Posts Tagged corn biofuel

Next-Gen Biofuel Progresses Slowly, Could Match Corn-Based by 2016

Posted by Benji Jerew in Ethanol on March 19, 2013

Setbacks could probably be the best way to sum up the advance of the next generation biofuel production, but these things take time. Ethanol is a major biofuel used here in the US, and is produced from corn. Of course, there could be better uses for agricultural land used to produce corn simply for use [...]

New Biofuel Technology Produces 2.5% More Corn Bioethanol

Posted by Janina Lazo in Ethanol on November 1, 2012

In response to the food crisis that the first generation biofuel is causing (partially), an industrial producer of enzymes based in Denmark, Novozymes, has recently launched a new enzyme called Novozymes Avantec, which is claimed to produce 2.5% more bioethanol from corn. Biofuel production in the U.S. is mostly generated from corn, and the new [...]

Agave Ethanol Could Replace Petrol Without Displacing Food Crops

Posted by Mircea Sandru in Ethanol on August 9, 2011

In recent years, those voices saying that using corn crops to produce biofuels is a bad idea are increasingly common. Taking into account the concentration of carbon emitted into the atmosphere and the high prices of grain, many people said that corn ethanol proved to be worse than oil. The agave plants nevertheless proved that [...]

Posts Tagged corn biofuel

Next-Gen Biofuel Progresses Slowly, Could Match Corn-Based by 2016

New Biofuel Technology Produces 2.5% More Corn Bioethanol

Agave Ethanol Could Replace Petrol Without Displacing Food Crops

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