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Lockheed Martin to build 5-megawatt bioenergy facility in Germany
Nov 19, 2014 (UPI)
U.S. aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin is getting into the bioenergy business, and has signed a contract to build a power generation facility in Germa...
DARPA's EZ BAA Cuts Red Tape to Speed Funding of New Biotech Ideas
Nov 07, 2014 (SPX)
Many businesses and academic researchers wishing to pursue cutting-edge research ideas with government support lack the resources to navigate the burdensome pap...
Engineered bacteria pumps out higher quantity of renewable fuel
Nov 06, 2014 (SPX)
An international team of bioengineers has boosted the ability of bacteria to produce isopentenol, a compound with desirable gasoline properties. The finding, pu...
New process transforms wood, crop waste into valuable chemicals
Nov 04, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have disclosed a new method to convert lignin, a biomass waste product, into simple chemicals. The innovation is an important step toward replacing p...
Boosting Biogasoline Production in Microbes
Oct 28, 2014 (SPX)
In the on-going effort to develop advanced biofuels as a clean, green and sustainable source of liquid transportation fuels, researchers at the U.S. Department ...
Molecular movement within mesoporous nanoparticles modeled
Oct 23, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have developed deeper understanding of the ideal design for mesoporous nanoparticles used in catal...
Boeing and Chinese firm to turn gutter oil into jet fuel
Oct 22, 2014 (AFP)
US aircraft maker Boeing has set up a facility with a Chinese firm to transform waste cooking oil -- the source of repeated food safety scandals -- into jet fue...
New ProMOS Bio Software Guides Biogas Plants into the Future
Oct 16, 2014 (SPX)
Stringent conditions for biogas plant operators underline the need for innovative management systems. Moreover, economic efficiency is becoming increasingly imp...
New Discovery Will Enhance yield and quality of Cereal and Bioenergy Crops
Oct 16, 2014 (SPX)
A team of scientists led by Thomas Brutnell, Ph.D., director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Cen...
Balancing birds and biofuels: Grasslands support more species than cornfields
Oct 11, 2014 (SPX)
In Wisconsin, bioenergy is for the birds. Really. In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wisconsin Department of Natu...
U.S. funding projects meant to make biofuels competitive
Oct 10, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Energy Department said it was providing $13.4 million in funding to help develop technology to make biofuels competitive with conventional fuels. Five ...
Researchers Pump Up Oil Accumulation in Plant Leaves
Oct 08, 2014 (SPX)
Increasing the oil content of plant biomass could help fulfill the nation's increasing demand for renewable energy feedstocks. But many of the details of how pl...
Thermotolerant yeast can provide more climate-smart ethanol
Oct 08, 2014 (SPX)
With a simple mutation, yeast can grow in higher than normal temperatures. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology demonstrate this in an article to be...
Bioenergy: Australia's forgotten renewable energy source (so far)
Oct 01, 2014 (The Conversation)
When we think of renewable energy, it's easy to picture spinning wind turbines or rooftop solar panels. But what about bioenergy ? While wind and solar are now ...
Maverick Synfuels Introduces Maverick Oasis
Sep 29, 2014 (SPX)
Maverick Synfuels has introduced the first small-scale, modular methane-to-methanol production plant that can be co-located at the methane source. The Maverick ...
Search for better biofuels microbes leads to the human gut
Sep 24, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have scoured cow rumens and termite guts for microbes that can efficiently break down plant cell walls for the production of next-generation biofuels...
Plant variants point the way to improved biofuel production
Sep 23, 2014 (SPX)
Manufacturing biofuels from food crop by-products such as straw could be made quicker and cheaper thanks to the work of scientists in the UK and France. Researc...
3D imaging may improve understanding of biofuel plant materials
Sep 12, 2014 (SPX)
Comparison of 3D TEM imaging techniques reveals never-seen-before details of plant cell walls, according to a study published September 10, 2014 in the open-acc...
ACCESS II Confirms Jet Biofuel Burns Cleaner
Sep 05, 2014 (SPX)
Flying high above the California desert, NASA researchers recently took to the skies for the second year in a row with a DC-8 and other aircraft to study the ef...
Ethanol fireplaces: the underestimated risk
Sep 05, 2014 (SPX)
Ethanol fireplaces are becoming more and more popular. However, they are not only highly combustible - in the past, severe accents have occurred repeatedly with...
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