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Biofuel from Sugarcane to Reduce Airplane Emissions

Mila Luleva — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 10:55:07 +0000

New biofuel for airplanes, made from sugarcane biomass, holds the potential to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation. Getting from one side of the planet to the other has never been easier or faster than it is now. The main reason for this is the more affordable and regular flights that provide convenience and […]

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Sugarcane Crops Showed to Cool Climate

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:29:53 +0000

Sugarcane has been touted as a sort of an inefficient biofuel crop, since it consumes a lot of water and fertilizer, and hence its carbon footprint is not the best for such a purpose, compared to algae, for example. Sugarcane, on the other hand, can help cool the climate in a certain way.

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Low-Cost Way to Convert Sugarcane Juice into Useful Fuel

Mike Sandru — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:19:00 +0000

The company Amyris Biotechnologies opened a plant in Campanis, Brazil, with a capacity of more than 10,000 gallons a year, to demonstrate large-scale production of hydrocarbons from sugarcane processed using its engineered microbes, which will convert sugarcane into conventional diesel fuel.

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