Mahdi Abu-Omar, Purdue's R.B. Wetherill Professor of Chemistry, holds a small vial containing results of a new catalytic process that can convert the lignin in wood into high-value chemical products ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers have demonstrated a new process to convert all biomass into liquid fuel, and the method could make possible mobile processing plants. The researchers at Purdue ...

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 ...

Taking a chemical approach, researchers have developed a two-step method to convert the cellulose in raw biomass into a promising biofuel. The process is unprecedented in its use of untreated, ...

Every year, gigatons of biomass from agricultural and forestry residues are discarded worldwide. This waste is rich in lignin ? an energy-dense but difficult-to-process molecule that ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Todd Thomas The global ...

Imagine the number of burnt trees left to clean up after a wildfire, or the volume of litter remaining after forest-thinning. California’s grappling with what to do with all this forest waste, ...

When it is completed, later this summer, the UK’s Drax Power Station biomass facility will become the largest dedicated cofiring project of its kind in the world. As U.S. coal-fired generators come ...

The escalating need for renewable energy is one of the primary drivers of the biomass power generation market. Governments, industries, and consumers are increasingly turning to renewable energy ...