Biobutanol, produced principally via acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation, represents a versatile biofuel and industrial solvent with a higher energy density and compatibility with existing ...

Electric cars may receive most of the attention within the realm of alternative propulsion methods, but liquid hydrocarbon fuels will be with us for many decades to come. The challenge then becomes ...

A research team has found that a natural bacterium isolated from mushroom crop residue can directly convert cellulose to biobutanol, a biofuel. A team of engineers from the National University of ...

Edinburgh-based start-up Celtic Renewables is turning waste matter from whisky production into a “next-generation biofuel” — biobutanol. The whisky distillation process is tremendously wasteful; only ...