Tag: Alternative Fuels

BIO Comments on EPA’s 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard Rules

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) recently submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on the proposed Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS).

April 11, 2013
CO2 to Methanol Model Explored at UT Arlington

Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington are pioneering a new method for using carbon dioxide, or CO2, to make liquid methanol fuel by using copper oxide nanowires and sunlight.

April 8, 2013
Hydrogen Fuel Production Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Alternative Energy Market

“Our new process could help end our dependence on fossil fuels,” said Y.H. Percival Zhang, an associate professor of biological systems engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering “Hydrogen is one of the most important biofuels of the future.”

April 5, 2013
Researchers Engineer Plant Cell Walls to Boost Sugar Yields for Biofuels

“Through the tools of synthetic biology, we have engineered healthy plants whose lignocellulosic biomass can more easily be broken down into simple sugars for biofuels,” says Dominique Loque, who directs the cell wall engineering program for JBEI’s Feedstocks Division. “Working with the model plant, Arabidopsis, as a demonstration tool, we have genetically manipulated secondary cell…

April 2, 2013
Biofuels: Researchers Propose New Solution So Biofuel Plants Don’t Become Noxious Weeds

A Virginia Tech researcher, along with another scientist and two attorneys, has authored an innovative article in the journal BioSciencethat proposes a way to improve and streamline the regulatory methodology for evaluating the invasive potential of plants, especially biofuel feedstocks, that are under consideration for large-scale cultivation.

March 7, 2013