In the UK, bright pink-orange microalgae found in salt lakes and coastal waters could become a renewable source of food, plastics, health products and fuel as a result of new research announced this week. The University of Greenwich is leading a EUR10 million international project to develop the microalga Dunaliella as a sustainable raw material that […]
In Virginia, researchers from Virginia Tech, Berkeley and other institutions have discovered that a process that turns on photosynthesis in plants likely developed on Earth in ancient microbes 2.5 billion years ago, long before oxygen became available. The research offers new perspective on evolutionary biology, microbiology, and the production of natural gas, and may shed […]
In Louisiana, farmers growing crops in Louisiana and Mississippi may soon have two new crops to add to their portfolios. Researchers with the LSU AgCenter, Mississippi State University Cooperative Extension Service and the United States Department of Agriculture are working together to bring sugarcane and sweet sorghum north – way north – of Interstate 10. The […]
In France, on February 13 2014, at a unique conference in Europe at the Ecole Centrale de Lille, Franck Dumeignil (CNRS), coordinator of the EuroBioRef project, revealed the results of this biorefinery of the future research programme. This General Assembly concluded four years of research that brought together 29 partners from 15 countries involved in […]
In California, seven patents covering water treatment, algae, and food-related areas have been released for sale by Allen and Peter Schuh. After oil has been extracted from jatropha, the press cakes remaining have previously not been usable as human and animal nutrition because of the toxins lectins and phorbol esters, both components in the fertilizers […]
In Texas, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering have developed a new source of renewable energy, a biofuel, from genetically engineered yeast cells and ordinary table sugar. This yeast produces oils and fats, known as lipids, that can be used in place of petroleum-derived products. The researchers’ platform produces the highest […]
In Hawaii, Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are working with Maui based company Pacific Biodiesel to develop a way to make water from restaurant grease traps reusable. The collaboration is an example of a new type of partnership between local businesses and the state’s public university. UH developed a High Rate Anaerobic Digestion […]
In Washington state, WSU researchers are looking at ways to grow the valuable chemical 2-phenylethanol—the chemical that gives roses their scent and is used in perfumes—inside the leaves and branches of poplars. The project began in response to an attempt to use woody poplars as biofuel feedstock but the low prices for fuels didn’t compensate […]
In Denmark, Novozymes and Monsanto announced the completed closing of the The BioAg Alliance, as originally announced on December 10, 2013. Both companies will now focus on implementing the long-term strategic alliance. The BioAg Alliance is unique in the industry, bringing together Novozymes’ commercial BioAg operations and capabilities within microbial discovery, development and production with […]
According to new EIA data, ethanol production for the week ending 1/31/14 averaged 895,000 barrels per day or 7.59 million gallons daily, down 5000 b/d from the previous week. Imports of ethanol were non-existent for the 18th straight week. Daily ethanol production, expressed as a percentage of daily gasoline demand, was 10.59%. More on the […]
