BIO FUEL

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Wood not so green a biofuel
Jun 14, 2013 (SPX)
Using wood for energy is considered cleaner than fossil fuels, but a Dartmouth College-led study finds that logging may release large amounts of carbon stored i...
Biofuels will play integral role in California's energy future
Jun 12, 2013 (SPX)
Biofuels developed from plant biomass and purpose-grown crops can substantially move California toward its ambitious energy goals, a new report says, but only t...
Navy seeks huge bio-fuels acquisition
Jun 11, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy reports it is seeking at least 37 million gallons of drop-in bio-fuels for delivery from April of next year. The biofuels can be blended in a rang...
Climate change raises stakes on US ethanol policy
Jun 05, 2013 (SPX)
If the climate continues to evolve as predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United States stands little to no chance of satisfying its...
Molecular switch for cheaper biofuel
Jun 05, 2013 (SPX)
Lignocellulosic waste such as sawdust or straw can be used to produce biofuel - but only if the long cellulose and xylan chains can be successfully broken down ...
Enzyme from wood-eating gribble could help turn waste into biofuel
Jun 05, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists have discovered a new enzyme that could prove an important step in the quest to turn waste (such as paper, scrap wood and straw) into liquid fuel. To...
Scotland gives green light to $710M wood biomass heat-power plant
Jun 05, 2013 (UPI)
A new wood biomass power plant approved for a Scottish seaport will be "responsibly" sourced for fuel, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing promised this week. Ewing an...
Ultrasound 'making waves' for enhancing biofuel production
Jun 04, 2013 (SPX)
All chefs know that "you have to break some eggs to make an omelet," and that includes engineers at Iowa State University who are using high-frequency sound wav...
Colorado's new alga may be a source of biofuel production
May 29, 2013 (SPX)
A new strain of yellow-green algae, heterococcus sp. DN1, which may prove to be an efficient source for biodiesel, has been discovered in the snow fields of the...
Scientists offer first definitive proof of bacteria-feeding behavior in green algae
May 27, 2013 (SPX)
A team of researchers has captured images of green alga consuming bacteria, offering a glimpse at how early organisms dating back more than 1 billion years may ...
Shanghai sees biofuel gold in recycled cooking oil
May 27, 2013 (AFP)
China's commercial hub Shanghai plans to turn recycled cooking oil, some of it seized by authorities, into an environmental asset by converting it into fuel for...
Georgia Power adds biomass capacity
May 27, 2013 (SPX)
Georgia Power has added 53.5 megawatts (MW) of new biomass capacity to the company's generation portfolio. The addition of the biomass capacity is made possible...
European and US Cellulase Patents granted to Direvo Industrial Biotechnology
May 27, 2013 (SPX)
Direvo Industrial Biotechnology GmbH (Direvo), an expert in enzyme development and optimization from Cologne, has announced the granting of U.S. and European Pa...
Nation equipped to grow serious amounts of pond scum for fuel
May 24, 2013 (SPX)
A new analysis shows that the nation's land and water resources could likely support the growth of enough algae to produce up to 25 billion gallons of algae-bas...
Engineered microbes grow in the dark
May 23, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists at the University of California, Davis have engineered a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria to grow without the need for light. They repored thei...
Bacteria use hydrogen, carbon dioxide to produce electricity
May 22, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sol...
U.S. said well-positioned to grow pond scum as fuel source
May 21, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. land and water resources could support the growth of enough algae to produce up to 25 billion gallons of algae-based fuel a year, researchers say. Algae co...
Scientists develop 'green' pretreatment of Miscanthus for biofuels
May 20, 2013 (SPX)
Two University of Illinois scientists have developed an environmentally friendly and more economical way of pretreating Miscanthus in the biofuel production pro...
New Advance in Biofuel Production
May 14, 2013 (SPX)
Advanced biofuels - liquid fuels synthesized from the sugars in cellulosic biomass - offer a clean, green and renewable alternative to gasoline, diesel and jet ...
UGA researchers explore how to harvest electricity directly from plants
May 14, 2013 (SPX)
The sun provides the most abundant source of energy on the planet. However, only a tiny fraction of the solar radiation on Earth is converted into useful energy...
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