Biofuels. Medical search. Frequent questions

Proposals will address processes and technologies for advanced biofuels at a scale of 100-1000 tonnes from seaborne aquatic biomass such as macro-algae and/or fish residues in an energy-driven integrated biorefinery concept. (europa.eu)
RTI is developing an advanced biofuels technology that integrates a catalytic biomass pyrolysis step and a hydroprocessing step to produce infrastructure compatible biofuels. (aiche.org)
Biofuel production from microalgae has been receiving attention as an alternative energy source due to its high biomass productivity and minimal land resource requirement. (hindawi.com)
Soybean diesel, on the other hand, requires far less energy to convert biomass to biofuel "because soybeans create long-chain triglycerides that are easily expressed from the seed. (nih.gov)
It is possible to allow a smaller portion of the biomass, usually those carbohydrates which are difficult to break down, to be used for the production of biofuels, whilst the main production consists of more valuable products. (lu.se)
Comprehensive assessment of biorefinery potential for biofuels production from macroalgal biomass: Towards a sustainable circular bioeconomy and greener future. (bvsalud.org)
Extensive research was focused on the technoeconomic and environmental impact analysis of biofuel production from macroalgal biomass . (bvsalud.org)
This review explores the utilization of marine macroalgal biomass for the production of biofuels and biochemicals. (bvsalud.org)
The review also discusses the limitations, bottlenecks, challenges, and future perspectives associated with utilizing macroalgal biomass for the production of biofuels and value-added chemicals . (bvsalud.org)

Long-term potential for large scale biofuel production should be considered. (europa.eu)

Biofuels have often been presumed to offer a 'win-win' solution to the North's over-consumption of fossil fuels, while contributing to rural development in the global South. (bristol.ac.uk)
We wanted to make biofuels that could be used directly with existing engines to completely replace fossil fuels,' explains biologist John Love of the University of Exeter in England, who led the research into fuels. (scientificamerican.com)
Biofuel enthusiasts, including the new US president, say food crops can provide a cleaner, greener source of energy than fossil fuels. (chinadialogue.net)
But while biofuels can replace some fossil fuels, the main focus of climate-change mitigation should be reducing fuel consumption and increasing energy efficiency. (chinadialogue.net)
The burning of biofuels thus results in substantially less of a net gain in atmospheric carbon dioxide than that of fossil fuels. (cnn.com)
It is only recently, however, that the governments of major industrialized nations such as the U.S., the UK and Germany have really started putting their weight behind biofuel development and production, spurred on both by rocketing oil prices, dwindling oil reserves and growing concerns about the impact of fossil fuels on climate change and global warming. (cnn.com)
Unica boss Marcos Jank said world biofuel production represents one percent of the production of fossil fuels. (industryweek.com)
Biofuels burn cleaner than fossil fuels. (howstuffworks.com)
It has now become clear that there is no simple answer to the question of whether biofuels are truly a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. (transportenvironment.org)
It can also be used to produce biofuels , which are used in place of fossil fuels to power vehicles and for small heating applications. (vault.com)
There is a great need for society to decrease our reliance on fossil fuels (from, for example, coal or natural gas) in order to reduce the quantity of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere, and the use of biofuels is one opportunity to do so. (lu.se)

Currently the only profitable biofuel is the sugarcane ethanol produced in Brazil. (chinadialogue.net)
Biofuels are made from plant waste, including sugarcane and cassava. (voanews.com)
He also offers other reasons for doubting the viability of using plant-based fuels, "Biofuel is the process of getting fuel from biological materials and these days mostly they are concentrating on plants, sugarcane for example. (voanews.com)
also, he says biofuel crops would be competing with other crops for water, "For example, most of the countries that are using it now say Brazil, China and to a large extent also India they are using sugarcane. (voanews.com)
He says he'd prefer to see food crops grown rather than sugarcane for biofuel. (voanews.com)
Brazil is to launch a $10 million international campaign promoting the use of biofuel from sugarcane as a way of boosting its huge industry in the sector, officials said Feb. 25. (industryweek.com)
Is Brazilian Sugarcane The Answer To U.S. Biofuels Needs? (greencarreports.com)
Is Brazilian sugarcane the perfect biofuel for American drivers? (greencarreports.com)
Brazil believes ethanol made from sugarcane can supplement corn-based ethanol produced in the United States, which would help meet U.S. government targets for increased biofuel consumption. (greencarreports.com)

The use of the jatropha plant as a source of biofuel has gone from environmental hero to zero in the space of two years. (theecologist.org)
The U.S. Navy first looked into the idea of raising kelp as a potential source of biofuel during the gas shortages of the 1970s. (springwise.com)

Therefore crop production will be competitive between demand for food and demand for biofuels. (voanews.com)
But in the face of competition from road and aviation demand for biofuels, how will marine fare? (globaldata.com)

Large areas of farmland are being used for biofuel feedstock production instead of food crops, which raises the price of staple foods. (chinadialogue.net)
In theory, biofuels are carbon neutral: burning crops emits the same carbon dioxide that the plants took from the atmosphere during photosynthesis . (chinadialogue.net)
Carbon Dioxide emissions (CO2) could be cut because the biofuel crops absorb CO2 while they grow and energy security could be guaranteed because biofuels can be grown at home or imported from stable regions rather than oil states. (transportenvironment.org)

With the United States alone consuming more than 20 billion gallons of jet fuel annually, biofuels must undergo unprecedented. (biofuels-news.com)
In 2009, the United States produced 11.4 billion gallons of biofuels, of which 10.9 billion gallons was ethanol, produced mostly from corn, and 0.5 billion gallons was biodiesel, produced mostly from soybean oil [ii] . (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
Renewable Fuels Mandate: Requires fuel producers to use at least 36 billion gallons of biofuel in 2022 (6 fold increase over current levels). (nih.gov)
What are the human health research challenges for sustainable and safe utilization of 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2020? (nih.gov)

bp is making a major investment across our Wellington Terminal network, in preparation for the introduction of marine biofuel blends. (bp.com)
We are thrilled to be working with StraitNZ because they want to play their part in helping the world get to net zero by decarbonising their fleet, and with the marine biofuel blend bp will be supplying, we can help them do that. (bp.com)
HMM has conducted a trial use of a sustainable marine biofuel on its 6,400TEU containership Tacoma that called into Busan, South Korea. (biofuels-news.com)
This marine biofuel, supplied by GS Caltex, consists of 30% biodiesel. (biofuels-news.com)
This first marine biofuel test is part of our roadmap as their carbon. (biofuels-news.com)

Nonetheless, biodiesel was the most used biofuel in the period of consideration, with over 1.3 million metric tons of oil equivalent consumed in 2021. (statista.com)
SOUTH ROXANA, IL (PRWEB) May 18, 2018 -- Maas Companies of Rochester, MN will auction St. Louis Biofuels' $8 Million Dollar/12 Million Gallon per year biodiesel plant. (prweb.com)
Two common biofuels are ethanol and biodiesel. (howstuffworks.com)
Deploying effective carbon capture and storage at biofuels plants will cement ethanol and biodiesel as the lowest carbon liquid fuels commercially available in the marketplace. (ethanolproducer.com)
The cost to taxpayers for providing tax credits to biofuels to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is enormous: $754 per metric ton for corn-based ethanol, about $275 per metric ton for cellulosic ethanol, and $306 per metric for biodiesel. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
According to the CBO, using biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by using tax credits would cost taxpayers $754 per metric ton of CO 2 for ethanol, about $275 per metric ton of CO 2 for cellulosic ethanol, and $306 per metric ton of CO 2 for biodiesel. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)

Will Algae Biofuels Hit the Highway? (forbes.com)
Herein, we review major computational tools and approaches developed and used in order to potentially identify target genes, pathways, and reactions of particular interest to biofuel production in algae. (hindawi.com)
Algal cultivation with secondary wastewater effluent is one proposed platform for biofuel production, which provides nutrients to algae while further polishing wastewater effluent. (nih.gov)

In a review to be published in Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining, Scharf and his colleague Aurélien Tartar describe how the enzymes produced by both termites and the micro-organisms that inhabit their gut - known as symbionts - could help to produce ethanol from non-edible plant material such as straw and wood. (sciencedaily.com)

As the use of these tools and approaches has not been fully implemented in algal biofuel research, the aim of this review is to highlight the potential utility of these resources toward their future implementation in algal research. (hindawi.com)
A large number of computational tools have been developed, allowing a range of analyses and predictions, based on genetic and thermodynamic constraints embedded in in the network, to identify bioengineering strategies that can result in enhanced biofuel production of the engineered algal strain. (hindawi.com)
Herein we review the reconstruction of metabolic network models and major computational tools and pipelines that hold the potential to contribute to the optimization of algal strains for biofuel production. (hindawi.com)
The use of some of the herein discussed tools, already applied to the multitude nonalgal organisms, ranging from human to E. coli , provides strategies for algal biofuels optimization with major enhancement potential. (hindawi.com)

In the US, the aim is to increase production of biofuels to 36bn/gallons/ year by 2022, while in Europe the goal is to replace 10% of transportation fuels with alternative energies including biofuels and electric vehicles. (soci.org)
Indeed, so great is the 'threat' of biofuels production that The Nature Conservancy has now established a special working group to tackle the issue, says the organisation's Jimmie Powell. (soci.org)
Proposals will demonstrate aquatic advanced biofuel pathways which improve the economic viability of the subsequent energy production, including the upgrading technologies and valorisation of co-products. (europa.eu)
The security of feedstock supply is essential for the large-scale production of advanced biofuels which is a prerequisite for improving their competitiveness. (europa.eu)
These include the expansion of the use and production of biofuels. (chinadialogue.net)
The high costs of biofuel production mean that governments are forced to provide subsidies. (chinadialogue.net)
Tropical forests - crucial carbon sinks - are being devastated as land is cleared for biofuel production. (chinadialogue.net)
The European Union has started to make changes to its biofuel policy, and members of the European Parliament voted to reduce the target for biofuel use from 10% of transport fuels down to 6%, and establish a system of certification for sustainable biofuel production. (chinadialogue.net)
Despite the widespread fanfare of optimism, however, a growing body of scientists, economists, environmental campaigners and development experts are expressing doubts, in many cases grave ones, about the biofuel boom, arguing that far from saving the natural environment, the headlong rush into biofuel production is actually creating far more problems than it is solving. (cnn.com)
A research team has discovered a new way to remove a major stumbling block in the process, and boost biofuel production from E. coli . (lifeboat.com)
This paper seeks to provide a preliminary identification of the main sustainable development issues involved in the debate around production and trade of biofuels. (iied.org)
Integration of such disparate data can help define the emergent metabolic system properties, which is of crucial importance in addressing biofuel production optimization. (hindawi.com)
The report examines current and developing biofuels policies that will drive demand and the technologies and availability of feedstocks that will support its production. (globaldata.com)
The plant is set to process 500,000 tonnes of rapeseed annually, yielding a production output of 200,000 of oil to manufacture low-carbon biofuels. (biofuels-news.com)
Biofuel production globally is not progressing fast enough for the global energy sector to reach net zero emissions of carbon dioxide by 2050, the International Energy Agency said. (biofuels-news.com)
The estimates exclude emissions of carbon dioxide that occur when the production of biofuels results in forests or grasslands being converted to farmland to grow the fuel. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
Producing biofuels can be the main process of a biorefinery, for example the production of different alcohols by fermentation of sugars from the biobased raw material. (lu.se)
The future of efficient biofuel production is within reach. (lu.se)
Marine macroalgae have attracted significant interest as a viable resource for biofuel and value-added chemical production due to their abundant availability, low production costs , and high carbohydrate and lipid content. (bvsalud.org)
The growing awareness of socio- economic factors worldwide has led to a greater consideration of marine macroalgae as a sustainable source for biofuel production and the generation of valuable products. (bvsalud.org)
The integration of biorefinery techniques into biofuel production processes holds immense potential for fostering the development of a circular bioeconomy on a broad scale. (bvsalud.org)
These studies provided crucial insights into the large-scale industrial production of biofuels and associated by-products. (bvsalud.org)
Occupational health and biofuels production. (cdc.gov)

Royal Decree 61/2006, of 31 January establishing the specifications for petrol, diesel, fuel oils and liquefied petroleum gases and regulating the use of certain biofuels. (idae.es)
Biofuels are gaining credibility as a supplement to petroleum fuel in some developed as well as developing countries. (voanews.com)
But with global competition for shrinking petroleum resources and the ensuing increase in fuel prices, the relatively inexpensive biofuels are beginning to look attractive. (voanews.com)
Biofuel is worse for the planet than petroleum. (cnn.com)
With skyrocketing petroleum prices and war in the oil-producing nations of the Middle East, biofuels are increasingly touted as desirable alternatives to petroleum. (nih.gov)
Biofuels are added to petroleum products in the transportation sector. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)

Bioenergy is one of bp's five transition growth engines, and bp aims to produce around 100,000 barrels of biofuels per day globally by 2030. (bp.com)

Worldwide, McKinsey expects that total biofuels consumption will triple from the current 20-25bn gallons/year to 65-70bn gallons/year in 2020 - a feat that Caesar says will require an estimated 40-45m ha of land to produce biofuels, double the amount used in 2008. (soci.org)
Biofuels consumption for transport in Sweden peaked in 2017, with a total consumption over 1.6 million metric tons of oil equivalent. (statista.com)
Under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the U.S. is required to gradually increase the consumption of biofuels. (greencarreports.com)
There are two prominent justifications for biofuel subsidies-to reduce gasoline consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)

It is also incorrect to assume that planting biofuel feedstock does not cause greenhouse-gas emissions. (chinadialogue.net)

The challenge of sustainable biofuels,' Bill Caesar, principal at consulting firm McKinsey told delegates at the BIO meeting in Atlanta, Georgia last month, 'is to displace a meaningful proportion of petrochemical transportation fuels with renewable fuels that have a lower impact on the environment. (soci.org)
These standards have been incorporated into EU biofuel governance (the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED) 2008), giving them a mandatory status in one of the biggest export markets for biofuels. (bristol.ac.uk)
Elkhorn Valley Bedding is a subsidiary of Horizon Biofuels, Inc. Horizon Biofuels, Inc. (HBI) was formed by a group of Midwest business people who believed that is was possible to produce renewable sources of energy and products using locally grown and recycled feedstocks. (zoominfo.com)
Green energy is coming under pressure to clean up its act after severe criticism of the Government's attempts to change the rules on how renewable energy is calculated and further condemnation of the 'splash and dash' trading scam in biofuels. (theecologist.org)
Biofuels are renewable and sustainable. (howstuffworks.com)
Climate change and the rapid depletion of fossil fuel sources globally has injected new motivation into the pursuit of producing efficient, renewable feedstocks or biofuels for modern transportation. (lu.se)

Tung-oil trees have also been planted for use as biofuel feedstock. (chinadialogue.net)
But in practice, the situation is not so simple, because planting feedstock, processing biofuels and transporting them all require additional energy inputs. (chinadialogue.net)
Planting biofuel feedstock results in soil loss and water pollution. (chinadialogue.net)
This certification requires that sustainability criteria are followed throughout the supply chain - including the tracing of the waste feedstock from point of generation, through processing, transportation, and delivery of the final biofuel. (bp.com)

To achieve 'certified biofuel' status, operators may not have to comply with all sustainability standards, and audits may only consider 5-25% of a company's operations. (bristol.ac.uk)
Who and what are biofuel sustainability standards designed to benefit? (theecologist.org)

What are Biofuel Subsidies Good For? (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) [i] , subsidies for biofuels are costly to consumers and have high abatement costs for mitigating carbon dioxide emissions. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)

In fact it's quite likely that no single technology will dominate the 2nd generation biofuels industry. (aiche.org)
The speaker will explore promising developments that are likely to shape the emerging biofuels industry together with some of the challenges and uncertainties. (aiche.org)
But almost before the biofuels industry has got going, it has run into major problems. (newscientist.com)
The biofuel industry is rapidly expanding as governments and companies try to wean themselves off their dependence on oil, which has hit record prices. (industryweek.com)
In industry, yeasts are used to produce biofuels and to make enzymes, flavors and pigments and even drugs such as human insulin. (sciencedaily.com)
Ericsson and the GSMA, an industry group composed of mobile operators, are working with operators in developing countries to power cellular base stations using biofuel produced from local agricultural products. (cio.com)
Capturing and storing carbon dioxide in underground wells has the potential to become the most consequential technological deployment in the history of the broader biofuels industry. (ethanolproducer.com)

With measurements from MAX IV's SPECIES beamline, a group from Lund University and RISE , Research Institutes of Sweden, has successfully developed a model catalyst that, once tuned, holds potential to significantly improve the treatment process for the large-scale manufacture of viable biofuels from lignin. (lu.se)
Enzymes produced through directed evolution are used to manufacture everything from biofuels to pharmaceuticals. (nih.gov)

Now, startup Marine BioEnergy is hoping to develop an alternative that does not take up any space on land - carbon-neutral biofuels developed from giant kelp. (springwise.com)

BlackGold Biofuels, a firm that recycles organic fats, oils and greases from commercial wastewater into biofuel, opened a recycling facility at 4826 Worth Place in Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte Chamber officials said the multimillion-dollar facility included numerous site improvements, in addition to increasing the value and utility of the formerly underutilized Brookshire Boulevard "Distressed Business Corridor" in which it is located. (areadevelopment.com)

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and the GSM Association (GSMA) plan to expand a program that powers mobile base stations using biofuel to India and Bangladesh, a GSMA executive said Tuesday at the 3GSM World Congress Asia conference. (cio.com)
The vessel, operated in FIL service connecting Far East, India and Latin America, was refuelled with the biofuel blend during its bunkering at the Port of Busan. (biofuels-news.com)

Second generation technologies will help to lower the impact by increasing the yield of biofuels generated per acre since every bit of the plant will be used. (soci.org)
Gliricidia is a woody plant that can be burned in a biofuel power plant. (mongabay.com)

Scientists say biofuels from maize could help run cars, sugar could produce electricity and palm oil could help generate power. (voanews.com)
The U.S. is the top world producer of ethanol biofuel, making 28 billion liters in 2007, mostly from maize. (industryweek.com)

However good these new second generation technologies are, meeting national government mandates on biofuels is going to require a lot of extra land, Caesar pointed out. (soci.org)
While some biofuels are imported to meet the mandates, Congress has imposed a tariff of 2.5 percent and 54 cents per gallon to discourage the importation of ethanol. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)

Thanks to a new method for making interspecies yeast hybrids in the lab, the makers of beer, wine, biofuels and other products that depend on yeasts may soon have many more strains of the microorganism to work with. (sciencedaily.com)

Lovecraft Biofuels was a Silverlake, California operation that claimed typical diesel engines could run on vegetable oil using what is known as a "single tank" conversion. (wikipedia.org)
With the success of converting diesel engines to using biofuels, home-made scam conversion kits of questionable quality were installed in old, inexpensive diesel cars and resold in more favorable alternative fuel markets. (wikipedia.org)
Switching to biofuel offers several benefits over diesel, including reducing pollution and supporting local farmers, who produce the pumpkin seeds and palm oil used to make biofuel, Soppitt said. (cio.com)

If the biofuel known as bioethanol is to make a major contribution to our fuel supplies, then we may well require the assistance of some tiny insect helpers, says an assistant professor of entomology. (sciencedaily.com)
Simply put, any organic substance converted into fuel is a biofuel. (chinadialogue.net)
Thus in a recent directive the European Union called for biofuels to meet 5.75 percent of European transport needs by 2010, while in the UK the government is hoping that by 2050 33 percent of total national fuel use will be met by biofuels. (cnn.com)
Check out these alternative fuel vehicle pictures to learn more about biofuel. (howstuffworks.com)
A biofuel is a fuel created by processing an organic compound into a usable energy source. (howstuffworks.com)
The fuel will include a 24% Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester (UCOME) biofuel blended with very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO). (bp.com)
This blend of biofuel is estimated to help reduce lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions associated with the fuel by up to 20% compared to standard marine fuel oil equivalents. (bp.com)
Biofuels will be essential in our energy shift - especially in challenging areas, like jet fuel decarbonisation. (biofuels-news.com)
A recent poll--conducted by biofuels advocacy group Fuels America--shows significant consumer interest in ethanol-gasoline fuel blends. (greencarreports.com)

Digesting The Termite Digestome: A Way To Make Biofuels? (sciencedaily.com)
But, says Huber, "supercritical fluids are a very promising way to make biofuels. (technologyreview.com)
Other academic labs are developing processes that use high-temperature, high-pressure fluids to make biofuels. (technologyreview.com)

The governments using biofuel to tackle global warming know that it causes more harm than good,' George Monbiot, one of the UK's most outspoken environmental commentators, warned in a recent article in The Guardian newspaper. (cnn.com)

It grows up to 30 centimeters a day, and its low cellulose content allows it to be easily processed into liquid biofuel. (springwise.com)

EU RED criteria require that companies produce 'sustainable biofuels' to attain market access, but it fails to include basic criteria related to land rights. (bristol.ac.uk)
They don't produce sulfur or aromatics, so there's no unpleasant smell associated with burning biofuels. (howstuffworks.com)

The doctor says he prefers an alternative to biofuels -- biogas made from animal waste: "We have a lot of materials for this, poultry droppings, cow manure, ruminant manure could be used for biogas. (voanews.com)
The threat of global warming, high oil prices and concerns about energy security have all contributed to a renewed global interest in biofuels as an alternative to oil for transport. (iied.org)
It allows users to change assumptions about the future of biofuels policies, GDP growth and alternative crude oil prices. (globaldata.com)

Where land has been acquired from subsistence farmers or pastoralists for a biofuel plantation, audit evidence collected of 'free, prior and informed consent' is inadequate to prove 'land grabbing' has not taken place. (bristol.ac.uk)
A biofuel plantation near Yala National Park has landed Lanka Orex Leasing Company PLC (LOLC) in Sri Lanka's highest court. (mongabay.com)
Environmentalists say the company is illegally bulldozing Asian elephant habitat, including scrubland and tree stands, near the buffer zone of Yala National Park for gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium) biofuel plantation. (mongabay.com)

When you factor both the reduced emissions and the carbon capture factor, biofuels come out on top. (howstuffworks.com)
As part of the bp strategy and the bioenergy transition growth engine, bp is increasing its focus on the role sustainable biofuels can play in reducing life cycle emissions from ground transport and in hard-to-decarbonise transport sectors. (bp.com)

Research into " second generation " biofuel technology is also underway. (chinadialogue.net)
The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (NCERC) is a nationally-recognized research center dedicated to the development and commercialization of biotechnologies, including biofuels and bio-based chemicals and products. (siue.edu)
With the government's interest in funding bioenergy and biofuels research and increasing the supply of biofuels, environmental science and research jobs in this field are expected to be on the rise in the years to come. (vault.com)

The potential of such biofuel has long been recognized. (cnn.com)
As the title indicates,GlobalData's new report evaluates the potential for demand and supply of this emerging biofuel out to 2050. (globaldata.com)

The most widely-read biofuels daily - 14,000+ organizations subscribe - why not you too? (biofuelsdigest.com)

A year ago when oil prices were at record highs and global economies were booming, the case for biofuels seemed clear. (aiche.org)
Four factors - climate change, rising global demand for a constrained supply, the end of easy oil, and the political and economic imperatives to reduce oil imports - are expected to sustain biofuels development, despite the hurdles brought about by the global economic crisis. (aiche.org)
One conclusion that stands out clearly among all the uncertainty is that the chemical engineering profession will play a dominant role in making sustainable biofuels a reality and thereby contributing in a significant way to the resolution of critical global issues. (aiche.org)
Biofuels cannot be a major part of the solution - and they may have a negative impact on the climate and the global economy. (chinadialogue.net)
Of most concern is the impact of biofuels on global food security and agriculture. (chinadialogue.net)

While much of the attention on biofuels has focused on ethanol, the process developed by the MIT researchers produces propane, says Andrew Peterson , one of the graduate students who demonstrated the reactions. (technologyreview.com)
All biofuel reactions involve removing oxygen from the starting compound," says George Huber , assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst. (technologyreview.com)

Second generation biofuels plants - due to start coming onstream from next year - promise to be greener and more sustainable than their predecessors. (soci.org)
The current generation of biofuels was rushed onto the market in response to escalating concern in Europe about climate change, and in the US about energy security. (newscientist.com)
First generation" biofuels are already widely available. (chinadialogue.net)
First-generation biofuel technology has not provided the environmental benefits its proponents hoped. (chinadialogue.net)

minimize hydrogen demand of the integrated process, and maximize biofuels yields. (aiche.org)

In addition, biofuels act as carbon sinks while they grow -- they capture carbon. (howstuffworks.com)

Biofuels are safer -- a field of corn isn't going to poison the ocean. (howstuffworks.com)
The study showed that the cultivation of both corn and soybeans for biofuels creates negative environmental impacts, most notably the leaching of pesticides as well as nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizers, into surface, ground, and coastal waters. (nih.gov)

New campaign aims to build up international biofuels market. (industryweek.com)
The aim is to build an international biofuels market, which currently practically does not exist," Apex president Alessando Teixeira said. (industryweek.com)
The EU and other regions hurried to put in place volume targets and financial incentives to force the market to adopt biofuels. (transportenvironment.org)
Tom Frost, associate director at Numis Securities, said the market for biofuels was looking strong. (outsidethebeltway.com)

Biogas is principally used to supply household energy for cooking and lighting without the threat of competition for food resources generated from using biofuels. (voanews.com)
At best, we can only supplement our current need for energy using biofuels. (howstuffworks.com)
Many have noted in Sri Lankan press the irony of destroying elephant habitat, including forest lands, for so-called green energy made from biofuels. (mongabay.com)
and develop future energy resources, including biofuels and geothermal energy. (rigzone.com)

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