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Shortage of skilled construction workers delays completion of Iowa biofuel plant
An Iowa biofuel plant is the latest major construction project to fall victim to the widespread shortage of skilled workers in the U.S. According to a report from the Ames Tribune, DuPont has delayed the completion date of a cellulosic ethanol plant the company is building in the city of Nevada, Iowa. The $200 million plant, […]
January 15, 2015
Roadbuilding
Coffee could fuel future cars
Environmental engineers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) are working on a new way to fuel vehicles with used coffee grounds. The idea of fueling cars with coffee is nothing new. In fact, according to a March report from The Atlantic Cities, some vehicles have been running on discarded coffee grounds for a few years […]
September 12, 2013
Roadbuilding
Florida teen discovers new biofuel technology
A Florida teen has discovered a new method for creating biofuel, according to our sister site, Total Landscape Care. Evie Sobczak, a 16-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida, engineered a way to turn algae into biodiesel. Her method, which does not use chemicals, involves growing the organism, then extracting the oil to use as biofuel. Sobczak […]
July 8, 2013
Construction Equipment
Re-recycling: Biofuel waste used to make stronger concrete
Researchers at Kansas State University have discovered that by replacing a portion of the cement found in concrete with agricultural waste products, the concrete became stronger. Just think of the process as recycling the byproducts of recycling. To make the stronger concrete, the researchers are use the ash produced when corn stalks and leaves, wheat straw, […]
April 22, 2013
Equipment
Collaboration seeks cheaper biofuel from non-food products
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Johnson Matthey, a global specialty chemicals company, have teamed up for a five-year, $7 million collaboration to economically produce gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from non-food biomass feedstocks, OEM Off-Highway reported. NREL and Johnson Matthey will conduct the work under a Cooperative Research and […]
January 11, 2013
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