Roman Brunecky (left), Yannick Bomble, and Melvin Tucker discuss the deacetylation and mechanical refining process developed at NREL to soften biomass. Photo by Dennis Schroeder, NREL Scientists at ...

Terragia Biofuel has raised a $6 million seed round to pursue using a “novel” thermophilic bacteria process to break down cellulosic biomass and convert it into ethanol for biofuels such as ...

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 ...

Used coffee grounds can already be turned into things such as water filters, road material, carbon-capture media, and biofuel. Unfortunately in the case of the latter, it's a fairly complex affair, ...

The latest sign of a worldwide energy transition: Oil refineries across the western U.S. are being converted into biofuel plants. Phillips 66 last week became the latest in a string of U.S. refiners ...

Thanks to factors such as agricultural fertilizer runoff, Sargassum seaweed is growing out of control in many regions – it washes up on beaches in huge amounts. Utilizing a new technique, that rotting ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 3, 2015 -- A new study from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory explains the mechanism behind a technology that converts bio-based ethanol into hydrocarbon ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The lignocellulosic feedstock-based biofuel market is poised to grow by USD 7.83 billion during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of about 32% during the forecast period.