• Some other companies making 4th generation biofuels are: Algenol Amyris Biotechnologies Joule Unlimited LS9 Naturally Scientific In July 2022, a Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels was established by six Japanese automotive companies. (wikipedia.org)
  • A team of leading scientists are investing ways to turn the inedible parts of crops and other wasted biomass into usable biofuels. (topcropmanager.com)
  • By learning how nature breaks down cellulose in biomass and improving on that process, they hope to help the biofuels industry make a product that's greener and more economically viable, said Clarke. (topcropmanager.com)
  • and in the eastern U.S. it can produce more biomass on less acreage than other candidate biofuel crops. (uga.edu)
  • The *5th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts * provides direct interaction for attending delegates, with scientific and technical leaders in this field. (biotech-calendar.com)
  • Advanced biofuels synthesized from the cellulosic biomass in non-food plants represent a clean, green, renewable alternative to today's gasoline, diesel and jet fuels. (rdworldonline.com)
  • JBEI researchers have previously engineered strains of E. coli bacteria to digest the cellulosic biomass of switchgrass, a perennial grass that thrives on land not suitable for food crops, and convert its sugars into biofuels and chemicals. (rdworldonline.com)
  • The results of this study show a way to eliminate a bottleneck in JBEI's biofuels production strategy, which relies on ionic liquid pretreatment of cellulosic biomass. (rdworldonline.com)
  • To address this issue, there has been continuous research on the development of second-generation biofuels using lignocellulosic biomass. (scienceweekdigest.com)
  • In November, Biofuel developer LanzaTech became the first company in the world to have its jet fuel certified by the independent Roundtable on Sustainable Biomass , moving its partnership with airline Virgin Atlantic forward in the process. (environmentalleader.com)
  • Researchers at UC Berkeley have created a biodiesel fuel using a fermentation process that was once used to make explosives in World War I. The process uses a bacterium called Clostridium acetobutylicum (also known as the "Weizmann Organism") to ferment sugar from various sources - including corn, sugar cane, molasses, woody biomass, or plant biomass - and produces acetone, butanol, and ethanol. (techdirt.com)
  • 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)
  • Other sources of biofuels are the so-called 'hydrocarbons' which are produced from thermal biomass gasification and undergoing further synthesis (e.g. (soci.org)
  • Jackson and his former graduate student Yuting Zhao, now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois, have developed a chemical method that enables electricity and water to break the strong chemical bonds in biomass or plant matter. (eurekalert.org)
  • An international group of scientists have cracked the genetic code of two heat-loving fungi, Myceliophthora thermophila and Thielavia terrestris , and could use their findings for faster and greener development of biofuels derived from biomass. (greenoptimistic.com)
  • biomass residue for energy at a... biorefinery is the main reason why switchgrass and human-made prairies have theoretically lower GHG emissions than biofuels from annual (food) crops, where processing is currently derived from fossil fuels. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Lund University has a large team of researchers focusing on increasing our knowledge of how to create environmentally friendly chemicals, plastics, specific materials, fuel and energy sources from raw biological materials (biomass). (lu.se)
  • Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science & Technology earned RSB's sustainability certification for the joint venture's facility that converts waste steel mill gases to sustainable biofuels. (environmentalleader.com)
  • One of GLBRC's goals is to develop sustainable biofuels. (eurekalert.org)
  • 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. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • The three researchers are also collaborating with Iogen Corp., an Ottawa-based biotechnology company that makes cellulose ethanol for biofuels and enzymes used in that process and other applications. (topcropmanager.com)
  • Athens, Ga. -- Researchers at the University of Georgia have taken a major step in the ongoing effort to find sources of cleaner, renewable energy by mapping the genomes of two originator cells of Miscanthus x giganteus, a large perennial grass with promise as a source of ethanol and bioenergy. (uga.edu)
  • With a vertically integrated program and audience, the National Advanced Biofuels Conference & Expo is tailored for industry professionals engaged in producing, developing and deploying advanced biofuels including cellulosic ethanol, biobased platform chemicals, polymers and other renewable molecules that have the potential to meet or exceed the performance of petroleum-derived products. (biotech-calendar.com)
  • Cornell University biological engineers have deciphered the cellular strategy to make the biofuel ethanol, using an anaerobic microbe feeding on carbon monoxide - a common industrial waste gas. (phys.org)
  • That was the answer for corn ethanol, but sugarcane biofuels were likely efficient due to the higher energy density of the plants. (theness.com)
  • The study, however, raises some very serious questions about dedicating farmland to growing corn for ethanol for biofuels. (theness.com)
  • A team of US researchers also found that switchgrass-derived ethanol produced 540% more energy than was required to manufacture the fuel. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Although the process to produce ethanol from switchgrass was more complex than using food crops such as wheat or corn, the so-called "second generation" biofuel could produce much higher energy yields per tonne because it utilised the whole plant rather than just the seeds. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of ethanol from switchgrass, using only the displacement method, showed 88% less GHG emissions than conventional ethanol," the researchers wrote. (bbc.co.uk)
  • But even as researchers test poplars' potential to morph into everything from ethanol to chemicals in cosmetics and detergents, a commercial-scale processing plant for poplars has yet to be achieved. (futurity.org)
  • Federal requirements to increase the production of ethanol has developed into a "drink-or-drive issue" in the Midwest as a result of biofuel production's impact on water supplies and water quality, says an environmental engineering researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology in the latest issue of the journal Environmental Science & Technology . (mst.edu)
  • The researchers report that ethanol derived from corn grown in Nebraska, for example, would require 50 gallons of water per mile driven, when all the water needed in irrigation of crops and processing into ethanol is considered. (mst.edu)
  • Moreover, increasing production of biofuels from row crops will likely result in more water pollution due to soil erosion and the increased use of pesticides to grow enough crops to meet federal mandates for more ethanol, the researchers say. (mst.edu)
  • To arrive at their gallons-per-mile figures, the researchers first looked at the amount of water required to produce a single gallon of ethanol. (mst.edu)
  • The researchers note that 44 percent of all the corn produced in the United States from 2007 would be required for ethanol production to meet the 2015 goal. (mst.edu)
  • The decision to mandate ethanol production may look great initially as we all like the concept of biofuels," Burken says, "but really our difficult energy position and reliance on foreign oil is the result of our lack of an energy policy and investing a decade ago in biofuel technologies. (mst.edu)
  • The lignin in the plant materials dissolved into the liquid salt solution, leaving a sugar-rich material that is used in the production of cellulosic biofuel. (governorsbiofuelscoalition.org)
  • GreenFuel Technologies Corporation Cambridge, Massachusetts Technology: developed a patented bioreactor system that uses nontoxic photosynthetic algae to take in smokestacks' flue gases and produce biofuels such as biodiesel, biogas and a dry fuel comparable to coal Hydrocarbon plants or petroleum plants are plants which produce terpenoids as secondary metabolites that can be converted to gasoline-like fuels. (wikipedia.org)
  • Researchers at Washington State University and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have devised a method of converting a waste product generated by the conversion of algae into bio-crude into a usable and valuable commodity. (greencarcongress.com)
  • Converting algae to biofuels can utilize a two-step process. (greencarcongress.com)
  • Washington State University researchers have developed a way to grow algae more efficiently -- in days instead of weeks -- and make the algae more viable for several industries, including biofuels. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Researchers would like to produce algae efficiently because of its potential environmental benefits. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Researchers have begun developing biofilm reactors to grow the algae, but the reactors aren't efficient because of pH or temperature variations or a limited supply of carbon dioxide gas. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The researchers fed the algae glycerol, a cheap waste product of biodiesel production, and urea, another inexpensive chemical that serves as a nitrogen source for the algae. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Researchers at UC San Diego have demonstrated for the first time that marine algae can also be used to produce biofuels like fresh water algae. (techdirt.com)
  • Researchers find economically viable way to turn algae into fuel. (asianage.com)
  • Biofuel experts have been working to find an economically-viable way to turn algae into biocrude oil to power various types of vehicles. (asianage.com)
  • What's left is a precursor, the biocrude, used to produce algae-based biofuel. (asianage.com)
  • However, this requires so much energy to extract the water from the plants at the beginning of the process, turning algae into biofuel has thus far not been a practical, efficient or economical process. (asianage.com)
  • This analysis, for example, would not apply if we figure out a way of using algae for feedstock and bacteria to convert it to biofuels. (theness.com)
  • Duffy was addressing a gathering of a couple dozen scientists, engineers and industrialists gathered in the Alumni House in January to discuss how to make biofuel from algae-and how to make it profitable. (wm.edu)
  • Algae-based biofuel is a hot research topic. (wm.edu)
  • Duffy, the Loretta and Lewis Glucksman Professor of Marine Science at VIMS, is only one of the researchers involved in ChAP. Duffy and Professor of Marine Science Elizabeth Canuel have been cultivating algae in a flowway at the VIMS Gloucester Point campus for months. (wm.edu)
  • Duffy pointed out that ChAP's use of wild algae has a number of advantages over other biofuel approaches. (wm.edu)
  • A University of Alberta researcher is trying to find out how efficient it is to transport agricultural waste used in biofuels to biorefineries by pipeline. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • BETO is helping to fund projects that reduce the cost of renewable jet fuel, that scale up biorefineries to produce biofuel for commercial and military use, and that improve the efficiency and reduce risks of innovative technologies that convert wet waste to biofuel. (energy.gov)
  • Here you can learn more about biorefineries, industrial biotechnology, and biofuels. (lu.se)
  • Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a multi-institutional partnership led by Berkeley Lab, have identified the genetic origins of a microbial resistance to ionic liquids and successfully introduced this resistance into a strain of E. coli bacteria for the production of advanced biofuels. (rdworldonline.com)
  • Researchers from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology have found a way to use an engineered E. coli strain to create a biosynthetic form of sabinene - a naturally occurring precursor for aircraft biofuels - from sugar cane. (environmentalleader.com)
  • The Energy Department's Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), in partnership with the national laboratories, academia, and private companies, is pursuing biofuel research and development to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and secure our energy independence. (energy.gov)
  • During our ninth annual bioenergy conference ( Bioenergy 2016 ), we heard from many leaders in the field of bioenergy who presented compelling reasons for why cost-competitive biofuels are needed outside of on-road transportation. (energy.gov)
  • Rep. Kaptur of Ohio encouraged bioenergy leaders to develop waste-to-energy technology solutions to help take advantage of wet waste as resources for biofuels-thereby, turning waste into a resource. (energy.gov)
  • To replace fossil fuels, we created a lucrative solution that provides affordable, clean and storable bioenergy," says Petteri Salonen, CEO of Finrenes , a Finland-based biofuels company and lead partner of the BioFuel Fab project. (europa.eu)
  • In their Environmental Science & Technology article, the researchers suggest that federal regulators take a closer look at how a push for bioenergy will affect water resources. (mst.edu)
  • The main focus of previous studies looked at environmental trade-offs to fossil-fuel usage and not other aspects of biofuel production, according to the researchers. (mst.edu)
  • Algenol's advanced biofuel has received D-5 classification status under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (constantcontact.com)
  • These biofuels are actually better for airplanes to run on since they have fewer contaminants, and there may be opportunities where renewable jet fuel has a higher energy density than petroleum fuel. (energy.gov)
  • EAST LANSING, Mich. -With energy costs rising, and the rapidly emerging effects of burning fossil fuels on the global climate, the need has never been greater for researchers to find paths to products and fuels that are truly renewable. (eurekalert.org)
  • This research could transform ordinary green waste like leaves into renewable biofuels and could also substitute petroleum in otherwise environmentally harmful chemical processes. (greenoptimistic.com)
  • The long-term alternatives to fossil energy that have been discussed since the early 1970s are advanced energy efficient vehicles in combination with either biofuels in various forms or renewable electricity or hydrogen as fuels. (lu.se)
  • 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)
  • The designers of the process and a critical machine used to grind the corn leftovers, or stover, turned to UA metallurgical and mechanical engineers with expertise in mechanics to help clear a significant hurdle to scale up the process, paving the way to produce commercially viable jet biofuel. (ua.edu)
  • New research indicates that poplar trees could be an economically viable biofuel material. (futurity.org)
  • Now, a team of researchers is trying to make poplar a viable competitor by testing the production of younger poplar trees that could be harvested more frequently-after only two or three years-instead of the usual 10- to 20-year cycle. (futurity.org)
  • Earlier studies show that poplar woodchips are a viable biofuel source, but costs still don't pencil out, especially since trees are cut just once every 10-plus years. (futurity.org)
  • 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)
  • As Dennis Manos sees it, algal biofuel could be part of the answer to the question posed by the world's appetite for petroleum. (wm.edu)
  • ChAP differs from other algal biofuel initiatives in two ways. (wm.edu)
  • In a bid to find a solution to the ongoing debate between food and fuel pundits, researchers at the University of Guelph are working on a solution that turns inedible parts of crops into useable biofuel. (topcropmanager.com)
  • Guelph, ON -Using food crops for biofuels is being cited by the World Bank as aggravating skyrocketing food prices and hunger across the globe, but researchers at the University of Guelph are working on a possible solution. (topcropmanager.com)
  • However, growing crops, making fertilizers and pesticides, and processing the plants into biofuel requires so much energy that it's questionable whether biofuels are really as environmentally friendly as they might seem on the surface. (techdirt.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)
  • Current LCAs assume that the carbon offset of growing the feedstock is 100%, that the crops pull enough carbon out of the air to 100% offset the carbon released during burning of the biofuel. (theness.com)
  • What consequences will the increased cultivation and use of biofuels (crops and forests) have for CC, AQ, BD and ES? (lu.se)
  • planned: cellulose agricultural residues Products: fuel oils, chemicals Second-generation biofuels use non-food substances as a feedstock carbon source. (wikipedia.org)
  • It can also be engineered to produce isoprenoids, a group of chemicals used to make biofuels, medicines, flavorings, and other valuable products. (glbrc.org)
  • Our findings should pave the way for further improvements in microbes that will contribute to the sustainable production of biofuels and chemicals. (rdworldonline.com)
  • Biofuels are generally made by using chemicals, fermentation, and heat to break down the starches, sugars, and other molecules in plants to produce a fuel that can be used by vehicles. (techdirt.com)
  • One of the most abundant terrestrial polymers (large molecules made of repeating subunits called monomers) on Earth, lignin surrounds valuable plant fibers and other molecules that could be converted into biofuels and other commodity chemicals - if we could only get past that rigid plant cell wall. (lbl.gov)
  • In the quest to produce affordable biofuels, poplars are one of the Pacific Northwest's best bets-the trees are abundant, fast-growing, adaptable to many terrains, and their wood can become substances used in biofuel and high-value chemicals that we rely on in our daily lives. (futurity.org)
  • After processing the trees, the researchers found that leaves are poor performers and lowered the overall sugar output, not just because leaves are naturally low in sugar, but they also contain other chemicals that impede the sugar-releasing process. (futurity.org)
  • Unlike first-generation biofuels, they do not create problems in regard to the global food production. (wikipedia.org)
  • A University of Alberta researcher has developed better ways to convert carbon dioxide, a harmful greenhouse gas, and glycerol, a leftover of biodiesel production, into value-added materials with wide-ranging uses including liquid hydrogen storage. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • Researcher Daven Khana studies the bacteria Zymomonas mobilis and its potential use in the production of biofuels and sustainable replacements for petrochemicals. (glbrc.org)
  • For this experiment , researchers created different strains of the microbe that produced more of certain enzymes to see which ones improved isoprenoid production. (glbrc.org)
  • Researchers at North Carolina State University say they've discovered a new way to break down plant materials, a development that could lower production costs for advanced biofuels. (governorsbiofuelscoalition.org)
  • As a result, production of a terpene-based biofuel was enhanced. (rdworldonline.com)
  • The RSB is a global sustainability standard and certification system for biofuels and biomaterials production. (environmentalleader.com)
  • Plenty of research is already under way to figure out ways to make biofuel production more efficient with the help of microorganisms. (techdirt.com)
  • Researchers at Purdue University are studying how termite digestion could help improve biofuel production. (techdirt.com)
  • Further research could lead to finding enzymes that could one day be used to help improve biofuel production. (techdirt.com)
  • I wonder how many biofuel production plants are in states that don't provide tax breaks for them? (techdirt.com)
  • Think about this for a while: biofuel production as it currently is implemented only makes sense for corporate, commodity export agriculture. (techdirt.com)
  • This breakthrough could have a positive impact on developing more efficient production technologies to convert cellulose to biofuels and biochemical. (constantcontact.com)
  • Further, researchers are looking into using different feedstocks and different methods of production. (theness.com)
  • A lot of their information was based on small plot data and also estimates of what would be needed in the agronomic production of biofuels," Dr Vogel explained. (bbc.co.uk)
  • 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)
  • Visit also to the Colabit company that has a pilot plant for HVO production and plans for large-scale biofuels production at industrial site. (svebio.se)
  • Biofuel production: a drink-or-drive issue? (mst.edu)
  • While previous studies have examined biofuel production's impact on air quality, land use and net energy value, "the effect of increased biofuel production on water security has not been subjected to the same scrutiny," the researchers write. (mst.edu)
  • Biofuel production is part of our energy future, but it needs to be considered as part of a portfolio of energy sources and technologies. (mst.edu)
  • Kolessar provided examples across the Agency's portfolio, including fossil free steel (SSAB), battery production (Northvolt), biofuels (RenFuel), electrification of the transportation system, and smart grids. (lu.se)
  • The future of efficient biofuel production is within reach. (lu.se)
  • Read more about Sara Blomberg's project " In situ activation study of NiMo catalyst tailored for biofuel production" Here . (lu.se)
  • Last June, United Airlines announced plans to purchase 15 million gallons of biofuel from AltAir Fuels for use on flights departing from Los Angeles International Airport starting in 2014. (environmentalleader.com)
  • Today, routine flights are powered by biofuels, but Felgar said the key to widespread market penetration is to lower the cost of these fuels even more. (energy.gov)
  • His research focuses on identifying potential drop-in biofuels and building and optimizing the metabolic pathway to produce these target fuels in microbes. (lbl.gov)
  • Researchers are working toward clean, cost-effective alternatives to today's fossil fuels. (pnnl.gov)
  • When they plug their 37% figure into current LCAs for biofuel efficiency they find that the use of biofuels has resulted in a net increase in carbon release, and in fact is worse than just burning fossil fuels. (theness.com)
  • Alternative fuels must make economic sense, the researchers stress, for biofuels to make a dent in the petroleum-driven market. (futurity.org)
  • The research is mainly development of chemical kinetics models of a range of fuels, fossil fuels as well as biofuels. (lu.se)
  • A biofuels company is developing a sustainable process for both producing biogas and reusing the leftover digestate waste. (europa.eu)
  • Produced by the breakdown of organic matter such as agricultural and municipal waste, manure, plant and food waste, and sewage, biogas is cleaner than other types of biofuels . (europa.eu)
  • The BioFuel Fab solution's differentiator is that in addition to creating biogas, it also uses the leftover digestate. (europa.eu)
  • This funding will be used to build the BioFuel Fab processing plant and begin the process of bringing its technology, biogas and brown pellets to market. (europa.eu)
  • Björnsson L and Kreuger E , 2009, Biogas - nyckeln till en lyckad växtföljd. (lu.se)
  • Mahdi Vaezi, a PhD student in the Faculty of Engineering, is doing groundbreaking research to determine whether it's effective to use pipelines to transport agricultural waste used in biofuels, such as straw and corn stover, from farms to bio-based energy facilities. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • Researchers have long been interested in waste products as sources of biofuel. (umaine.edu)
  • Researchers in Wheeler's lab at UMaine recently used unpurified, mixed carboxylates which were produced from grocery store waste such as banana peels, cardboard boxes and shelving to successfully make a batch of the fuel. (umaine.edu)
  • Commercial aviation, the U.S. military, and organic waste streams are all compelling opportunities for biofuel. (energy.gov)
  • The coming decade will see the introduction of more advanced "2nd generation" of biofuels based on waste and wood. (lu.se)
  • The second converts that bio-oil into biofuel, which can replace gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. (greencarcongress.com)
  • Then, instead of burning the digestate, BioFuel Fab converts it into organic brown pellets that can serve several purposes. (europa.eu)
  • Their results, published this summer in two papers-one in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering and the other in Biotechnology for Biofuels -point to a promising future for using poplar coppice for biofuel. (futurity.org)
  • Biofuels, oil palm and agribusiness in Southeast Asia - planning for sustainability? (sei.org)
  • I had already met one objective of the conference - I had a great network of sustainability researchers and practitioners. (lu.se)
  • It is important to me as a sustainability researcher to practice what I preach. (lu.se)
  • Since the start of my career as a researcher, about 9 years ago, I have been struggling with the notion that what "we" need are optimistic stories of what a sustainability transition would entail. (lu.se)
  • The four-year project will support a postdoctoral researcher and two doctorate students while enabling undergraduate researchers to participate, including a current senior design project. (ua.edu)
  • A large part of the solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector could be uniquely filled by biofuels and bioproducts. (energy.gov)
  • Eric Sundstrom is a staff scientist within the Biosciences Area and leader of the fermentation team within the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU). (lbl.gov)
  • For the third year after 2015 and 2016, SASNET invited researchers at Lund University to apply for a one month position ("ansökningsmånad") at SASNET in which to prepare a research application with a South Asian focus. (lu.se)
  • Opinion: Max Åhman, Senior researcher, Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund University 2014 After 40 years of experimentation, the next 10 years could be the breakthrough for sustainable transport, but more and better understanding of the systemic barriers for a sustainable transition is still needed. (lu.se)
  • The researchers hope to copy this natural breakdown right down to the molecular level by combining a range of expertise and tools, from genetically engineered microbial enzymes to nanoscale microscopy and imaging. (topcropmanager.com)
  • An ideal and more sustainable process is to balance the costs of removing the ionic liquid with the fermentation performance by using biofuel-producing microbes that can tolerate residual levels of ionic liquids. (rdworldonline.com)
  • Their three-year $600,000 study examines how to break down the plant cellulose found in corn husks, stalks and leaves as well as straw switchgrass and even wood chips and unlock the biofuels. (topcropmanager.com)
  • Improvements in efficiency over the years have slowly shifted the results of LCAs and recently it seems that biofuels are reasonably energy efficient - they produce more energy than they consume. (theness.com)
  • A team of scientists recently found agave to show much promise as an environmentally friendly biofuel. (springwise.com)
  • The next step is to determine which pieces of DNA are diagnostic of genes that can make the plant an even better biofuel crop. (uga.edu)
  • Without the map, researchers and breeders must go out into farmland and take thousands of measurements of plant characteristics in many different locations to determine which plants have the greatest potential as the beginnings of a biofuel crop. (uga.edu)
  • All chefs know that "you have to break some eggs to make an omelet," and that includes engineers at Iowa State University who are using high-frequency sound waves to break down plant materials in order to cook up a better batch of biofuel. (innovationtoronto.com)
  • The inauguration of a biofuel power plant in southern France - using human and more-than-human bodies as fuel, efficiently harvested from the shores of the Mediterranean - being a case in point. (lu.se)
  • Biofuel is often touted as a clean fuel, but the fact that it is made using food sources is a major drawback. (scienceweekdigest.com)
  • In addition, BETO is holding an alternative aviation fuel workshop in September to convene aviation industry stakeholders to advance the understanding of the barriers to price competitiveness of commercial aviation biofuels. (energy.gov)
  • 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)
  • The assumption that biofuels are inherently carbon neutral is a premise of most climate-related fuel policies promulgated to date, including measures such as the LCFS and RFS that evaluate GHG impacts using lifecycle modeling. (theness.com)
  • Climate reduction is a challenge but for the transportation sector, biofuels have remerged as one of the available now alternatives to address both short-term fuel shortages, and medium-term greenhouse gas reduction. (svebio.se)
  • The authors argue that there is a need to thoroughly rethink regulatory and policy frameworks around agribusiness and biofuels development in Southeast Asia, and make recommendations for how development actors and governments can move forward, as well as set out a future research agenda that can support efforts to do so. (sei.org)
  • To make biofuel from inorganic, gaseous industrial rubbish, the researchers learned that the bacterium Clostridium ljungdahlii responds thermodynamically - rather than genetically - in the process of tuning favorable enzymatic reactions. (phys.org)
  • Our findings are significant for the future biofuel industry, and the ultimate goal is to make poplar coppice biofuel a step closer to the pump. (futurity.org)
  • Our research proved that poplar coppice can be a good option to meet the cheap, high-volume criteria of biofuel feedstock," says Chang Dou, a doctoral student in the University of Washington's Bioresource Science and Engineering program at lead author of both papers. (futurity.org)
  • A PNNL study has shown the nation's wastewater resource recovery facilities could generate revenue by converting sludge into biofuel-while significantly reducing disposal costs-using an in-house-developed technology. (pnnl.gov)
  • As COVID-19 was limiting in-person contact, halting travel, and creating additional barriers, researchers at PNNL were working to find solutions on how they could still get work done while establishing new safety protocols. (pnnl.gov)
  • Network Collapse, a virtual reality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) app developed by PNNL researchers, has won a Gold Award from the 2019 International Serious Play Award. (pnnl.gov)
  • Engineering researchers at The University of Alabama are working to improve a novel process to turn leftover corn scraps into biofuel for jet engines as part of a $3.8 million grant from the United States Department of Energy. (ua.edu)
  • We identified two genes in Enterobacter lignolyticus , a soil bacterium that is tolerant to imidazolium-based ionic liquids, and transferred them as part of a genetic module into an E.coli biofuel host," says Michael Thelen, a biochemist with JBEI's Deconstruction Division. (rdworldonline.com)
  • In this latest study, the JBEI researchers used a creative approach devised by lead author Ruegg to rapidly pinpoint the genes responsible for ionic liquid resistance in the genomic DNA of SCF1. (rdworldonline.com)
  • The researchers have filed a patent application on the technology and are working to optimize the process. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The researchers described the process as both "green and sustainable. (environmentalleader.com)
  • Boeing has now tested and approved five biofuel pathways through the ASTM (American Society of the International Association for Testing and Materials) process. (energy.gov)
  • During the project, researchers successfully validated the feasibility of the process itself and the viability of its business potential. (europa.eu)
  • However, this analysis found that the gains in CO 2 uptake by feedstock were enough to offset biofuel-related biogenic CO 2 emissions by only 37 % over 2005-2013, showing that biofuel use fell well short of being carbon neutral even before considering process emissions. (theness.com)
  • He also added that there were other factors within the process of producing the biofuel that limited its financial and environmental feasibility. (bbc.co.uk)
  • McGinn said that with biofuel, the Navy can reduce its dependence on just one energy source (oil) and lower its greenhouse gas emissions while using its existing vehicle fleet. (energy.gov)
  • Producing biofuels from a fast-growing grass delivers vast savings of carbon dioxide emissions compared with petrol, a large-scale study has suggested. (bbc.co.uk)
  • As an example, the rapid global development of biofuels has demonstrated both a great potential to reduce climate emission, poverty and farming diversity but could also, poorly managed, result in increased food insecurity, land grabbing and ultimately increasing climate emissions. (lu.se)
  • Congratulations to Krithika Ravi who participated in the Gunnar Sundblad session for young researchers on Ekmandagarna 2019 held in Stockholm. (lu.se)
  • Producing biofuel can help alleviate crucial environmental and public health problems facing some of our communities. (energy.gov)
  • The study tries to address a very narrow question - how much of the carbon that is released into the atmosphere when biofuels are burned was offset by the taking up of carbon from the atmosphere when the plants used to create the biofuels (feedstock) were grown? (theness.com)
  • Prior analysis of the utility of biofuels assumes that the offset is 100%, that all of the carbon released when biofuels are burned came from the atmosphere when the plants were grown. (theness.com)
  • Today, the sustainable transport community has grown to include thousands of researchers, inventors, and practitioners. (lu.se)
  • In a paper published in the journal Nature Microbiology , researchers prove that a group of anaerobic fungi - Neocallimastigomycetes - are up to the task. (lbl.gov)
  • The brief presents key insights from this work, noting that, often, biofuels developments do not bring promised benefits, are based on unclear land tenure, and leave small-scale producers vulnerable. (sei.org)
  • A new study suggests that biofuels may be the latest entry in the book of unintended consequences. (theness.com)
  • These pilot projects, demonstrations, and companies on the market provide an opening for researchers to be involved in experimentation and learning to support implementation of future energy solutions. (lu.se)
  • In the midst of these conversations, I received Jesper Weithz's new novel 2020 - En framtidsoptimistisk roman (2020 - A future-optimistic novel). (lu.se)
  • Led by graduate student Sandra Rincon and her advisor, Haluk Beyenal, professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, the researchers developed a unique biofilm reactor that recycles gasses and uses less water and lower light than typical reactors. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The authors essentially analysed the increase in carbon capture by farms growing feedstock for biofuels from 2005-2013 and compared that to the amount of biofuel created and the amount of CO2 that would release. (theness.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. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • Its researchers have established Ireland's most successful start-up companies, including the biomedical company, Opsona Therapeutics, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancers, and the games industry software company, Havok, that was sold to Intel for €76 million. (tcd.ie)
  • Other topics under discussion also included the implications for the motor industry and policy makers, for example, biofuels are currently being blended into petrol and diesel which are sold in petrol stations so some of us actually may be using them without knowing. (soci.org)
  • This conference gathers leading actors and stakeholders in the global biofuels industry. (svebio.se)