Stories with the tag: Biomass
PNNL researchers will discuss improving solar power forecasting, the resources needed to grow algae for biofuel, and predicting the environmental impacts of ocean energy at the 2012 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Release Date: 12/4/2012
New research points to two important roles for bacteria that live in the underground fungal gardens of leafcutter ants: the bacteria both help decompose leaves that ants bring to the gardens and play a major role in turning those leaves into nutrients for both ants and the fungi. Release Date: 3/1/2012
PNNL is working with Seattle biofuel producer Imperium Renewables to develop a new method using catalysts to make bio-based jet fuels. Release Date: 9/29/2011
A new material developed by chemists at PNNL and WSU might lead to renewable options for gas and fuel additives, tire rubber, and industrial solvents. Release Date: 8/1/2011
A new study shows that 17 percent of the United States’ imported oil for transportation could be replaced by biofuel made from algae. Researchers also determined that the water needed to grow that algae could be substantially reduced by cultivating it in the nation’s sunniest and most humid regions. Release Date: 4/13/2011
As much as 12 percent of the world’s human-caused greenhouse gas emissions could be sustainably offset by producing biochar, concludes a paper in Nature Communications co-written by PNNL’s Jim Amonette. Release Date: 8/10/2010
Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the National Energy Technology Laboratory and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have formed the Clean Energy Partnership to accelerate the development and deployment of emissions reducing technology, and have officially embarked on three research projects as part of a memorandum of understanding signed in 2009. Release Date: 7/14/2010
PNNL’s Yong Wang was named Fellow of the American Chemical Society, or ACS. Wang is associate director of the Institute for Interfacial Catalysis at PNNL and Voiland Distinguished Professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Release Date: 7/12/2010
PNNL Director Michael Kluse says collaboration with China enables speedy deployment of emissions capture technology. Release Date: 5/8/2010
PNNL will advance biofuels research with $14 million from DOE as partner in two new consorita. Release Date: 1/13/2010
