The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, also known as Berkeley Lab, has recently received a contract worth about $18 million as part of the Recovery Act for building a facility meant for the processing and development of sophisticated biofuels. This facility is funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) of the U.S. via its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). This novel facility is meant to assist in marketing the latest type of biofuels by providing the modern testing services for upcoming technologies. This Advanced Biofuels Process Development Unit (PDU) is said to be the one and only facility of its type that is open for public usage.
Autodesk, Inc., a company engaged in the production of 2D and 3D design, entertainment, and engineering software, has reportedly announced the industrious use of its Autodesk Inventor software by Springboard Biodiesel, a private company engaged in the small-scale biodiesel treating segment.
The technology company 3M has signed a one-year agreement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the U.S. Department of Energy to carry out a series of investigations in three main domains of innovation, namely, biofuels – finding methods that will replace distillation of ethanol biofuels by using less water and energy while increasing the capacity of future plants that will produce cellulosic ethanol; thin-film photovoltaics – developing water-proof films and pliable packaging for copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGD) solar cells to enhance output and bring down production costs; and concentrating solar energy – fabricating protective reflective coatings for cheap mirrors so that they become more efficient in concentrating solar power.
A revolutionary technology has emerged from years of research to produce isoprene, a key ingredient in tires, without using petroleum products.
Freedom Environmental Services is proposing to develop an advanced waste-to-energy facility and wastewater treatment plant in Brevard County, Florida. The company has signed a contract for 26 acres of undeveloped land for the proposed plant.
Four Rivers BioFuels Limited, the UK subsidiary of Four Rivers BioEnergy Inc., has signed an agreement with BP’s wholly owned subsidiary, BP Oil International Limited for the sale of EN 14214 specification biodiesel from its facility in UK. As per the agreement, the company will be selling a minimum quantity of 60,000 metric tonnes of this blended diesel for an initial term of five years.
The use of E20 fuel, which is a blend of 20% ethanol with gasoline, in automobiles reduces the emissions of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons when compared with E10 fuel or ordinary gasoline, according to a research by the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology. The performance of the vehicle with regard to its drivability or maintenance of the traditional internal combustion engines were also not affected by using this fuel, according to the study.
An important milestone has been achieved with the successful test flight of a U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II that was powered by camelina-based jet fuel blended with conventional jet fuel in 1:1 ratio. The camelina-based fuel was produced by Sustainable Oils, a manufacturer of renewable, low carbon fuels. This is the first time that all the engines in a plane used biomass fuel blended with traditional jet fuel. On 25th March, the flight took place at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida for a period of 90 minutes.
An important report titled "Global Trade and Environmental Impact of the EU Biofuels Mandate" from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has revealed that European countries can cut down carbon emissions in the transport sector by using Brazilian sugarcane-based ethanol—the most emission free biofuel. When compared to petrol, this biofuel cuts down emissions of greenhouse gases by approximately 90%.
In the spring meeting of the Society for General Microbiology in Edinburgh, researchers described how alcohols could be obtained from sugars through engineered yeast making the production of biofuels cost-effective as well as environmentally friendly.
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