In Texas, researchers at AgriLife Research have completed two of three phases of feeding trials on Angus beef cattle using algae co-products leftover from biodiesel production. Experiments included trials with algae in both powder form as well as in raw form replacing dried distillers grains or cottonseed meal as protein supplements. The cattle ate the […]
In Minnesota, a biofuel powered, carbon-neutral locomotive engine may become a reality, as the Coalition for Sustainable Rail has unveiled their plans for the development of such technology. The coalition, comprised of the University of Minnestora’s Institute on the Environment and Sustainable Rail International, plans on using torrefied biomass (bifocal) to create an engine which […]
In Massachusetts, research teams from Harvard and MIT have been working on the development of a plastic bottle that ketchup cannot stick to. Over at MIT, the team has developed a bottle coated with “LiquiGlide,” which MIT PhD candidate Dave Smith told Yahoo is “kind of a structured liquid — it’s rigid like a solid, […]
In Utah, students at Brigham Young University have won first place at the SAE Formula Hybrid competition using their E-85 electric hybrid race car that they designed. The car, called the Hybrid Blue, can reach 60mph in 3 seconds. After a 14 mile endurance race, the car still had a 75% charge in its battery.
In India, Bangalore University of Agricultural Sciences is home to the first of 13 biofuel information centers being built around the state of Karnataka by the state’s biofuel development board as a way to promote local biofuel production. Each center will also have the capacity to crush up to 100 or 150 metric tons of […]
In California, researchers from the University of California at Davis say that the GHG emissions from cutting down forests can vary depending on how the trees were used in the past and where they were grown. Emissions can vary significantly if the forest was used to produce wood for construction or if it was produced […]
In New Jersey, a student is creating a biobutanol out of bamboo at Princeton University. While the process is far from being commercially viable, Amanda Rees was able to treat bamboo sawdust acid with enzymes to produce a small amount of fuel. Rees has hopes for the project, as bamboo’s resilience and status as inedible […]
In Maine, the Farm Press is reporting that three pathways for wood-based aviation biofuels are being pursued at the University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute. The focus is drop-in biofuels, and there is a video available of the researchers work.
In Washington, in an attempt to piece together the switchgrass genome, the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) in an international partnership with includes the DOE BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) and the DOE Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) has sequenced plant genomes of related candidate bioenergy crops such as sorghum and the model grass Brachypodium but may […]
In the UK, researchers at the University of Leeds have developed an electrode capable of controlling the biochemical reactions needed for biofuel cells to produce large amounts of electricity and are now applying the same technique to a catalytic membrane. The hope is that the membrane may be capable of converting proteins into electricity by […]
