This module uses transportation fuels as the theme to connect the organic concepts of hydrocarbon structure, intramolecular forces and physical properties to green and sustainable chemistry. The ...

Humans have a complicated relationship with ethanol. Of course, many drink the stuff. People have also been working for decades to scale it up as a fuel and a chemical feedstock. The dream is that ...

Biofuel producers must look beyond waste lipids if they want to avoid a feedstock bottleneck; land-efficient, ...

The ocean serves as Earth's largest dynamic carbon sink, absorbing 400 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) annually through continuous exchange with the atmosphere. Researchers at Yale have now ...

For biofuels to compete with petroleum, biorefinery operations must be designed to better utilize lignin. Lignin is one of the main components of plant cell walls. It provides plants with greater ...

Researchers analyzed the financial and environmental costs and benefits of four biofuels crops used to produce sustainable aviation fuels in the U.S. They found that each feedstock -- corn stover, ...

There is no going back: All companies are now under pressure to shrink their carbon footprints. Many companies are publicly setting goals in a signal to customers—and investors—that they are not only ...

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Terviva, Inc., an agricultural innovation company working with farmers to grow and harvest pongamia for food, feed and fuel, today announced its investment from ...

LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The global aviation industry is relying on a massive ramp-up in production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over the next three decades to meet its target of "net zero" ...