Sentences with phrase «potential as biofuels»

That left 25 types of plants with wide - ranging potential as biofuels, said Doria Gordon, the director of conservation science at the University of Florida.

In particular, the yeast species Yarrowia lipolytica has strong potential as a biofuel - producing organism because it accumulates large amounts of lipids, but little is known about the key biological processes involved.

The availability of wood, and its potential as a biofuel to substitute for oil in the future, is unevenly distributed throughout the world (Figure 9).

Not exact matches

Several Democratic senators pressed billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Monday to clarify his role as an adviser to President Donald Trump, saying his position in the administration raised «alarming» questions about potential conflicts of interest with his stakes in the biofuels and pharmaceutical industries.

Increasingly, it is used in the commercial food industry due to its high content of saturated fat, and it has even been tested as a potential biofuel.

We look at the contents of the July issue of Scientific American magazine, the last under outgoing Editor in - Chief John Rennie, including an article by moon explorer Harrison Schmitt, a piece on the fight against superbugs, a report on the potential of biofuels such as grassoline, and a recollection of the pernicious effects of chess!

We look at the contents of the July issue of Scientific American magazine, the last under outgoing Editor in Chief John Rennie, including an article by moon explorer Harrison Schmitt, a piece on the fight against superbugs, a report on the potential of biofuels such as grassoline, and a recollection of the pernicious effects of chess!

Growing crops for fuel — known as biofuels — represents another potential way of cutting GHGs by replacing fossil fuels (biofuels created underground by nature over millions of years).

The review presents the current status of technology options for the potential exploitation of algae as feed stocks for the production of biofuels.

Along with discussing the potential benefits — such as making seed vaccines in a day and producing biofuels — some debated whether Venter's part - artificial bacterium is a major advance or simply an extension of existing DNA technologies.

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

So say researchers at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., which alongside Seattle - based Bio Architecture Lab (BAL) has secured $ 9 million from the Department of Energy to explore seaweed's potential as a feedstock for biobutanol, an advanced biofuel.

But scientists — who want to harness the potential of cells as living computers that can respond to disease, efficiently produce biofuels or develop plant - based chemicals — don't want to wait for evolution to craft their desired cellular system.

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.

Synthetic biology promises significant advances in areas such as biofuels, specialty chemicals, agriculture, and medicine but also poses potential risks.

The aim of the new study, then, was to combine ecological and economic models into one, to get a better sense of the potential costs and benefits of grasses as biofuels.

Potential benefits and impacts of second and third generation biofuels — preferably referred to as «advanced biofuels» — are partially included.

Their presentations highlighted the connection between biofuels and price volatility in food commodities, such as sugar cane and corn, as well as developmental potentials.

Another notable is Brazil, which has demonstrated the enormous potential of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation as well as the potential of biofuels for reducing emissions from vehicles.

Governments must enhance deployment programmes, especially for technologies with the greatest potential such as biofuels and solar energy.

Investing in alternative fuels is not only good for the environment, it's a smart move for our company as biofuels have the potential to hedge against future oil price volatility and carbon regulations.

For example, recently a study on biofuel was prepared for the Governor and state Ohio General Assembly and never once mentioned the potential of PEF, or diversion of paper fiber from the waste stream and used as renewable energy.

Washington is already producing such low - carbon biofuels, but has the potential to produce significantly more: used cooking oil, animal fat, canola, and cellulosic sources such as hybrid poplar trees could collectively generate hundreds of millions of gallons of clean fuels every year.

However, this potential can only be realised by also addressing problems associated with the large - scale production of biofuels, such as poverty, impacts on biodiversity and climate change, and water scarcity.

Organizations such as the We Mean Business coalition have recognized the potential of below50, and have advocated positively and publicly for sustainable biofuels.

When developed from the right sources, biofuels offer huge potential as a clean - burning alternative to oil.

With this in mind, climate change could be just another unique opportunity for weeds and other hardy plants to fulfill other roles: as potential biofuel candidates (kudzu, swtichgrass and jatropha for example), as a source of natural materials for furniture, or even as food — because weeds are evolving, just as we are.

It had the potential both to shock the world into economic transformation, averting future catastrophes, and to generate catastrophes of its own, including a shift into even more damaging technologies, such as biofuels and petrol made from coal.