News tagged with bioproducts
From field to biorefinery: Computer model optimizes biofuel operations
Research into biofuel crops such as switchgrass and Miscanthus has focused mainly on how to grow these crops and convert them into fuels. But many steps lead from the farm to the biorefinery, and each could ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Second-generation ethanol processing cost prohibitive: study
Costs for second-generation ethanol processing, which will ease the stress on corn and sugarcane, are unlikely to be competitive until 2020, according to a unique Queen's University study.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Generating ethanol from lignocellulose possible, but large cost reductions still needed
The production of ethanol from lignocellulose-rich materials such as wood residues, waste paper, used cardboard and straw cannot yet be achieved at the same efficiency and cost as from corn starch. A cost comparison has concluded ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Eucalyptus tree genome deciphered
The key to the survival of forestry in South Africa as well as many new possibilities for renewable bioproducts like biofuels and biopolymers may now be available with the click of a mouse.
May 12, 2011 |
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Biofuels without competing claims in Mozambique
It might not seem the most obvious option to generate energy using biomass in Mozambique, where agriculture barely manages to feed the population. But Wageningen UR researchers concluded the contrary: Small bioreactors can ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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A genome may reduce your carbon footprint
With the costs of genome sequencing rapidly decreasing, and with the infrastructure now developed for almost anyone with access to a computer to cheaply store, access, and analyze sequence information, emphasis is increasingly ...
May 12, 2009 |
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Midwestern ethanol plants use much less water than western plants, study says
Ethanol production in Minnesota and Iowa uses far less water overall than similar processes in states where water is less plentiful, a new University of Minnesota study shows.
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Cellulosic biofuel technology will generate low-cost green fuel, says major study
Cellulosic biofuels offer similar, if not lower, costs and very large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compared to petroleum-derived fuels. That's one of the key take-home messages from a series of expert papers on ...
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Novel Technology Could Produce Biofuel for Around $0.65 a Liter
(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel technology for synthesising chemicals from plant material could produce liquid fuel for just over €0.50 ($0.65) a liter, say German scientists. But only if the infrastructure is set up in the right ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 29, 2009 |
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