• BETYdb: a yield, trait, and ecosystem service database applied to second‐generation bioenergy feedstock production. (github.io)
  • High oil prices and growing concerns over climate change are driving investment and innovation in the biofuels sector as countries and industry increasingly look towards renewable bioenergy to replace fossil fuels. (mongabay.com)
  • The recommended approach for scaling bioenergy and biofuels technology follows a similar stage gate process to that used in traditional Chemical Process Industry (CPI) processes. (biofuels-news.com)
  • : 173 [2] Biofuels (and bioenergy in general) are regarded as a renewable energy source. (wikipedia.org)
  • ACROSS the country, steps are being taken at the state level to galvanize bioenergy and biofuel development. (biocycle.net)
  • One session explored the challenges confronting companies developing biofuels and bioenergy projects. (biocycle.net)
  • The issue is not limited to how much of each crop may be used for biofuels instead of food and feed, but how much planting area could be diverted from producing other crops to those used as feedstock for production of biofuels. (greencarcongress.com)
  • Neste Oil saw Asian palm as an advantageous feedstock platform for renewable diesel years ago and has used the feedstock to build one of the leading biofuels operations in Europe. (biofuels-news.com)
  • Other feedstock production costs for biofuels have begun to decline, notably those for biodiesel (e.g. canola oil and soy oil), along with prices for diesel and bio-diesel that have trended lower from last year's highs (Figure 2). (fcc-fac.ca)
  • Furthermore, it is the most efficient feedstock for the generation of bio-butanol and diesel, and is responsible for 40% of the world's total biofuel production. (frontiersin.org)
  • Instead, crop-displacement impacts and the grass potential as biofuel feedstock are the main drivers. (lu.se)
  • University discovered a family of plant proteins that play a role in the production of seed oils, substances important for animal and human nutrition, biorenewable chemicals, and biofuels. (rdworldonline.com)
  • The initial target end-users of BETYdb version 1.0 are users within EBI who aim to support sustainable biofuel production through statistical analysis and ecological modeling. (github.io)
  • Although the goal was not energy production, several studies produced by RITE demonstrated that algae could be grown using flue gas from power plants as a CO 2 source, an important development for algal biofuel research. (wikipedia.org)
  • Other work focusing on harvesting hydrogen gas, methane, or ethanol from algae, as well as nutritional supplements and pharmaceutical compounds, has also helped inform research on biofuel production from algae. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most researchers think that large scale production of biofuels is either "a decade, and more likely two decades, away. (wikipedia.org)
  • Additionally, the absence of a generally accepted flowsheet for biofuel production means that detailed simulation of the wrong approach is a real possibility. (osti.gov)
  • This model of algal biofuel production estimates the necessary data and places it into a heuristic model using a commercial simulator that back-calculates the process structure required. (osti.gov)
  • The findings provide an opening for researchers to use or reengineer fungal enzymes to advance biofuel production. (acs.org)
  • The evidence indicates that large-scale biofuel production will increase, not decrease, world food supplies by making animal feed production much more efficient," Dale argued. (mongabay.com)
  • In the production of biofuels, feedstocks represent a significant expense with costs incurred for planting, harvesting and transporting the trees. (ornl.gov)
  • Production, yield and area planted for most RTB are showing increasing trends. (cipotato.org)
  • This situation has prompted attempts to achieve energy independence through the production of biofuels. (kth.se)
  • Bolivia has great potential for local first- and second-generation liquid biofuel production. (kth.se)
  • However, the intensification of liquid biofuel production should focus on second- and third-generation biofuel production to minimize direct and indirect undesired impacts.This thesis considers the development of suitable technology and procedures to produce second-generation liquid biofuels, which can be divided into biodiesel and ethanol production. (kth.se)
  • The Canadian biofuel industry is forecast to grow over the next decade as emission reduction mandates will increase ethanol, biodiesel and renewable diesel production. (fcc-fac.ca)
  • Crop prices for canola, soybeans, corn, and wheat, all feedstocks utilized in biofuel production, are all expected to trend lower as outlined in FCC Economics' grains and oilseed outlook . (fcc-fac.ca)
  • Your goal is to increase ethanol and co-product yields through smooth processing and production efficiency gains. (novozymes.com)
  • With global biofuel production rising every year, and a widening range of materials used, there is a diversity of opportunities with which to get involved. (springwise.com)
  • A further note of caution needs to be sounded, so we don't divert too much food crop into biofuels production. (global-greenhouse-warming.com)
  • The rise of food transport costs, associated with the increase in oil prices, and biofuel production were blamed for the price hikes. (global-greenhouse-warming.com)
  • These targets include both production and use for biofuels. (global-greenhouse-warming.com)
  • For example, Indonesia planned to expand palm oil production for biofuels 43-fold, a move that threatened most of that country's remaining rain forests and peat lands. (global-greenhouse-warming.com)
  • The environmental impact of other aspects of biofuel production, including the widespread cultivation of fast-growing jatropha (a plant that produces a toxic vegetable oil), are unknown. (global-greenhouse-warming.com)
  • is a tropical and sub-tropical, vegetative-propagated crop that contributes to approximately 80% of the sugar and 40% of the world's biofuel production. (frontiersin.org)
  • In addition to traditional sugar production, sugarcane is recognized as an important energy and biofuel crop due to its great biomass production and large-scale molasses-based ethanol production. (frontiersin.org)
  • The main technical challenges in the development of biomass to fuels technologies are the compatibility of biomass pre-treatment, fuel production technologies and of the produced biofuels with existing transport infrastructures, in particular in aviation. (europa.eu)
  • The REWOFUEL project successfully demonstrated its technology for the production of high-performance biofuel ingredients from wood residues at pre-industrial scale. (europa.eu)
  • Further the project allowed for the optimization of key process parameters which resulted in strong decreases in production costs, including reduced enzyme usage for wood to sugar conversion and improved sugar to IBN productivity and yield. (europa.eu)
  • Why the government is still subsidizing ethanol production is beyond me but the introduction of invasive species into the ecosystems at a scale large enough to support biofuel production would add to the amount spent on controlling invasive species : $120 billion for 800+ species. (genengnews.com)
  • Results from the five-year study highlights the prairie grass' potential as a biomass fuel source that yields significantly more energy than is consumed in production and conversion into cellulosic ethanol, said Ken Vogel, a U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service geneticist in UNL's agronomy and horticulture department. (typepad.com)
  • Aside from its biofuel-friendly nature as a non-food crop that can be grown on marginal lands, guayule is attractive because its use in rubber production puts it on a potentially more firm commercial footing than crops that are grown exclusively for biofuel. (cleantechnica.com)
  • Later on the day, Dr Steve Wilkinson, from the University of Manchester, explained the potential of computational metabolic engineering to suggest genetic modifications to metabolic pathways which would improve the yield of bioethanol production from fermentation by yeast. (soci.org)
  • Several presentations looked at future trends and developments in biofuels production. (biocycle.net)
  • Biofuel production is not yet economically viable. (bioedonline.org)
  • In Belarus, most soils are sandy with a low water retention, for which yield estimates are too low to make production profitable without irrigation. (lu.se)
  • For Belarus, the profitability of SRC on the production side largely depends on crop yield and price of the delivered bio-fuel. (lu.se)
  • Production of agricultural biofuels is expected to rise due to increasing climate change mitigation ambitions. (lu.se)
  • Algae fuel, algal biofuel, or algal oil is an alternative to liquid fossil fuels that uses algae as its source of energy-rich oils. (wikipedia.org)
  • Also, algae fuels are an alternative to commonly known biofuel sources, such as corn and sugarcane. (wikipedia.org)
  • In December 2022, ExxonMobil, the last large oil company to invest in algae biofuels, ended its research funding. (wikipedia.org)
  • Interest in the application of algae for biofuels was rekindled during the oil embargo and oil price surges of the 1970s, leading the US Department of Energy to initiate the Aquatic Species Program in 1978. (wikipedia.org)
  • PetroSun launched the world's first commercial algae-to-biofuel facility in Rio Hondo (Texas, USA) earlier this month. (green-blog.org)
  • 20 of those acres will be used to produce biofuels from algae. (green-blog.org)
  • Gordon LeBlanc, Jr., CEO of PetroSun said that their "business model has been focused on proving the commercial feasibility of the firms' algae-to-biofuels technology during the past eighteen months. (green-blog.org)
  • The above image shows the algae-to-biofuels facility in Texas. (green-blog.org)
  • Thus, new strategies are needed to increase the productivity of major crop plants and biofuel organisms like algae. (usda.gov)
  • The current market for diesel fuel is 14 times larger than the vegetable oil market, so efforts are needed to identify alternative feedstocks, such as waste oil and fats, agricultural wastes, algae and high yield tropical crops. (biocycle.net)
  • To avoid a " food versus fuel " dilemma, second-generation biofuels (also called advanced biofuels or sustainable biofuels ) are made from waste products. (wikipedia.org)
  • Serpil Guran of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Science, Research and Technology spoke on the potential of second-generation biofuels, such as cellulosic ethanol produced from nonfood feedstocks using biochemical and thermochemical technologies, to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. (biocycle.net)
  • The giant reed was amongst the species named in a report issued on the sidelines of a major UN conference on biodiversity, where an alliance of four expert groups (including the Global Invasive Species Program) urged governments to select low-risk species of crops for biofuels and impose new controls to manage invasive plants. (genengnews.com)
  • One side blames biofuels for diverting land away from crops for food to crops for biofuels, and the other arguing that there is ample land for both with better innovation and technology. (soci.org)
  • Since news that Europe may be capping foodbased biofuels at 5% of the total amount of renewable energy used in transport, interest in alternative non-food feedstocks such as marine biomass has exploded. (biofuels-news.com)
  • High biodiesel and ethanol yields from second-generation feedstocks are feasible and could help reduce pollution levels and import dependency. (kth.se)
  • Although not the sole cause for the worldwide rapid increases in food prices, the biofuels market has created a new and significant source of demand for some agricultural commodities such as sugar, corn, cassava, oilseeds and palm oil. (greencarcongress.com)
  • Our products can help you get the highest yields of co-products such as distiller's corn oil. (novozymes.com)
  • How does corn quality impact ethanol yield? (novozymes.com)
  • It is generally assumed that higher yielding corn has higher quality characteristics, including higher starch and oil. (novozymes.com)
  • Variation in corn quality has shown to have observable impacts on ethanol yields. (novozymes.com)
  • From 2003 to 2006, the percentage of the total US corn harvest used to produce biofuels rose to 16 percent, from 12 percent. (global-greenhouse-warming.com)
  • In terms of biofuel yield per acre, high-farnesene plants like guayule have a significant potential advantage over conventional biofuel crops that mainly produce oil in their seeds, especially food crops like canola, soy, and corn. (cleantechnica.com)
  • 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 properties than pure gasoline. (azocleantech.com)
  • We find that the payback period of corn ethanol's carbon debt is sensitive to assumptions concerning land conversion and yield growth and can range from 31 to 180 years. (repec.org)
  • The first generation (or seed based) biofuels have focused on corn, soy, and rapeseed in Europe. (biofortified.org)
  • Following the disbanding of the Aquatic Species Program in 1996, there was a relative lull in algal biofuel research. (wikipedia.org)
  • Populus trichocarpa ," were published in the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining . (ornl.gov)
  • In March 2023, researchers said that the commercialization of biofuels would requires several billion dollars of funding, plus a long-term dedication to overcoming what appear to be fundamental biological limitations of wild organisms. (wikipedia.org)
  • In this study we aimed to reclaim the wastelands by cultivation of oil yielding plant like Jatropha and later to estimate the quantity of biodiesel produced over the given area. (envirobiotechjournals.com)
  • What consequences will the increased cultivation and use of biofuels (crops and forests) have for CC, AQ, BD and ES? (lu.se)
  • The findings, reported in Nature , may lead to the development of improved crops yielding higher qualities and quantities of oils, helping to address growing demands for food and fuel and the consequent environmental pressures on the world's ecosystems. (rdworldonline.com)
  • A major motivation of the biofuel industry is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by providing ecologically and economically sustainable sources of fuel, thereby reducing dependence on fossil fuel. (github.io)
  • The BETYdb database contains plant trait and yield data that supports research, forecasting, and decision making associated with agricultural and ecological systems. (github.io)
  • Despite the global positive impacts of soybean-, maize- and sugarcane-based (first-generation) liquid biofuels, several drawbacks pertaining to increased use of agricultural land, causing deforestation in some countries and extensive practice of fertilizers have been observed. (kth.se)
  • Biofuel can be produced from plants or from agricultural, domestic or industrial biowaste. (wikipedia.org)
  • For this purpose, we run a modified version of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Agricultural Outlook Model, which was used previously to assess the impacts of energy price increases and biofuel policy changes on land conversion. (repec.org)
  • Introducing energy crops in crop rotations in arable land with depleted Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) levels offers the potential to increase SOC stocks and future crop yields as a step towards more sustainable agricultural systems. (lu.se)
  • Overall, our work provides a method to contrast regional effects and global environmental impacts of policy instruments supporting agricultural biomass for biofuels prior to implementation. (lu.se)
  • How can we maintain BD in traditional agricultural landscapes, maintain or increase quantity/quality of yields, and simultaneously decrease the net climate forcing resulting from CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions and biophysical impacts? (lu.se)
  • The two most common types of biofuel are bioethanol and biodiesel . (wikipedia.org)
  • The Biofuels: Technology meets Strategy conference held on 20 May 2008 was organised by the Process Engineering Group (PEG) to address these and other issues, together with the pros and cons, challenges and opportunities for the bioethanol, biodiesel and biomass industries. (soci.org)
  • While the original focus of BETYdb was agronomy of cellulosic biofuels, the software has been adopted for wider use. (github.io)
  • Since the author for your Peak Soil' article appears very against biofuels in general, I find it odd that one of her suggested actions is to continue funding research for cellulosic ethanol. (typepad.com)
  • A team of scientists recently found agave to show much promise as an environmentally friendly biofuel. (springwise.com)
  • Attempts have been made to increase their growth and hydrocarbon yield potential. (science20.com)
  • Meeting this challenge requires a quantum improvement in the yield potential of wheat. (usda.gov)
  • Past increases in yield potential have largely resulted from improvements in harvest index not through increased biomass. (usda.gov)
  • This review discusses the strategies to increase photosynthesis that are being proposed by the wheat yield consortium in order to increase wheat yield potential. (usda.gov)
  • The climate change mitigation potential of biofuel varies considerably, from emission levels comparable to fossil fuels in some scenarios to negative emissions in others. (wikipedia.org)
  • DuPont announced it has received an external independent validation from the Illinois Crop Improvement Association (ICIA) which shows that its Ethanol Yield Potential (EYP) near infrared (NIR). (azocleantech.com)
  • They chose the poplar because of its rapid growth rate and potential for use as a biofuel. (bioedonline.org)
  • For appropriate soil conditions, potential SRC yields are high. (lu.se)
  • Background Industrial ethanol, a first-generation biofuel, is synthesized from foodstuffs such as maize, and hence presents considerable worry in relation to a probable future food shortage. (azocleantech.com)
  • When dried and powdered, guayule bagasse yields about the same Btu per pound as charcoal. (cleantechnica.com)
  • In that context, it's not surprising that after more than a decade in the natural rubber business, Yulex announced earlier this year that it would be exploring ways to commercialize its guayule bagasse for biofuel . (cleantechnica.com)
  • By streamlining the process of data summary, we hope to inspire new scientific perspectives on biofuel crop ecology that are based on a comprehensive evaluation of available knowledge. (github.io)
  • Actual per acre yields can be upwards of 550 gallons per acre per year in subtropical climates. (trianglebiofuels.com)
  • We estimate canola acre and yields will continue to increase to meet this demand. (fcc-fac.ca)
  • However, the yields of the major grain crops are rapidly approaching a plateau and further increases through conventional breeding are unlikely. (usda.gov)
  • Even small increases in the rate of net photosynthesis can translate into large increases in biomass and hence yield, since carbon assimilation is integrated over the entire growing season and crop canopy. (usda.gov)
  • Proposed as a biofuel crop, the reed is naturally flammable and thus increases the likelihood of wildfires. (genengnews.com)
  • To apply this strategy to increase the ethanol yield on sucrose, we constructed a platform strain in which all genes encoding hexose transporters, disaccharide transporters and disaccharide hydrolases were deleted, after which a combination of a glucose-proton symporter, fructose-proton symporter and extracellular invertase ( SUC2 ) were introduced. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Many environmentalists have expressed concerns that biofuels will increase food prices and spur forest-clearing in tropical countries. (mongabay.com)
  • KLM ambitiously set out a goal to increase its biofuel consumption to 1% of its total fuel use by 2015. (biofuels-news.com)
  • These alternative biofuels will help to meet the energy demand by transition to ameliorate and fulfil the energy demand, especially in the transport sector.The actual energy demand for fossil fuels in Bolivia is unsustainable due to its continuous increase. (kth.se)
  • Clean fuel regulations ) and south of the border are expected to increase biofuel demand. (fcc-fac.ca)
  • Photosynthetic capacity and efficiency are a bottleneck to raising productivity and there is strong evidence that increasing photosynthesis will increase crop yields provided that other constraints do not become limiting. (usda.gov)
  • [4] Demand for aviation biofuel is forecast to increase. (wikipedia.org)
  • On the demand side, the surging biofuels market is the significant new factor. (greencarcongress.com)
  • The growing chances of a recession in both the U.S. and Canada suggest weaker demand ahead for the biofuel sector. (fcc-fac.ca)
  • Oil yields from the crop compare favorably to yields obtained from soy and canola. (biocycle.net)
  • This database will facilitate the scientific advances and assessments that the transition to biofuels will require. (github.io)
  • According to the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development , 80 percent of palm oil is used for food, the rest is used in oleochemistry - for products like cosmetics and soaps, and increasingly, for biofuels. (ipsnews.net)
  • Although sugarcane yield per hectare is higher than agave, sugarcane consumes 69 per cent more water. (springwise.com)
  • Biofuels tend to require higher energy inputs per unit energy than fossil fuels: oil can be pumped out of the ground and processed more efficiently than bio-fuels can be grown and processed. (global-greenhouse-warming.com)
  • First-generation biofuels (also denoted as "conventional biofuels") are made from food crops grown on arable land. (wikipedia.org)
  • Biofuel is a fuel that is produced over a short time span from biomass , rather than by the very slow natural processes involved in the formation of fossil fuels , such as oil. (wikipedia.org)
  • We work with biofuel plants around the world to create measurable impact at plant level. (novozymes.com)
  • Meanwhile, at the Green Lab facility in Cleveland, researchers are using science to improve the oil yield of biofuel plants. (inhabitat.com)
  • Large amounts of land are needed for relatively low yields of ethanol fuel, which is squeezed from the plants' cellulose. (bioedonline.org)
  • To try to meet these targets, the government has reduced the tax on biofuels by 20p a litre, while the EU is paying farmers an extra €45 a hectare to grow them. (ipbhost.com)
  • The average yield is 3-3.5 tonnes per hectare. (ipbhost.com)
  • Emma Kreuger, Thomas Prade, Federico Escobar, Sven-Erik Svensson, Jan Erik Englund, Lovisa Björnsson, Anaerobic digestion of industrial hemp - Effect of harvest time on methane energy yield per hectare. (lu.se)
  • Federal researchers have been calling Guayule the biofuel plant of the future for a while now, and it looks like they're ready to bet the ranch on it. (cleantechnica.com)
  • With growing concerns about global climate change and petroleum security, producing biofuels for use in transportation and energy generation is a burgeoning industry. (rdworldonline.com)
  • The impact of changing climate on resistance to disease/pest threats as well as yield and longer-term sustainability issues is also of concern. (cipotato.org)
  • Now is also the time to minimize or even abandon the planting of biofuels or agrofuels in Southeast Asia. (biofortified.org)
  • and to present ecosystem-scale re-analysis and forecasts that can support the agronomic, ecological, policy, and economic aspects of the biofuel industry. (github.io)
  • Scientific applications include the development, assessment, and prediction of crop yields and ecosystem services in biofuel agroecosystems. (github.io)
  • Does a recent trend in biofuels risk the ecosystem of host countries importing high-yield non-food crops? (genengnews.com)
  • And biofuel consumption is expected to grow. (soci.org)
  • While most RTB are used for food, feed and biofuel uses are growing. (cipotato.org)
  • Increasing wheat yields to help to ensure food security is a major challenge. (usda.gov)
  • The introduction of non-food crops to make use of low-yield landmass has recently been highlighted in an article by the New York Times. (genengnews.com)
  • The 2008 spike in fuel prices, combined with sky-high food inflation, makes it easy to see why biofuels has become one of the most hotly debated issues of our time. (soci.org)
  • Many people have been fast to blame food shortages around the world on government acceptance of biofuels. (biofortified.org)
  • Food should definitely come first, and all countries of the world should work to improve rice yields in Southeast Asia. (biofortified.org)
  • Chart showing Net Energy Yield from various fuel crops. (mongabay.com)
  • Palm oil is generally considered the most energy-efficient biofuel and has the highest yield per unit of land area. (ipsnews.net)
  • It's a very thirsty reed, sucking up 2,000 litres (500 gallons) of water for one metre (3.25 feet) of standing growth, which adds to stress in dry regions such as Florida where a company is proposing to generate energy by burning reeds (not exactly biofuel granted but usage of an invasive species for energy generating purposes). (genengnews.com)
  • The 'Greenhouse oppourtunity cost' of biofuels is far too high. (typepad.com)
  • Well, maybe not the whole ranch, but the Department of Energy's high-tech funding agency, ARPA-E , has just awarded $5.7 million to a new partnership that will develop guayule biofuel . (cleantechnica.com)
  • The processes need to successfully integrate knowledge about the properties of both the resource used and the biocatalyst, ensuring that reasonable yields and high levels of productivity will be produced and thus good process economy. (lu.se)
  • This study provides a proof-of-concept for the replacement of the endogenous hexose transporters of S. cerevisiae by hexose-proton symport, and the concomitant decrease in ATP yield, to greatly improve the anaerobic yield of ethanol on sugar. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We analyze the sensitivity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from land-use change to modifications in assumptions concerning crop area, yield, and deforestation. (repec.org)
  • Scientists already have an arsenal of enzymes to attack cellulose and hemicellulose-the primary components of plant cell walls-to get the component sugars that can be fermented into biofuels. (acs.org)