Researchers at Cardiff University have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process. Using simple catalysis, the researchers have been ...

UC Santa Cruz chemists have discovered a new way to produce biodiesel from waste oil that both simplifies the process and requires relatively mild heat. This discovery has the potential to make the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vehicles powered by diesel contribute significantly to carbon emissions, making the journey toward decarbonization a tough road.

With increasing energy costs and environmental pollution, opportunities are being sought to use renewable energy resources in all industrial sectors, including transport, which contributes ...

Chemists are reporting development of what they termed the first economical, eco-friendly process to convert algae oil into biodiesel fuel -- a discovery they predict could one day lead to US ...

Triglyceride turned biodiesel is considered a promising and sustainable alternative for cleaner future energy demand due to its salient features, such as eco-friendly physicochemical characteristics.

Chemical engineers at the University of Arkansas have devised a way to convert chicken fat into biodiesel fuel. The process advances efforts to “develop commercially viable fuel out of plentiful, ...

Eco-dreamers have long hoped for a way to drive around without contributing to global warming, but the slow pace of progress in alternative fuel technologies has kept that vision from materializing.

Scientists are reporting development of a new and environmentally friendly process for producing biodiesel fuel from "chicken feather meal," made from the 11 billion pounds of poultry industry waste ...

While biodiesel provides a cleaner-burning alternative to petroleum diesel, it produces CO 2 and hazardous wastewater during manufacturing, requiring extra steps to achieve sustainability. A ...

Biodiesel, a green alternative to conventional diesel, has been shown to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 74%. Biodiesel is produced through transesterification, converting triglycerides into ...

Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology (MJCET), Hyderabad has secured a patent for ‘Bio-diesel Production Process’ which improves the extraction process. A statement from the college said ...