In California, researchers at the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI), a partnership led by the University of California (UC) Berkeley that includes Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the BP energy company have developed a process that can be used to selectively upgrade alkyl methyl ketones derived from […]
In California, researchers with the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI), a partnership that includes Berkeley Lab and the University of California (UC) Berkeley, have found a way to increase the production of fuels and other chemicals from biomass fermented by yeast. By introducing new metabolic pathways into the yeast, they enable the microbes to efficiently ferment cellulose […]
In California, researchers with the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI), a partnership that includes the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley, have found a way to increase the production of fuels and other chemicals from biomass fermented by yeast. By introducing new metabolic pathways into the yeast, they enable […]
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There’s a rumor going around that the original technology for LS9 (now, REG Life Sciences) was sketched out by Harvard’s George Church and Berkeley’s Chris Somerville on a cocktail napkin. If true, it would have to be one of the most interesting and valuable artifacts that will some day adorn a Museum of Industrial Biotechnology. […]
“Pack Up Your (renewable fuel) Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag”, say Berkeley researchers, who transform an old WWI-era process into a route to renewable diesel. If the Digest possessed a magic wand and could change just one thing about the production of biofuels in the United States – it would be to give the […]
In California, writing in The Scientist, Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville of the Energy Biosciences Institute of the University of California, Berkeley, projected that biofuels can be scaled sufficiently to provide 30 percent of US transport fuels by 2037. “Approximately 18 percent of the Earth’s terrestrial surface, including much of the 600 million hectares of […]
Today on Twitter. cdcmorrisonmn: Geographic location of Little Falls-based ethanol plant is key for success. #Ethanol #Morrison #Econdev apeterka: Greenwire explores what end of controversial subsidy means for #ethanol industry MtnMD: Canola oil has many non-food uses including industrial lubricant, biofuels, candles, makeup, ink. GLBioenergy: Great article on #cellulosic #biofuels from waste, featuring researcher Bruce […]
Today on Twitter. cdcmorrisonmn: Geographic location of Little Falls-based ethanol plant is key for success. #Ethanol #Morrison #Econdev apeterka: Greenwire explores what end of controversial subsidy means for #ethanol industry MtnMD: Canola oil has many non-food uses including industrial lubricant, biofuels, candles, makeup, ink. GLBioenergy: Great article on #cellulosic #biofuels from waste, featuring researcher Bruce […]
In California, Energy Biosciences Institute, researchers have found a gene they named AXY4, in a model plant that exhibits a 20-45% reduction in xyloglucan O-acetylation. This chemical can inhibits a microbe’s ability to ferment sugars. The researchers found that blocking the expression of AXY4 in their model plant eliminated xyloglucan O-acetylation. For every 20% drop […]
