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Novel approach to a key biofuel production step captures an elusive energy source

Plants grown for biofuel have the potential to power our travel industry, but an important fraction of their chemical power ...
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New energy economics: How much biofuel from unharvested sugar beet acres?

Last week, American Crystal Sugar Co. informed its growers that they will be allowed to deliver sugar beets to the plant for processing from only 70 percent of their acreage. While American Crystal ...
Railway Age

UP: Putting Biofuels to the Test

From coal to diesel to green? To jump start its sustainability goals, Union Pacific (UP) has committed to reducing absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 50.4% by 2030 from a 2018 base year from ...
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Big power, small footprint: how biofuel rotary engines put sustainability on fast spin

A bold collaboration aimed to bring research to reality could rewrite the rulebook on sustainable energy. Advanced Innovative Engineering (AIE), the leader in high-performance rotary engines, is ...
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UI professor leads research in sustainable biofuel agriculture

A team led by Madhu Khanna, professor in ACES and director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment, published a research paper on agricultural policy changes, encouraging farmers ...
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Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production

Renewable Fuel Standard evaluates the economic and environmental consequences of increasing biofuels production as a result of Renewable Fuels Standard, as amended by EISA (RFS2). The report describes ...
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Is the Biofuel Boom Over?

Oil majors, including Shell, BP, and TotalEnergies, are scaling back or delaying biofuel projects despite earlier commitments to ramp up production. Shell’s decision to cancel its massive Rotterdam ...