New Biomass Conversion Technique Achieved with Electricity
In an effort to replace fossil fuels, a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Gwangiu Institute of Science...
Study of Algae Critical for Researchers to Understand Photosynthesis
73 researchers from 27 institutions, including the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), collaborated to sequence and analyze the genomes and...
Nobel Laureate and Photosynthesis Expert Hartmut Michel Says Biofuels Provide No Value
Nobel Laureate and current director of the Molecular Membrane Biology department at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Dr. Hartmut Michel is best known...
Microbial Biodiesel Can Displace Both Soybean- and Petroleum-Based Diesels, Study Says
In a recent study conducted by researchers from Utah State University, it was found out that biodiesels from microalgae, yeast, and bacteria can effectively...
Genetically Modified Marine Algae to Increase Biofuel Production
Biologists at the University of California - San Diego disproves last month’s report of National Academy of Sciences to the Department of Energy that claimed algal...
Giant Reed as Biofuel Source: Miracle or Disaster?
The renewable fuels industry sees the giant reed (Arundo donax) as a miracle biofuel plant due to its fast-growing and drought-resistant features that it...
Biodiesel Extracted from Thanksgiving Turkey
Thanksgiving Day is a holiday in which Americans not only overstuff themselves with food to the point of misery, but also generate tons of...
Green Alga Digests Cellulose, Improves Bioenergy Production
Research team at Bielefeld University, led by Professor Dr. Olaf Kruse, has discovered a plant, which receives its energy not only via photosynthesis, but...
Sustainable Ghana Sanitation Facility Transforms Human Waste into Biodiesel
Researchers from Columbia University's Engineering School, working in Ghana with Waste Enterprisers Ltd., the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and the...
Airbus and ENN Sign Contract to Develop Algae-Based Aircraft Fuel
During the ongoing international exhibition in Zhuhai, “Airshow China 2012”, The European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS), a parent company of aviation major Airbus,...
