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This car also runs on a blend of biofuel, known as E85. In this case, the car uses a type of advanced cellulosic 85%ethanol renewable fuel from woody biomass.

This manages to avoid some of the main problems associated with biofuels; that they use land and water that would be used better for food production.

But the computer claimed that using the biofuel mix, and some regenerative braking, I would only have used 39 gallons (147 litres) of gasoline.

The rest would have been biofuel, and, presumably, more environmentally friendly. This technology is limited not just to the simulator;

says that using food for energy like sugar cane for biofuels must avoid depleting food stocks

The best bio fuel for aviation is probably butanol, an alcohol which behaves very like the kerosene that the jet engines of today use.

Construction of a biofuels refinery and other facilities are expected to create 800 construction jobs and 400 permanent jobs in Rep. Juan Vargasdistrict east of San diego. his is more evidence that the advanced biofuel industry is scaling up

and putting people to work, said Mary Solecki, director of E2 Clean Fuels Program.**In Texas, Nest Labs, acquired by Google on Feb 7, announced 140 technical support and customer service jobs.

Cleveland-based quasar energy group uses organic waste to produce a renewable energy source known as biogas which is converted then into Compressed natural gas (CNG) one of two fuels that can power the 2015 Chevrolet Bi-fuel Impala.

Biogas is the raw mixture of gases given off by the breakdown of organic materials kept in an oxygen-less environment.

Since biogas can be made from most organic materials quasar insources raw materials otherwise considered waste from a variety of industries.

And if the relatively small amount of diesel fuel used by these buses is replaced with sustainably-produced biodiesel,

and power from solar sourcesintegrated with renewable fuels such asbiomass biogas and industrial residues. he thermal energy produced in this plantwill be the energy source in a desalinationunit as well as for the heating

#Biofuels to be processed by oil refineries EU research seeks to run yesterday's refineries on next-gen fuels.

The process will also help reducing the production costs of biofuels. According to the project's coordinator Yrj Solantausta There are good opportunities for both new companies because of new technologies being developed

and water to synthesis gas (syngas) in a high-temperature solar reactor containing metal-oxide based materials developed at ETH Zürich.

The syngas (a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide) was converted then into kerosene by Shell using the established"Fischer-Tropsch"process.

Although producing syngas through concentrated solar radiation is still at an early stage of development, the processing of syngas to kerosene is already being deployed by companies,

including Shell, on a global scale. Combining the two approaches has the potential to provide secure

The call includes a topic on the development of the next-generation technologies for biofuels and sustainable alternative fuels v

while seeking ways to improve algae's capacity as a biofuel. Its application in cancer research

But to convert them into truly viable biofuel producers we need them to grow and produce oil simultaneously. he secret for making this happen was CHT7 the gatekeeper that cues cells to wake up

For biofuels this would remove a major hurdle and gives scientists a way to potentially produce high amounts of oil and biomass.

The experiments showed that the copper foam converted CO2 into formic acid a compound often used as a feedstock for microbes that produce biofuels at a much greater efficiency than planar copper.

and use it to generate electricity or some other useable energy source such as biofuels. CHARGE SEPARATION It takes about one-third of a second to blink your eye.

#Extra-hairy microbes make biodiesel sustainable With the help of Geobacter microbes, biodiesel plants may be able to stop creating hazardous wastes

and eliminate fossil fuel from their production process. The platform, which uses microbes to glean ethanol from glycerol

wee come up with a way to allow producers to generate bioethanol, which replaces petrochemical methanol.

Geobacter are naturally occurring microbes that have proved promising in cleaning up nuclear waste as well in improving other biofuel processes.

These hairlike appendages are the managers of electrical activity during a cleanup and biofuel production. First

she adds. ne bacterium ferments the glycerol waste to produce bioethanol, which can be reused to make biodiesel from oil feedstocks.

Geobacter removes any waste produced during glycerol fermentation to generate electricity. It is a win-win situation.

to develop industrial-sized units that could handle the capacities of a full-scale biodiesel plant.

The next step will be field tests with a Michigan-based biodiesel manufacturer i

#New battery turns wasted heat into energy Stanford university rightoriginal Studyposted by Dan Stober-Stanford on May 22 2014researchers have developed a new battery technology that captures low-temperature waste heat

and biofuels industries using technology that is already well-established for cellulose-based materials. ome of the byproducts of the paper industry now go to making biofuels

There no doubt that in the race for green power the human body has been overlooked in favor of alternative fuel sources such as biofuels, hydrogen etc.

and biofuels the creators say. Researchers took tiny snippets of man-made DNA and joined them together to create a synthetic version of a chromosome the structure that contains DNA inside cells from brewer's yeast.

and biofuels and the ability to create custom-made yeast would provide useful too for the biotech industry.

Synthetic yeast could also churn out more efficient biofuels such as alcohol butanol or biodiesel which could enable humanity to transition off of a petroleum economy Boeke said.

and biofilms with enzymes that catalyze the breakdown of cellulose could be used for the conversion of agricultural waste into biofuels.

That is the conversion of waste n this case both locally sourced food waste and human sewage nto a methane-rich biogas.

Another complication is that soot from burning biofuels, widely used for cooking and heating in India and Africa,

and its inventors hope that it could be used to measure the performance of biofuel-producing organisms,

Other researchers are trying to repurpose the biochemistry of green algae to make biofuels, and Saraf thinks that his device could monitor how efficiently the new strains photosynthesize.

enhance battery technology and expand the use of biofuels, among other clean energy efforts. The ultimate goal:

#New approach to boosting biofuel production Yeast are used commonly to transform corn and other plant materials into biofuels such as ethanol.

Toxicity is probably the single most important problem in cost-effective biofuels production says Gregory Stephanopoulos the Willard Henry Dow Professor of Chemical engineering at MIT.

They report the findings which they believe could have a significant impact on industrial biofuel production in today s issue of the journal Science.

What s also exciting to us is that this could apply beyond ethanol to more advanced biofuel alcohols that upset cell membranes in the same way Lam says.

what would be found in an industrial biofuel fermenter. If you really want to be relevant you ve got to go to these levels.

along with carbon dioxide to produce biogas at a rate of up to 100 cubic feet per minute.

improves biogas quality, and enables a higher degree of automation. The biogas enters a connected cogeneration system for power conversion.

Depending on several site factors, this produces anywhere from 30 to 400 kilowatts of electricity. Treated wastewater exits the reactor with 80 to 90 percent of pollutants removed,

which could be useful for converting agricultural waste to biofuels. Other potential applications include diagnostic devices and scaffolds for tissue engineering.

if biochar a byproduct of the a process that converts plants materials into biofuel could be used in place of expensive activated carbon to make electrodes for supercapacitors.

#Nanoparticle technology triples the production of biogas Researchers of the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence,

which allows increasing the production of biogas by 200%with a controlled introduction of iron oxide nanoparticles to the process of organic waste treatment.

This additive substantially increases the production of biogas and at the same time transforms the iron nanoparticles into innocuous salt."

"We believe we are offering a totally innovative approach to the improvement of biogas production and organic waste treatment,

According to researchers, today's biogas production is not very efficient-only 30 to 40 per cent of organic matter is converted into biogas

thereby greatly increasing the production of biogas, a renewable energy which is growing steadily and is accessible to everyone,

they actually stimulated the production of biogas, "he adds. Researchers saw this discovery as the opportunity to begin a business project

In addition The team is interested also in testing these fibers for multifunctional applications including batteries solar cells biofuel cells

#U k. Supermarket To Run on Electricity Made From Its Own Rotting Food One U k. grocery store plans to power itself using biogas harvested from its own unsold, rotting produce.

and burning biofuels and storing the emitted carbon dioxide underground. These may sound farfetched, but the Intergovernmental panel on climate change concluded last year that reaching a key emissions goaloughly equivalent to limiting warming to 2°C by 2100ould rely on the deployment of one or several CDR technologies.

#Now, a car powered by whisky residue Scientists in Scotland have become the first in the world to produce biofuel capable of powering cars from residues of the whisky industry.

Edinburgh-based Celtic Renewables plans to build a production facility in central Scotland after manufacturing the first samples of biobutanol from by-products of whisky fermentation.

The company has been awarded £11 million to fund a new plant to make the biofuels. Transport minister Andrew Jones says advanced biofuels have the potential to save at least 60%of the greenhouse gas emissions from equivalent fossil fuel.

He said""The technique could transform the Scottish whisky industry and generate up to £100 million of transport fuel a year."

"The latest biofuels use low value waste products to produce high value fuel and will help power modes of transport that cannot be electrified in the future such as heavy trucks or even aircraft.

but this time for advanced biofuel production using entirely sustainable raw materials.""Julie Hesketh-Laird from the Scotch whisky Association said,

"The production of biobutanol from draff and pot ale is another example of the industry putting its by-products to a good use to promote sustainability and jobs."

"Celtic in partnership with Ghent-based Biobase Europe Pilot Plant produced the first samples of biobutanol earlier this month.

Biobutanol is recognized now as an advanced biofuel a direct replacement for petrol. The biofuel is produced from draff the sugar rich kernels of barley soaked in water to facilitate the fermentation process necessary for whisky production and pot ale,

the copper-containing yeasty liquid that is left over following distillation. Scotland's distilleries currently produce around 750,000 tons of draff and 2 billion litres of pot ale annually

#Now, a car powered by whisky residue Scientists in Scotland have become the first in the world to produce biofuel capable of powering cars from residues of the whisky industry.

Edinburgh-based Celtic Renewables plans to build a production facility in central Scotland after manufacturing the first samples of biobutanol from by-products of whisky fermentation.

The company has been awarded £11 million to fund a new plant to make the biofuels. Transport minister Andrew Jones says advanced biofuels have the potential to save at least 60%of the greenhouse gas emissions from equivalent fossil fuel.

He said""The technique could transform the Scottish whisky industry and generate up to £100 million of transport fuel a year."

"The latest biofuels use low value waste products to produce high value fuel and will help power modes of transport that cannot be electrified in the future such as heavy trucks or even aircraft.

but this time for advanced biofuel production using entirely sustainable raw materials.""Julie Hesketh-Laird from the Scotch whisky Association said,

"The production of biobutanol from draff and pot ale is another example of the industry putting its by-products to a good use to promote sustainability and jobs."

"Celtic in partnership with Ghent-based Biobase Europe Pilot Plant produced the first samples of biobutanol earlier this month.

Biobutanol is recognized now as an advanced biofuel a direct replacement for petrol. The biofuel is produced from draff the sugar rich kernels of barley soaked in water to facilitate the fermentation process necessary for whisky production and pot ale,

the copper-containing yeasty liquid that is left over following distillation. Scotland's distilleries currently produce around 750,000 tons of draff and 2 billion litres of pot ale annually

and bioplastics (derived from renewable biomass sources such as corn or biogas methane). As part of a"cradle-to-cradle"approach, the researchers will explore the fate of these materials

and bioplastics (derived from renewable biomass sources such as corn or biogas methane). As part of a"cradle-to-cradle"approach, the researchers will explore the fate of these materials

or biofuels when exposed to the sun. The underlying concept is that such functions will,

thereby promoting basic research in sustainable biofuels. This made the ORNL scientists to visualize several other applications.

and the existing facility will be generated using biogas from the project. Long island Compost also plans to convert the biogas to renewable natural gas that will be used to fuel its trucks on-site, reducing diesel consumption by 200,000 gallons annually.

An additional 1. 9 million gallons of diesel per year will be offset by injecting the remaining renewable gas produced by the digester into the National grid natural gas pipeline on Long island.

Theye even been approached by other producers of wine, hops and biofuel to join. Take that Chicago Board of Trade.

#wiss Army knifehelps turn algae into biofuel Scientists have figured out a way to streamline the molecular machinery that turns cyanobacterialso known as blue-green algaento biofuels.

organisms that have many potential uses for making green chemicals or biofuels. The new protein

#Teenage Girl Turns Plastic Trash Into Million-Dollar Biofuel An Egyptian teenager has discovered an inexpensive way to turn plastic trash into fuel

are the same chemicals extracted from vegetation to create ethanol biofuel. The process releases other chemicals that can also be recycled and sold.

or biofuels when exposed to the sun. Oxman said, uch functions will in the near future augment the wearer by scanning our skins,

provided imaging of poplar cell wall structures that yielded unprecedented topological information, advancing fundamental research in sustainable biofuels.

This research is part of a programme of work aimed at developing the next generation of biofuels.

This study provides new insight and understanding of the development of next-generation biofuels. In this latest study, published in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels("A microbial platform for renewable propane synthesis based on a fermentative butanol pathway"),scientists at the Universitys Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB

working with colleagues at Imperial College and University of Turku, have created a synthetic pathway for biosynthesis of the gas propane.

It also expands the metabolic toolbox for renewable propane production, providing new insight and understanding of the development of next-generation biofuels

#Biofuels: plant the right crop in the right place (Nanowerk News) Corn, wheat and rapeseed can be used to produce biofuels, such as bioethanol and biodiesel.

According to recent findings by environmental scientists at Radboud University, the location of the agricultural lands used to grow these biofuel crops has a major impact on the greenhouse gas emission they ultimately produce.

The study that arrived at this conclusion is due to be published By nature Climate change("Greenhouse gas payback times for crop-based biofuels".

"This figure shows the duration of the payback times for greenhouse gases produced by corn-based bioethanol per intensively farmed crop location,

i e. where fertilizers and irrigation are used. While intensive crop farming results in greater greenhouse gas emission, it also increases the yields of crops used to produce biofuels and,

ultimately, reduces emission levels. To increase production of biofuels from crops, such as corn and wheat,

natural areas need to make way for agricultural land. The initial result of this is an increase in greenhouse gas emission.

Pieter Elshout and fellow environmental scientists at Radboud University have demonstrated how long it takes for the advantages that biofuels offer over fossil fuels to earn a return on this initial emission On the global scale,

This figure shows the duration of the payback times for greenhouse gases produced by corn-based bioethanol,

it also yields smaller crops for producing biofuels. From Western europe to the tropics Elshout, a Phd candidate at Radboud University, explains:

The model demonstrates that the location of biofuel crops has a significant impact on greenhouse gas emission more so than does the type of crop

spatially-explicit overview of biogenic gas emission resulting from crops used to produce biofuels. In developing this model,

our calculations of the durations of payback times took account of the entire production chain for fossil fuels and biofuels with the accompanying greenhouse emissions.

This global model is applicable to first-generation biofuels. These include bioethanol from corn, wheat and sugar cane,

as well as biodiesel from soybeans and rapeseed. Food for discussion These results will contribute an angle of nuance to the current debate on biofuels in The netherlands.

In a follow-up study on biofuel crop farming Elshout and his colleagues hope to investigate the payback times related to the impact on biodiversity y

#Controlling swarms of robots with light and a single finger (w/video)( Nanowerk News) Using a smart tablet and a red beam of light,

Georgia Institute of technology researchers have created a system that allows people to control a fleet of robots with the swipe of a finger.

#Biodiesel made easier and cleaner with waste-recycling catalyst Researchers at Cardiff University have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process.

when biodiesel is formed from vegetable oil, and convert this into an ingredient to produce even more biodiesel.

It is believed this new process will have significant environmental benefits by improving the yield of biodiesel in a sustainable way that doesn't require the use of additional fossil fuels

and could potentially reduce the costs of the biodiesel production process. The results have been published today, 14 september, in the journal Nature Chemistry.

By 2020, the EU aims to have 10 per cent of the transport fuel of every EU country come from renewable sources such as biofuels.

Fuel suppliers are required also to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of the EU fuel mix by 6 per cent by 2020 in comparison to 2010.

At present, biodiesel is produced by combining fats and oils with methanol, which is derived usually from fossil fuels.

which could then be used as a starting reactant to create more biodiesel. To achieve this, the researchers reacted glycerol with water,

the researchers estimate up to a 10 per cent increase in biodiesel production, which they claim would be very helpful to industry at this point in time.

"Biodiesel manufacture is a growing part of the EU fuel pool, with statutory amounts being required to be added to diesel that is derived from fossil fuels."

"We've provided unprecedented chemistry that highlights the potential to manufacture biodiesel in a much more environmentally friendly,

"This paper shows how fundamental catalysis research can develop new mild processes to enhance the sustainability of biodiesel.

#Energy-efficient reaction drives biofuel conversion technology A new study from the U s. Dept of energy (DOE)' s Oak ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) explains the mechanism behind a technology that converts bio

Uncovering the mechanism behind the reaction helps support the potential economic viability of ORNL's direct biofuel-to-hydrocarbon conversion approach."

in the production of biofuels--have been produced in the reactor. Following synthesis, magnets used as catalysts can be gathered efficiently in

#Biodiesel made easier, cleaner with waste-recycling catalyst Researchers at Cardiff University have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process.

Using simple catalysis, the researchers have been able to recycle a non-desired by-product produced when biodiesel is formed from vegetable oil,

and convert this into an ingredient to produce even more biodiesel. It is believed this new process will have significant environmental benefits by improving the yield of biodiesel in a sustainable way that doesn't require the use of additional fossil fuels

and could potentially reduce the costs of the biodiesel production process. The results have been published in the journal Nature Chemistry.

By 2020, the EU aims to have 10 per cent of the transport fuel of every EU country come from renewable sources such as biofuels.

Fuel suppliers are required also to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of the EU fuel mix by 6 per cent by 2020 in comparison to 2010.

At present, biodiesel is produced by combining fats and oils with methanol, which is derived usually from fossil fuels.

A waste product from this process is crude glycerol which is formed on a large scale and contains many impurities that make it costly to purify

which could then be used as a starting reactant to create more biodiesel. To achieve this, the researchers reacted glycerol with water,

the researchers estimate up to a 10 per cent increase in biodiesel production, which they claim would be very helpful to industry at this point in time.

"Biodiesel manufacture is a growing part of the EU fuel pool, with statutory amounts being required to be added to diesel that is derived from fossil fuels."

"We've provided unprecedented chemistry that highlights the potential to manufacture biodiesel in a much more environmentally friendly,

"This paper shows how fundamental catalysis research can develop new mild processes to enhance the sustainability of biodiesel.

#Building a biofuel-boosting Swiss Army knife Researchers at Michigan State university have built a molecular Swiss Army knife that streamlines the molecular machinery of cyanobacteria,

also known as blue-green algae, making biofuels and other green chemical production from these organisms more viable. The team has done in a year

organisms that have many potential uses for making green chemicals or biofuels. The new protein replaces four gene products,

#Energy-efficient reaction drives biofuel conversion technology A new study from the Department of energy's Oak ridge National Laboratory explains the mechanism behind a technology that converts bio-based ethanol into hydrocarbon blend

Uncovering the mechanism behind the reaction helps support the potential economic viability of ORNL's direct biofuel-to-hydrocarbon conversion approach."

and a flatpack biofuel stove. What other sustainable resources could be tapped into for similar purposes

#Discovery of cellular snooze button advances cancer, biofuel research The discovery of a cellular snooze button has allowed a team of Michigan State university scientists to potentially improve biofuel production and offer insight on the early stages

while seeking ways to improve algae's capacity as a biofuel. Its application in cancer research

But to convert them into truly viable biofuel producers we need them to grow and produce oil simultaneously.

and is always active For biofuels this would remove a major hurdle and gives scientists a way to potentially produce high amounts of oil and biomass.

In the region of Pucanganom we installed a system that processes toilet sewage of 15 families and the dung of their animals in three biogas facilities.

There the organic wastes are converted into biogas and fertilizer within a period of one month. Via a pipeline system the gas is passed directly on to the gas stoves of the neighboring houses.

#Balancing birds and biofuels: Grasslands support more species than cornfields In Wisconsin bioenergy is for the birds.

and biofuels too by providing information for land managers farmers conservationists and policy makers as the bioenergy industry ramps up particularly in Wisconsin and the central U s as bioenergy production demand increases we should pay attention to the ecological consequences says Turner.

According to Blank and Turner the study is one of the first to examine grassland fields already producing biomass for biofuels

While previous studies suggest corn is a more profitable biofuel crop than grasses and other types of vegetation the new findings indicate grassland fields may represent an acceptable tradeoff between creating biomass for bioenergy and providing habitat for grassland birds.

and the biofuels industry can win. Incentives for a conservation-minded approach could be used to help offset potential differences in profit the researchers suggest.

and wind farms to retailers turning to rooftop solar and biogas to power their big box stores and distribution centers,

#Leaked EU documents rank biofuel emissions higher than crude oil European union politics website Euractive has gotten its hands on official EU data reporting that many biofuel crops release more carbon dioxide than crude oil,

The numbers were intended for release in the spring when the EU presents new proposals on biofuels,

The European commission has defended long biofuels, despite dissent from Greenpeace and other environmental organizations. Its current biofuel roadmap demands that at least 5. 75%of all energy sold on the market of any member country be biofuel

boosted to 10%by 2020. However, also in the biofuel directive is that biofuel production should be sustainable,

and the new numbers suggest that it is not. The leaked data present higher carbon costs for biofuels because, for the first time,

the analysts incorporated the effects of indirect land use change (ILUC). ILUC is the rise in emissions

when forests and wetlands are destroyed to clear land to grow biofuel crops. And with ILUC added to the mix, it looks like some top biofuel crops are worse for the environment, in terms of carbon emissions, than crude oil.

The EU's default value for measuring carbon efficiency for oil from tar sands is 107g CO2 equivalent per megajoule of fuel (CO2/mj.

incorporating ILUC, for various biofuel crops, thanks to Euractive: Palm oil-105g Soybean-103g Rapeseed-95g Sunflower-86g Palm oil with methane capture-83g Wheat (process fuel not specified)- 64g Wheat (as process fuel natural gas used in CHP)- 47g

Corn (Maize)- 43g Sugar cane-36g Sugar beet-34g Wheat (straw as process fuel in CHP plants)- 35g 2g Ethanol (land-using)- 32g 2g Biodiesel (land-using)- 21g 2g Ethanol

(non-land using)- 9g 2g Biodiesel (non-land using)- 9g If European politicians recognize these figures

The top biodiesel crops--palm soybean, and rapeseed oil--are all the least energy efficient. However, they are also the cheapest to produce,

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