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Engineering yeast to create Biofuels from non-food crops (straw, grass, cellulosic waste)

July 21, 2021 by Anne Trafton

Using ethanol can reduce the global consumption of fossil fuels. But, commercially, ethanol in the U.S. is produced from corn and not enough is grown to make a significant impact on U.S. fuel needs. Anne Trafton at MIT describes research that has engineered yeast to break down straw and woody plant material to create ethanol as efficiently as it’s done from corn. High yields of ethanol were extracted from five different types of cellulosic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biofuels, Energy Tagged With: aviation, biodiesel, biofuels, biomass, ethanol, gasoline, petrol, petroleum, shipping, trucking, US, yeast

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