The most favorable estimates, which include still -
developing cellulosic feedstocks, point out that fuel made from biomass can replace only a fourth to a third of transport - related oil consumption.
The U.S. Department of Energy has provided more than $ 1 billion in federal funds to support research to
develop cellulosic biofuels, including ethanol made from corn stover.
Not exact matches
Balancing the carbon budget «One might hope that a market in
cellulosic will
develop quickly enough,» he added.
The
cellulosic ethanol process we
developed was unique because it did not require multiple processing steps and the use of expensive laboratory - modified enzymes.
The
cellulosic ethanol process we
developed was unique because it did not require multiple processing steps and the use of expensive laboratory - modified enzymes, the ethanol bioprocessing system uses significantly less water and energy in ethanol production resulting in larger yields per ton of biomass.
Given the potential benefits, Congress has provided $ 10 million in funding — and the DOE has asked for $ 30 million more — to
develop a second facility employing the process, as well as millions more for similar
cellulosic biorefineries, such as the Range Fuels plant in Soperton, Ga., that converts wood waste into fuel.
While the
cellulosic biofuel production process has yet to be extensively commercialized, several private companies are
developing specialized biorefineries capable of converting tough corn fibers into fuel.
In contrast, the spray - on
cellulosic foam to be
developed by the WoTIM project will involve no health hazards, either during or after its installation.
Mascoma has
developed yeast that can be dropped into all
cellulosic ethanol fermentation processes to increase yields by fermenting the full array of sugars present in
cellulosic fermentations, and by secreting enzymes (cellulases and hemicellulases) that can improve hydrolysis yields.
Edeniq, Inc.
developed a low - cost, low carbon intensity technology for the conversion of
cellulosic biomass (plant material) to ethanol.
Work is now under way to
develop efficient technologies to convert
cellulosic materials such as switchgrass, woodchips, wheat straw, and corn stalks into ethanol.
Similarly emissions factors would be
developed for wood chips,
cellulosic ethanol, methanol, sugar cane and biodiesel.
«When hemp is legalized, land grant universities across the nation will
develop cultivars suitable to different growing regions to enhance yield and explore innovative uses such as
cellulosic ethanol.»
Qteros has
developed a proprietary technology «C3» (Complete
Cellulosic Conversion), which is uniquely capable of producing cellulosic ethanol in one step, thus reducing the costs and capital required for making
Cellulosic Conversion), which is uniquely capable of producing
cellulosic ethanol in one step, thus reducing the costs and capital required for making
cellulosic ethanol in one step, thus reducing the costs and capital required for making biofuels.
Furthermore, liquid
cellulosic biofuel technologies were expected to
develop within a few years of EISA07, but by the end of 2017, only one tenth of one percent of the volume congress had hoped for was actually produced.
It is unlikely that crops grown specifically for the production of
cellulosic biofuels will be
developed in significant quantities as technology gains and bioethanol prices are unlikely to favour production over alternative crops.
Supply and demand of traditional biomass, liquid
cellulosic biofuels, residues from the forest industry and other forms of wood energy will be affected differently by different factors across
developed and
developing countries.
(Sec. 1514) Directs the EPA Administrator to: (1) establish an Advanced Biofuel Technologies Program to demonstrate advanced technologies for the production of alternative transportation fuels; (2) give priority to projects that enhance the geographical diversity of alternative fuels production and utilize feedstocks that represent 10 % or less of domestic ethanol or biodiesel fuel production during the previous fiscal year; and (3) fund demonstration projects to
develop conversion technologies for producing
cellulosic biomass ethanol, and for coproducing value - added bioproducts (such as fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides) resulting from biodiesel fuel production.
At the same time the RFS» original purpose of
developing a commercially viable, national supply of
cellulosic biofuel has become submerged in a growing ocean of corn ethanol.
The EPA is arguing that they took a reasonable look at capacity production and put out what they thought could be
developed, while the American Petroleum Institute is only looking at historic
cellulosic biofuel production.
Agrivida, Inc. and Syngenta Ventures will collaborate to
develop advanced crop technology that will provide low - cost sugars from
cellulosic biomass for a variety of industrial applications including biofuels and biochemicals without requiring external enzymes for biomass... Read more →
Here are the details: Science Daily reports that researchers from Guildford have
developed a new strain of bacteria which can aid in the processing of
cellulosic ethanol, making the procedure more efficient and less costly than traditional fermentation processes.
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Cellulosic Ethanol: Obama will invest federal resources, including tax incentives, cash prizes and government contracts into developing the most promising technologies with the goal of getting the first two billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol into the syste
Cellulosic Ethanol: Obama will invest federal resources, including tax incentives, cash prizes and government contracts into
developing the most promising technologies with the goal of getting the first two billion gallons of
cellulosic ethanol into the syste
cellulosic ethanol into the system by 2013.
Researchers from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in China have
developed a new catalyst with enhanced selectivity for a chemocatalytic approach they
developed earlier for the production of
cellulosic ethanol.