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The so-called "third-generation biofuels", similar to second-generation biofuels with an emphasize on the use of algae and cyanobacteria as a source of biofuel feedstocks, have an additional advantage as they take up a relatively small fraction of space when compared to first and second-generation biofuel sources, and may also help to reduce seawater eutrophication.
The biggest German biodiesel company is ADM Ölmühle Hamburg AG, subsidiary of the American group Archer Daniels Midland Company. Among the other large German producers, MUW (Mitteldeutsche Umesterungswerke GmbH & Co KG) and EOP Biodiesel AG. A major contender in terms of bioethanol production is the German sugar corporation, Südzucker. [20]
The state is fourth in the country in total wells drilled, including natural gas, only trailing Texas, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania, and having drilled 1,048 new wells in 2008. [7] Offshore oil drilling in Lake Erie first occurred in 1913, and the lake is home to oil reserves. Ohio has the second largest oil refining capacity in the Midwest. [15]
Energy. Oil. It's at the very heart of everything that drives modern society. It's much more than just the black stuff that comes out of the ground and then goes into our cars. Oil is central to ...
USA TODAY partnered with market research firm Statista for the America's Climate Leaders list. Check out the Ohio companies that made the cut.
Iran started investigating the production of algae from 2000. Scientific evidence shows that south Iran is the richest area in the world for cultivating algae, because of high humidity, sunny weather, large unused area and salty water. [2] The first version of algae based biofuel will become available for industrial purposes in 2015. [3]
U.S. ethanol producers, increasingly exasperated by President Donald Trump’s policies that they say have hurt sales of biofuels, are focusing on expanding sales in Mexico to help make up the ...
[2] [3] Cellulosic biofuels are under development, to avoid upward pressure on food prices and land use changes that would be expected to result from a major increase in use of food biofuels. [2] Biofuels are not just limited to liquid fuels. One of the often overlooked uses of biomass in the United States is in the gasification of biomass.