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Next-Gen Biofuel Progresses Slowly, Could Match Corn-Based by 2016

Benji Jerew — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:34:34 +0000

Setbacks could probably be the best way to sum up the advance of the next generation biofuel production, but these things take time. Ethanol is a major biofuel used here in the US, and is produced from corn. Of course, there could be better uses for agricultural land used to produce corn simply for use […]

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Some Like it Harsh: More Biofuel from Willow Trees When “Mistreated”

Leigh Hutchens — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:52:07 +0000

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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Green Alga Digests Cellulose, Improves Bioenergy Production

Mila Luleva — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:01:15 +0000

Research team at Bielefeld University, led by Professor Dr. Olaf Kruse, has discovered a plant, which receives its energy not only via photosynthesis, but also it can extract it from other plants. The ground-breaking findings for the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii were published online in the journal Nature. The findings contradict current beliefs that only certain types […]

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How Innovations Could Aid in Optimization of Algal Biofuel Production

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 06:17:50 +0000

Using the present methods in scaling up algal biofuel production is not environmentally sustainable to meet fuel demands, according to a report conducted by the National Research Council (NRC). The report also said, however, that this will not be a permanent limitation, but rather a challenge that could be surpassed through innovations which would require […]

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A Novel Method in Bioethanol Production Increases Food Yield

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:20:57 +0000

For the first time ever, a reversed order of production of bioethanol and sugar was developed indulging a fourfold increase in sugar yield owing to the newly transformed yeast. A group of Japanese researchers from the Asahi Group Holdings Ltd and National Agriculture and the Food Research Organization’s (NARO) Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research has brought […]

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Scientists Use Heat to Improve Biofuel Synthesis

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:43:32 +0000

A group of scientists from Arizona State University (ASU) have opened new doors to the production of renewable energy by generating a new biofuel synthesis method that is much cheaper and of higher yield. For five years now, ASU Biodesign Institute researcher and microbiologist Roy Curtiss and his team have been developing cyanobacteria as feedstock […]

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Biological Switch Helps Optimize Algae Biofuel Production

Maria Reyes — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:02:55 +0000

Researchers have discovered a biological switch in blue-green algae that reacts to light, thereby altering the movement of electrons inside the cell. The new findings could help optimize biofuel production by algae. Algae are prime targets for biofuel production. They are non-feedstock and will not compete with arable land for their growth and production. They […]

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Biofuel Production Costs Could Very Soon Drop By 80% Due to Cyanobacteria

Mike Sandru — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:01:06 +0000

People are gradually losing interest in fossil fuels, because in a not so faraway time there may not be any fossil fuels to take interest in first of all. Then, there are the gas prices, the energy security issue and the gas emissions that could ruin everything.

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Field Pennycress Discovered To Be Suited For Biodiesel Production

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:55:23 +0000

The United States' Department of Agriculture researchers found a plant called field pennycress to be a perfect match for a biofuel resource, because its seeds contain a lot of oil that could be used to fuel cars.

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Hydrogen-Aided Solar Powered Biofuel Production Process Greatly Reduces Costs

Mike Sandru — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:26:00 +0000

A team of researchers at Purdue University found a new way to expand the biofuel industry by creating a concept for a new production process. Until today, one of the main obstacles has been the cost of transporting large quantities of heavy plant matter to centralized refineries. But thanks to the new process, this problem is now history.

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New Microbubble Production Making Biofuels and Wastewater Treatment More Efficient

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:29:37 +0000

I didn't really actively realize that current biofuel production technologies imply the usage of fossil fuels at certain moments of the production process. This fact reduces the biofuels' credibility as a cleaner source of energy and increases their carbon footprint.

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NASA is Producing Biofuel from Algae Grown in Sewages

Cristi — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:41:12 +0000

NASA has recently been very interested not only in space exploration but as well in the rising energy costs and climate change. NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, has developed a system of growing algae in waste-water for the biofuel production.

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Juice Extracted from Rotten Watermelons to be Used in Biofuel Production

Mike Sandru — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:01:21 +0000

Every summer, hundreds of thousands of tons of watermelons are transformed in garbage because they aren't good enough for marketplace. A new research says that the juice extracted from these watermelons could be used to the biofuel production.

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