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Prospects to extract oil from microalgae
Research creates biofuels from microalgae that have strong growth potential, especially when Japan is looking for alternative energy sources to reduce dependence on atom…
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New breakthrough in bioenergy
In the context of the depletion of fossil fuel sources that are increasingly depleted at the speed of human hope is expected to rely on new energy sources, including bio…
Environment
Producing biofuel from Litsea tree
Students of Hanoi Architectural University have just had the idea of using Litsea oil to produce biodiesel.
Environment
Planting forests in the Avarah desert
Researchers work at Tel Aviv University, Israel, conducting plantations in the Aravah desert, Israel.
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Biofuels from plants are equivalent to fossil fuels
Researchers at Leicester University in the United Kingdom found that CO2 emissions in oil palm plantations are more than twice as high as previously thought.
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Biofuels: The problem lies in policy
The lack of synchronous policies of the State is one of the difficult issues in the development of the biofuel industry in Vietnam, said Luu Quang Thai, Chairman of Viet…
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Strategy to reduce greenhouse effect
A new study shows that a new method to combat biofuel climate change may not cause much damage to animals in the soil as previously published studies.
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Deforestation in Malaysia is three times faster than Asia
Malaysia's deforestation rate is three times faster than that of all Asian countries combined and even peat-rich forests along the coast of Sarawak state, the largest st…
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Biofuels can increase pollution 4 times
Biofuels made from soybeans can produce four times the greenhouse effect of fuels like gasoline and diesel.
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New equipment turns breath into biofuel
John Lennon Airport in the city of Liverpool will become the first airport in the world to apply technology to transform passengers' breaths into biofuel.
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Shorten the time for soil cleaning by bio-plants
The Belarusian government is carrying out a pilot plan to plant biofuel crops to faster clean up the radioactive areas after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
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Miniature spoons to save aircraft fuel
Many airlines shrink the size of spoons for passengers and remove magazines to reduce the aircraft's weight. That measure helps them save a lot of fuel.
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Buses run by garbage
Since 2010, clean buses will roll on the streets of Oslo (Norway), with biofuels produced from waste like mud, sewage and leftovers.
Environment
Aircraft operated with linseed oil
Japanese airline (JAL) has just successfully piloted the first biofuel flight from flax on January 30.