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Improving bioethanol production by increasing sugar beet crop yield.
This review presents a summary of published papers on the improvement of sugar beet yield and its transformation into bioethanol. After describing th...
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Alternative crops for biodiesel feedstock.
Biodiesel, the name popularly given to fatty acid alkyl esters, has become an attractive option for the replacement of petroleum diesel ('petrodiesel...
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Macroalgae and their potential for biofuel.
Green technologies are in demand worldwide to meet the fuel needs of the increasing population together with combating global warming. Although biofuels fr...
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Transport biofuels - a life-cycle assessment approach.
Life-cycle studies of the currently dominant transport biofuels (bioethanol made from starch or sugar and biodiesel made from vegetable oil) show t...
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Biofuels: the food versus fuel debate.
The increase in prices of food commodities since 2001, culminating in the food crisis of 2007/08 gave birth to the food versus fuel debate. Several st...
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Bioenergy: a potential for developing countries?
Over the past decade, sustainable development has become a pivotal element of innovation in various areas. Industrial biotechnology -through its poten...
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Herbaceous crops with potential for biofuel production in the USA.
World energy demand is straining energy supplies and spurring the search for alternative energy sources - especially transportation fuels. Ethanol pro...
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Toxicity of Jatropha curcas L. as a biofuel crop and options for management.
There are high expectations of Jatropha curcas L. as a new crop for biofuel production in the tropics and sub-tropical areas, as evidenced by the for...
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Perennial herbaceous crops with potential for biofuel production in the temperate regions of the USA
As the US government in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 has mandated that 60.5 billion litres of advanced biofuels are to come from ...
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Biofuel economics from a US perspective: past and future.
With the vast number of government programmes around the world supporting virtually every phase of biofuels, there is a strong commitment towards the...
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