Bacteria Into Butanol Biofuel Factories
University of California, Berkeley, chemists have engineered bacteria to churn out a gasoline-like biofuel at about 10 times the rate of competing microbes, a breakthrough that could soon provide an...
View ArticleNew Catalyst For Ethanol Made From Biomass
Researchers potentially find a renewable path to fuel additives, rubber and solvents The right balance of zinc and zirconium oxides in this catalyst (purple block) converts ethanol to isobutene with...
View ArticleUC DAVIS IS PARTNER IN A MAJOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST BIOFUELS PROJECT
UC Davis will receive $3.1 million of a $40 million biofuels grant announced today (Sept. 28) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Led by researchers at the University of Washington, the five-year...
View ArticleAlgae To Crude Oil Conversion Planned
OriginOil and Department of Energy to Develop Direct Conversion of Algae into Renewable Crude Oil for Existing Oil Refineries Company partners with Idaho National Laboratory to enable algae growers to...
View ArticleBlue Biofuels Achieves Over 99% Conversion of Cellulose
Blue Biofuels, Inc. (PINK: BIOF). (the “Company” or “BIOF”) is pleased to announce that it has achieved full conversion ( 99% + ) of king grass cellulosic material to water soluble sugars on a...
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