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ORNL Study Explains Mechanism Behind Biofuel Conversion Technology

A new study from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory explains the mechanism behind a technology that converts bio-based ethanol into hydrocarbon blend-stocks for use as fossil fuel alternatives.

5 Nov 2015

Roeslein Alternative Energy’s Biogas Technology to Create Renewable Natural Gas at Smithfield Foods' Ruckman Farm

Roeslein Alternative Energy announced the turnkey facility to create and inject large quantities of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) into the national grid system, created from one of the largest concentrations of finishing hogs in the Midwest, will be operational by mid-2016. The announcement took place during an event at Ruckman Farm, one of the nine Smithfield Foods Missouri hog production facilities involved in the largest livestock manure-to-energy project of its kind.

5 Nov 2015

Systematic Collection of Human Waste Could Yield Biogas

Biogas from human waste, safely obtained under controlled circumstances using innovative technologies, is a potential fuel source great enough in theory to generate electricity for up to 138 million households - the number of households in Indonesia, Brazil, and Ethiopia combined.

4 Nov 2015

DuPont Opens Cellulosic Biofuel Facility in Nevada, Iowa

DuPont celebrated the opening of its cellulosic biofuel facility in Nevada, Iowa, with a ceremony including Iowa Gov. Terry Brandstad and many other dignitaries.

2 Nov 2015

UT Dallas Student Wants to Monetize Sustainability, Wins Hall of Fame Scholarship

Volkswagen's use of software to evade emissions standards in more than 482,000 diesel vehicles sold in the U.S. will directly contribute to 60 premature deaths across the country, a new MIT-led study finds.

29 Oct 2015

Novel Technology Combines Algal Biomass Production Process to Offer Quality Feedstock for Biofuel, Food and Feed Industries

Novel and scalable technology and production process combining algal biomass cultivation, harvesting and concentration as well as extraction and fractionation of fatty acids from the biomass results in ability to offer high quality feedstock for various industries in a highly competitive price.

5 Oct 2015

Researchers Test Algae-based Biomass at Chevron Oil Refinery in Hawaii for Producing Bioenergy

At a Chevron oil refinery in Hawaii, researchers are growing microalgae in a 5,000-liter photobioreactor, flowing wastewater from the refinery through the reactor, and taking advantage of the algae's appetite for chemical nutrients to polish the water, removing noxious chemicals, including 90% of the ammonia-nitrogen and 97% of the phosphorus.

28 Sep 2015

Biomass Burning Has Environmental and Health Benefits, UI Study Reveals

Biomass burning sometimes gets a bad rap. That's because many associate the burning of living and dead vegetation with human-caused fires and clearing of land that release unhealthy particles and gases that spur global warming.

28 Sep 2015

IBERS Scientists Receive £1.8 Million to Upscale Green Fuel Production

Aberystwyth University scientists are playing a pivotal role in a £1.8 million project to develop the technology required to plant the energy crop miscanthus from seed.

26 Sep 2015

Test Results Confirm UPM Bioverno Diesel Greatly Reduces Harmful Tailpipe Emissions

Finnish wood-based UPM BioVerno diesel has been found to significantly reduce harmful tailpipe emissions. A number of engine and vehicle tests have been carried out across a number of key research institutes such as VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, University of Vaasa in Finland and at FEV, internationally recognised vehicle engineering company based in Germany.

24 Sep 2015