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Biologists partner bacterium with nitrogen gas to make cleaner bioethanol
Feb 04, 2015 (SPX)
Indiana University biologists believe they have found a faster, cheaper and cleaner way to increase bioethanol production by using nitrogen gas, the most abunda...
Toward the next biofuel: Secrets of Fistulifera solaris
Feb 03, 2015 (SPX)
Biofuels made from plant-produced oils are an attractive alternative to fossil fuels. However, the enormous amount of arable land needed for production and the ...
Renewable energy drives production of southern wood pellets for bioenergy
Feb 03, 2015 (SPX)
A recently released study led by U.S. Forest Service scientists and published by the Forest Service's Southern Research Station (SRS) finds that policies in the...
Cyanobacterium found in algae collection holds promise for biotech applications
Feb 03, 2015 (SPX)
Cyanobacteria, bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis, are of considerable interest as bio-factories, organisms that could be harnessed to gen...
Researchers produce two bio-fuels from a single algae
Jan 29, 2015 (SPX)
A common algae commercially grown to make fish food holds promise as a source for both biodiesel and jet fuel, according to a new study published in the journal...
Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel and petroleum processing
Jan 27, 2015 (SPX)
Using one of the largest supercomputers in the world, a team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota has identified potential materials that could imp...
Study yields surprising insights into the effects of wood fuel burning
Jan 26, 2015 (SPX)
The harvesting of wood to meet the heating and cooking demands for billions of people worldwide has less of an impact on global forest loss and carbon dioxide (...
Boeing, Embraer team for aviation biofuel
Jan 15, 2015 (UPI)
An aviation biofuel research center has been opened in Brazil by Boeing and Embraer that will coordinate and co-fund local research efforts. The research, to he...
Algae.Tec Signs Agreement for Entry into Greater China
Jan 13, 2015 (SPX)
Algae.Tec is pleased to announce it has executed an agreement with China Finance Strategies Investment Holdings Ltd ("CFS") under which Algae.Tec will issue an ...
Plant genetic advance could lead to more efficient conversion of plant biomass to biofuels
Jan 05, 2015 (SPX)
Plant geneticists including Sam Hazen at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Siobhan Brady at the University of California, Davis, have sorted out the g...
EPA wants cleaner wood-burning fires, new rules expected by February
Jan 02, 2015 (UPI)
Wood fires still help keep many Americans warm during the winter. But if indoor wood fire burning -- whether open hearth or wood stoves -- aren't built or set u...
Guelph Researchers Recipe: Cook Farm Waste into Energy
Dec 18, 2014 (SPX)
It takes some cooking, but turning farm waste into biofuels is now possible and makes economic sense, according to preliminary research from the University of G...
Conversion process turns biomass 'waste' into lucrative chemical products
Dec 18, 2014 (SPX)
A new catalytic process is able to convert what was once considered biomass waste into lucrative chemical products that can be used in fragrances, flavorings or...
Central America's new coffee buzz: renewable energy
Dec 05, 2014 (AFP)
That morning cup of coffee gives many of us a needed boost, but Central American coffee farmers have found a new source of energy in their beans: turning agricu...
Boeing completes test flight with 'green diesel'
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
Boeing announced Wednesday that it completed the first test flight with "green diesel," which offers potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in aviation...
Sweet Smell of Success: Researchers Boost Methyl Ketone Production
Dec 02, 2014 (SPX)
Two years ago, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) engineered Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria to convert glucose...
Single-atom gold catalysts may enable cheap output of fuel and chemicals
Nov 28, 2014 (SPX)
New catalysts designed and investigated by Tufts University School of Engineering researchers and collaborators from other university and national laboratories ...
Researchers find way to turn sawdust into gasoline
Nov 26, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers at KU Leuven's Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis have successfully converted sawdust into building blocks for gasoline. Using a new chemica...
Exploding excrement topples building in China
Nov 24, 2014 (AFP)
A cesspool filled with excrement has exploded in central China, injuring 15 people and knocking down a building, state-run media reported. The blast was apparen...
WELTEC builds Biogas Plants in Greece
Nov 20, 2014 (SPX)
Using the Energy Decentral within the framework of the Eurotier trade fair in Hanover, Germany, as a communication platform, the German biogas plant manufacture...
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