In California, researchers at UC Riverside have found a way to heighten a plant’s cellular response to drought. Plants under drought stress produce abscisic acid, a stress hormone to help the plant survive. The research, conducted at the laboratory of Associate Professor Sean Cutler, has now succeeded in supercharging the plant’s stress response pathway by […]
In Serbia, researchers at the University of Niš explores the effects of ultrasound action in biodiesel production including effects on enzyme catalysts. The research published in the February 2012 issue of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews also looks at how the process can reduce biodiesel production costs.
In Serbia, researchers at the University of Niš explores the effects of ultrasound action in biodiesel production including effects on enzyme catalysts. The research published in the February 2012 issue of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews also looks at how the process can reduce biodiesel production costs.
In the UK, researchers at Imperial College London say that the Christmas wrapping paper and Christmas cards used in the country could provide enough biomass to produce sufficient biofuel for driving a double-decker bus to the moon and back more than 20 times. Between the 1.5 billion cards and the 83 square kilometers of wrapping […]
In Germany, Ecofys Germany GmbH compiled a report on the market development for biodiesel in the German and international biodiesel markets. The report not only examines the production and sales development in the most important countries of the European Union, and the also takes the USA, Argentina, Malaysia and Indonesia aamong other countries. The trade […]
In Finland, Aalto University researchers have discovered a method for manufacturing fuel cells that require 60 per cent less of costly catalysts than current methods. By using the Aalto University researchers’ ALD method, the anode cover can be much thinner and more even than before, lowering costs and increasing quality. Additionally, by using alcohol fuels […]
In Finland, researchers at Aalto University have discovered a method to produce butanol from wood biomass using microbes. The university says that when wood biomass is boiled in a mixture of water, alcohol and sulphur dioxide, all parts of the wood – cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin – are separated into clean fractions. The cellulose can […]
In Germany, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is the lead on a European-funded project called BIOBOOST (‘Biomass-based energy intermediates boosting biofuel production’) that will launch in early 2012 develop novel energy carriers, generating energy-rich intermediate products from biogenous residues, assess environmental compatibility and optimize logistics chains. The project received $6.6 million in EU funding.
In Georgia, the University of Georgia has teamed with the University of Puerto Rico to develop a new R&D center that will focus on algae-based biofuels thanks to a $4 million grant from the Dept. of Defense. In Athens, where UGA operates a state-of-the-art algae research facility, researchers will focus their efforts on production of […]
In Georgia, the University of Georgia has teamed with the University of Puerto Rico to develop a new R&D center that will focus on algae-based biofuels thanks to a $4 million grant from the Dept. of Defense. In Athens, where UGA operates a state-of-the-art algae research facility, researchers will focus their efforts on production of […]
