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...
Microsoft Testing Biogas Fuel Cell for Future Sustainable Data Centers
Well-known software company, Microsoft, in its efforts toward sustainable data centers, has teamed up with Danbury Connecticut's FuelCell Energy to test a combination of...
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,...
Ethanol-Based Biofuel Spills Could Pollute More Than Ordinary Fuels
Outcome Magazine released a report last week, stating that when the biofuel component ethanol is mixed with regular petroleum gas it gives it different...
California Drivers Get Access to Algae Biofuel
Four San Francisco gas stations got a surprise this week. The bay area company, Solazyme, made algae-based biofuels available to drivers. Their product, Biodiesel...
U.S. Congress Tries to Squash Military Biofuel Program
Although a relationship between the Department of Defense and the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) seems an unlikely marriage, there is method to the...
New Biotechnological Tool Aids Extraction of Xylan, Boosts Biofuel Production
The second most abundant biomass material on Earth- Xylan, has always presented a challenge when it comes to its extraction from plant cell walls....
University of Southampton to Develop Crops that Use Less Water
As humanity pushes further into the future, and considering the implications of an already-warming climate, considerations are being taken into the kind of crops...
