Not exact matches
The USA - based firm Algenol has struck a deal with Mexico - based BioFields to grow and process algae in a manner that cost effectively
produces ethanol -
directly from the culture.
The largest application for biomass is to burn it
directly or to ferment it to
produce ethanol.
The researchers examined three ways of using sunlight to power cars: a) the traditional method of converting corn or other plants to
ethanol; b) converting energy crops into electricity for BEVs rather than
producing ethanol; and C) using PVs to convert sunlight
directly into electricity for BEVs.
Oils made from algae usually have to be refined into fuel following a batch process, but helioculture
produces fuel
directly — either
ethanol or hydrocarbons — that do not need refining.
Renergie's «field - to - pump» strategy is to
produce non-corn
ethanol locally and
directly market non-corn
ethanol locally.
At present the environment would be better off if - instead of using natural gas to
produce fertilizer and steam for the
ethanol plant - the natural gas was just burned
directly in CNG vehicles.