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Study: Reducing energy required to convert CO2 waste into valuable resources

Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)

Conversion of CO2 to chemicals like ethylene for plastics is possible through a process called electrochemical reduction. Typically, a stream of CO2 gas and a f...

Mega-order from Finland for Dutch energy technology

Apr 03, 2019 (SPX)

The initial investment of 25 million euros will be used for the purchase of a single production facility, but the client intends to purchase three more such fac...

OU engineers discover novel role of water in production of renewable fuels

Apr 02, 2019 (SPX)

"Energy and water are interconnected in the production of renewable fuels. On the one hand, energy is needed to extract, purify and distribute water. On the oth...

Tracking sludge flow for better wastewater treatment and more biogas

Apr 02, 2019 (SPX)

Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, demonstrated how the flow behaviour of sludge can be used as a tool to gauge how quickly organic matter ...

Bacteria could become a future source of electricity

Mar 28, 2019 (SPX)

One of society's greatest challenges is to meet the need for renewable and sustainable energy. Interest is growing around one potential such energy source: bact...

UMD-Led researchers' wood-based technology creates electricity from heat

Mar 27, 2019 (SPX)

Led by UMD researchers Liangbing Hu, Robert Briber and Tian Li of the department of materials science, and Siddhartha Das of mechanical engineering, the team tr...

Scientists turn back evolutionary clock to develop high-CO2-tolerant microalgae

Mar 27, 2019 (SPX)

However, the high concentration of carbon dioxide in flue gases generally inhibits the growth of industrial microalgae. Therefore, reducing the so-called "CO2 p...

Plant scraps are the key ingredient in cheap, sustainable jet fuel

Mar 25, 2019 (SPX)

Cellulose, the main component in the biofuel, is a cheap, renewable, and highly abundant polymer that forms the cell walls of plants. While chain alkanes (such ...

Bright skies for plant-based jet fuels

Mar 20, 2019 (SPX)

However, a new analysis by scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) shows that sustainable plant-based bio-...

Making xylitol and cellulose nanofibers from paper paste

Mar 20, 2019 (SPX)

The research was carried out by a group led by Assistant Professor Gregory Guirimand-Tanaka, Professor Tomohisa Hasunuma and Professor Akihiko Kondo from the Gr...

Malaysia plants hope for palm oil's future in dwarf trees

Mar 15, 2019 (AFP)

Palm oil has become a key ingredient in everyday goods from biofuels to chocolate, leading to a production boom in the world's top two growers, Indonesia and Ma...

Converting biomass by applying mechanical force

Mar 15, 2019 (SPX)

Cellulose plays a decisive role here because it accounts for the largest fraction of the natural carbon storage. These reservoirs are crucial for the production...

Engineered microbe may be key to producing plastic from plants

Mar 08, 2019 (SPX)

Researchers, like those at the University of Wisconsin-Madison-based, Department of Energy-funded Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, hoping to turn woody pl...

Capturing bacteria that eat and breathe electricity

Mar 06, 2019 (SPX)

Unlike thousands of tourists who trek to admire the park's iconic geysers and hot springs every year, the WSU graduate student was traveling with a team of scie...

Turning algae into fuel

Mar 05, 2019 (SPX)

Packed inside the microorganisms growing in ponds, lakes and rivers are lipids, which are fatty acid molecules containing oil that can be extracted to power die...

Climate rewind: Scientists turn carbon dioxide back into coal

Feb 27, 2019 (SPX)

The research team led by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have developed a new technique that can efficiently convert CO2 from a gas into solid particle...

US set to see large increase in alternative-fuel methanol capacity

Feb 27, 2019 (SPX)

The fuel, used to power vehicles in China and to produce petrochemicals, is expected to further drive demand for natural gas. "Three new plants expected to come...

How power-to-gas technology can be green and profitable

Feb 27, 2019 (SPX)

Economists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the University of Mannheim and Stanford University have now described, based on the market situations in...

Lockheed Martin is reprogramming cells to bioproduce new materials

Feb 27, 2019 (SPX)

They will investigate a range of capabilities, particularly those that can improve defense optical technology and coatings. "Cells efficiently create all sorts ...

Using E. coli to create bioproducts, like biodiesel, in a cost-effective manner

Feb 25, 2019 (SPX)

LSU Mechanical Engineering graduate student Tatiana Mello of Piracicaba, Brazil, is currently working on genetically engineering and optimizing E. coli bacteria...