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New Metabolic Technology Could Reduce Cost and Environmental Impact of Biofuel Production

Liquid biofuels are increasingly being used across the globe, either as an additive that helps to reduce carbon emissions or as a direct “drop-in” substitute for gasoline. A research team from MIT and the Cambridge startup Novogy has developed a new microbial engineering technique that may considerably reduce the environmental impact and cost of creating biochemicals and liquid biofuels as substitutes to petroleum-based products.

8 Aug 2016

Biological Engineers Decipher Cellular Strategy to Make Biofuel Ethanol Using Industrial Waste Gas

Cornell University biological engineers have deciphered the cellular strategy to make the biofuel ethanol, using an anaerobic microbe feeding on carbon monoxide - a common industrial waste gas.

27 Jul 2016

ASU Researchers Explore Idea of Creating Fuels from Thin Air

Nonrenewable fossil fuels give liquid fuels a bad name.

22 Jul 2016

Adding CO2 Facilitates Greener Biofuel Production Process

The recipe for making ethanol has a new addition, a secret ingredient in the form of carbon dioxide. This recent addition is the next major leap towards streamlining the process of biofuel production.

22 Jul 2016

Altering Lignin in Trees Results in Increased Biofuel Yield and Improved Access to Bioenergy Feedstocks

The natural component of plant cell walls, the scaffolding that covers every cell and plays an important role in the ability of plants to grow against gravity and reach heights ranging from unkempt grasses to the elevated splendor of redwoods is lignin.

30 Jun 2016

Olive Stones Could be Used as Environmentally Friendly Biofuel, Say UGR Researchers

The scientists have demonstrated that olive stones can serve dual roles and can be used during nine cycles to clean waste from industrial metals discharged in water and as an environmentally friendly biofuel.

29 Jun 2016

Weizmann Institute Develop Bacteria Capable of Using Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide to Create Sugar

Life on Earth depends in some way or the other on carbon fixation, which is the ability of algae, plants, and some bacteria to “pump” carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, add solar or other energy, and convert it into the sugars that are the required starting point crucial for life processes.

24 Jun 2016

Sustainability Criteria for Biofuel Production Need Room for Development

The European Union's Renewable Energy Directive has set a 10% target for renewable energy use in transport by 2020. Only biofuels that meet specified sustainability standards are incorporated in the renewable energy goals and permitted to leverage national support systems.

15 Jun 2016

Study Shows How Streptomyces Bacteria Could Improve Biofuel Production

Very few valuable things are vital to life as death if we are composed of carbon. A dead tree is a representation of the downfall of the building blocks required for producing new flora and fauna as well as the energy to maintain them.

10 Jun 2016

Alaska Airlines Operates First Commercial Flights Using Gevo’s Renewable Alcohol-to-Jet Biofuel

Alaska Airlines today operated the first commercial flights using a 20 percent blend of renewable alcohol-to-jet biofuel produced by Gevo, a renewable chemical and biofuel company. The two flights originated in Seattle with destinations of San Francisco and Washington D.C.

9 Jun 2016