With scientists continuing to explore a number of alternative power solutions for both power generation and energy storage a classic science experiment has been revisited by researchers as of late as a viable energy device for use worldwide: the potato battery. Containing a high salt-bridge capacity...

While many people tend to believe that biofuel cars and other biomass-powered engines are a modern trend in fact they date back to even before petroleum-based vehicles and machinery established themselves as the primary mode of transportation and source or power in our modern societies. Debuting in Augsburg,...

Cellulose is one of the most abundant organic compounds, available primarily in the primary and secondary cell walls of green plant matter, as well as in some algae, bacteria and some fungus-like organisms. Cellulose can be converted into biofuels, most commonly cellulosic ethanol, via chemical pre-treatment...

Biodiesel, known also as B100 and fatty acid methyl esters –- or FAME — is an alternative transportation fuel. It is usually synthesized in a process called trans-esterification by combining certain lipids, such as animal fat, with an alcohol. Biodiesel has several distinct advantages over its...

Biodiesel is a transportation fuel alternative that has several distinct advantages over standard diesel (petro-diesel). It is usually synthesized by combining certain lipids, such as animal fat, with an alcohol. Biodiesel is made for use in standard diesel engines and can be blended with petro-diesel....