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Study Reveals Long Way to Go for Commercialization of Lignocellulose-to-Ethanol Production

According to a study reported in the Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining journal, the cost and efficiency of producing ethanol using materials having high lignocellulose content such as waste paper, wood residues, straw and utilized cardboard is not as competitive as with corn starch. It may take years to achieve the same efficiency, probably by 2020.

10 Nov 2011

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biofuels Costing the Earth

The University of Leicester conducted a study into greenhouse gas emissions emitted from oil palm plantations for the International Council on Clean Transportation. The study assessed the greenhouse gas emissions related to the production of biodiesel.

7 Nov 2011

National Research Council Reports on US Biofuel Policy

A new report titled, Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of US Biofuel Policy,” on biofuels prepared and published by the National Research Council, questions several issues that need urgent attention.

27 Oct 2011

VG Energy Discusses Algal Biofuel Improvement Technology at NanoEnergy Conference

Viral Genetics’s subsidiary, VG Energy has announced that its Chief Scientist Dr. M. Karen Newell Rogers has delivered a keynote presentation at the NanoEnergy Summit conducted by the Colorado School of Mines, the National Renewable Energy Lab of the U.S. Department of Energy and the biofuels industry.

27 Oct 2011

LANXESS Partners BioAmber to Manufacture Phthalate-free Plasticizers

LANXESS, a Germany-based specialty chemicals business, has declared the formation of a strategic partnership with BioAmber, a Minneapolis, USA-based company, for the manufacture of phthalate-free plasticizers from biomaterials based on succinic acid from the year 2012.

27 Oct 2011

New Study on the Potential of Tension Wood as an Improved Biofuel Source

Taking a cue from Mother Nature, researchers at the Department of Energy’s BioEnergy Science Center have undertaken a first-of-its-kind study of a naturally occurring phenomenon in trees to spur the development of more efficient bioenergy crops.

25 Oct 2011

Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Treating Biogas and Bio-butanol to Develop Transport Fuel

A new research conducted under the Sustainable Energy (SusEn) program of the Academy of Finland to develop transport fuels was able to achieve a breakthrough in treating and converting both biogas and bio-butanol into fuels suitable for use in the transport sector.

21 Oct 2011

Hutchinson SRL Specifies DuPont Nylon to Produce Fuel Lines Used for Biodiesel

Hutchinson SRL, a Rivoli, Italy-based supplier of fluid transfer systems, has specified a renewably sourced long-chain nylon grade of DuPont for the manufacturing of fuel lines utilized for both biodiesel and diesel.

20 Oct 2011

Virgin Atlantic Airways to Develop Low Carbon Aviation Fuel Using Industrial Waste Gas

Virgin Atlantic Airways has declared the development of a new low carbon aviation fuel that emits just half the level of carbon dioxide emissions when compared to normal fossil fuel. It has entered into a joint venture with LanzaTech to produce aviation fuel by capturing waste gases released during the industrial steel production process, ferment them and chemically change them into jet fuel by utilizing a Swedish biofuels technology.

13 Oct 2011

Heyl + Patterson Plans to Showcase Rotary Calciners in Northeast Biomass Conference

Heyl & Patterson, a Pittsburgh headquartered engineering company, has declared that it will keep its Pilot Plant Testing Lab open to showcase its manufactured equipment to the participants of the Northeast Biomass Conference to be held at the Pittsburgh located Westin Convention Center Hotel from 12 to 13 October 2011.

7 Oct 2011