India's ethanol blending programme turns sugarcane into fuel through a 10-step process. The push aims to cut oil imports, ...

However, biofuel production remains complex and costly, with efficiency challenges that limit its widespread adoption. To address these issues, experts are turning to nanotechnology to improve ...

Oil palm biomass, notably empty fruit bunches, trunks and fronds, constitutes an abundant lignocellulosic resource with the potential to deliver sustainable biofuels while mitigating residue disposal ...

Ethanol is a renewable biofuel made from plant-based materials such as sugarcane, molasses, maize, rice, and other ...

Tracking individual enzymes during the breakdown of cellulose for biofuel production has revealed how several roadblocks slow this process when using plant material that might otherwise go to waste.

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new biofuel production process created by Michigan State University researchers produces energy more than 20 times higher than existing methods. The results, published in the ...

Biofuels encompass liquid, gaseous and solid fuels derived from biological feedstocks, offering a renewable alternative to fossil resources. Production pathways fall into biochemical routes—such as ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A patented Michigan State University process to pretreat corn-crop waste before conversion into ethanol means extra nutrients don't have to be added, cutting the cost of making ...

Wastewater from humans in a single year could fill more than 100 million Olympic-size swimming pools, according to researchers from Canada and the Netherlands (Earth Syst. Sci. Data 2021, DOI: 10.5194 ...

Microalgae have been used by the Chinese for medicinal and nutritional purposes for thousands of years in the belief they could cure almost any health condition. The idea that microalgae have ...

China launched the Long March 12B rocket on its maiden flight Monday without any ...

In the 1990s, Esperance was seen as a key to a major biofuels industry for Western Australia. Thirty years later, the industry has seen little change. But some say the area has untapped potential as a ...