Sentences with phrase «making cellulosic»

William Frey, CEO of Qteros, says that Zymetis's approach keys in on a major challenge in making cellulosic ethanol affordable.

Jeff Lautt, chief executive of POET, said that over the past six years, the company has been able to drive down the cost of making cellulosic ethanol from $ 6 a gallon to $ 3 a gallon.

Chemists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are closing in on cheap ways to make cellulosic ethanol, a form of ethanol derived from agricultural waste rather than food crops like soybeans or corn.

Yet before researchers at the University of Michigan tried it, no one had paired bacterium with fungus to make cellulosic biofuel.

It gives plants their structure, and it's the critical substance needed to make cellulosic ethanol.

«But the returns are also high, and if we take key principles into account we can begin shaping the policies and practices that could help make cellulosic biofuels a triple win for the economy, the climate and for environmental sustainability in general.»

In their quest to make cellulosic biofuel a viable energy option, many researchers are looking to marginal lands - those unsuitable for growing food - as potential real estate for bioenergy crops.

The Q Microbe ™ is used to make cellulosic ethanol from plant waste and could transform the energy industry by making ethanol more quickly and cost effectively than conventional technologies.

Corn ethanol has proven itself top tier value and paved the market place to make cellulosic, waste, and sugar ethanol that much easier.

The government spent some money and put in place a cellulosic ethanol mandate, but there is still no economically viable way to make cellulosic ethanol.

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Not exact matches

They are 100 % viscose rayon, a cellulosic fibre derived from natural sources, and are made to our specifications in England.

For cellulosic to make its way onto the market, federal policy will need to do more to encourage distribution of higher blends of ethanol, the ethanol industry says.

As part of the genus Populus, which includes poplars and cottonwoods, they are known for their fast growth and ability to adapt to diverse environments — two qualities that make them prime candidates for cellulosic ethanol.

A number of companies are currently working on cellulosic technologies, and great strides have been made, but a gap remains between technology advances and full commercial deployment.

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.

Gevo, a biotech firm in Englewood, Colo., is engineering bacteria to make isobutanol from sugarcane and cellulosic plant waste.

That method could make a difference in cellulosic biofuel plants, which produce ethanol from waste products — corn husks and cobs — rather than edible kernels, a major advance in addressing the tradeoff of using agricultural land to grow corn for fuel rather than for food.

Cellulosic biomass has a huge potential to make liquid transportation fuels.

An international team of scientists has discovered a new plant enzyme that could eventually lead to a breakthrough in the production of cellulosic bio-based fuels made from crop wastes, as well as chemicals and plastics.

«Cost competitive, energy responsible cellulosic ethanol made from switchgrass or from forestry waste like sawdust and wood chips requires a more complex refining process but it's worth the investment,» Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said at the Range Fuels facility groundbreaking in November.

A handful of other cellulosic ethanol plants, which will make biofuels from corn stover, wheat straw and municipal waste, plan to begin production by next year (ClimateWire, Aug. 5).

Cellulose is difficult to break down and ferment, but several facilities in the United States are on the verge of making commercial cellulosic ethanol — for example, by using specialist enzymes to break down the long - chain cellulose molecules — and Brazil doesn't want to be left behind.

The Obama administration made a concerted effort to transform the U.S. transportation system with battery startups, regulations that ramp up the use of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels, and a near doubling of fuel efficiency requirements for light - duty cars and trucks.

Gasoline - like fuels can be made from cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste using a new process invented by chemists at the University of California, Davis.

A team of investigators at the University of Wisconsin — Madison and Michigan State University have created a process for making the work environment less toxic - literally - for the organisms that do the heavy lifting in the increasingly important field of bio-products derived from cellulosic biomass.

Date: February 3, 2014; Source: University of California - Davis; Summary: Gasoline - like fuels can be made from cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste using a new process.

DOE's Bioenergy Research Centers support multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research teams pursuing the fundamental scientific breakthroughs needed to make production of cellulosic biofuels, or biofuels from nonfood plant fiber, cost - effective on a national scale.

The cellulosic ethanol made from waste wood is identical to conventional grain - based ethanol.

The cellulosic ethanol used by Corvette Racing is made from waste wood — dead trees, undergrowth, broken branches, and bark — collected in South Dakota's Black Hills National Forest to reduce the risk of wildfire.

In the future, Ingeo ™ will be made from cellulosic raw materials, agricultural wastes and non-food plants.

Cellulosic ethanol makes a great deal more sense, but has a way to go before it is practical.

With competition for plant waste among cellulosic ethanol plants, landscapers, and a range of other users, added to the fact that millions of cell phones are made each year, it could quickly become yet another burden on the earth to be using so much compostable, good - for - the - soil plant matter for cell phone frames.

It will still take massive amounts of land to produce the inputs necessary to create cellulosic ethanol, and these inputs must be cheap enough such that they make it into the market place.

How much progress have we made on cellulosic ethanol?

KiOR's biorefinery in Columbus, Mississippi started commercial production in March using wood chips to produce cellulosic fuels, and Ineos just announced on July 31 that their Indian River BioEnergy plant in Florida has begun operations to make biofuels from plant waste.

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.

«We hope to make a much larger contribution to reducing GHG emissions once our clean fuel, cellulosic ethanol technology becomes commercial at a cost competitive with gasoline» said Gorham.

And, even if cellulosic ethanol is not competing with food, there are limits to the amount of biomass that we can find or grow to make the ethanol.

The National Research Council says that absent some major innovations, the United States will probably fail to reach its 2022 target for making advanced ethanol from cellulosic biofuels.

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 makingCellulosic Conversion), which is uniquely capable of producing cellulosic ethanol in one step, thus reducing the costs and capital required for makingcellulosic ethanol in one step, thus reducing the costs and capital required for making biofuels.

Under the Agreement, CMT will pursue a least - cost strategy for feedstock supply made possible by the project site's proximity to feedstock sources and the flexibility of BlueFire's process to use a wide spectrum of cellulosic waste materials in pure or mixed forms.

I know one thing; I can't think of any other technology that has the potential to make a difference anywhere near the time frame as cellulosic ethanol.

The fact is, Congressional mandates have failed to produce cellulosic biofuel and expand the domestic biofuels industry as envisioned, and our new energy realities have made the RFS obsolete.

Congressional mandates have failed to produce cellulosic biofuel and expand the domestic biofuels industry as envisioned, and our new energy realities have made the RFS obsolete

Better biofuels (like cellulosic ethanol and biodiesel made from non-food or waste sources) have the potential to cut our oil use by 1.7 million barrels per day by 2035.

I was reminded of Canute's story when considering the latest Environmental Protection Agency numbers for cellulosic ethanol — a hoped - for alternative to corn - based ethanol made from switchgrass and wood chips.

«The Toomey - Feinstein partial repeal would make the RFS even more burdensome for Americans because it will focus the mandate on costly phantom fuels like cellulosic ethanol.

Companies should make use of infrastructures in place where capital costs can be minimized in order to integrate a cellulosic ethanol industry into commercialization faster and more economically, Burke said.

In his 2006 State of the Union message, President Bush made a pitch for cellulosic ethanol, stating, «Our goal is to make this new kind of ethanol practical and competitive within six years.»