In Spain, a researcher at the Public University of Navarra has genetically modified tobacco to produce 700% as much starch and 500% as much fermentable sugars in the leaves for use in biofuel production. The project is the first to use tobacco proteins as biological tools.
In California, researchers at the University of California are engineering tobacco plants to produce oils for use as biofuel feedstock. The researchers hope that the results of the three-year, $4.8 million ARPA-E project known as PETRO, Plants Engineered to Replace Oil, will result in oils akin to those produced from algae.
In North Carolina, researchers from are studying Pyrococcus furiosus, microorganisms that live n the scalding waters of ocean volcanic vents, in an attempt to develop traits that will allow plants to survive in harsher conditions, opening up non-traditional areas as potential land for biofuel feedstock production. Research, which was originally started to develop plants that […]
New ideas on growing hydrocarbons directly in the field tap ancient ideas of agriculture, and ancient capabilities trapped deep in the genome Funky, eclectic Key West was once the home to much of the US Navy’s Caribbean squadron and, in the 19th century, at the forefront of national security worries, based on the threat expressed […]
In California, Berkeley researchers may be able to turn tobacco into a viable biofuel feedstock. The project is looking to develop a strain of the crop which is highly efficient at harvesting sleight and converting carbon dioxide to hydrocarbon molecules. The enzyme involved with the process would be cyanobacteria, already used in many biofuels projects.
Transformative yields for terrestrial plant oils of up to 4,000 gallons per acre are the goal of new research awards from ARPA-E. In Washington, the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), today announced 60 cutting-edge research projects aimed at dramatically improving how the U.S. produces and uses energy. 10 awards for $36 million […]
In Virginia, the state’s Tobacco Commission has granted $5 million to the new Sustainable Energy Technology Center at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research which will develop better biofuels, a project that will produce 60 jobs in the short term. The Commission also granted $490,000 for Piedmont BioProducts in Gretna to help improve its […]
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By: Sam A. Rushing, President – Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd – www.carbondioxideconsultants.com Special to The Digest For the last few years, there has been a great deal of excitement surrounding medically available options from the cannabis industry. Further, it becomes more obvious and impressive to find the number of locations where legal cannabis products are offered, […]
In San Diego, a company producing biodegradable cigarette filters from natural fibers has tapped H.I.E Handelsgesellschaft mbH to distribute its products in Poland. Established in 1984, Bremen, Germany-based H.I.E. supplies all non-tobacco products to the Eastern European market. “As the industry is facing transition by single-use plastic legislation and strengthening environmental commitments in the European […]
