Roasting biomass may be key process in bioenergy economy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Biorefineries may soon rely on a process akin to roasting coffee beans to get more energy-dense biomass.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 23, 2010
3
0
Page 3 - News tagged with biomass energy
Washington forests may be solution to state's green-energy quest
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wood is a popular fuel for heating homes in the Northwest but few people might see it as an important source of liquid fuels for motor vehicles. However, a new University of Washington report commissioned ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 20, 2009
2
0
Chemicals and biofuel from wood biomass
(PhysOrg.com) -- A method developed at Aalto University in Finland makes it possible to use microbes to produce butanol suitable for biofuel and other industrial chemicals from wood biomass. Butanol is particularly suited ...
Biochemistry
Dec 19, 2011
0
0
Plant power: The ultimate way to 'go green'?
Researchers are turning to plants and solar power in the search for new sources of renewable and sustainable energy that can support the transition from rapidly depleting fossil fuels to a bio-based society. An article published ...
Biochemistry
Feb 2, 2012
0
0
NREL Breaks Down Walls for Biofuels
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ethanol producers are racing to come up with ways to make ethanol from cellulosic biomass that are cheaper and easier to produce than current ...
Biotechnology
Nov 30, 2009
0
0
Sharing the risks, costs of biomass crops
Farmers who grow corn and soybeans can take advantage of government price support programs and crop insurance, but similar programs are not available for those who grow biomass crops such as Miscanthus. A University of Illinois ...
Ecology
Sep 4, 2013
0
0
Whole-tree harvesting could boost biomass production
Making the shift to renewable energy sources requires biomass, too.
Environment
Jul 15, 2019
0
157
Researchers develop efficient, scalable process for making renewable liquid fuels
(Phys.org)—Using simple technology developed primarily for producing electricity from hydrogen, a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Gwangju Institute of ...
Materials Science
Oct 4, 2012
1
0
Green fuel versus black gold: Is bioethanol more environmentally benign option to petroleum-derived fuels?
A life cycle assessment of growing crops for fuel as opposed to refining and using fossil fuels has revealed that substitution of gasoline by bioethanol converted from energy crops has considerable potential for rendering ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 24, 2012
3
0
Termites evolved complex bioreactors 30 million years ago
Achieving complete breakdown of plant biomass for energy conversion in industrialized bioreactors remains a complex challenge, but new research shows that termite fungus farmers solved this problem more than 30 million years ...
Biotechnology
Sep 23, 2014
1
2
