Amazon has made a strategic investment in GranBio, a biotechnology company developing biomass conversion technology that ...

Biomass energy encompasses the production of heat, electricity and biofuels from organic materials derived from plants, agricultural residues, forestry by-products and dedicated energy crops. Its ...

Zeolites are extremely porous materials: Ten grams can have an internal surface area the size of a soccer field. Their cavities make them useful in catalyzing chemical reactions and thus saving energy ...

Plant biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have engineered enzymes to modify grass plants so their biomass can be more efficiently converted into biofuels ...

This chapter focuses on the biochemical conversion of biomass to liquid transportation fuels. It addresses the questions raised in the statement of task related to the application of biochemical ...

New Energy Risk (NER), a provider of customised insurance solutions for energy technologies, has expanded its existing ...

The sustainable production of fuels and value-added chemicals from biomass is a cornerstone of the future bioeconomy. 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), a platform molecule derived from lignocellulosic ...

Fossil fuels are the major source of energy, chemicals and many materials but are responsible for a substantial portion of greenhouse gas emissions. To reach carbon neutrality, much of what's made ...

A new review published in Energies argues that this is where biomass and bioenergy deserve serious attention; not as a ...

Korean researchers found a way to turn wet coffee grounds into cleaner, faster biochar, skipping the energy-intensive drying step entirely.