Posts Tagged biofuel

Honeywell to Test Jet Biofuel in Never-Tried-Before Concentrations

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biodiesel on May 1, 2012

Honeywell is about to start a test program meant to prove biofuel/fossil fuel blends can be used in aviation successfully. UOP, its subsidiary, will cooperate with the National Research Council of Canada and Agrisoma Biosciences to carry out the program. Some may argue (rightfully) that corn biofuels compete for land with food crops, but Honeywell’s [...]

Self-Aware E.coli Bacteria Producing Three Times More Biofuel

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biodiesel on April 4, 2012

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have improved the way that genetically-modified E.coli bacteria can produce biofuels from ethanol and fatty acids. They have developed a genetic sensor that allows the bacteria to regulate their gene expression as a response to varying levels of ethanol or fatty acids. So far, the biofuel production by [...]

Newly-Discovered Process Makes Gasoline From Wood Chips

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in New Inventions on October 19, 2011

Clay Wheeler, a researcher from the University of Maine has created what could be the alternative to using petroleum for making gasoline – a much greener alternative, in fact, but which also poses numerous other environmental concerns, because it involves trees – the Earth’s lungs. Prof. Wheeler and his two undergrads said about the technique [...]

Heat-Loving Fungi Help Making Biomass-based Fuels

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biodiesel on October 5, 2011

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. They discovered that the two fungi can accelerate the breakdown of fiber-containing biomass at temperatures between 40 and 70 degrees Celsius. [...]

Renmatix Uses Supercritical Water to Turn Biomass into Biofuels

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biodiesel, Ethanol on October 4, 2011

Wood chips, switchgrass and other non-edible parts of crops, also known as “agricultural waste” have been touted recently as good biofuel sources. However, extracting the necessary sugars that would further on get converted into fuels had been proven hard to accomplish. Renmatix, a Georgia-based company, has found a new process to quickly extract the sugars [...]

Algae Growing In Roman Baths Could Be a Great Source Of Biofuel

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Biodiesel on July 13, 2011

Researchers found that algae growing in Roman Baths could be a great source of fuel for cars. The Roman Baths are currently at the centre of a Department of Biology & Biochemistry study aimed at producing renewable biofuels from algae.

Biofuel Production Costs Could Very Soon Drop By 80% Due to Cyanobacteria

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Biodiesel on May 30, 2011

People are gradually losing interest in fossil fuels, because in a not so faraway time there may not be any fossil fuels to take interest in first of all. Then, there are the gas prices, the energy security issue and the gas emissions that could ruin everything.

Self-Destructing Crops That Produce Biofuel More Efficiently Studied by Agrivida

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biodiesel on May 19, 2011

In the process of making biofuel, crops have to first be disintegrated into sugars, which is often a puzzling step, since it requires a lot of time and is not always efficient. Agrivida, a company located near Boston, is experimenting how to reverse engineer plants so they simply self-destruct into simpler elements quicker and better, to yield cheaper and more biofuel.

Sugarcane Crops Showed to Cool Climate

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Global Warming on April 26, 2011

Sugarcane has been touted as a sort of an inefficient biofuel crop, since it consumes a lot of water and fertilizer, and hence its carbon footprint is not the best for such a purpose, compared to algae, for example. Sugarcane, on the other hand, can help cool the climate in a certain way.

Kenyan Forests Endangered by European Biofuel Crops, Local Protesters Say

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biodiesel, Global Warming on March 22, 2011

Cutting down forests for the sake of planting zero-carbon biofuel crops is like fighting for peace – war will generate even more war. Kenya’s Dakatcha Woodlands seems to face such an issue, since European companies seeking to harvest biofuel crops want to destroy the forest.

Microwave-Burnt Biomass Could Help "Black" Energy Industry Become Cleaner

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biodiesel on February 19, 2011

James Clark, the director of the University of York’s Green Center of Excellence, will present some of the newest chemical technologies that could help producing clean biofuels and at the same time eliminate waste, at the Annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Biomass-Based Jet Fuel to Be Produced in London and Australia by US-based Company

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biodiesel on January 4, 2011

Did you know that German fighter airplanes used synthetic fuel made from biomass? This is what Australian line Qantas and US-based fuel producer Solena are negotiating about these days, in an attempt to replace the fossil-based fuels that currently power their airplanes.

Cheese-Making Bacterium Studied For Possible Biofuel Producing Capabilities

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biodiesel on December 2, 2010

A bacterium that usually transforms milk into cheese is now being hunted by researchers who want to “convince” it that its natural vocation can also help to produce biofuels. This story is about Lactococcus lactis.

Producing Biofuel From Food Crops Could Generate More CO2 Than Burning Petrol, Study Says

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biodiesel on November 10, 2010

In a desperate effort to stop global warming due to CO2 emissions, the concerned people’s first resort is to produce biofuels and use them in engines. But current incentives that promote biofuels will be pushing farmers around Europe to grow mainly food crops on usable food crop lands.

Field Pennycress Discovered To Be Suited For Biodiesel Production

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biodiesel on November 5, 2010

The United States’ Department of Agriculture researchers found a plant called field pennycress to be a perfect match for a biofuel resource, because its seeds contain a lot of oil that could be used to fuel cars.

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