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Dubai Company Buys Used Cooking Oil to Turn Into Biofuel for Cars Citywide to Reduce CO2 Emissions
A Dubai-based company Lootah Biofuels is producing biodiesel from used cooking oil bringing sustainable transportation options to a major oil-producing country.
The result is a...
This Single Tree Could Restore Degraded Land, Create a Biofuel Revolution, Power Cars, and Feed Families
Growing across much of Asia, it's known by many names: including Indian Beech, pongamia, Karum tree, kranji, and malapari.
Pongamia pinnata is a member of the...
As Only US Airline to Use Biofuel on Regular Basis, All United Flights From LA Are Now Powered By Biofuel
The airline's recent investment in over 10 million gallons of biofuel will contribute to their goal of reducing their total emissions by 50% before 2050.
Norway to Become First Country That Bans Palm Oil Biofuels That Are Linked to Deforestation
The ban is set to go into effect one decade ahead of the European Union's similar ruling to phase out harmful biofuel use.
Morning Cup of Coffee Can Now Easily Create Biofuel
Future Americano, cappuccino, and latte drinkers could help produce the raw material for a greener biofuel that would reduce our reliance on diesel from...
People Willing to Pay 11% More For New Biofuels That Help the Earth
This university took a survey in several U.S. cities about the cost of bio fuel – and people were willing to pay 11% more to help save the environment.
Historic First: Fighter Jet Takes Flight Powered Only by Biofuel
The EA-18G "Green Growler" is the first of many that will be taking to the skies using only renewable fuel.
This Machine Can Turn Your Food Waste Into Biofuel Gas For Cooking (WATCH)
If you never get around to eating your food leftovers, this machine will use them to cook your next meal.
Set it up in your back...
Teenage Girl Turns Plastic Trash Into Million-Dollar Biofuel
An Egyptian teenager has discovered an inexpensive way to turn plastic trash into fuel — and it could be worth tens of millions of...
17-Year-old Builds Algae Biofuel Lab in Her Bedroom to Win $100,000
A student passionate about biofuel set up a lab in her bedroom, complete with bubbling beekers, and ended up winning this year’s Intel Science...
World’s First Biofuel Flight Powered by 100 Percent Plant Oil
A twin-engine, 10-seater airplane taking off from Ottawa International airport two months ago may have looked like any other plane but it was, in...
Biofuel Breakthrough: Seaweed Could Power Cars
Energy experts believe that seaweed holds enormous potential as a biofuel alternative to coal and oil, and US scientists say they have unlocked the...
Biofuel Powers Two European Airlines
Biodiesel has been around since the early 1900′s when pioneers tinkered with a variety of biofuels to power vehicles.
The preferred source of biofuel for...
Bill Gates Funds Human Waste-To-Biofuel Project
Columbia University engineers were awarded $1.5 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for their project to develop a revolutionary new model that...
From Boughs to Biofuels: Recycling Christmas Trees for Energy
What can be done with the Christmas trees laying naked along roadsides or left unsold in vacant lots? With a little ingenuity and science,...
Plankton Power To Build Algae Biofuel Facility on Cape Cod
To help meet the federal mandate of quadrupling biofuel use by 2020, a public-private consortium announced plans to construct a new facility on Cape...
NASA Coaxes Biofuel From Bags of Sewage
There are lots of creative ways to produce biofuel from algae, but NASA's takes the cake. The space agency is growing biofuel in plastic...
Airline Completes World-First Biofuel Flight
Air New Zealand has completed the world's first commercial test flight using a new biofuel. The two-hour flight around the Auckland region was powered...
Boeing, Virgin Join Group Committed to Biofuel for Commercial Jets
Boeing last week joined Virgin Atlantic and eight other major air carriers, along with Honeywell's energy arm, in an organized effort to develop new...
GM to Make Biofuel Out of Garbage
General Motors Corp. is planning on making biofuel with garbage at a cost of less than a dollar a gallon, the company's chief has...