Crude Glycerin from Biofuel Production has Great Unexpected Uses
Glycerin in its pure form is used to manufacture soap, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and many other products, but the crude glycerin is an impure form that is unsuitable for these products. But what if we could use it putting back biodiesel in its correct position of green alternative power source?
Gliocladium Roseum: Rotten Grapes Fungus Produces Diesel
Gliocladium Roseum is a fungus from the Patagonian rainforest, that also grows on wine grapes. It cannot be burned directly, but it seems to produce diesel fuel (or at least molecules found in diesel), out of cellulose.
Adama Kamara's Eco Friendly Stove Uses Biodiesel For Cleaner Cooking
Most people didn't know that cooking on a regular stove can be very harmful for the environment and also for themselves. Using wood, kerosene and coal in your cook stove is not so cheap and more than that, the toxic fume resulted is very dangerous for anyone who inhales it.
Bioplastics Could Have a New Source of Raw Material: Animal Fats
Animal leftovers are a valuable source of fats (carbon-rich organic polymers) that are ideal for the production of bioplastics. This could make the search for...
Scientists Extracting Biofuels From Waste Tea Leaves
Pakistani scientists have begun to think seriously about converting waste tea leaves into biofuels. They found a way to produce biodiesel from used tea leaves, using a nanocatalyst that is able to accelerate chemical reactions.
Audi Makes Eco-friendly Diesel From Water and Carbon Dioxide
New highly efficient eco-diesel by Audi, produced from water and carbon dioxide, holds a potential to revolutionize the automobile industry and bring us a step...
Photosynthetic Cyanobacteria Produces Sugar for Biofuel
Sugar is one of the key elements involved in the production of ethanol and determining the cost of biofuels.
A new initiative called Proterro, intends...
Norway bans biofuel from palm oil to fight deforestation
Palm oil is used in virtually anything, from food to make-up industry, and the rapid expansion of palm plantations comes at the expense of...
University of Michigan Researchers Get $2 million Grant for Developing Algae-Based Biodiesel
A team of researchers from the University of Michigan have been granted $2 million by the US Energy department as funding for their research...
Bio-Bean Turns Coffee Grounds into Clean Fuel
British startup converts tonnes of waste coffee grounds into carbon neutral fuel.
Coffee grounds are known for being a perfect natural fertilizer. But, the great...
