Ecofriend

Eco factor: Enables us to produce biofuel that is both cheap and does not rely on food crops. Producing biofuel from food crops has given way to a major argument about how wise it is to try and produce fuel from food crops when we are struggling.

GM and Coskata have joined hands to give ethanol a broader dimension. Current ethanol is produced using the chemical breakdown of sugar laden crops, such as corn and sugar cane. This makes ethanol more expensive and extremely agriculture dependent...

No doubt, biofuel is good, however, the only problem that's hampering its production is - the wastes are many and there are no proper ways of disposal. The main byproduct of biofuel production is glycerol or glycerin. Though glycerol finds some uses..

In a significant step, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established the regulation for country's first comprehensive Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. The RFS program, under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, proposes..

With ethanol as the present buzzword for the oil-producing industries, and the world concerned with the effects of global warming, ethanol derived from corn stover i.e. cellulosic ethanol will soon be found in the global market. And, with gasoline's..

The genome of the poplar tree -- black cottonwood genome - has been sequenced for the first time completely. And this work on the Populus trichocarpa will eventually help develop trees as an ideal feedstock for a new generation of bio-fuels - like...

The world is chasing not only towards clean energy, but also cost-effective ethanol production. Queensland University of Technology and Farmacule BioIndustries have developed new sugarcane plants to produce cost-effective ethanol from it! The approach..