A research team is utilizing native plants that can survive in extremely salty conditions to create crop alternatives. According to Phys.org, salt affects 30% of the land farmers can plow for ...

The first plant with the express purpose of producing ... almost anywhere but the average individual can only reliably use biodiesel in some parts of the country. One of the other challenges ...

USDA’s rule not only establishes what crops, but also what practices qualify for 45Z credit. The interim rule establishes guidelines for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the greenhouse gas ...

The pilot digester facility was used to test various methods of manure breakdown, Parker said. UWO researchers eventually developed the processing and equipment to convert raw manure into pure ...

(CNN)-- A Continental Airlines jetliner flew with one engine powered by a mix of oils from algae and jatropha plants Wednesday ... 737 burned less fuel in the biofuel-powered engine than a ...

One of the primary dilemmas currently facing biofuel scientists involves the use of first-generation versus ... inedible parts of plants, such as grasses, crops, and forest waste.

Biofuels are fuels produced from hydrocarbon-rich living organisms (biomass) — such as plants or microalgae — by thermal, chemical or biochemical conversion processes. As with fuels ...

Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

Ethanol maker Green Plains Renewable Energy said Tuesday it agreed to acquire two ethanol plants from BioFuel Energy for about $101 million. The plants, located in Wood River, Neb. and Fairmont, Minn.

UKRAINE’S DEFENSE OF ITS SOVEREIGNTY. THE U.S. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE VISITED A BIOFUEL PLANT IN ATLANTIC IOWA TODAY. SECRETARY BROOKE ROLLINS TOURED AND ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF ...