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| January 22, 2014 |
 Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up Madison WI (SPX) Jan 22, 2014 - Using a plant-derived chemical, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a process for creating a concentrated stream of sugars that's ripe with possibility for biofuels. "With the sugar platform, you have possibilities," says Jeremy Luterbacher, a UW-Madison postdoctoral researcher and the paper's lead author. "You've taken fewer forks down the conversion road, which lea ... more |  |
Boeing Joins BIOjet Team To Develop Biofuel Supply Chain In UAE Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Boeing , Etihad Airways, Takreer, Total and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have announced they will collaborate on a new initiative to support a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in the United Arab Emirates. BIOjet Abu Dhabi: Flight Path to Sustainability will engage a broad range of stakeholders to develop a comprehensive framework for a U.A.E. biofuel supply chain. Th ... more |  |
UAE's Etihad demonstrates flight with biofuel mix Abu Dhabi (AFP) Jan 19, 2014 - Etihad Airways said Sunday it has flown a Boeing 777 plane on a 45-minute demonstration flight powered in part by biofuel developed in collaboration with French firm Total. The Abu Dhabi-based carrier has teamed up with Total, US-manufacturer Boeing, local refiner Takreer, and Masdar research institute in an initiative "to support a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in the United Arab Em ... more |  |
Boeing Finds Significant Potential in "Green Diesel" as a Sustainable Jet Fuel Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - Boeing has identified "green diesel," a renewable fuel used in ground transportation, as a significant new source of sustainable aviation biofuel that emits at least 50 percent less carbon dioxide than fossil fuel over its lifecycle. The company is working with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and other stakeholders to gain approval for aircraft to fly on green diesel, further reducing t ... more |  |
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More to biofuel production than yield East Lansing MI (SPX) Jan 14, 2014 - When it comes to biofuels, corn leads the all-important category of biomass yield. However, focusing solely on yield comes at a high price. In the current issue of the Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences, Michigan State University researchers show that looking at the big picture allows other biofuel crops, such as native perennial grasses, to score higher as viable alternative ... more |  |
NREL Finds a New Cellulose Digestion Mechanism by a Fast-eating Enzyme Golden CO (SPX) Jan 13, 2014 - Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered that an enzyme from a microorganism first found in the Valley of Geysers on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia in 1990 can digest cellulose almost twice as fast as the current leading component cellulase enzyme on the market. If the enzyme continues to perform well in larger tests, it could he ... more |  |
Inexpensive technique could drive down costs of biofuel production Raleigh, N.C. (UPI) Jan 7, 2013 - North Carolina State University scientists report developing a simple, effective and relatively inexpensive technique that may reduce biofuel production costs. The technique involves removing lignin from plant material "biomass" that serves as a feedstock for biofuels. Lignin, which protects plant cell walls, is difficult to break down or remove from biomass such as the non-edibl ... more |  |
York scientists' significant step forward in biofuels quest York, UK (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - Scientists at the University of York have made a significant step in the search to develop effective second generation biofuels. Researchers from the Department of Chemistry at York have discovered a family of enzymes that can degrade hard-to-digest biomass into its constituent sugars. 'First generation' biofuels have already made an impact in the search for renewable and secure energy sou ... more |  |
Algae to crude oil: Million-year natural process takes minutes in the lab Richland WA (SPX) Dec 19, 2013 - Engineers have created a continuous chemical process that produces useful crude oil minutes after they pour in harvested algae - a verdant green paste with the consistency of pea soup. The research by engineers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was reported recently in the journal Algal Research. A biofuels company, Utah-based Genifuel Corp., has licensed ... more |  |
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Seaweed Energy Solutions (SES) acquires wild seaweed operation in Norway Trondheim, Norway (SPX) Dec 19, 2013 - Seaweed Energy Solutions (SES) has announced it has reached an agreement to buy all of Norway's Biotral AS in a deal that transforms SES' position as one of Europe's leading producers of seaweed. The combination of SES and Biotral, a leading harvester of wild seaweed, opens up new business opportunities by immediately increasing volumes to supplement SES' growing seaweed farming operations ... more |  |
Biorefinery could put South Australian forest industry back on growth track Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Dec 17, 2013 - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, at the request of the South Australian State Government, studied the condition of the forest sector industries in the Green Triangle region and examined the added value that may be achievable through high technology production. VTT proposed seven pathways to raise short-term local production value and establish specialised biorefinery business in t ... more |  |
Ground broken on $6 million Hungarian farm biogas plant Bekes, Hungary (UPI) Dec 9, 2013 - Construction of a new biogas plant is under way in Hungary, where officials predict it will cover the energy needs of thousands of homes. Executives of Hidashati Farm Ltd. and the plant's builder, Biogaz Unio, said Saturday the $6 million, 1.2-megawatt anaerobic digestion plant they've started putting up near Bekes in eastern Hungary will transform animal waste and other farm materials ... more |  |
Companies could make the switch to wood power Philadelphia PA(SPX) Dec 06, 2013 - Some companies could economically convert their operations to wood boilers for heat and power, according to a team of forestry researchers. The conversion to wood-powered burners would make the most sense for larger commercial and industrial operations in areas that have access to large timber resources and a friendly regulatory environment, said Charles Ray, assistant professor of wood op ... more |  |
Team reports on US trials of bioenergy grasses Champaign IL (SPX) Dec 06, 2013 - The first long-term U.S. field trials of Miscanthus x giganteus, a towering perennial grass used in bioenergy production, reveal that its exceptional yields, though reduced somewhat after five years of growth, are still more than twice those of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), another perennial grass used as a bioenergy feedstock. Miscanthus grown in Illinois also outperforms even the high yields ... more |  |
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Turning waste into power with bacteria and loofahs Washington DC (SPX) Dec 06, 2013 - Loofahs, best known for their use in exfoliating skin to soft, radiant perfection, have emerged as a new potential tool to advance sustainability efforts on two fronts at the same time: energy and waste. The study describes the pairing of loofahs with bacteria to create a power-generating microbial fuel cell (MFC) and appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science and Technology. S ... more |  |
Scientists stitch up photosynthetic megacomplex St. Louis MO (SPX) Dec 05, 2013 - When sunlight strikes a photosynthesizing organism, energy flashes between proteins just beneath its surface until it is trapped as separated electric charges. Improbable as it may seem these tiny hits of energy eventually power the growth and movement of all plants and animals. They are literally the sparks of life. The three clumps of protein - a light-harvesting antenna called a phycobi ... more |  |
Process holds promise for production of synthetic gasoline Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 03, 2013 - A chemical system developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago can efficiently perform the first step in the process of creating syngas, gasoline and other energy-rich products out of carbon dioxide. A novel "co-catalyst" system using inexpensive, easy to fabricate carbon-based nanofiber materials efficiently converts carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide, a useful startin ... more |  |
Microbiologists reveal unexpected properties of methane-producing microbe Amherst MA (SPX) Nov 26, 2013 - For 40 years, scientists thought they understood how certain bacteria work together to anaerobically digest biomass to produce methane gas, important in bioenergy and the major source of greenhouse gas. But now microbiologists in Derek Lovley's lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst show for the first time that one of the most abundant methane-producing microorganisms on earth makes dire ... more |  |
Scripps Oceanography Researchers Engineer Breakthrough for Biofuel Production San Diego CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2013 - Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have developed a method for greatly enhancing biofuel production in tiny marine algae. As reported in this week's online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scripps graduate student Emily Trentacoste led the development of a method to genetically engineer a key growth component in biofuel product ... more |  |
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