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VTT Technology to Be Applied to Brazilian Sugar Cane Biomass Processing Industry

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland exports its expertise as a developer of biomass processing technology to Brazil. Odebrecht, a conglomerate and one of the southern hemisphere's largest enterprises, is making preparations for second generation ethanol production and plans to construct a demonstration plant.

26 Apr 2013

Algae Testbed Public-Private Partnership Members Discuss Development Strategies at ASU

Algae Testbed Public-Private Partnership (ATP3) members from across the nation descended upon the ASU Polytechnic campus April 15-18 to discuss strategies for advancing research and development of algae-based technologies for biofuels and other valuable co-products.

24 Apr 2013

Bacteria Produces Diesel Fuel That Does Not Require Blending with Petroleum Products

It sounds like science fiction but a team from the University of Exeter, with support from Shell, has developed a method to make bacteria produce diesel on demand. While the technology still faces many significant commercialisation challenges, the diesel, produced by special strains of E. coli bacteria, is almost identical to conventional diesel fuel and so does not need to be blended with petroleum products as is often required by biodiesels derived from plant oils.

23 Apr 2013

Hydrogen Sulfide in Low Doses Could Enhance Plant Growth for Biofuel Stock Production

Hydrogen sulfide, the pungent stuff often referred to as sewer gas, is a deadly substance implicated in several mass extinctions, including one at the end of the Permian period 251 million years ago that wiped out more than three-quarters of all species on Earth.

18 Apr 2013

Students to Test Potential of Algae in Wastewater Treatment Facilities to Produce Clean Bio-Fuels

Could algae that feast on wastewater produce clean bio-fuels and a healthful supply of fish food? Can impoverished African community gardeners learn to use and maintain a simple centuries-old, non-electric water pump to grow more vegetables?

17 Apr 2013

New Research Instills Hope of Efficient Hydrogen Production Using Green Algae

New research results from Uppsala University, Sweden, instil hope of efficient hydrogen production with green algae being possible in the future, despite the prevailing scepticism based on previous research. The study, which is published today in the esteemed journal PNAS, changes the view on the ability of green algae – which is good news.

16 Apr 2013

Cobalt Partners to Build Complete Biomass-to-Butadiene Solution

Cobalt Technologies, a leading developer of next generation bio-based chemicals, today announced a strategic relationship with two prominent Asian chemical companies for the development of a complete biomass-to-butadiene solution, to be followed by construction of a commercial-scale biorefinery in Asia.

16 Apr 2013

DOE Announces Renewed Funding at ORNL’s BioEnergy Science Center

The Department of Energy has announced renewed funding at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's BioEnergy Science Center (BESC).

15 Apr 2013

Discovery Holds Potential to Reduce Costs of Converting Ethanol Factories to Production of Butanol

Scientists today reported a discovery that could speed an emerging effort to replace ethanol in gasoline with a substantially better fuel additive called butanol, which some experts regard as "the gasoline of the future."

12 Apr 2013

Horse Feces Fungi Enzymes May Hold Key to Economical Production of Non-Food Plant Biofuels

Stepping into unexplored territory in efforts to use corn stalks, grass and other non-food plants to make biofuels, scientists today described the discovery of a potential treasure-trove of candidate enzymes in fungi thriving in the feces and intestinal tracts of horses.

12 Apr 2013