/channels/news_feeds/all/term/biofuel/rss en /channels/channels/news/researchers-turn-fish-waste-coffee-scented-biofuel-257335 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Before that beautiful salmon filet lands on your plate, a lot of less appetizing stuff gets stripped away: By one estimate, the global seafood industry produces 64 million metric tons of waste each year. A new study suggests a potentially sweeter fate for all those heads and guts: They can be turned into a coal-like substance called hydrochar, which could be used as fuel or added to soil to improve fertility and sequester carbon (Energy Fuels 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01671).</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">16 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:11:11 +0000 webfull 114640 at /channels /channels/channels/news/could-metal-particles-be-clean-fuel-future-257172 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="/newsroom/files/newsroom/bergthorson1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/bergthorson1.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Can you imagine a future where your car is fueled by iron powder instead of gasoline?</p> <p>Metal powders, produced using clean primary energy sources, could provide a more viable long-term replacement for fossil fuels than other widely discussed alternatives, such as hydrogen, biofuels or batteries, according to a study in the Dec. 15 issue of the journal <em>Applied Energy</em>.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:19:05 +0000 webfull 114506 at /channels