Sentences with phrase «second generation biofuel»

In touting the test flight, JAL CEO Haruka Nishimatsu said, «Our participation in the search for a viable second generation biofuel is a clear signal to everyone of our strong commitment to increasing the environmental sustainability of the JAL Group and the airline industry.»

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

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

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

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

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

If it sometimes seems that second generation biofuels, and especially algae biofuels, also seem to be commercially just over the horizon, after just one more demonstration or pilot plant is completed, you're not mistaken.

Two papers in Science yesterday have poured cold water on the promise of second generation biofuels.

Cross posted by Katharine Sanderson on The Great Beyond Two papers in Science yesterday have poured cold water on the promise of second generation biofuels.

Removal of agricultural subsidies and the promotion of second generation biofuels to reduce pressures to convert croplands to biofuel production, as well as prevent deforestation.

Not exact matches

«Using these, there's a real potential to produce a truly sustainable second - generation biofuel.»

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

«Second - generation biorefineries should replace some oil refineries, but engineers still don't have a clear method for calculating emissions across a biofuel's life cycle,» he says.

So there's a lot of interest in trying to develop these kinds of, what they would call second - generation biofuels.

If they can be sourced fairly sustainably, biofuels look promising, particularly «second - generation» biofuels like algae that do not directly compete with food crops.

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.

One of the major problems with biofuels that algae could solve is space, since algae can yield as much as 100 times more fuel per unit area than other so - called «second generation» biofuel crops (e.g. non-food crops or non-food waste parts of food crops).

Priority areas of focus for this Initiative may include: energy efficiency, smart grid, second - generation biofuels, and clean coal technologies including carbon capture and storage; solar energy and energy efficient building and advanced battery technologies; and sustainable transportation, wind energy, and micro-hydro power.

Stock says the debate between agriculture and oil interests over ethanol has been needlessly divisive, and that the EPA under Pruitt should instead turn its focus to «second - generation» biofuels that do not provoke such bitter fights.

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.

In writing about the use of second - generation biomass, such as plant waste and paper, to produce biofuels, Helen Knight did...

Though the study has clear implications for cellulosic, or second - generation, biofuel production in the Midwest, Hamilton says it touches more broadly on some of the expected effects of climate change as well.

A recent study from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and published in Environmental Research Letters looks at how efficiently «second generation» biofuel crops — perennial, non-food crops such as switchgrass or native grasses — use rainwater and how these crops affect overall water balance.

Now, Brazil hopes to tap into a new biofuel source: second - generation ethanol, produced from the tough cellulose in plant stalks.

The findings from the current project are highly relevant to the development of the second generation of biofuels.

Many biofuels backers now admit this and are working on «second - generation» biofuels that require both R&D and technology «breakthroughs».

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

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.

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

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL ROME â $» In the past year, as the diversion of food crops like corn and palm to make biofuels has helped to drive up food prices, investors and politicians have begun promoting newer, so - called second - generation biofuels as the next wave of green energy.

However, technological developments are expected to increase future interest in «second generation» biofuels, which are derived from non-food plant matter.

At present, bioethanol is the second - generation liquid biofuel closest to commercialization.

The processes used in second - generation biofuel production will likely be more profitable when integrated into existing manufacturing facilities, such as paper mills.

Researchers continue to struggle to develop «second generation» biofuels that they hope will use enzymes to turn cellulose from wood and crop waste into ethanol.

The only way forward is not by greening capitalism or coming up with even greener terms and concepts like «second generation» biofuels or «second stage» in the biofuel debate.

If sustainably managed, large forested areas could serve as a source for these second - generation biofuels.

Advanced biofuels such as second generation biodiesel is also available as an alternative for large machines like excavators.

Such second - generation liquid biofuels produced from woody biomass rather than from food crops would also reduce competition with food production.

Most studies project that second - generation liquid biofuels from perennial crops and woody and agricultural residues could dramatically reduce life cycle greenhouse gas emissions relative to petroleum fuels.

In addition, technological developments are expected to increase future interest in more efficient «second generation» liquid biofuels, which are not derived from food crops, but from plant materials such as agricultural residues, forestry residues, and wood from forest plantations.

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.

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

He said that instead Shell would focus its remaining renewable energy investments on biofuels, where it is conducting research into second generation fuels, so far with little commercial success.

There is also generally a better climate (rain and temperature) and soils for first - generation and possibly second - generation biofuels feedstocks than in North America or Europe.

So, more attention and resources are going into the producing of ethanol and other biofuel types from second - generation feedstocks, sometimes known as non-food crops.

The pilot plant will use some 75,000 tonnes per year of forest and local agricultural residue to produce about 23,000 tonnes / year of second - generation biofuel (diesel, kerosene and naptha).

There is now growing interest in so - called «second - generation» biofuels, where whole plants are grown and processed specifically for biofuels, rather than parts of food crops, as it is now.

The project will be a joint affair between Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park, and Qatar Petroleum: Based on feasibility studies on biomass - to - liquid jet fuel (think: second - generation biofuels) done by Seattle's Verno Systems, the trio have established the Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform which will be active in the following areas developing: 1) an engineering and implementation plan for «economically viable and sustainable biofuel production»; 2) a biofuel investment strategy; 3) an advanced technology development program; 4) ongoing market and strategic anBiofuel Platform which will be active in the following areas developing: 1) an engineering and implementation plan for «economically viable and sustainable biofuel production»; 2) a biofuel investment strategy; 3) an advanced technology development program; 4) ongoing market and strategic anbiofuel production»; 2) a biofuel investment strategy; 3) an advanced technology development program; 4) ongoing market and strategic anbiofuel investment strategy; 3) an advanced technology development program; 4) ongoing market and strategic analysis.

It seems like it's not quite what we're going to get for the first flight this month: «it will not be an algae or halophyte - derived alternative, second - generation biofuels that come from renewable and sustainable feedstocks.

We encourage Virgin to not give up on finding truly sustainable second - generation biofuels (made from algae, for example) that don't compete with food and fresh water resources.