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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. is on pace to surpass 5 billion gallons of biodiesel and renewable diesel consumption for the first time ever. According to the Clean Fuels Alliance, 2024 saw increased efforts from states to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Biodiesel is all around us -- in our ferries, buses, garbage trucks, passenger cars, tractors, Army trucks, sailboats and more -- yet surveys show that only one in four people knows about this ...

Biodiesel is produced from oil, whether it be recycled waste or newly harvested soybean oil, through a process called transesterification, whereby glycerin is removed from the oil by combining it with ...

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 ...

(Bloomberg) -- The White House is gearing up to finally announce its new rules on biofuel blending, critical support for the industry that’s underpinned American farming over the past two decades. But ...

More than 1,300 people -- some shouting "revolution" -- took over Fisher Pavilion at the Seattle Center on Sunday. Look what's happening out in the streets, they said: Biodiesel is coming of age. It's ...