When it comes to watermelon farming, 20 to 40 percent of the crops are left unsold due to irregularities (such as bird pecks) that keep them from passing quality control. According to Discovery, ...

Regarding the newly awarded project to build a biofuel generation plant near the Pulehu landfill, the argument for biofuel is that it is carbon neutral so it does not contribute to global warming. The ...

A Scottish company has developed a commercial scale method of producing biofuel capable of fuelling cars from the unwanted residue of the whisky fermentation process. Edinburgh-based Celtic Renewables ...

The nation’s railroads, airlines and ocean-going ships offer massive new opportunities for the U.S. biofuel industry, but some significant policy and logistical challenges could stand in the way. For ...

(Bloomberg) -- The White House is gearing up to finally announce its new rules on biofuel blending, critical support for the industry that’s underpinned American farming over the past two decades. But ...

CoverCress is a new winter cash crop whose grain can be crushed to make sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. Imagine a world where jets fly around the planet on fuel sourced from plants, ...

To make beer and wine, a microscopic fungus called yeast consumes sugars in fruits or grains and converts them into ethanol (alcohol) and carbon dioxide. But the microbe yeast cannot tolerate ...

Researchers have developed a new solid catalyst for biofuel production that speeds the reactions and remain separate from the materials, allowing it and the waste to ...

Plants making ethanol, biodiesel and other biofuels, including some in Michigan, are major emitters of toxic air pollution despite their image as purveyors of a green alternative to gasoline and ...