BIO FUEL - BIO FUEL DAILY

Nov 26, 2012 (UPI)

Genetically engineered marine algae can be just as useful as fresh water algae for producing biofuels, researchers in California say. Biologists at the Universi...

Algae can draw energy from other plants

Nov 26, 2012 (SPX)

Astonishing research finding by biologists at Bielefeld University published in the online journal Nature Communications Flowers need water and light to grow. E...

Mixing processes could increase the impact of biofuel spills on aquatic environments

Nov 22, 2012 (SPX)

Ethanol, a component of biofuel made from plants such as corn, is blended with gas in many parts of the country, but has significantly different fluid propertie...

White rot fungus boosts ethanol production from corn stalks, cobs and leaves

Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series reports new evidence that the so...

14,000 Jobs Possible from Military Biofuels Initiative

Nov 16, 2012 (SPX)

The military's biofuels initiatives could do more than just power jet planes, aircraft carriers and armored vehicles - they could also help power the economy, a...

Airbus, EADS and ENN make a push for new generation aviation fuels

Nov 15, 2012 (SPX)

Airbus, EADS Innovation Works and ENN, one of the world's leading Bio-Energy companies based in China, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the China In...

A Better Route to Xylan

Nov 13, 2012 (SPX)

After cellulose, xylan is the most abundant biomass material on Earth, and therefore represents an enormous potential source of stored solar energy for the prod...

More Bang for the Biofuel Buck

Nov 09, 2012 (SPX)

A fermentation technique once used to make cordite, the explosive propellant that replaced gunpowder in bullets and artillery shells, may find an important new ...

Sweet diesel! Discovery resurrects process to convert sugar directly to diesel

Nov 08, 2012 (SPX)

A long-abandoned fermentation process once used to turn starch into explosives can be used to produce renewable diesel fuel to replace the fossil fuels now used...

First solely-biofuel jet flight raises clean travel hopes

Nov 07, 2012 (AFP)

The world's first flight powered entirely by bio jet fuel has raised hopes for cleaner air travel and upped the prospects of a boon for farmers whose oilseed cr...

Biofuel breakthrough: Quick cook method turns algae into oil

Nov 01, 2012 (SPX)

It looks like Mother Nature was wasting her time with a multimillion-year process to produce crude oil. Michigan Engineering researchers can "pressure-cook" alg...

Switching to an energy crop: Break even or make a profit?

Nov 01, 2012 (SPX)

Along with the growing interest in biomass energy crops as renewable alternatives to fossil fuels comes a growing list of questions from corn and soybean farmer...

New enzyme 'produces more fuel from less corn,' Danish company says

Oct 30, 2012 (AFP)

Danish industrial enzymes maker Novozymes on Tuesday launched an enzyme that it said produces more ethanol from corn, addressing concern that growth in biofuels...

Scientists build 'nanobowls' to protect catalysts needed for better biofuel production

Oct 29, 2012 (SPX)

It may sound like a post-season football game for very tiny players, but the "nanobowl" has nothing to do with sports and everything to do with improving the wa...

Large-scale production of biofuels made from algae poses sustainability concerns

Oct 25, 2012 (SPX)

Scaling up the production of biofuels made from algae to meet at least 5 percent - approximately 39 billion liters - of U.S. transportation fuel needs would pla...

Boeing-COMAC Technology Center Announces First Biofuel Research Project

Oct 25, 2012 (SPX)

A newly formed technology center created by Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has announced that Hangzhou Energy Engineering and Technology,...

Lubricants from vegetable oil

Oct 25, 2012 (SPX)

Oil-independence is the dream of many countries that lack raw materials. Nevertheless, black gold still retains its dominant role as a power source, and also se...

Beneficial Mold Packaged in Bioplastic

Oct 22, 2012 (SPX)

Aflatoxins are highly toxic carcinogens produced by several species of Aspergillus fungi. But not all Aspergillus produce aflatoxin. Some, in fact, are consider...

Serbia marks opening of new biogas plant

Oct 22, 2012 (UPI)

Serbian efforts to produce renewable energy from agricultural waste marked a milestone over the weekend with the opening of a $7.2 million biogas plant. Serbian...

Food vs. fuel: Is there surplus land for bioenergy?

Oct 19, 2012 (SPX)

An interdisciplinary team of 11 scientists from seven European countries and the USA have discussed the concept to utilize so called surplus land for the produc...