Sucrose accounts for little more than 30% of the chemical energy stored in the mature plant; 35% is in the leaves and stem tips, which are left in the fields during harvest, and 35% are in the fibrous material (bagasse) left over from pressing.
Part of the bagasse is currently burned at the mill to provide [...]
Most automobiles in Brazil run either on alcohol (E100) or on gasohol (E25) since the government made mandatory the use of 24% ethanol in the blend sold in the entire country.
Since 2003, dual-fuel (”Flex-Fuel”) or full flex-fuel vehicles that run on any proportion of ethanol and gasoline have been gaining popularity, reaching 5 million new [...]
When VeraSun Energy inaugurated a new ethanol processing plant last summer in Charles City, Iowa, some of that industry’s most prominent boosters showed up. Leaders of the National Corn Growers Association and the Renewable Fuels Association, for instance, came to help cut the ribbon — and so did Senator Barack Obama. Read more of this [...]
Can the lowly algae ease a growing food-versus-fuel debate?
A growing number of start-ups are betting against the dominant biofuel crops–corn and soy–and looking to sidestep the backlash against biofuels, which are being blamed in part for higher food prices and deforestation around the world.
Race to algae-based biodiesel heats up
A common objection to biomass energy production is that it could divert agricultural production away from food crops in a hungry world — even leading to mass starvation in the poor countries.
Food or Fuel? True or not?
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