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Argentina produces biofuels from marine algae
Biology

Argentina produces biofuels from marine algae

Argentina's Oilfox SA has inaugurated the first algae-based biodiesel plant in Latin America, with the goal of gradually replacing the production of biofuels from soybea…

December 17, 2018
Producing biofuel from dry straw and trees
Biology

Producing biofuel from dry straw and trees

Scientists at the University of Twente (Netherlands) have just studied a new method that can extract biofuels with high efficiency and low cost from agricultural and for…

December 17, 2018
Find raw materials for Ethanol production plant
Biology

Find raw materials for Ethanol production plant

6 biofuel plants have been licensed with an annual demand of about 1.2 million tons of cassava chips, in which Quang Nam factory has operated. Businesses are worried abo…

December 17, 2018
Turn algae into plastic
Biology

Turn algae into plastic

Treating the amount of algae released after biofuel production, Indian scientists turned them into plastics.

December 17, 2018
Caution with Jatropha tree
Biology

Caution with Jatropha tree

After eagerly planting Jatropha trees to develop biofuels, many units were disappointed to find that this tree was not as effective as introduced.

December 17, 2018
Create biofuel in just a few dozen minutes
Biology

Create biofuel in just a few dozen minutes

Heating microalgae in high pressure cookers can speed up the production of crude oil from millions of years (in nature) to several tens of minutes.

December 17, 2018
Tobacco plants can replace gasoline
Biology

Tobacco plants can replace gasoline

Thanks to genetic modification technology, plants that cause many human health problems can become a source of biofuels for engines.

December 17, 2018
Shrimp shells are not garbage
Biology

Shrimp shells are not garbage

Shrimp shells can contribute significantly to the production of environmentally friendly biofuels.

December 17, 2018
Great biofuel from algae
Biology

Great biofuel from algae

Hundreds of companies and laboratories around the world are racing aggressively to find an economical way to process

December 17, 2018
'Gasoline' made from watermelon
Biology

'Gasoline' made from watermelon

Hundreds of thousands of tons of watermelons thrown away annually around the world could become a source of fuel for biofuel production.

December 17, 2018
Use bacteria to produce biofuels
Biology

Use bacteria to produce biofuels

The ability to turn CO2 into methane with electric current from some species of bacteria can help humans create huge renewable sources of renewable energy.

December 17, 2018