Hawaiian garbage-to-energy plant recycles derelict fishing nets for electricity
What’s more, they’re exploring the possibility of collecting plastics from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and recycling it into biodiesel.
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Saltwater algae biodiesel may compete with petroleum
Australian researchers say biodiesel from saltwater algae can be cost competitive with petroleum diesel. They also state that due to the cost of transporting biodiesel from an algal farm, the best scenario may be to locate an electricity generating plant…
Fungus discovered that makes biodiesel naturally
“The fungus can even make these diesel compounds from cellulose, which would make it a better source of biofuel than anything we use at the moment.”
Biodiesel boom spawning grease rustlers
Psst, want to cop some grease? Rendering plants in Northern California and elsewhere are reporting losses of $15,000 per month due to the increasing amount of grease theft. While some of the thefts could be by those making biodiesel in…
Can algae save the world?
VentureBeat thinks maybe it could. Biodiesel can be made from algae, as can ethanol. One company thinks they can make hydrogen from it, another says they can create the equivalent of sweet light crude (this would be approaching the Holy…