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PhD students in Mexico are teaching people to grow mushrooms that fight climate change and turn waste into food. Their lab is creating biofuels from agricultural scraps and helping rural communities ditch fossil fuels.
Scientists in Indonesia and Japan are transforming millions of gallons of discarded palm oil wastewater into biofuel and chemicals, creating a breakthrough that could replace petroleum products while cleaning up pollution. The 15-year collaboration just won major funding to scale up production.
Toyota is launching a cutting-edge biofuels research center in Sorocaba, Brazil, with 40 engineers dedicated to ethanol, biomethane, and flex-fuel innovation. The lab is part of an $11.5 billion investment positioning Brazil as a global leader in renewable automotive technology.
Toyota is building a renewable fuels research center in Sorocaba, Brazil, with 40 engineers dedicated to developing flex-fuel, ethanol, and biomethane technologies. The lab is part of an $11.5 billion investment package to make cleaner transportation a reality.
Researchers just solved a major puzzle in biofuel production, finding a gentler way to extract energy from plants that saves money and captures power previously lost. The breakthrough could make sustainable aviation fuel and biodiesel cheaper and more efficient.
Researchers at the University of Illinois discovered a room-temperature method using natural salt solutions that extracts more usable fuel from plants while cutting energy costs. The breakthrough could finally make plant-based fuels competitive with fossil fuels.
Brazil just committed to slashing carbon emissions by nearly 12% over the next decade using biofuels instead of fossil fuels. The ambitious plan will expand ethanol, biodiesel, and biomethane across the country's transportation sector.