Which plants are good resources for biofuel production? The first attempts to produce a biologically-based fuel to replace mineral petrol and diesel, continued to look for derivatives of well ...

A group of scientists has discovered a species of algae that is capable of being selectively bred and could help create a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Algae has already been used to ...

Algae have long been touted as a rich and ubiquitous source of renewable fuel but thus far have failed to be economically competitive with other sources of energy. Could new advances change that?

Using algae to make biodiesel has been talked about and tested for a while now. One of the leaders in the field is GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, which is giving the little plants CO2-rich ...

BP is also actively involved in a number of other biofuel projects including algae diesel and butanol. BP is planning to start biobutanol production at a British plant using wheat straw in the ...