Engineer says cheap biodiesel can be made on any scale year-round The biofuel farm contained only a small wind turbine, solar panel and container of green scum packed within a tub-size frame... Read more
Butanol is particularly suited as a transport fuel A method developed at Aalto University in Finland makes it possible to use microbes to produce butanol suitable for biofuel and othe... Read more
Alternative to Diesel Fuel Researchers with the U.S Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified a potential new advanced biofuel that could replace to... Read more
The methods would potentially allow food waste to be processed at home and on an industrial scale. Microwaving waste food products could be used to produce important chemicals and biofuels,... Read more
“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is an adage that Professor Alexis Belonio had long ago taken close to heart. In 2003, he was able to invent a cooking stov... Read more
Here’s one way that old-fashioned newsprint beats the Internet. Tulane University scientists have discovered a novel bacterial strain, dubbed “TU-103,” that can use paper t... Read more
Garbage in, Energy out Edmonton is Canada’s chief oil city as well as the capital of Alberta, the province that hosts the bulk of the country’s tar sands. Given the expense of co... Read more
Ethanol is the most commonly used biofuel worldwide and is made by fermenting the sugar components of plant materials, usually sugar and starch crops such as sugar cane, corn and wheat. The... Read more
A Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University research team has developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing low-cost, renewable biofuels from bacteria. The team has repr... Read more
High oil prices and environmental and economic security concerns have triggered interest in using algae-derived oils as an alternative to fossil fuels. But growing algae — or any other... Read more
A research team in China has come with a new technology that could give new meaning to the words “energy drink.” The team is developing a tiny fuel cell that runs on ordinary soda pop, the k... Read more
Agave is a very hardy, useful plant. It grows in hot, arid conditions, and has found use in the production of beverages, food, and fiber. Now, it looks like it could have yet one more use –... Read more
Ships powered by algae and planes flying on weeds: that's part of the future the U.S. Navy hopes to bring to fruition. Read more
Biofuels have a clear advantage over petroleum products when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but skyrocketing biofuel production has created a problem of its own: a worldwide... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Biofuels reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in comparison to fossil fuels. Smithsonian researchers highlight a new study that factors in environmental costs of biofuel produ... Read more