Researchers have developed a novel method to produce biodiesel from waste oil. This simple process requires relatively mild heat and has the potential to make the alternative fuel source much more ...

Vehicles powered by diesel contribute significantly to carbon emissions, making the journey toward decarbonization a tough road. According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, in ...

At many biodiesel plants, soybean oil accounts for as much as 80 percent of the operating cost. Wake Forest's Terrafinity project doesn't depend on soybean oil. It relies on a method that, like making ...

UC Santa Cruz chemists have discovered a new way to produce biodiesel from waste oil that both simplifies the process and requires relatively mild heat. This discovery has the potential to make the ...

Kevin Lofgren in the lab holding a flask containing the pure biodiesel product made with the process described in the journal Energy & Fuels. UC Santa Cruz chemists have discovered a new way to ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Major British independent oil firm Greenergy sees its future as an exploration company, but one that hunts for fuel in piles of stale pork pies and cakes rather than under the ...

We have covered already what jatropha is: a promising crop which can be cultivated on barren land that does not compete with food production and from which you can obtain oil (with a quality similar ...

Biodiesel is a renewable, clean-burning fuel. It’s made through a chemical reaction that relies on animal fats or vegetable oils and an alcohol. The technical term for this process is ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Environmentally-friendly fuel does not immediately spring to mind when peeling prawns but Chinese scientists claim shrimp shells may have an important role to play in improving ...

WALTERS -- Rest easy, because that chemistry kit in the barn of Thad Doye's farm is not what you might be thinking. Get your mind off the moonshine and into the healthy sunrise of energy independence.