Twenty five years after winning the Young Scientist and State Governor awards, chemist Osvaldo Cândido Lopes is finally seeing the evolution of his invention reach the market. By the end of the year a ...

A thermochemical process can convert lipids from sewage sludge into biodiesel, according to a new study (Environ. Sci. Technol., DOI: 10.1021/es3019435). The low cost and high yield of the sludge ...

They're only 250 billionths of a meter in diameter. But fill them with the right chemistry and Iowa State scientists say the tiny nanospheres they've developed could revolutionize how biodiesel is ...

Yields of biodiesel from oilseed crops such as safflower could be increased by up to 24 percent using a new process developed by chemists at UC Davis. The method converts both plant oils and ...

Amid growing concern that using soybeans and other food crops to produce biodiesel fuel will raise the price of food, scientists have identified a new and unlikely raw material for the fuel: Alligator ...

DAYTON, Ohio ? Forgive the students at Sinclair Community College if they get the munchies when they pass the tractors that cut grass, blow leaves or sweep snow on campus: Oil that once cooked french ...

In the battle of the biofuels, biodiesel turns out to be greener than ethanol. Sadly, neither will go very far to replace petrol and diesel in our vehicles, however. David Tilman at the University of ...

[Sponsored Article] Biofuel is a natural and renewable diesel engine fuel derived from biological materials, such as plant oils and animal fats. However, the purification of traditional liquid ...

Degussa is planning a 60,000-metric-ton-per-year facility in Mobile, Ala., that will produce sodium and potassium methoxide, which are used as catalysts in biodiesel production. A final decision on ...

A major new £15 million Biodiesel Plant at Newarthill, near Motherwell, now half way through its construction, points the way to a "green" energy future. The new plant, which will be capable of ...