First of all, what is biofuel? Well, essentially biofuel is a renewable fuel for transport made from biomass – such as wheat straw, sugar beet or even algae – which can be used as an alternative to petrol or...
ExxonMobil recently announced an agreement with alternative fuels developer Global Clean Energy to purchase renewable diesel. The engine-ready fuel will be partially derived from camelina, a plant that does not...
The science behind converting farming or plant leftovers into next-generation, lower-emission biodiesel could in the future transform how heavy-duty drivers fill their tanks.
Scientists from Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (SGI) and ExxonMobil have developed a strain of algae able to convert carbon into a record amount of energy-rich fat, which can then be processed into biodiesel.
