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Researchers Investigate E. coli Capabilities to Convert Sugar into Biodiesel

In a research programme funded by a grant from biofuels company LS9, scientists at Stanford University are investigating the ability of E. coli to convert sugar into bio fuels. Traditionally, biodiesel is made from animal fat or plant oil.

14 Nov 2011

Hawaii BioEnergy and Boeing to Partner for Identifying Renewable Energy Sources

Boeing and Hawaii BioEnergy have agreed to collaborate in identifying sources of renewable energy to create fuel for aviation. The announcement was made at the Asia Pacific Economic Conference CEO Summit.

14 Nov 2011

The Potential for Biomass-Based Fuels

Our industrialized world is largely dependent on fossil resources, whether for the generation of energy, as a fuel, or as a feedstock for the chemical industry. The environmental problems related to this are known, and these resources will eventually run out.

13 Nov 2011

Study Reveals Long Way to Go for Commercialization of Lignocellulose-to-Ethanol Production

According to a study reported in the Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining journal, the cost and efficiency of producing ethanol using materials having high lignocellulose content such as waste paper, wood residues, straw and utilized cardboard is not as competitive as with corn starch. It may take years to achieve the same efficiency, probably by 2020.

10 Nov 2011

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biofuels Costing the Earth

The University of Leicester conducted a study into greenhouse gas emissions emitted from oil palm plantations for the International Council on Clean Transportation. The study assessed the greenhouse gas emissions related to the production of biodiesel.

7 Nov 2011

National Research Council Reports on US Biofuel Policy

A new report titled, Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of US Biofuel Policy,” on biofuels prepared and published by the National Research Council, questions several issues that need urgent attention.

27 Oct 2011

VG Energy Discusses Algal Biofuel Improvement Technology at NanoEnergy Conference

Viral Genetics’s subsidiary, VG Energy has announced that its Chief Scientist Dr. M. Karen Newell Rogers has delivered a keynote presentation at the NanoEnergy Summit conducted by the Colorado School of Mines, the National Renewable Energy Lab of the U.S. Department of Energy and the biofuels industry.

27 Oct 2011

LANXESS Partners BioAmber to Manufacture Phthalate-free Plasticizers

LANXESS, a Germany-based specialty chemicals business, has declared the formation of a strategic partnership with BioAmber, a Minneapolis, USA-based company, for the manufacture of phthalate-free plasticizers from biomaterials based on succinic acid from the year 2012.

27 Oct 2011

New Study on the Potential of Tension Wood as an Improved Biofuel Source

Taking a cue from Mother Nature, researchers at the Department of Energy’s BioEnergy Science Center have undertaken a first-of-its-kind study of a naturally occurring phenomenon in trees to spur the development of more efficient bioenergy crops.

25 Oct 2011

Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Treating Biogas and Bio-butanol to Develop Transport Fuel

A new research conducted under the Sustainable Energy (SusEn) program of the Academy of Finland to develop transport fuels was able to achieve a breakthrough in treating and converting both biogas and bio-butanol into fuels suitable for use in the transport sector.

21 Oct 2011