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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

Researchers Develop Catalyst to Recycle Waste and Increase Biodiesel Production

Researchers at Cardiff University have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process.

15 Sep 2015

Quest for Alternative Energy Points Towards Ocean Coral Reefs

A tropical paradise on the surface, the coral reefs under the tiny island nation’s azure waves are actually a laboratory unlike anywhere else on the planet. The seemingly placid environment features some truly extreme conditions—an evolutionary crucible that has produced creatures with traits that rival the best of human ingenuity. Sweeney’s job is to understand how they got that way and why.

14 Sep 2015

EMSL User Program Projects Aim to Create Sustainable Carbon Sources from Biomass

Carbon is money. Nowhere is this more evident than in our dependence on hydrocarbons in the form of fossil fuels. Scientists and engineers have been grappling with the question of what alternate carbon sources are available when our demand for fossil fuels eventually outstrips our supply. This challenge has provided motivation to use expertise and equipment available at EMSL, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, to create technologies that use sustainable carbon sources from biomass.

11 Sep 2015

Simple Technique to Treat Waste Coffee Grounds to Enable Methane Storage

Scientists have developed a simple process to treat waste coffee grounds to allow them to store methane. The simple soak and heating process develops a carbon capture material with the additional environmental benefits of recycling a waste product.

2 Sep 2015

Grant Awarded to WSU Tri-Cities Professor for Studying Biomass-Derived Catalysts for Generating High-Energy Biofuels

Hanwu Lei, Washington State University Tri-Cities associate professor in biological systems engineering, was awarded a $494,000 grant this fall to research catalysts, which will be used to increase the energy output and performance of biofuels.

2 Sep 2015

Renewable Fuel Standard Program Helps Reduce US Carbon Emissions Over a Decade

Over its 10-year lifespan, the Renewable Fuel Standard’s (RFS) requirement to substitute biofuels for fossil fuels has displaced nearly 1.9 billion barrels of foreign oil and reduced U.S. transportation-related carbon emissions by 589.33 million metric tons, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) finds in an analysis released today.

25 Aug 2015