Cellulosic

Indiana University biologists claim to have found a quicker, cheaper, cleaner way to increase production in bioethanol-producing microbes using nitrogen gas. This could replace chemical fertilizers and make the cost of cellulose ethanol competitive with that of corn ethanol and gasoline.

A new process that converts cellulose into starch could allow non-food plants to be a food source in impoverished regions.

Cellulose nanocrystals extracted from wood pulp are inexpensive as well as stronger than Kevlar or carbon fiber.

Wisconsin researchers have developed a new lignin-solvent process for making biofuels, paper and chemicals from cellulose.

A newly-discovered strain of bacteria is able to convert the cellulose in newspapers into butanol biofuel.

Engineers at University of Wisconsin-Madison have found a way to convert 95% of the energy of cellulosic biomass into jet fuel using stable, inexpensive catalysts, basic equipment and minimal processing.

Scientists have found a way to turn discarded fruit peels, newspapers and other waste products into cheap fuel to power the world’s vehicles.

Construction has begun on an integrated cellulose and starch ethanol commercial demonstration facility in Montana which will utilize non-food ethanol feedstocks in combination with a variety of traditional starch and sugar sources.

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