Royal Dutch Shell announced today it will partner with a Wisconsin bioscience firm to research and develop technology to convert plant sugars into "biogasoline" rather than ethanol. The European oil ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most pressing problems of our time is the increasing demand for energy in the face of decreasing oil and natural gas reserves, which is also tied to the increasing release ...

Microbial genes that can improve both the tolerance and the production of biogasoline in engineered strains of E. coli have been identified by researchers. "Our study demonstrates that microbial ...

Gasoline-like fuels can be made from cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste using a new process. The process could open up new markets for plant-based fuels, beyond existing diesel ...

It looks like gasoline, smells like gasoline and runs in regular gasoline engines, but it isn't made from crude oil; it comes from crops. It's called "biogasoline," and under a partnership announced ...

HOUSTON, Mar. 26-- Royal Dutch Shell PLC signed a 5-year research and development agreement with Virent Energy Systems Inc. of Madison, Wis., involving technology to convert plant sugars directly into ...

Primus Green Energy has developed a process to convert wood pellets and natural gas into a high-octane gasoline. But can they do it cheap enough? Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

Diesel fuel, of both the traditional and bio varieties, is made up of linear hydrocarbons. These are long straight chains of carbon atoms, and they differ from the shorter, branched chains – known as ...

In the on-going effort to develop advanced biofuels as a clean, green and sustainable source of liquid transportation fuels, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Joint BioEnergy ...