Physicists have discovered a new effect, which makes it possible to create excellent thermal insulators which conduct electricity. Such materials can be used to convert waste heat into elect... Read more
Process can use coal, shale gas and biomass while consuming carbon dioxide Engineers at The Ohio State University are developing technologies that have the potential to economically convert... Read more
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce. It’s using natural l... Read more
Genetic engineering allows biomass-degrading bacterium to make fuel in a single process The Science The conventional strategy for producing ethanol from plant biomass requires costly pretrea... Read more
Pilot Plant Demonstrates that Fluctuating Amounts of Green Electricity Can Be Used Reliably by the Methanation of Biogenous Gases Interlinkage of the power and gas grids is planned to make e... Read more
This technology can simultaneously remove impurities and produce clean gas for heat and power generation from waste biomass The process of burning fossil fuels such as petroleum, coal and na... Read more
The promise of affordable transportation fuels from biomass—a sustainable, carbon neutral route to American energy independence—has been left perpetually on hold by the economics of the conv... Read more
It could be the most important portable power plant you’ve never heard of. It’s called the “Power Pallet” and it is essentially a combined biomass refinery and genera... Read more
The process can handle nearly any type of biomass Although low temperature fuel cells powered by methanol or hydrogen have been well studied, existing low temperature fuel cell technologies... 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
The advantages of the “one-stop” shop have long been recognized in the retailing and services industries. Similar advantages would also be realized for the biofuels industry with the develop... Read more
Billions of people worldwide burn animal dung, crop residues, wood and charcoal to cook their meals. And the chemicals produced and inhaled sicken or kill millions. At particular risk are wo... Read more
Scientists at 2 Danish universities have made a major breakthrough in producing high-quality and cost-effective bio-oil using hydrothermal liquefaction A new generation of the HTL process ca... Read more
