The biofuel industry stands to benefit from the development of a new variety of yeast which produces ethanol from plant products more efficiently. Engineered by combining two existing yeast... Read more
Biofuel derived from crops such as switchgrass certainly holds promise, although some critics maintain that such crops use up too much agricultural land – land that could otherwise be used f... Read more
Image by Getty Images via @daylife In the discussion of alternative energy and fuels, algae have been bubbling to the top of the proverbial feedstock pool. Algae, the little green guys respo... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Vegetarian robots: Munching machines A ROBOT with dietary requirements might appear to be a bit far fetched, but a team of American researchers is developing a machine to... Read more
Heating and squishing microalgae in a pressure-cooker can fast-forward the crude-oil-making process from millennia to minutes. University of Michigan professors are working to underst... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Researchers are continuing to develop strains of algae that yield a greater volume of oily compounds that can be processed into biofuels. But as more new and established... Read more
Image by jurvetson via Flickr A new analysis suggests so because of the need for copious fertilizer Growing algae for use in biofuels has a greater environmental impact than sources such as... Read more
This British biomass power station concept is one of the many projects being proposed around the globe as the search for renewable energy sources continues. The visually stunning Teesside pl... Read more