That is according to a new paper from think-tank Green Alliance which assesses the environmental and economic impacts of the UK Government’s decision to increase the proportion of biofuels in road ...

To date, researchers have struggled to determine if the nonrenewable energy it takes to make a gallon of algal biofuel will be equal to, less than or greater than the energy produced. A Cornell study ...

Converting petroleum into fuels involves crude chemistry first invented by humans in the 1800s. Meanwhile, bacteria have been producing carbon-based energy molecules for billions of years. Which do ...

Microwaving food waste like orange peels or coffee grinds could be the next best thing in biofuels. Scientists at the University of York in the UK have discovered that microwaving food products can ...

Turning plants into fuel sounds exceptionally green — except some biofuels actually crimp food supplies and worsen greenhouse gas emissions. Now the European Commission is trying to figure out how to ...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stakeholders are counting on environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals to decarbonize the supply chain of the biofuel industry. The global push to ...

Algae may become an economically viable biofuel thanks to the development of a harvesting technique from Sheffield University. Algae produce an oil that can be used to create a useful biofuel.

Financial incentives to shrink the carbon footprint of air travel could turbocharge the destruction of grasslands critical to ...

Growing crops to make biofuels results in vast amounts of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere and does nothing to stop climate change or global warming, according to the first thorough ...

More than a quarter of the total US grain crop was turned into ethanol to fuel cars last year, according to a new analysis The world's largest grain exporter is feeding increasing amounts of its crop ...

Fungus can be used to make bread and beer, but few people might imagine it could play a key role in creating safer insecticides, medical implants or green fuel. But a group of scientists who are fans ...

AS Lufthansa’s latest Airbus A321 taxied smoothly away from its stand at Hamburg Airport there was little sign that history was in the making. AS Lufthansa’s latest Airbus A321 taxied smoothly away ...