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Alaska Airlines Flies First Commercial Flight Using New Renewable Biofuel

Washington state-based Alaska Airlines today made history flying the first commercial flight using the world's first renewable, alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals, the limbs and branches that remain after the harvesting of managed forests.

15 Nov 2016

Biogas Specialist to Introduce Trend-Setting Technologies

Energy decentral: Weltec Biopower to present slurry and digestate processing system "Kumac".

From WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH 25 Oct 2016

EPFL Chemists Use Formaldehyde to Convert Biofuel Waste into Wealth

Lignin is a bulky chain of molecules present in wood and is usually discarded in the biofuel production process. However, in a recent technique developed by EPFL chemists, by just adding formaldehyde to the process, lignin can be changed into the main area of focus.

21 Oct 2016

Carbon Storage Signaling Mechanism Discovered in Algae

James Umen, Ph.D., associate member at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and colleagues have discovered a method to ensure algae are better producers of oil without hindering their growth.

20 Oct 2016

Researchers Uncover Chemical Reaction that Helps Break Down Biomass for Biofuel

Lignocellulosic biomass--plant matter such as cornstalks, straw, and woody plants--is a sustainable source for production of bio-based fuels and chemicals.

19 Oct 2016

IEA Wind TCP 2015 Annual Report Highlights International Collaborative Research Advancing Wind Energy

Wind-generated electricity met close to four percent of the world’s electricity demand in 2015 - a record-setting year with more than 63 GW of new wind power capacity installed, according to IEA Wind’s latest...

18 Oct 2016

Scientists Develop ‘Super Yeast’ to Enhance Biofuel Economics

A new method of nearly doubling the efficiency of common yeast strain to convert plant sugars into biofuel has been discovered by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC).

17 Oct 2016

Biofuels Researchers Engineer Plant Lignin and Explain Evolutionary Path

In 2014, researchers announced the successful engineering of a poplar plant "designed for deconstruction.” The finding caught the attention of the global scientific community.

17 Oct 2016

Gevo Completes Production of World’s First Cellulosic Renewable Jet Fuel for Commercial Flights

Gevo, Inc., announced today that it has completed production of the world’s first cellulosic renewable jet fuel that is specified for commercial flights.

12 Oct 2016

ETW Energietechnik Developed the SmartCycle PSA to Upgrade Biogas to RNG

80,000 hours on-stream time, more than 99 percent availability and purity Moers, 4th Oktober 2016: The Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology is recognized for decades as an effective and feasible process for gas upgrading in different large scale industrial applications.

5 Oct 2016