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... fuels. A key advantage of developing a process which will use existing organic waste, rather than plant crops, is that it overcomes many of the issues associated with some current biofuels, and can l...
Monday, 15 March 2010

...new types of biofuels is looking more promising," said Professor Tait. "Rather than using food crops to produce biofuels, in the future we may be able to use algae, trees, the inedible &lsqu...
Tuesday, 22 December 2009

..." said Dr. Noam Gressel, Co-Founder and Board Member of TransAlgae.  "Well designed algal crops can fix carbon dioxide emissions into biological molecules, such as carbohydrates, protei...
Monday, 30 November 2009

...ing this technology in the Humberside region. Biobutanol is a biofuel that can be made from all the same crops as bioethanol and can be blended into petrol at higher levels, which means that we'll...
Friday, 27 November 2009

...a bio-based economy.” “Farmers in the UK are experts on growing pasture and the use of these crops for biorefining will make an important contribution to both farm income and the UK econom...
Thursday, 26 November 2009

...two-year project announced today (24th November) sees Ceres and CHOREN joining forces to optimize energy crops for thermochemical conversion to advanced low-carbon biofuels. The joint project, funded ...
Tuesday, 24 November 2009

... domestic production, using EU grown feedstocks without increasing the overall land area used for arable crops in the EU27. The review adds that in addition there will be imports of sustainable feedst...
Thursday, 22 October 2009

...y of the enzyme responsible for the formation of suberin could lead to easier agricultural production of crops used for biofuels, according to the US Department of Energy. The discovery, made by a tea...
Wednesday, 21 October 2009

...t this first report by the Panel is intended to provide. On one level, it is a debate about which energy crops to grow and where and also about the way different countries and biofuel companies promot...
Monday, 19 October 2009

...oducing ethanol from numerous feedstocks, including wood biomass, agricultural waste, sustainable energy crops, and construction waste. The flexible approach is possible, says the company, because of ...
Thursday, 15 October 2009

... A large percentage of the population in Africa relies on agriculture for its livelihood. Growing energy crops could provide an income for subsistence and small-scale farmers and support rural develop...
Tuesday, 29 September 2009

...ons, and benefit wildlife, by growing short rotation coppice (SRC) willow and miscanthus grass as energy crops according to researchers from the UK Research Councils’ Rural Economy and Land Use ...
Monday, 21 September 2009

...tic micro-algae, said Cushman, is non-seasonal, making them 10-30 times more productive than terrestrial crops. They can be grown on municipal wastewater and have widespread potential for recycling ca...
Tuesday, 15 September 2009

...fied six areas in which Searchinger et al. fell short:     * Direct plantings of biofuels crops around the world are ignored, and instead a spike in US corn-based ethanol is considered ...
Wednesday, 19 August 2009

...fessor Henry said research conducted through the Centre had shown that plant material from high-yielding crops could be used in the production of biofuels. "What that means is we can use the bi-p...
Wednesday, 19 August 2009

...disastrous. Policymakers should urgently re-think their entire approach to biofuels, to ensure that only crops and fuels which will achieve their social and environmental goals receive government back...
Monday, 17 August 2009

...rison to coal or natural gas through the life cycle and will not use high quality land suitable for food crops.  The plant will use around 2.4m tonnes of woodchips per annum and will operate at b...
Tuesday, 11 August 2009

...e, forest-product residues such as wood chips, wood molasses and other wood waste, and non-edible energy crops such as the sorghum used at Energy Independence I. Because of the non-sterile nature of t...
Tuesday, 28 July 2009

...gy Secretary Steven Chu said; "Part of the solution to the energy problem will be home-grown energy crops.  These projects will help us unlock the true potential of advanced biofuels, decrea...
Monday, 27 July 2009

...se the understanding of genes responsible for growth and yield in grasses for use as bio-energy and food crops. The research team will identify the genes associated with key plant properties responsib...
Friday, 24 July 2009

...ill not be executed or have legal effect until the sale of BP International’s shares in D1-BP Fuel Crops Limited has been completed in accordance with the sale and purchase agreement announced e...
Friday, 17 July 2009

A conditional agreement to acquire BP’s 50 per cent interest in their joint venture, D1-BP Fuel Crops Limited, has been worked out by D1 Oils and BP International. The deal, announced this morni
Friday, 17 July 2009

...fuel expertise of Sunfuel to jointly develop biodiesel from land otherwise unsuitable for producing food crops. This will potentially generate another significant income stream for Landkom as well as ...
Monday, 13 July 2009

... remain committed to developing Jatropha, which remains the most attractive of the potential new oilseed crops. Our focus will be to capitalise on our established lead in planting and the plant scienc...
Tuesday, 23 June 2009

A multi-year, field-to-fuel trial to evaluate low-carbon, non-food energy crops, like switchgrass, was unveilled today (15th June). The trials programme, developed by EdeniQ, comprises a pilot-scale f
Monday, 15 June 2009

...griculture will affect water-resource availability and degrade water quality. They pointed out that fuel crops require large quantities of water and that water pollution is exacerbated by agricultural...
Friday, 12 June 2009

The amount of water required to cultivate crops for biomass, is much greater than for other forms of energy, according to researchers from the University of Twente. In a set of results published earli
Thursday, 04 June 2009

... today, Graham Prince, the company's spokesman said; "D1 is committed to an open debate on fuel crops based on good science." "We would agree with many of their conclusions conc...
Monday, 01 June 2009

... to grow in marginal soil conditions and the extremely high-yield of oil to hectare as compared to other crops such as soybean. The ability of jatropha to thrive in harsh climates is also favorable, a...
Friday, 29 May 2009

...s the mid and southern latitudes of the United States on both dry and irrigated land in 2008. Like other crops, biomass yields can vary among specific locations and year-to-year. ...
Wednesday, 20 May 2009

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