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Marginal land can help meet US biofuel target: study

Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)

Land unfit for growing food could make a big contribution to the United States' biofuel needs with wild-growing, non-grain crops, a study said Wednesday. So-cal...

Synthesis Energy Achieves First Methanol Production at Yima JV

Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)

Synthesis Energy's Yima Joint Venture plant has started to produce methanol, moving the Company closer to generating meaningful financial results from its China...

Lower nitrogen losses with perennial biofuel crops

Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)

Perennial biofuel crops such as miscanthus, whose high yields have led them to be considered an eventual alternative to corn in producing ethanol, are now shown...

California Ethanol Producer Pacific Ethanol Stockton Partners with Edeniq to Expand Production

Jan 15, 2013 (SPX)

Edeniq has announced that California ethanol producer, Pacific Ethanol, Stockton LLC ("Pacific Ethanol"), has entered into an agreement to install Edeniq techno...

Tree seeds offer potential for sustainable biofuels

Jan 10, 2013 (SPX)

Tree seeds, rather than biomass or fuel crop plants, could represent an abundant source of renewable energy, according to research published in the Internationa...

Engineered algae seen as fuel source

Jan 08, 2013 (UPI)

Engineered bacteria could make fuel from sunlight as a step toward replacing fossil fuels as raw materials for the chemical industry, U.S. researchers say. Chem...

Lithuanians recycle Christmas trees into biofuel

Jan 07, 2013 (AFP)

Having brought joy to Lithuanian families over the holidays, Christmas trees will now warm them through the rest of winter after being converted into biofuel. A...

Inexpensive technique could drive down costs of biofuel production

Jan 07, 2013 (UPI)

North Carolina State University scientists report developing a simple, effective and relatively inexpensive technique that may reduce biofuel production costs. ...

Germany Helps Ukraine Develop Biofuel Production

Jan 04, 2013 (SPX)

Germany intends to assist Ukraine in establishing its own biofuel production in 2013, reports minagro.gov.ua. The statement was made by the representative of th...

Boosting Galactan Sugars Could Boost Biofuel Production

Dec 26, 2012 (SPX)

Galactan is a polymer of galactose, a six-carbon sugar that can be readily fermented by yeast into ethanol and is a target of interest for researchers in advanc...

Discovery May Pave Way to Genetically Enhanced Biofuel Crops

Dec 24, 2012 (SPX)

Best known for its ability to transform simmering pots of sugared fruit into marmalades and jams, pectin is a major constituent of plant cell walls and the midd...

NC State Study Offers Insight Into Converting Wood to Bio-Oil

Dec 17, 2012 (SPX)

New research from North Carolina State University provides molecular-level insights into how cellulose - the most common organic compound on Earth and the main ...

Can Algae-Derived Oils Support Large-Scale, Low-Cost Biofuels Production?

Dec 13, 2012 (SPX)

ExxonMobil and many other energy companies are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to develop transportation biofuels from renewable resources such as the...

Plastic packaging industry is moving towards completely bio-based products

Dec 06, 2012 (SPX)

The new generation of bio-based plastic packaging is not only eco-friendly but also has several superior qualities compared to traditional plastic packaging. Th...

Gases from Grasses

Dec 06, 2012 (SPX)

In a well-known fairy tale, Rumpelstiltskin used magic to weave straw into gold. Today, scientists are reversing that formula - using gold to turn straw (and ot...

Garbage bug may help lower the cost of biofuel

Dec 04, 2012 (SPX)

One reason that biofuels are expensive to make is that the organisms used to ferment the biomass cannot make effective use of hemicellulose, the next most abund...

Algae held captive and genes stolen in crime of evolution

Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)

Microscopic animals held algae captive and stole their genes for energy production, thereby evolving into a new and more powerful species many millions of years...

Tiny algae shed light on photosynthesis as a dynamic property

Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)

One of the first chemical reactions children learn is the recipe for photosynthesis, combining carbon dioxide, water and solar energy to produce organic compoun...

Algae Biomass Organization hails new UCSD study showing saltwater algae viable for biofuels

Nov 27, 2012 (SPX)

The Algae Biomass Organization, the trade association for the U.S. algae industry has hailed the findings of a University of California at San Diego study that ...

Engineering plants for biofuels

Nov 27, 2012 (SPX)

With increasing demands for sustainable energy, being able to cost-efficiently produce biofuels from plant biomass is more important than ever. However, lignin ...