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Drought response identified in potential biofuel plant
Jul 16, 2013 (SPX)
Drought resistance is the key to large-scale production of Jatropha, a potential biofuel plant - and an international group of scientists has identified the fir...
U.S. looking for ways to make biofuels cheaper
Jul 16, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Energy Department said it was spending $6.3 million on research aimed at generating a biofuel that could be cost competitive by 2017. SRI International...
Euro Parliament committee endorses cap on using crops for biofuels
Jul 15, 2013 (UPI)
A key European Parliament committee has endorsed a compromise on limiting how much biofuels production can be derived from traditional farm crops. Neither envir...
Bacteria from Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia conceal bioplastic
Jul 12, 2013 (SPX)
In Bolivia, in the largest continuous salt desert in the world, researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia have found a bacterium that stores larg...
Japan, China and South Korea account for 84 percent of the macroalgae patents
Jul 11, 2013 (SPX)
The algae, traditionally cultivated for the food sector, are accessible marine resources as they grow in coastal areas. These crops increase by 7.5% on average ...
Newly developed medium may be useful for human health, biofuel production, more
Jul 08, 2013 (SPX)
Texas A and M University System scientists from the departments of nutrition and food science and poultry science have developed a new medium for the cultivatio...
Gasification method turns forest residues to biofuel with less than a euro per liter
Jul 08, 2013 (SPX)
According to the new research results of the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, lignocellulosic biomass can be used in the production of high-quality bio...
Coal emissions to produce biofuel in Australian plant
Jul 03, 2013 (UPI)
An Australian coal-fired power station plans to use greenhouse gas emissions to generate biofuels. Australian biofuel company Algae.Tec has signed a deal with p...
WELTEC Biomethane Plant in Arneburg Feeds in Gas
Jul 02, 2013 (SPX)
From the economic, ecological and technological perspective, biomethane is the energy source of tomorrow. The commissioning of the biomethane refinery in Arnebu...
High-octane bacteria could ease pain at the pump
Jun 27, 2013 (SPX)
New lines of engineered bacteria can tailor-make key precursors of high-octane biofuels that could one day replace gasoline, scientists at the Wyss Institute fo...
When green algae run out of air
Jun 25, 2013 (SPX)
When green algae "can't breathe", they get rid of excess energy through the production of hydrogen. Biologists at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have found out how...
A cheaper drive to 'cool' fuels
Jun 25, 2013 (SPX)
University of Delaware chemist Joel Rosenthal is driven to succeed in the renewable energy arena. Working in his lab in UD's Department of Chemistry and Biochem...
Novel cellulose structure requires fewer enzymes to process biomass to fuel
Jun 24, 2013 (SPX)
Improved methods for breaking down cellulose nanofibers are central to cost-effective biofuel production and the subject of new research from Los Alamos Nationa...
An environmentally friendly battery made from wood
Jun 24, 2013 (SPX)
Taking inspiration from trees, scientists have developed a battery made from a sliver of wood coated with tin that shows promise for becoming a tiny, long-lasti...
Researchers develop highly effective method for converting CO2 into methanol
Jun 24, 2013 (SPX)
Universite Laval researchers have developed a highly effective method for converting CO2 into methanol, which can be used as a low-emissions fuel for vehicles. ...
Novel Enzyme from Tiny Gribble Could Prove a Boon for Biofuels Research
Jun 21, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers from the United Kingdom, the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and the University of Kentucky have recently published...
Biofueled Airbus makes air show entrance
Jun 20, 2013 (AFP)
An Airbus airliner flew from southern France to the Paris Air Show on Thursday with one fuel tank partially filled with farnesane, a biofuel made from sugar can...
Researchers unearth bioenergy potential in leaf-cutter ant communities
Jun 18, 2013 (SPX)
As spring warms up Wisconsin, humans aren't the only ones tending their gardens. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology, colonies of ...
Black locust showing promise for biomass potential
Jun 18, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers from the Energy Biosciences Institute at the University of Illinois, evaluating the biomass potential of woody crops, are taking a closer look at th...
US forest management policy must evolve to meet bioenergy targets
Jun 18, 2013 (SPX)
In order to keep pace with the burgeoning demand for renewable energy, forest management policy in the U.S. must change to address environmental sustainability ...
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