Biofuels: “Brussels is putting the cart before the horse”
Last Wednesday, France Nature Environnement (FNE) said it was “totally premature” decision in Brussels to validate seven voluntary mechanisms to certify biofuels efficiency, indicating that the problem of indirect changes in land...Read More
Garden compost enzymes favour production of bioethanol
Bioethanol is a biofuel for petrol engines. It is obtained by a fermentation process that converts sugar in organic matter (grain, sugar beets, sugar cane …) into alcohol. Today, bioethanol is mainly produced from glucose. If xylose (also...Read More
Fuel out of fruit peels
Biogas can be used as fuel in cars, factories or at home by way of replacement of butane gas.
While proper use of organic waste to produce an alternative fertilizer use recently also proposed as a renewable energy source, which additionally...Read More
U.S. Senate extends to 2011 aid to ethanol
The proposal has to go through the House of Representatives, with Democrats nail Obama for agreeing with the Republican tax cuts, but it is not likely to aid cut of 45 cents per gallon (4.5 liters) of ethanol now extended. The food industry,...Read More