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Research in Chemically Transforming Lignin into Biofuels

In all plants, ranging from trees to crops, there is a substance that makes up its stems or wood or, cell walls, and fiber. This substance is referred to as a complex natural polymer known as lignin, and it is considered to be the second largest renewable carbon source on the planet following cellulose.

4 Oct 2017

UPM Biofuels Named One of Six Finalists in 2017 Platts Global Energy Awards

UPM Biofuels is one of six finalists for the Industry Leadership category in Bioenergy at the 2017 Platts Global Energy Awards - often described as the Oscars of the energy industry. UPM Biofuels is nominated for its wood-based low emission advanced UPM BioVerno biofuels, and its one-of-a-kind commercial scale biorefinery in Lappeenranta, Finland.

28 Sep 2017

Combining Microbial and Electrochemical Biomass Conversion to Yield Valuable Products

Scientists from the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), the University of Tübingen, Cornell University, and Deutsche Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ) have now demonstrated that valuable products can be obtained by integrating electrochemical and microbial biomass conversion processes.

19 Sep 2017

Cellulosic Ethanol Commercially Synthesized from Mixed Municipal Solid Waste

Enerkem Inc., one of the leading companies producing renewable chemicals and biofuels, world leading producer, declared on 15 September 2017 that it has begun the commercial manufacture of cellulosic ethanol.

18 Sep 2017

Primary Conversion of Biomass into Intermediate Liquid Products

The goal of COMSYN, an EU-funded project, is to create a production concept for generating competitive bio-based fuels through a compact gasification and production method. The target decrease in the production cost of the biofuel is nearly 35% as against substitutive methods, culminating in a production cost of nearly less than 0.80 Euros per liter of diesel.

From INERATEC GmbH 13 Sep 2017

Biofuel from Promising Feedstock can Enable Aircraft to Fly for Longer

A new analysis from Researchers at the University of Illinois estimate that a Boeing 747 could fly for 10 hours on bio-jet fuel created on 54 acres of specially engineered sugarcane.

12 Sep 2017

New Ruthenium-Based Catalyst Could be Major Breakthrough in Production of Biomass-Derived Materials

Known for their outstanding versatility, primary amines (derivatives of ammonia) are industrially important compounds used in the preparation of a wide range of dyes, detergents and medicines.

4 Sep 2017

Scientists Identify Cheaper, Greener Catalyst for Biofuels Processing

Fuels that are made from non-petroleum-based biological sources could soon become greener and more affordable, as a result of the research performed at the University of Illinois’ Prairie Research Institute that analyzes the use of a processing catalyst created from palladium metal and bacteria.

28 Aug 2017

Researchers Use Lignin to Create Carbon Fiber for Cars and Planes

Using trees and plants to create products such as ethanol or paper leaves behind a deposit called lignin, a component of plant cell walls. Lignin is not very useful and regularly gets burned or tossed into landfills.

24 Aug 2017

Stretchable Fuel Cells Extracting Energy from Sweat are Capable of Powering Electronics

Stretchable fuel cells capable of extracting energy from sweat and also powering electronics, such as Bluetooth radios and LEDs, have been developed by a team of engineers.

23 Aug 2017