingly low-value plastics into high-quality liquid products, such as motor oils, lubricants, ...
Upcycling polyethylene plastic waste into lubricant oils
Oct 25, 2019 (SPX)
Now researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have developed a catalyst that can transform polyethylene - the type of plastic used to make grocery bags and o...
'Artificial leaf' successfully produces clean gas
Oct 23, 2019 (SPX)
The carbon-neutral device sets a new benchmark in the field of solar fuels, after researchers at the University of Cambridge demonstrated that it can directly p...
Biofuels could be made from bacteria that grow in seawater rather than from crude oil
Oct 23, 2019 (SPX)
The Manchester research group, led by Professor Nigel Scrutton, Director of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) and supported by the prestigious US-...
Pearson Fuels partners with World Energy to deliver an advanced E85 Flex Fuel
Oct 23, 2019 (SPX)
Pearson Fuels will blend its Ethanol fuel with World Energy's RN, a co-product from the production of Renewable Diesel (RD) and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)....
New catalyst that can turn carbon dioxide into fuels
Oct 23, 2019 (SPX)
Several recent studies have shown some success in this conversion, but a novel approach from Stanford University engineers yields four times more ethane, propan...
Converting CO2 to valuable resources with the help of nanoparticles
Oct 14, 2019 (SPX)
The team led by Professor Wolfgang Schuhmann from the Center for Electrochemistry in Bochum and Professor Corina Andronescu from the University of Duisburg-Esse...
Flexible biofuel cell that runs on sweat
Oct 14, 2019 (SPX)
This cell is already capable of continuously lighting an LED, opening new avenues for the development of wearable electronics powered by autonomous and environm...
Total loses bid for palm oil tax break
Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)
French legislators in 2018 excluded palm oil from biofuel inputs eligible for tax breaks, which threw a spanner in the financial works for a Total refinery unde...
Finding microbial pillars of the bioenergy community
Sep 23, 2019 (SPX)
In a new study in Nature Communications, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center scientists at Michigan State University have focused on understanding more about ...
Getting plastics, fuels and chemical feedstocks from CO2
Sep 16, 2019 (SPX)
As director of SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, a joint institute of Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelera...
Plant research could benefit wastewater treatment, biofuels and antibiotics
Sep 09, 2019 (SPX)
The researchers used a new DNA sequencing approach to study the genome of Spirodela polyrhiza, one of 37 species of duckweed, which are small, fast-growing aqua...
Fe metabolic engineering method produces butanetriol sustainably from biomass
Sep 09, 2019 (SPX)
The research was conducted by Academic Researcher Takahiro Bamba and Professor Akihiko Kondo (from the Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation), a...
Rice reactor turns greenhouse gas into pure liquid fuel
Sep 05, 2019 (SPX)
The catalytic reactor developed by the Rice University lab of chemical and biomolecular engineer Haotian Wang uses carbon dioxide as its feedstock and, in its l...
Methane-producing microorganism makes a meal of iron
Sep 05, 2019 (SPX)
A new study by Penn State researchers proposes an updated biochemical pathway that explains how the microorganism uses iron to more efficiently capture energy w...
Extracting clean fuel from sunlight
Sep 05, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers at ASU's Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery are exploring new technologies that could pave the way to clean, sustainable energy to he...
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