Biofuels experts discuss corn and cellulosic ethanol, and sustainable aviation fuels. We use a lot of biofuels in the US -- corn ethanol now makes up 10% of every gallon of gasoline. Ethanol made from ...

New results indicate that processing switchgrass, an important biofuel feedstock, to ever smaller sizes won't reduce machine clogs, and may just be a waste of energy. The processes might get more and ...

Oil majors, including Shell, BP, and TotalEnergies, are scaling back or delaying biofuel projects despite earlier commitments to ramp up production. Shell’s decision to cancel its massive Rotterdam ...

As India pushes ahead with its biofuel ambitions, E85 fuel has emerged as the latest addition to the country’s clean-energy ...

It’s obvious, isn’t it. Plants turn sunlight into food – stored energy – so if we turn that food into fuels, we should get sustainable biofuels with zero carbon emissions, right? Wrong, utterly wrong.

Over the last several decades a growing body of evidence has made the problem of global climate change increasingly clear. Humanity's addiction to fossil fuels has changed the composition of our ...

Renewable Fuel Standard evaluates the economic and environmental consequences of increasing biofuels production as a result of Renewable Fuels Standard, as amended by EISA (RFS2). The report describes ...

Kolmar's American Greenfuels Plant in New Haven. A recently-completed expansion will allow the plant to produce up to 55 million gallons of fuel each year from used cooking oil and other recycled ...

A car requires three key factors to run properly, assuming it has an internal combustion engine: fuel, air, and ignition. Among these, the life blood of any internal combustion engine is, of course, ...

Could Iowa’s success in normalizing biodiesel consumption spread across the country? It’s possible—but that would require effort from both state governments and the federal government. Iowa's ...

Biofuels are often promoted as a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels, but their environmental and social impacts are far from straightforward. Just Have a Think examines the complexities of biofuel ...