Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is planning to produce biofuels from wood waste in the campus. The university will install fuel pumps on its campus from where staff will be able to fill their cars with gasoline or diesel fuel.
In a study discussed by a Finnish research team, it is being established that biogas can be more useful for the chemical industry in order to reduce the usage of products derived from oil and gas.
Archer Daniels Midland Company has announced that the company will construct a biodiesel facility of 265 million L capacity in Lloydminster, Canada. The company is planning to start the plant’s construction in spring 2012 and complete it by the fourth quarter of 2013.
The IOWA State University engineers initiated a forum comprising 33 members nationwide representing universities, federal agencies and non-governmental agencies met in Chicago for a Carbon Negative Economy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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