Biofuel use to increase in the U.S. Biomass — organic material from plants, agricultural waste and wet waste, among others — has been in use since man first began burning wood to cook food or keep ...

Zeolites are extremely porous materials: Ten grams can have an internal surface area the size of a soccer field. Their cavities make them useful in catalyzing chemical reactions and thus saving energy ...

The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over a rule requiring oil refiners to bring a record amount of biofuels to market through 2027.

Ultrasound-assisted biomass conversion harnesses high-intensity acoustic waves to improve the breakdown of lignocellulosic feedstocks into fermentable sugars and downstream biofuels. When ultrasonic ...

The Wisconsin Energy Institute is researching methods to convert biological matter into fuel and plastics, with intentions to replace fossil fuels. Biofuels are created using biological material to ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced the final rule that sets the biomass-based diesel statutory minimum requirement at 2.43 billion gallons for 2021, the same level as the 2020 requirement. ...

BioInnovAsia 2026 in Tokyo explores biofuels, biomass, biocarbon and carbon removal markets shaping Asia’s decarbonisation and energy transition. TOKYO, JAPAN ...

Brazil has launched the world's first ethanol-powered grid engine at the Suape II plant, testing sugarcane fuel as ...

A recent study has presented a new biofuel system that uses lignin found in biomass for the production of hydrogen. A novel technology has been developed for hydrogen production from the process, ...

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