A panel that included representatives from Burlington Electric Department, climate change scientists and members of the forestry industry listens to public comments Tuesday night, June 13, 2023, at ...

For biofuels to compete with petroleum, biorefinery operations must be designed to better utilize lignin. Lignin is one of the main components of plant cell walls. It provides plants with greater ...

Until the invasion of Iraq, it seemed that the U.S. had little motivation to curb its voracious appetite for oil (aka black gold or Texas tea). The oil crisis during the 1970s was perhaps the last ...

Biomass pretreatment technology known as CELF, developed by UC Riverside, enhances lignin utilization, overcoming a significant hurdle in biofuel production. CELF enables the production of biofuels ...

The Evolution of Biomass Engineering and Global Expansion The journey of BISON MACHINE, formerly known as the Hualong Machine Factory, illustrates the trajectory of the biomass industry over the last ...

When it comes to making fuel from plants, the first step has always been the hardest -- breaking down the plant matter. A new study finds that introducing a simple, renewable chemical to the ...

UC Riverside Associate Research Professor Charles Cai, who invented CELF, a biomass pretreatment technology that could make next-generation biofuels competitive with petroleum. When it comes to making ...