Any diesel engine can run on biodiesel. Is that a true statement? Are there any issues to deal with or do you just dump the “biodiesel” into the engine? What is biodiesel anyway?
There are lots of questions that should be answered when you begin to peel back the onion on running your vehicle on biodiesel. [...]
Waste coffee grounds can provide a cheap, abundant, and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel fuel, according to a study by researchers at the University of Nevada-Reno. According to the USDA, world coffee production is 16.34 billion pounds per year; the scientists estimated that spent coffee grounds can potentially add 340 million gallons of biodiesel to [...]
A researcher at Montana State University has found a micro-organism in a plant in South America that could fuel vehicles one day. The unusual fungus contains the essence of diesel, which one could use to run a bus, for example, without processing it at all. Listen…
35 Billion Gallons of Biofuel by 2017
from GreenFuel Technologies Biofuel White Paper
If GreenFuel algae facilities could be located at every operating
plant in the U.S., it would be possible to produce about 13.5
billion gallons of biodiesel and 8.5 billion gallons of ethanol per
year if those plants continued to produce electricity at levels
similar to production in [...]
Microscopic alternative to biofuels
By Cristina Jimenez
Published: December 27 2007 19:55 | Last updated: December 27 2007
19:55
Oil from algae, the microscopic plants that produce a green covering
on the surfaces of ponds and neglected outdoor swimming pools, may
soon be filling diesel pumps.
As crude oil has moved towards $100 (€70, £50) a barrel and
sustainable alternatives are sought in [...]
Leader pushes to find new fuel sources
BY HALLIE WOODS
HallieWoods@coloradoan.com
For Loveland Connection
Dr. Ken Reardon, a professor of chemistry and bioengineering at
Colorado State University, is pictured in a lab on campus. He is a
researcher in biofuels, especially algae, and is making a push to
find new fuel sources. Reardon is also the director of the [...]
Shell plans algae farm for biofuel
By BOB KEEFE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 12/12/07
Los Angeles — A day after breaking ground in Texas on the nation’s
biggest oil refinery, Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced it is building
a fuel refinery of a very different type: an algae farm and
laboratory in Hawaii that will produce vegetable oil that can be
converted [...]