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The Growth of Biofuel Industry in the United States: Perspectives

Salman Zafar — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:15:11 +0000

Biofuels were once forgotten in the United States, mainly when huge petroleum deposits kept fuel prices low. With the increase in oil prices recently, the biofuel industry in the US is rising significantly. Experts predict that this green energy industry...

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Biomass Resource Base for Second-Generation Biofuels

Talha Akbar Kamal — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:24:00 +0000

Second-generation biofuels, also known as advanced biofuels, primarily includes cellulosic ethanol. The resource base for the production of second-generation biofuel are non-edible lignocellulosic biomass resources (such as leaves, stem and husk) which do not compete with food resources. The resource...

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Scaling Up Biofuels: Which Fuel Types Are Attracting the Most Investment in 2026

Jane Marsh — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:51:04 +0000

Investment in biofuels is accelerating in 2026 as governments, airlines, energy companies and institutional investors increase funding for lower-carbon transportation fuels. Capital is concentrating on fuel types with the strongest commercial potential, particularly sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel, biodiesel...

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Everything You Should Know About An Algae Biorefinery

Radhouan Ben-Hamadou — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:58:25 +0000

High oil prices, competing demands between foods and other biofuel sources, and the world food crisis, have ignited interest in algaculture (farming of algae) for making vegetable oil, biodiesel, bioethanol, biogasoline, biomethanol, biobutanol and other biofuels. Algae can be efficiently grown on land that is not suitable for agriculture and...

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Biofuels from MSW – An Introduction

Dhuha Al-Ibraheem — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:04:52 +0000

Nowadays, biofuels are in high demand for transportation, industrial heating and electricity generation. Different technologies are being tested for using MSW as feedstock for producing biofuels. This article will provide brief description of biochemical and thermochemical conversion routes for the...

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An Introduction to Biochemical Conversion of Biomass

Salman Zafar — Sun, 31 May 2026 15:42:09 +0000

Biochemical conversion of biomass involves use of bacteria, microorganisms and enzymes to breakdown biomass into gaseous or liquid fuels, such as biogas or bioethanol. The most popular biochemical technologies for biomass conversion include anaerobic digestion (or biomethanation) and fermentation. Let...

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Charcoal Briquette Production in the Middle East: Perspectives

Eko Sb Setyawan — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:54:03 +0000

There is a huge demand for charcoal briquettes in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE. However the production of charcoal in the Middle East is in nascent stages despite the availability of biomass resources, especially date...

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Ethanol Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass: An Overview

Salman Zafar — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 04:07:12 +0000

Cellulosic ethanol technology is one of the most commonly discussed second-generation biofuel technologies worldwide. Cellulosic biofuels are derived from the cellulose in plants, some of which are being developed specifically as “energy” crops rather than for food production. These include...

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Drop-in Biofuels: Benefits, Production and Challenges

Gazliya Nazimudheen — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:32:57 +0000

Biofuel commercialization has proved to be costly and lingering than expected due to its high production cost and modification to flexibility in engines. Drop-in fuels are alternatives to existing liquid fuels without any significant modification in engines and infrastructures. According...

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Bioethanol Sector in India: Major Challenges To Overcome

Gazliya Nazimudheen — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 18:34:53 +0000

Global demand for fuel efficiency, environmental quality and energy security have elicited global attention towards liquid biofuels, such as bioethanol and biodiesel. Around the world, governments have introduced various policy measurements, mandatory fuel blending programmes, incentives for flex fuel vehicles...

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Biomass Pyrolysis Process: An Overview

Salman Zafar — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:37:42 +0000

Biomass pyrolysis is the thermal decomposition of biomass occurring in the absence of oxygen. It is the fundamental chemical reaction that is the precursor of both the combustion and gasification processes and occurs naturally in the first two seconds. The...

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Is Green Car Fuel A Reality?

Salman Zafar — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:45:13 +0000

Vehicles remain a huge global pollutant, pumping out 28.85Tg of CO2 in Maharashtra alone, according to a study by the Indian Institute for Science in Bangalore. However, vehicles cannot be discarded, as they form the lifeblood of the country’s towns and...

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Biofuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass

Salman Zafar — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:26:27 +0000

Lignocellulosic biomass consists of a variety of materials with distinctive physical and chemical characteristics. It is the non-starch based fibrous part of plant material. Lignocellulose is a generic term for describing the main constituents in most plants, namely cellulose, hemicelluloses,...

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Biochemical Method for Ethanol Production

Salman Zafar — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:38:34 +0000

Ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass is produced mainly via biochemical route. The three major steps involved in the biochemical method for ethanol production are pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, and fermentation. Biomass is pretreated to improve the accessibility of enzymes. After pretreatment, biomass...

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Everything You Need to Know About Biomass Energy Systems

Salman Zafar — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 14:07:45 +0000

Biomass is a versatile energy source that can be used for production of heat, power, transport fuels and biomaterials, apart from making a significant contribution to climate change mitigation. Currently, biomass-driven combined heat and power, co-firing, and combustion plants provide...

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Things You Should Know About Biofuels

Salman Zafar — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:37:17 +0000

Biofuels refers to liquid or gaseous fuels for the transport sector that are predominantly produced from biomass. A variety of fuels can be produced from biomass resources including liquid fuels, such as ethanol, methanol, biodiesel, Fischer-Tropsch diesel, and gaseous fuels,...

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Things You Should Know About Algaculture

Salman Zafar — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 11:48:52 +0000

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The Concept of Biorefinery

Salman Zafar — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 22:17:53 +0000

A biorefinery is a facility that integrates biomass conversion processes and equipment to produce fuels, power, and value-added chemicals from biomass. Biorefinery is analogous to today’s petroleum refinery, which produces multiple fuels and products from petroleum. By producing several products,...

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Biobutanol as a Biofuel

Salman Zafar — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:03:44 +0000

The major techno-commercial limitations of existing biofuels has catalyzed the development of advanced biofuels such as cellulosic ethanol, biobutanol and mixed alcohols. Biobutanol is generating good deal of interest as a potential green alternative to petroleum fuels. It is increasingly...

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The Role of Biomass Energy in Net-Zero Buildings

Salman Zafar — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:05:53 +0000

The concept of biomass energy is still in its infancy in most parts of the world, but nevertheless, it does have an important role to play in terms of sustainability in general and net-zero buildings in particular. Once processed, biomass...

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Biomass Pyrolysis Process

Salman Zafar — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:02:14 +0000

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The Pyrolysis of Scrap Tires: Things You Should Know

Salman Zafar — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 04:26:53 +0000

Pyrolysis of scrap tires offers an environmentally and economically attractive method for transforming waste tires into useful products, heat and electrical energy. Pyrolysis refers to the thermal decomposition of scrap tires either in the absence or lack of oxygen. The...

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Why Biofuels Should Be a Key Part in America’s Future

Salman Zafar — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 03:51:10 +0000

Biofuels are one of the hottest environmental topics, but they aren’t anything new. When discussing these fuels, experts frequently refer to first, second-and third-generation biofuels to differentiate between more efficient and advanced ones currently in development and more traditional biofuels...

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Biofuels from Syngas

Salman Zafar — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 12:58:47 +0000

An attractive approach to converting biomass into liquid or gaseous fuels is direct gasification, followed by conversion of the syngas to final fuel. Ethanol can be produced this way, but other fuels can be produced more easily and potentially at...

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Torrified PKS: An Attractive Biomass Commodity in West Africa

Eko Sb Setyawan — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 09:27:49 +0000

Even though palm kernel shell has many similarities with wood pellets, it is not easy to reduce its size which makes it difficult for its optimum cofiring with coal in power plants and industries. Few years ago, Indonesia had exported...

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Energy Potential of Bagasse

Salman Zafar — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:07:46 +0000

Sugarcane is one of the most promising agricultural sources of biomass energy in the world. Sugarcane produces mainly two types of biomass – sugarcane trash and bagasse. Sugarcane trash is the field residue remaining after harvesting the sugarcane stalk while...

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Torrefaction of Biomass: Things You Should Know

Eko Sb Setyawan — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 08:54:47 +0000

To improve the quality of biomass, especially for cofiring purposes, biomass waste can be processed with torrefaction (also known as mild pyrolysis). With the torrefaction process, it becomes easier to make powder (high grindability) so that the desired particle size...

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Biorefinery Prospects in India

Setu Goyal — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 01:39:57 +0000

India has a tremendous biomass potential which could easily be relied upon to fulfil most of our energy needs. An estimated 50 MMT (million metric tonnes) of liquid fuels are consumed annually in India, but with the actual biomass potential...

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