Sentences with phrase «generation biofuels»

The company was founded in 2002 to develop second generation biofuels and is currently testing its first demonstration plant.

My proposal is like a feed - in - tariff for next generation biofuels.

And the biggest drop in optimism was for first - generation biofuels from crops.

Information like that likely will help the industry get second - generation biofuels certified as drop - in replacements for jet fuel.

It is expected to be more energy efficient and to generate less greenhouse gases than current generation biofuels (i.e. made from agricultural crops), without competing with food supply.

Second generation biofuels, he added, offered a better solution as they don't compete for water and land with food production systems.

We'll also invest federal resources, including tax incentives and government contracts, into developing next generation biofuels.

Second and third generation biofuels are about on par with solar.

Solvents needed for the production of second - generation biofuel ethanol known so far are highly toxic to microorganisms.

Straw from crops such as wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape is seen as a potential source of biomass for second generation biofuel production.

(Note that the study did not look at first generation biofuels made from tropical crops like sugarcane or sweet sorghum which reduce emissions far more than corn ethanol; for sugarcane ethanol, the reduction is as large as that of cellulosic biofuels, earlier post.)

Lowering Energy Consumption Better Solution Than Biofuels In its recommendations, the OECD says that governments should offer more support for second generation biofuel feedstocks that don't use food crops, but more importantly, policies designed to reduce overall energy consumption should receive more funding.

This technical document examines the opportunities and constraints associated with the development of second - generation biofuels in the ESCWA region, based on a review of existing environmentally sound technologies that can be accessed by small and medium - sized enterprises.

Rather, it will be a first - generation biofuel whose feedstock is generally understood to compete with either land and water use for food crops or carbon sinks such as rainforests.»

Instead the Commission decided to propose to cap first generation biofuels at 5 %.

But before these next - generation biofuels go mainstream, they have to compete with oil at $ 60 a barrel

Utility - scale solar power plants and second - generation biofuels such as algae have led the field in recent financing rounds, but funding is now branching into less developed technologies such as bioplastics, green building materials and water desalination.

Finding a way of breaking down cellulosic materials into their constituent sugars to allow them to be fermented through to bioethanol is a key aim for second - generation biofuel development.

Industry sources say many next - generation biofuels start - ups have been poking around Brazil.

If such a fertility control technology — which has come under fire in farming for fear seed firms will exploit it — is proven effective, it could open the door to many varieties of wild plants, including weedy grasses, to be genetically engineered for use in energy applications like biomass and next - generation biofuels without fear of invasiveness.

We are committed to continuing research and development of second generation biofuel technologies.

[*) Of course the less money one would invest in biofuels, the smaller the incentive to create cheaper and more sustainable newer generation biofuels — derived from algae or crop residue — instead of the whole food crops or forest biomass.]

In addition to mineral oil - based diesel fuels, 1st generation biofuels (FAME, RME, hydrogenated vegetable oil) as well as gas - to - liquid are increasingly used.

3.2.1 First - generation biofuels include bioethanol (made from sugars and starch) and biodiesel (made from oilseeds).

My predictions covered two themes: Next generation biofuel producers whose business models would begin to collide with reality, and oil prices that would head back over $ 100 per barrel.

In terms of cost efficiency, sugar cane is currently the most economically attractive option for liquid biofuel, but future technological developments could make wood - based second - generation biofuels competitive.

Most of the wood for future bioenergy production will likely come from existing forestry operations unless economically competitive technologies for the production of second - generation biofuels become available.

Windows Money for Algae Fuels Bill Gates» Cascade Investment is putting money in Sapphire Energy, one more firm (see 15 Algae Biofuels Startups to Watch) trying to make second generation biofuels out of algae.

He is also a part of a team studying the sustainability of second - generation biofuel crops in the U.S.

This should be a big step forward in the production / utilization of second - generation biofuel ethanol through reducing large amounts of energy input.

«Next generation solvent contributes to next generation biofuel production from biomass.»

Next generation biofuels made from grass, wood waste, or even garbage can reduce biofuels» impact on water resources and reduce emissions, but only if we make smart choices.

In order to obtain such a third - generation biofuel from algae, polysaccharides like cellulose, which are main components of cell walls, have to be dissolved.

While much of the thinking on first generation biofuels of late hasn't been entirely encouraging, the US Department of Energy still has a soft spot for biofuels in general and the agency has just announced a National Biofuels Action Plan

Understanding how LPMOs work will aid the quest for second generation biofuel production.»

«On average, the amount of water required to produce one liter of biofuel is the same amount that's required to produce food for a person for one day,» he said, adding that the problem with first generation biofuels was that they were competing with food production systems in terms of water and land.

Refiners would shun the fuels because they wouldn't meet their legal obligation to use minimum amounts of next - generation biofuels.

Yeo is also chairman of TMO Renewables, «a company developing and supplying technology for second generation biofuels».

It is therefore necessary to produce ethanol from non-food biomass like weeds, waste paper, paper cup, etc. (second - generation biofuel ethanol).

Further development of our current study would significantly contribute to the production of not only second - generation but also third - generation biofuel ethanol.

The first - generation biofuel, industrialized, ethanol, is produced from foodstuffs like maize, and thus poses great concern about a possible future shortage of food.

Besides the first - generation and second - generation biofuel ethanol, a third - generation biofuel, a kind of oil, may be made from some algal species.

First - generation biofuels are a victim of their own success.