First the plant stalk is harvested, shredded, and crushed. The extracted juice is then combined with bacteria and yeast in large bioreactors, where the sugars are metabolized and converted into ...

With the gold price touching $4,250/ounce as we write this letter, the end of the beginning of the current gold bull market appears to have arrived. We entered the 2020s expecting gold to outperform ...

The perennial battle over EPA’s biofuels mandates is coming to a head soon as the agency works on finalizing updates to the Renewable Fuel Standard’s blending obligations. So far, the EPA’s proposal ...

In The Matrix, human beings are a literal (and metaphorical) power source – specifically, they supply bio-electricity to our AI overlords. Fortunately, enslavement to robotic masters in a ...

LIMA – The Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District will host several programs in the coming week. • Pioneer Skills – A home-school field trip focused on pioneer skills will be held during two ...

Oil majors, including Shell, BP, and TotalEnergies, are scaling back or delaying biofuel projects despite earlier commitments to ramp up production. Shell’s decision to cancel its massive Rotterdam ...

It’s obvious, isn’t it. Plants turn sunlight into food – stored energy – so if we turn that food into fuels, we should get sustainable biofuels with zero carbon emissions, right? Wrong, utterly wrong.

MANKATO, Minn. — Twenty years ago, Minnesota farmers helped make history. In the fall of 2005, the state became the first in the nation to require a biodiesel blend in its diesel fuel, which was a ...

A team led by Madhu Khanna, professor in ACES and director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment, published a research paper on agricultural policy changes, encouraging farmers ...