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New Advance in Biofuel Production

By Guest PostJune 2, 2013Environmentacid catalyst, advanced biofuels, alternative to gasoline, atmosphere, bioenergy, biofuel production, blake simmons, burning, carbon dioxide, cellulosic biomass, crystals, diesel, enzymes, fermentable sugars, fossil fuels, hanbin liu noppadon, hydrolyzing biomass polysaccharides, imidazolium chloride, ionic liquid, jbei, jet fuels, liquid fuels, manali sawant, new advance, ning sun, recycle, vitalie stavila

Joint BioEnergy Institute Researchers Develop Enzyme-free Ionic Liquid Pre-treatment

Advanced biofuels – liquid fuels synthesized from the sugars in cellulosic biomass – offer a clean, green and renewable alternative to gasoline, diesel and jet fuels. Bringing the costs of producing these advanced biofuels down to competitive levels with petrofuels, however, is a major challenge. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a bioenergy research center led by Berkeley Lab, have taken another step towards meeting this challenge with the development of a new technique for pre-treating cellulosic biomass with ionic liquids – salts that are liquids rather than crystals at room temperature. This new technique requires none of the expensive enzymes used in previous ionic liquid pretreatments, and makes it easier to recover fuel sugars and recycle the ionic liquid. (more…)

Avoiding Virus Dangers in ‘Domesticating’ Wild Plants for Biofuel Use

By Guest PostFebruary 23, 2013Environment, Sciencealternative energy sources, amplifier for viruses, amplifiers, bioenergy, biofuel use, carolyn malmstrom, domesticating, ecosystem properties, insects, michigan state university, natural ecosystems, plant virus ecology, plant viruses, process, switchgrass, tawny mata, viral ecology, virus dangers, wild growing perennials, wild growing plants, wild plants

In our ongoing quest for alternative energy sources, researchers are looking more to plants that grow in the wild for use in biofuels, plants such as switchgrass.

However, attempts to “domesticate” wild-growing plants have a downside, as it could make the plants more susceptible to any number of plant viruses. (more…)

Shaping The Future of Global Energy Policy

By Guest PostJune 7, 2011Environmentar5, bioenergy, catherine mitchell, climate, climate change, climate change and sustainable futures, cornwall, energy policy group, fifth assessment report, geothermal, global efforts, greener energy, greenhouse gas emissions, hydro, intergovernmental panel on climate change, ipcc, ocean, rajendra pachauri, renewable energy, scientific evidence on climate change, solar, special report on renewable energy sources and climate change mitigation, srren, university of east anglia, university of exeter, wind energy

A leading academic at the University of Exeter has played a central role in compiling a report which could be vital for global efforts to tackle climate change.

Professor Catherine Mitchell, part of the University’s Energy Policy Group based in Cornwall, was one of only two experts from the UK to contribute to the ‘Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation’ (SRREN). (more…)

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New Advance in Biofuel Production

Avoiding Virus Dangers in ‘Domesticating’ Wild Plants for Biofuel Use

Shaping The Future of Global Energy Policy