BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:52:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Some Like it Harsh: More Biofuel from Willow Trees When “Mistreated” https://www.greenoptimistic.com/willow-tree-biofuel-harsh-conditions-20130122/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/willow-tree-biofuel-harsh-conditions-20130122/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:52:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31859 British researchers have observed that willow trees typically used for green energy actually produce more than five times more biofuel if they grow diagonally, as opposed to those that typically grow vertically towards the sky. The study, detailed in Biotechnology for Biofuels, addresses the discovery that some trees have a genetic trait that produces this […]

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