Biomass
Two University of Illinois scientists have developed an environmentally friendly and more economical way of pretreating Miscanthus for biofuel production. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
BioFuelNet has signed an agreement with Air Canada and Airbus to help them find the most promising biofuels for aviation. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced support for 55 innovative new projects aimed at producing and using energy in a cleaner, more efficient way. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
VIASAPCE Inc. and Renew Energy recently presented a paper on the ability of their proprietary Giant King Grass to be turned into biogas. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
W-Madison chemists have identified an approach to use oxygen gas to convert lignin into a replacement for fossil fuels. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new map of the algae industry published online by the Algae Biomass Organization shows production facilities and research projects in North America. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers are engineering algae to produce nanocellulose, a "wonder material" for biofuel production. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Canadian Bioenergy Association has announced that Dr. Fernando Preto has been appointed as the new executive director of CanBio. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new federal-private collaboration will be used to supply bio-based feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers are finding ways to cost-effectively extract sugars for use in biofuel production. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University researchers have developed efficient solar cells using products derived from plants and trees. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Vista International Technologies, Inc. has begun construction on the company's previously announced northeastern US pilot Waste-to-Energy project. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers have shown that dinoflagellate microalgae is suitable for cultivation to ultimately produce biodiesel. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The agenda for the 6th annual International Biomass Conference & Expo has been updated and been made available online. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
René Gélinas undertook a conversion to biomass heating in 2010 and discovered that his broilers did significantly better once the new system was implemented. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers are looking at ways to improve the pretreatment and fermentation steps in the production of drop-in biodiesel, jet fuel and bio-lubricants. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers are looking to duckweed as a cheap and sustainable source of biomass for producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Many landowners have questions about how much woody biomass they can realistically expect when growing wood fibre as a cash crop. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Ballard Power Systems has sold a 175 kilowatt ClearGen distributed generation fuel cell system to the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe of Humboldt County, California. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
When it comes to harvesting a short-rotation woody biomass crop, farmers already have a choice of several proven high-, medium- and low-cost equipment options. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!