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Researchers Find New Approach to Effectively Recycle Greenhouse Gas

Led by Yilin Hu, UCI assistant professor of molecular biology & biochemistry at the Ayala School of Biological Sciences, the researchers found that they could successfully express the reductase component of the nitrogenase enzyme alone in the bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii and directly use this bacterium to convert CO2 to CO.

9 Jan 2017

Global Reach of Scotland’s Renewables Expertise Revealed by New Research

Scots renewables firms work in Japan, USA, Canada, Jamaica, Finland, Kenya, and more. Industry extends across 43 countries - on every continent bar Antarctica. Goods and services exports worth more than £125m over 5 year...

12 Dec 2016

UPM’s Wood-Based Diesel Test Runs Prove Successful in Traffic Conditions

Finnish wood-based diesel fuel has been successfully tested by UPM both in the laboratory conditions and traffic. The results of the tests clearly indicated that UPM BioVerno, UPM’s renewable diesel works just like the best diesel fuels.

30 Nov 2016

Marine Microalgae may Help Create Green Fuel, Combat Global Warming and Food Insecurity

According to a study published in the journal Oceanography (December 2016), microalgae, which are taken from the bottom of the marine food chain, may soon become a top candidate to combat global warming, energy and food insecurity.

22 Nov 2016

Study Reveals How Reflectivity of Biofuel Crops Influences Climate

A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory have been involved in a comprehensive study of the reflectivity effects of transforming land to grow biofuel crops.

22 Nov 2016

Researchers Develop New Biosupercapacitor that Efficiently Generates and Stores Energy

Efficient production and storage of energy - for example, for implanted medical systems - is a major challenge for today’s society. Now, scientists have developed a new biocatalyst-polymer system that could perform both tasks at once. This system is a hybrid of a fuel cell and capacitor on a biocatalytic basis.

16 Nov 2016

Alaska Airlines Flies First Commercial Flight Using New Renewable Biofuel

Washington state-based Alaska Airlines today made history flying the first commercial flight using the world's first renewable, alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals, the limbs and branches that remain after the harvesting of managed forests.

15 Nov 2016

Biogas Specialist to Introduce Trend-Setting Technologies

Energy decentral: Weltec Biopower to present slurry and digestate processing system "Kumac".

From WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH 25 Oct 2016

EPFL Chemists Use Formaldehyde to Convert Biofuel Waste into Wealth

Lignin is a bulky chain of molecules present in wood and is usually discarded in the biofuel production process. However, in a recent technique developed by EPFL chemists, by just adding formaldehyde to the process, lignin can be changed into the main area of focus.

21 Oct 2016

Carbon Storage Signaling Mechanism Discovered in Algae

James Umen, Ph.D., associate member at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and colleagues have discovered a method to ensure algae are better producers of oil without hindering their growth.

20 Oct 2016