A John Greenler, director of education and outreach at the Wisconsin Energy Institute and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center: The production of biofuels starts by growing plants out in a field ...

Earlier this century, jatropha was hailed as a “miracle” biofuel. An unassuming shrubby tree native to Central America, it was wildly promoted as a high-yielding, drought-tolerant biofuel feedstock ...

A combination of rising costs, shrinking supplies, and concerns about global climate change are spurring the development of alternatives to the burning of fossil fuels to meet our transportation ...

A life-cycle analysis of biojet fuel from camelina seeds has shown an 84% reduction in carbon emissions compared with conventional jet fuel. In a Michigan Technological University study conducted with ...

Liquid biofuels are routinely included in national policy pathways to cut carbon emissions and transition to “net-zero.” Biofuels are particularly tasked with reducing emissions from ...