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New Catalyst Helps Create Biofuel from Waste Food Materials

A student from the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at South Ural State University (SUSU) and the winner of the UMNIK competition is working on a project to produce a fundamentally new catalyst that will help generate affordable biodiesel fuel from waste food raw materials.

10 Jun 2021

Researchers Investigate Potential Use of Marine Biofuels

A global effort to reduce sulfur and greenhouse gas emissions from ships has researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and other Department of Energy facilities investigating the potential use of marine biofuels.

19 May 2021

Lakes Could be ‘Tapped’ for an Environmentally Friendly Biofuel

New research suggests that a carbon-neutral biofuel could be created from methane extracted from lakes.

3 May 2021

Study Calculates Economic and Environmental Costs of Renewable Fuels Standard Mandates

New studies from the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) shed more light on the economic and environmental costs of mandates in the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), a federal program to expand the nation's biofuels sector.

28 Apr 2021

A New Way to Transform Brewer's Spent Grain into Protein Sources, Biofuels

Home brewing enthusiasts and major manufacturers alike experience the same result of the beer-making process: mounds of leftover grain.

7 Apr 2021

Methane Extraction from Lakes for Sustainable Energy Production

Lakes store huge amounts of methane. In a new study, environmental scientists at the University of Basel offer suggestions for how it can be extracted and used as an energy source in the form of methanol.

1 Apr 2021

Clean Planet Energy Unveil Two New Ultra-Clean Marine Fuels, Made from Non-Recyclable Plastic Waste

Clean Planet Energy has today released details of two new ultra-clean fuels manufactured to replace fossil fuels in the Marine industry, for use in any ship or vessel.

From Clean Planet Energy 30 Mar 2021

Grass can Help Produce Sustainable Biofuels

According to a new study, certain grasses are a sustainable source of energy that could be crucial for achieving net-zero carbon emissions, and these grasses can withstand adverse growing environments.

26 Mar 2021

WELTEC BIOPOWER Builds Biogas Plant in Finland

WELTEC BIOPOWER recently commissioned a biogas plant near Turku in southwestern Finland. This region is characterised by livestock farms and therefore the 250-kW plant runs entirely on liquid manure. The energy plant belongs to a group of three pig farmers. In this project, the German plant builder cooperates with its long-standing Finnish partner Doranova.

From WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH 22 Mar 2021