The transportation sector faces mounting pressure to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels in the face of energy insecurity, ...

India's ethanol blending programme turns sugarcane into fuel through a 10-step process. The push aims to cut oil imports, ...

The world’s reliance on non-renewable energy sources poses significant environmental and economic risks. These sources are being consumed rapidly leading to the availability of the limited reserves.

Scientists create biodiesel with electrocatalysis and bioconversion. Vehicles fueled by diesel lead to substantial carbon emissions that are challenging to decarbonize. In 2022, diesel fuel use made ...

Scientists have found a new way to produce sugar from corn stalks and other crop waste, potentially opening a new pathway to sustainable biofuels. Scientists at Washington State University have found ...

Biodiesel, a green alternative to conventional diesel, has been shown to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 74%. Biodiesel is produced through transesterification, converting triglycerides into ...

Wastewater from humans in a single year could fill more than 100 million Olympic-size swimming pools, according to researchers from Canada and the Netherlands (Earth Syst. Sci. Data 2021, DOI: 10.5194 ...

The high cost and food competition associated with conventional biodiesel feedstocks limit its widespread adoption. This research investigates using palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD), a low-cost ...

WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With gas prices soaring and food costs pinching family budgets, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at WPI is looking at ways to use food waste to make a ...

Microalgae have been used by the Chinese for medicinal and nutritional purposes for thousands of years in the belief they could cure almost any health condition. The idea that microalgae have ...