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 ...

Cellulosic ethanol, advanced biofuel made from corn feedstocks was once thought of as the next boon for the ethanol industry but may be on the verge of collapsing due to the slow growth of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...

Could cellulosic biofuels -- or liquid energy derived from grasses and wood -- become a green fuel of the future, providing an environmentally sustainable way of meeting energy needs? In a new article ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

The specialty chemical maker Clariant has become the latest company to abandon plans to commercialize cellulosic ethanol. The Swiss firm is closing its cellulosic ethanol plant in Podari, Romania, and ...

Filling our fuel tanks with cellulosic ethanol instead of gasoline or corn-based ethanol may be even better for our health and the environment than previously recognized, according to new research.

Prairie grass ethanol will kill fewer people and foul the environment less than corn ethanol Ethanol produced from switchgrass, prairie biomass, and Miscanthus will reduce the environmental and health ...

A series of cellulosic-biofuel plants are finally starting to come on line after years of delay. But the new wave of plant openings, good news as it is for the emerging industry, also shows just how ...

On the flat plains of Kansas, a stack of gleaming steel towers and pipes stretches 16 storeys into the sky. More than 1,000 construction workers toiled to complete the ethanol plant near the town of ...