Biofuel-Producing Grasses Could Replace Corn In The Next Decade, Illinois Researchers Say
Biofuel from corn has already been blamed for the lack of food in poorly developed countries, because it shares precious land that could have otherwise been used to grow food crops.
Ford Researchers Experimenting Algae Biofuels For Future Cars
The Ford Motor Company is taking a new step forward in the process of researching new possibilities of producing biofuels. The company's scientists are currently studying algae as a feasible automotive biofuel, as part of a plan aimed at reducing the dependence on oil and pollution.
Enerkem: World's First Industrial-Sized Waste to Biofuel Plant To Begin Operating Next Year
A Canadian company plans to begin construction of a new industrial-sized plant that will be capable to transform non-recyclable waste into biofuel. Dubbed Enerkem, the plant, located in Quebec, will be the world's first and according to the company it will generate 10 million gallons of 5 percent ethanol-petrol blend a year.
"Turbo-Charged" Bacteria Transforms Cardboard And Tea Bags Into Biofuel
The Guildford, UK-based TMO Renewables has recently developed a new type of biofuel, appointed as a "second generation", that according to the company will be used as an alternative fuel for transport in the next years, after signing a deal with US firm Fiberight.
Russia's First Biofuel Plant To Be Built In Siberia Next Year
If you thought that only the Americans and the Europeans have plans to green themselves up, then you were wrong. Russia, still one of the world's biggest economical powers, plans to start building the country's first biofuel plant in Siberia.
Puerto Rico to Generate Electricity From Their First Algae-Based Biofuel Plant
Puerto Rico may soon have a plant that will generate clean fuel from tropical marine micro-algae. The algae-based biofuel plant will be built in northern Puerto Rico by the Bio-Lipidos company and state-owned utility AEE.
Cow Rumen Bacteria Provide Groundbreaking Knowledge For Biofuel Industry
They make use of the rumen bacterium as a model, as "it's one of the most efficient machines to deconstruct plant matter," said Isaac Cann, associate professor in the U of I Department of Animal Sciences and member of the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI).
Heavily Modified E.Coli Bacteria to Make Biodiesel for Our Cars – Safe or Not?
E.coli is often associated with food poisoning and sickness. An associate professor of computer science at Rutgers University in Camden, Desmond Lun, is trying to perform a computer simulation of how E.coli could be genetically modified to produce more fatty acids, and hence biodiesel.
Locally Grown Biofuels Promoted and Funded by U.S. Government
The Obama Administration wants to help the biofuel industry develop. The government is thus investing $8.9 million to award nine companies in seven states for improving their genetic breeding programs for creating plants better suited for biofuel.
Pyrolysis Oil Obtained from Agricultural and Forestry Waste
Researchers at the University of Twente have recently discovered one of the cheaply and efficiently method to convert biomass from agricultural and forestry waste into oil.
