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Tagged: biofuel

News
6 years ago

Cheaper, Cleaner Ethanol from Biotech Corn

The genetically-modified plants break down their own cellulose, making it possible to use waste biomass to produce ethanol.

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News
6 years ago

The Case for Burying Charcoal

Research shows that pyrolysis is the most climate-friendly way to consume biomass.

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News
6 years ago

A New Biofuel: Propane

Propane chemically derived from corn could be used in heating and transportation.

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News
6 years ago

A Better Biofuel

A California biotech company is engineering microbes to produce cheap biofuels that could outcompete ethanol.

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News
6 years ago

BP's Bet on Butanol

Forget ethanol: it’s hard to transport and gives bad mileage per gallon. Another alcohol, butanol, is a much better renewable fuel, says the president of BP Biofuels.

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Q&A
6 years ago

Vinod Khosla

A veteran venture capitalist’s new energy.

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6 years ago

Garbage Power

Plasma turns waste to ethanol.

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News
6 years ago

Will Cellulosic Ethanol Take Off?

Fuel from grass and wood chips could be big in the next 10 years–if the government helps.

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News
6 years ago

A Portable Refinery Powered by Garbage

Researchers have built and tested for the military a portable machine that efficiently turns waste into electricity.

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News
6 years ago

Ethanol Demand Threatens Food Prices

Rising corn prices are already affecting everything from the cost of tortillas in Mexico City to the cost of producing eggs in the United States.

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