Biofuels policy: Public debate and scientific review
“The world faces the daunting combination of surging energy demand, rising greenhouse gas emissions and tightening resources. A global energy technology revolution is both necessary and achievable; but...
View ArticleInternational Biofuels Survey- please take part
A Master’s student from the University Of Auckland, New Zealand and Intern at SCION Research, is conducting an international study on the strategic development of the liquid biofuels industry. The aim...
View ArticleThe potential of algae as biofuel feedstock
Interest in algae as a potential biofuel feedstock stems from two features observed in naturally occurring strains. Firstly, many algae are remarkably efficient at photosynthesis, converting up to 6%...
View ArticleLignocellulosic plants of possible use for biofuel production
A recent review article [Simmons BA, Loque D, Blanch HW: Next-generation biomass feedstocks for biofuel production. Genome Biol 2008, 9:242] published in Genome Biology highlights the use of...
View ArticleBiofuel and land use
In “Squaring biofuels with food”, a forum discussion published in the latest edition of Issues in Science and Technology, leading biofuel researchers discuss the complex and controversial issue of the...
View ArticleInvesting in algal biofuels
ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI, a biotechnology company) have announced a research partnership with the aim of developing biofuels from algae. In a statement from SGI, the company founder...
View ArticleChanging patterns of investment in biofuels
The research and development of biofuels is beginning to attract investment from large international companies, including those traditionally associated with their fossil fuel predecessors. A series of...
View ArticleOptimal engineering for yeast lignocellulose conversion
Evolutionary engineers have created a new strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can ferment ethanol from the agricultural and timber waste feedstock, lignocellulose. Rosa Garcia Sanchez and...
View ArticleOptimal engineering for yeast lignocellulose conversion
Evolutionary engineers have created a new strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can ferment ethanol from the agricultural and timber waste feedstock, lignocellulose. Rosa Garcia Sanchez and...
View ArticleJatropha 2.0
The demise of investment in Jatropha was reported in a previous post in this blog in 2009. Amidst controversy over the water footprint of Jatropha (in which the crop was found to yield a poor energy...
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