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Innovative, Non-Toxic Solvent for Synthesizing Next-Generation Biofuel Ethanol

Industrial ethanol, a first-generation biofuel, is synthesized from foodstuffs such as maize, and hence presents considerable worry in relation to a probable future food shortage. Hence it would be wise to synthesize ethanol from non-food biomass such as waste paper, weeds, paper cup, and so on—that is, second-generation biofuel ethanol.

5 Dec 2017

Research on Guaranteeing Sustainable Bioenergy and Biofuel Production

Bioenergy is considered to be the most common renewable energy source in Europe, and it is expected to continue to make up a major part of the energy mix in the future.

17 Nov 2017

New Global Carbon Dioxide Utilization Strategy with a Fuel Synthesis Plant

Producing fuel out of polluted air, using it to power industry, and taking the emissions from that industry back out of the air in order to generate more fuel – it sounds extremely good to be true.

17 Nov 2017

Study Reveals New Source of Robust Cellulases in Compost

A recent study led by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), based at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), shows the significance of microbial communities as a source of stable enzymes that could be applied to convert plants to biofuels.

15 Nov 2017

Inducing Student Collaboration to Find Best Algal Strains for Making Biohydrogen

A new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant has been offered to Arizona State University and Kevin Redding, professor in the School of Molecular Sciences and director of the Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis (CB&P), for a study on altering the generation and consumption of energy in a nation.

10 Nov 2017

UD Researchers Develop New Processes to Ramp Up Bio-Based Aviation Fuel

Airplanes zoom overhead with wispy-white contrails that stream behind them. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) controlled 43,684 flights, on average, daily in 2016, and U.S. commercial and military flights together used more than 20 billion gallons of jet fuel.

31 Oct 2017

Research in Chemically Transforming Lignin into Biofuels

In all plants, ranging from trees to crops, there is a substance that makes up its stems or wood or, cell walls, and fiber. This substance is referred to as a complex natural polymer known as lignin, and it is considered to be the second largest renewable carbon source on the planet following cellulose.

4 Oct 2017

UPM Biofuels Named One of Six Finalists in 2017 Platts Global Energy Awards

UPM Biofuels is one of six finalists for the Industry Leadership category in Bioenergy at the 2017 Platts Global Energy Awards - often described as the Oscars of the energy industry. UPM Biofuels is nominated for its wood-based low emission advanced UPM BioVerno biofuels, and its one-of-a-kind commercial scale biorefinery in Lappeenranta, Finland.

28 Sep 2017

Combining Microbial and Electrochemical Biomass Conversion to Yield Valuable Products

Scientists from the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), the University of Tübingen, Cornell University, and Deutsche Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ) have now demonstrated that valuable products can be obtained by integrating electrochemical and microbial biomass conversion processes.

19 Sep 2017

Cellulosic Ethanol Commercially Synthesized from Mixed Municipal Solid Waste

Enerkem Inc., one of the leading companies producing renewable chemicals and biofuels, world leading producer, declared on 15 September 2017 that it has begun the commercial manufacture of cellulosic ethanol.

18 Sep 2017