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Microalgae can be Used for Cleaning Wastewater and Synthesizing Biofuels

RUDN University chemist together with colleagues from India, Russia and South Africa showed that green microalgae Chlorella sorokiniana can be used for cleaning wastewater from a toxic pyrene.

28 Oct 2021

Reengineering Microbes to Produce Robust Enzymes Used in the Production of Biofuels, Chemicals

Busy, productive microbes use enzymes to break down leaves, stalks and other biomass and then convert that material into renewable fuels and chemicals.

18 Oct 2021

Mauritius Incident was World’s First Major Spill of Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil

A year after bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground in an environmentally sensitive area off Mauritius, Curtin University-led research has identified the incident as the first known spillage involving a new type of marine fuel oil.

7 Sep 2021

Researchers Hope to Develop Highly Efficient Direct Cellulose Fuel Cells in the Future

Most of the biomass waste in the world is cellulose. Wouldn't it be awesome if we could effectively use cellulose for renewable energy to build a carbon-neutral, sustainable society?

13 Aug 2021

Dartmouth Professor Selected to be Director of New Brazilian A2G Biofuel Laboratory

Lee Lynd, the Queneau Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth, will be the founding director of the new Advanced Second Generation Biofuel Laboratory located at the University of Campinas in Brazil.

14 Jul 2021

A Novel Method to More Efficiently Produce Biofuels from Woody Plant Materials

More corn is grown in the United States than any other crop, but we only use a small part of the plant for food and fuel production; once people have harvested the kernels, the inedible leaves, stalks and cobs are left over.

28 Jun 2021

New Study Quantifies the Role of Cyclones in Global Climate Systems

The global weather system’s behaviors and features were considered to be influenced by migratory storms and local weather systems called cyclones and anticyclones.

25 Jun 2021

Valio and St1 to Produce Biogas from Manure – a New Opening in Reducing Transport Emissions

Food company Valio and energy company St1 are establishing a joint venture to produce renewable biogas from dairy farm manure and other agricultural by-products mainly as fuel for heavy-duty transport.

From St1 Nordic Oy 16 Jun 2021

New Catalyst Helps Create Biofuel from Waste Food Materials

A student from the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at South Ural State University (SUSU) and the winner of the UMNIK competition is working on a project to produce a fundamentally new catalyst that will help generate affordable biodiesel fuel from waste food raw materials.

10 Jun 2021

Researchers Investigate Potential Use of Marine Biofuels

A global effort to reduce sulfur and greenhouse gas emissions from ships has researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and other Department of Energy facilities investigating the potential use of marine biofuels.

19 May 2021