biomass

A new chemical tool can access renewable energy from plant matter that could lessen our dependence on fossil fuels
via Michigan State University A new chemical tool can access renewable energy from plant matter
Combining solar energy and a chemical reactor to get more from biomass
via Charles III University of Madrid Combining solar energy and a chemical reactor to get
New product creates jet fuel from biomass while improving engine performance
Starting with acetone derived from plants, scientists at Los Alamos are converting this simple molecule
A fast way to turn algae to biocrude

Physicists have discovered a new effect, which makes it possible to create excellent thermal insulators

Doubling the sugar production of plants improves the production of renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials

EPFL chemists have developed a method that can significantly increase the yield of sugars from

New biomass conversion tool: Fungi that eat wood

UMass Amherst microbiologists, international team show fungal deconstruction of wood Twenty years ago, microbiologist Barry

New solvent triples the rate of return and could tip the renewable fuel market in favor of biomass

Technologies for converting non-edible biomass into chemicals and fuels traditionally made from petroleum exist aplenty.

Solar power generates fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce

A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using

Microbe Produces Ethanol from Switchgrass Without Pretreatment

Genetic engineering allows biomass-degrading bacterium to make fuel in a single process The Science The

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Economical direct conversion of biomass to fuel

The promise of affordable transportation fuels from biomass—a sustainable, carbon neutral route to American energy

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Small Biomass Power Plants Could Help Rural Economies, Stabilize National Power Grid

“Transporting power through power lines to remote, rural areas is very inefficient and can be

Georgia Tech professor Yulin Deng is shown with an experimental setup that demonstrated the operation of a new solar-induced direct biomass-to-electricity hybrid fuel cell. (Georgia Tech Photo: John Toon)
Solar-Induced Hybrid Fuel Cell Produces Electricity Directly from Biomass

The process can handle nearly any type of biomass Although low temperature fuel cells powered