Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'MIT'

MIT scientists use e. coli to make butanol

Scientists at MIT are using e. coli to make iso-butanol. It will be interesting to see how its technology differs from the DuPont/BP process for biobutanol. Gevo, partly funded by Koshla ventures has an exclusive licence for the MIT technology....

Is ethanol energetically favourable?

Is ethanol energetically favourable? I don't know, you have an idea and MIT has an answer. Cheers to Biggav for the tipoff...

Hydrogen from Algae

Hydrogen could be produced using algae as a starting material, according to MIT. Algae produce some hydrogen as a by-product from photosynthesis and Anastasios Melis, a researcher at MIT has found one that produces rather more of it than others......

GM yeast for greater yields

MIT scientists have engineered yeast that can improve the speed and efficiency of ethanol production, a key component to making biofuels a significant part of the U.S. energy supply....