Algae Producing Fuel Through Photosynthesis With the Help of Engineering
New species of blue-green algae was engineered by chemists at University of California, Davis. The aim of the team, led by assistant professor Shota...
Biofuels Increase Air Pollution and Reduce Crop Yield, New Study Says
According to a recent study, biofuels might increase air pollution and reduce crop yields. This is the conclusion that a team from Lancaster University,...
Was it Fraud? How Biofuels Company “Earned” Millions from EPA Loophole
In June 2010, a CN Rail cargo train crossed the US / Canada border 24 times, earning some $2.6 million in transportation revenue. This...
Gut of Western Australia Termites May Be Key in Biofuel Development
Research completed by University of Western Australia honors student, Ghislaine Small, of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Planet Energy Biology has identified the...
Global Alternative Energy Sector in a Depression Due to Natural Gas
The global alternative energy sector is in a depression. Alternative energy investments aren't looking so good, and the private and public sectors around the world have...
Wood-to-Bio-oils Process Studied on Supercomputer
Fossil fuels, including petroleum, coal, natural gas, and others, are essentially organic materials that have decomposed. Under pressure, heat, and time, and in an...
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...
Princeton University Study Claims Synfuels Could Eliminate US Petroleum Needs
One of the goals of some synfuel programs is, not only to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions, but to reduce our dependency on foreign petroleum imports....
Garbage Bacteria May Cut Biofuel Production Costs
A new species of bacterium, which was later named Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus, has been discovered in a garbage dump in Illinois that increases biofuel yield...
US Department of Energy Plans for the Future with Biofuel Projects
The Department of Energy has awarded $6.1 million to four biofuel-related energy technology projects, not least of which include engineered bioenergy crops and a...
