Biofuel – The InfoGreenGlobal https://infogreenglobal.com The InfoGreenGlobal Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:07:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Mozambique has a world’s first biofuel plant https://infogreenglobal.com/mozambique-has-a-worlds-first-biofuel-plant/ https://infogreenglobal.com/mozambique-has-a-worlds-first-biofuel-plant/#respond Wed, 23 May 2012 19:58:40 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=5236 A biofuel plant designed to produce sustainable cooking fuels was opened in Dondo, Mozambique as the world’s first. The biofuel plant called CleanStar Mozambique (CSM) is a cornerstone of a multi tiered venture which will buy cassava from local farmers and refine it into ethanol. Then the ethanol will be distributed as cooking fuel in […]

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From soil microbe to super-efficient electrofuel factory https://infogreenglobal.com/from-soil-microbe-to-super-efficient-electrofuel-factory/ https://infogreenglobal.com/from-soil-microbe-to-super-efficient-electrofuel-factory/#respond Tue, 08 May 2012 19:47:15 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=5149 Is there a new path to biofuels hiding in a handful of dirt? Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) biologist Steve Singer leads a group that wants to find out. They’re exploring whether a common soil bacterium can be engineered to produce liquid transportation fuels much more efficiently than the ways in which advanced biofuels […]

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner flew first time over Pacific Ocean using biofuel https://infogreenglobal.com/boeing-787-dreamliner-flew-first-time-over-pacific-ocean-using-biofuel/ https://infogreenglobal.com/boeing-787-dreamliner-flew-first-time-over-pacific-ocean-using-biofuel/#respond Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:09:43 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=5063 Last June Boeing 747-8 Freighter crossed the Atlantic Ocean running partially on biofuel. Now, another company’s 787 Dreamliner set another milestone by crossing the Pacific Ocean using a mix of biofuel. This time Boeing cross the Pacific using a fuel mainly derived from used cooking oil in conjunction with regular jet fuel in a secret […]

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Low cost fuel made with the help of fungi https://infogreenglobal.com/low-cost-fuel-made-with-the-help-of-fungi/ https://infogreenglobal.com/low-cost-fuel-made-with-the-help-of-fungi/#respond Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:40:17 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=3843 A team from the Joint Gerome Institute published an article in Nature Biotechnology with results of their research about how two types of fungi can boost the biofuel refining process. This process is far above the room temperature range that conventional bio-refining organisms can tolerate but this heat loving fungi could provide a key enzyme […]

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Malaysian Palm Oil as the Source of Biofuel and Food Products https://infogreenglobal.com/malaysian-palm-oil-as-the-source-of-biofuel-and-food-products/ https://infogreenglobal.com/malaysian-palm-oil-as-the-source-of-biofuel-and-food-products/#respond Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:16:16 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=3608 After soy the palm oil is the second most traded vegetable oil crop in the world and is still mostly used in the manufacture of food products and for sure is found in one in ten products sold in UK supermarkets. Palm oil is now starting to be used as an ingredient in biodiesel and […]

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Michigan Airports are Growing Crops on Their Own Lands to Produce Biofuel https://infogreenglobal.com/michigan-airports-are-growing-crops-on-their-own-lands-to-produce-biofuel/ https://infogreenglobal.com/michigan-airports-are-growing-crops-on-their-own-lands-to-produce-biofuel/#respond Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:41:25 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=3605 Airports today need much more space than ussually, for planes to live and land, for parking and other. Planes remove a lot of gas that pollute the atmosphere and apears the idea to grow crops on airport property in order to green power them.  According to Biodiesel Magazine, Detroit Metro and Willow Run are airports […]

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Fourth Transatlantic Flights on Biofuel Performed by Regular Boeing 747-8 https://infogreenglobal.com/fourth-transatlantic-flight-on-biofuel-performed-by-regular-boeing-747-8/ https://infogreenglobal.com/fourth-transatlantic-flight-on-biofuel-performed-by-regular-boeing-747-8/#respond Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:49:42 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=3498 The first historic biofuel powered transatlantic flight was completed on June 20th by a Boeing 747-Freighter which landed at Paris Le Bourget Airport. This was the first time when a sizable commercial airplane crossed the Atlantic Ocean using biofuel. Piloted by captains Keith Otsuka, Rick Braun and Sten Rossby, the unmodified Boeing 747-8 flew from […]

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Agave a Potential Bioenergy Crop for Biofuel Feedstock https://infogreenglobal.com/agave-a-potential-bioenergy-crop-for-biofuel-feedstock/ https://infogreenglobal.com/agave-a-potential-bioenergy-crop-for-biofuel-feedstock/#respond Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:25:17 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=2184 An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy evaluates the potential of Agave as a sustainable biofuel feedstock. Agave is a unique biofuel feedstock because of its high water use efficiency and ability to survive without water between rainfalls. Currently known for its use in the production of alcoholic beverages and fibers, […]

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Qantas Australian Air Plans to Fly on Greener Fuel https://infogreenglobal.com/qantas-australian-air-plans-to-fly-on-greener-fuel/ https://infogreenglobal.com/qantas-australian-air-plans-to-fly-on-greener-fuel/#respond Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:45:51 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=1968 Australian airline QANTAS is planning to build a biofuel plant in Sydney and has teamed with US fuel supplier Solena to investigate the construction of the world’s second commercial waste biofuel plant in Sydney, a move that could create 1200 jobs units. They will burn rubbish in an effort to power the airline’s fleet with greener fuel. […]

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Lufthansa Expect to Fly on Biofuel https://infogreenglobal.com/lufthansa-expect-to-fly-on-biofuel/ https://infogreenglobal.com/lufthansa-expect-to-fly-on-biofuel/#respond Sun, 05 Dec 2010 18:16:32 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=1679 Another biofuel-fired plane will hit the sky come spring and this one will carry paying passengers. In April, Lufthansa plans to launch a pilot study to test how well one of its planes, an Airbus 321, flies on biofuel. Each day the airline, which is based in Germany, will have four flights powered partially by biofuel […]

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