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Corn husks a promising source of renewable fuel: study

Apr 06, 2015 (AFP)

US scientists said Monday they have found a way to use discarded corn husks and stalks to make cheap hydrogen fuel that doesn't pollute the environment like fos...

Researchers use wastewater to grow algae for biofuels

Apr 02, 2015 (UPI)

Municipal wastewater makes for good algae food. And algae makes for a good filter. By growing high-volume strains of oil-rich algae in repurposed wastewater, re...

Do biofuel policies seek to cut emissions by cutting food

Mar 31, 2015 (SPX)

A study published in the journal Science found that government biofuel policies rely on reductions in food consumption to generate greenhouse gas savings. Shrin...

Algae from clogged waterways could serve as biofuels and fertilizer

Mar 30, 2015 (SPX)

Water-borne algal blooms from farm fertilizer runoff can destroy aquatic life and clog rivers and lakes, but scientists will report today that they are working ...

New yeast strain to enhance biofuel and biochemical production

Mar 30, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have used a combination of metabolic engineering and directed evolution t...

Weltec Biopower Builds 500-kW Biogas Plant for Vegetable Producer

Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)

In January 2015, WELTEC BIOPOWER started building an anaerobic digestion plant in Loughgall, Northern Ireland. The customer and operator of the 500-kW plant is ...

Chinese airline completes cooking oil fuel flight

Mar 21, 2015 (AFP)

A Chinese airline on Saturday completed the country's first commercial flight using biofuel, made from waste cooking oil, as the government seeks to promote gre...

Supercomputers help solve puzzle-like bond for biofuels

Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)

One of life's strongest bonds has been discovered by a science team researching biofuels with the help of supercomputers. Their find could boost efforts to deve...

Scientists engineer faster-growing trees ideal for biofuel

Mar 19, 2015 (UPI)

Most genetic manipulation efforts have been trained on cash crops and flowers, but trees are big business too, and designing them to work better for what the ma...

CT scanning shows why tilting trees produce better biofuel

Mar 12, 2015 (SPX)

Imperial researchers have used medical imaging techniques to explore why making willow trees grow at an angle can vastly improve their biofuel yields. Using mic...

Bioelectrochemical processes have the potential to one day replace petrochemistry

Mar 10, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany, and the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, have found that the electrification...

Biofuel proteomics

Mar 10, 2015 (SPX)

If advanced biofuels are to replace gasoline, diesel and jet fuel on a gallon-for-gallon basis at competitive pricing, we're going to need a new generation of f...

Miscanthus-based ethanol boasts higher profits

Mar 06, 2015 (SPX)

A recent study simulated a side-by-side comparison of the yields and costs of producing ethanol using miscanthus, switchgrass, and corn stover. The fast-growing...

Metabolic path to improved biofuel production

Mar 06, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers with the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI), a partnership that includes the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University...

Step change for screening could boost biofuels

Mar 04, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at the Institute of Food Research have developed a new way of rapidly screening yeasts that could help produce more sustainable biofuels. The new te...

Novel pretreatment could cut biofuel costs by 30 percent or more

Feb 25, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have invented a novel pretreatment technology that could cut the cost of biofuels production by about 30 ...

New catalyst to create chemical building blocks from biomass

Feb 24, 2015 (SPX)

University of Tokyo researchers have developed a novel selective catalyst that allows the creation of several basic chemicals from biomass instead of petroleum....

Electricity from biomass could make western US carbon-negative

Feb 10, 2015 (SPX)

Generating electricity from biomass, such as urban waste and sustainably-sourced forest and crop residues, is one strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions...

Understanding air pollution from biomass burners used for heating

Feb 06, 2015 (SPX)

As many places in the U.S. and Europe increasingly turn to biomass rather than fossil fuels for power and heat, scientists are focusing on what this trend might...

Second Generation Biofuels Market is Expected to Reach $23.9 Billion

Feb 06, 2015 (SPX)

According to a new report by Allied Market Research titled, "Global Second Generation Biofuels - Size, Industry Analysis, Trends, Opportunities, Growth and Fore...