Minuscule Amounts of Ethanol Can More Than Double the Life Span of a Tiny Worm

Minuscule amounts of ethanol, the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, can more than double the life span of a tiny worm known as Caenorhabditis elegans, which is used frequently as a model in aging studies, UCLA biochemists report. The scientists...

Go to Work on a Christmas Card

If all the UK’s discarded wrapping paper and Christmas cards were collected and fermented, they could make enough biofuel to run a double-decker bus to the moon and back more than 20 times, according to the researchers behind a new scientific study. The...

A Corny Turn for Biofuels From Switchgrass

Many experts believe that advanced biofuels made from cellulosic biomass are the most promising alternative to petroleum-based liquid fuels for a renewable, clean, green, domestic source of transportation energy. Nature, however, does not make it easy....

Jackie Chan’s JCAM to Replace Petrol Bikes in Hong Kong’s Police And Other Government Departments With Brammo Electric Motorcycles

Brammo Inc. has announced that following extensive evaluation by multiple departments of the Hong Kong Government to explore the adoption of more electric vehicles for public sector use, the Hong Kong Government has selected Brammo electric motorcycles...

European Union Biodiesel Production Slumps in 2011

Greening the European Union has suffered a setback. The European Biodiesel Board is reporting that the European Union biodiesel industry production forecasts are noting a 2011 decrease in output, the first since data has been gathered, down from 2010...

Canada’s British Columbia Urged to Support Renewable Fuels Sector

Canada’s British Columbia’s environmentally friendly energy output is currently taxed at the same level as the fossil fuels they aim to replace.

Joint BioEnergy Institute Scientists Identify New Advanced Biofuel As an Alternative to Diesel Fuel

Researchers with the U.S Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified a potential new advanced biofuel that could replace today’s standard fuel for diesel engines but would be clean, green, renewable and produced in...

South African Government Publishes Draft Regulations on the Mandatory Blending of Biofuels with Gas Or Diesel

Draft regulations on the mandatory blending of biofuels with petrol or diesel have been published in the Government Gazette for public comment.

Interest in Alternative Biofuel Sources Increasing in the U.S.

As researchers in the U.S. consider alternative biofuel sources beyond grain feedstocks such as corn and soybeans, everything from alligator fat to herbivore excrement is being subjected to study.