Now scientists have a new technique that avoids the expensive enzymes Producing second-generation biofuel from dead plant tissue is environmentally friendly — but it is also expensive... Read more
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a simple, effective and relatively inexpensive technique for removing lignin from the plant material used to make biofuels, whic... Read more
Process simplifies transformation of algae to oil, water and usable byproducts Engineers have created a continuous chemical process that produces useful crude oil minutes after they pour in... Read more
Prospects for economic and sustainable fuel alternative enhanced with discovery Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have developed a method for greatly enhanci... Read more
Straw from agriculture could play an important role in the future energy mix for Germany. Up until now it has been underutilised as a biomass residue and waste material. These were the concl... Read more
“This technology could have a payback period of less than one year.” All chefs know that “you have to break some eggs to make an omelet,” and that includes engineers at Iowa State Univ... Read more
The plants contain significantly more biomass for fuel production Hydrogen sulfide, the pungent stuff often referred to as sewer gas, is a deadly substance implicated in several mass extinct... Read more
Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have found that nearly 14 percent of land in the continental United States, or roughly the combined area of Texas and New Mexico, cou... Read more
Oil would have to cost only about $72 per barrel for larger duckweed refiners to be cost-competitive. The search for a less-expensive, sustainable source of biomass, or plant material, for p... Read more
Amid efforts to expand production of biofuels, scientists are reporting new estimates that downgrade the amount of additional land available for growing fuel crops by almost 80 percen... Read more
They grow significantly faster than land-based biomass The available amount of fossil fuels is limited and their combustion in vehicle motors increases atmospheric CO2 levels. The generation... Read more