Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that during the first quarter of 2016, just over 1 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol were produced. In fact, production for the ...

After a stretch of false starts and major hurdles, the two are ready for their second act together, with Circulose joining ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. This year begins the ninth year of cellulosic ethanol mandates in ...

Could cellulosic biofuels -- or liquid energy derived from grasses and wood -- become a green fuel of the future, providing an environmentally sustainable way of meeting energy needs? In a new article ...

Filling our fuel tanks with cellulosic ethanol instead of gasoline or corn-based ethanol may be even better for our health and the environment than previously recognized, according to new research.

Textile-to-textile recycling leader Circulose joins Spinnova’s ecosystem to accelerate technology scale?up ...

The specialty chemical maker Clariant has become the latest company to abandon plans to commercialize cellulosic ethanol. The Swiss firm is closing its cellulosic ethanol plant in Podari, Romania, and ...

Prairie grass ethanol will kill fewer people and foul the environment less than corn ethanol Ethanol produced from switchgrass, prairie biomass, and Miscanthus will reduce the environmental and health ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Including protections against using unsustainable biofuels while promoting advanced biofuels and e-fuels would help reduce real-world greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and promote climate justice.

On the flat plains of Kansas, a stack of gleaming steel towers and pipes stretches 16 storeys into the sky. More than 1,000 construction workers toiled to complete the ethanol plant near the town of ...