Using a wet ethanol production method that begins by soaking corn kernels rather than grinding them, results in more gallons of ethanol and more usable co-products, giving ethanol producers a bigger ...

Scientists are developing a process that cleans up and improves the dry-grind ethanol production process. The process uses fungus to reduce energy costs, allow more water recycling and improve a ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are proposing to borrow a process used in breweries and wastewater treatment facilities to make corn ethanol more energy efficient.

The danger of the ever-increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth's atmosphere has become one of the most pressing issues of our age. As such, much research has been conducted to find ways not ...

Sweden’s University of Borås doctoral student Ramkumar Nair has shown it is possible to produce bioethanol from agricultural and industrial waste in existing plants in a socioeconomically sustainable ...

Reliance on petroleum fuels and raging wildfires: Two separate, large-scale challenges that could be addressed by one scientific breakthrough. Teams from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...

Bioethanol derived from starch-rich materials represents a cornerstone of renewable transport fuels and bioproducts. Starch feedstocks, including cereals (corn, wheat, barley), tubers (cassava, potato ...

India's ethanol story has largely revolved around E20 petrol, but from aviation and industry to clean cooking, the biofuel is finding new applications that could shape its next phase ...

Ethanol fermentation converts sugars into bioethanol through the action of microorganisms, most commonly yeast, under anaerobic conditions. Feedstocks range from first-generation sugar and starch ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. This year begins the ninth year of cellulosic ethanol mandates in ...