In a world grappling with mounting food waste and an urgent need for cleaner energy sources, scientists are exploring innovative ways to connect these two challenges. A new study by Sanjeev Yadav of ...

Airex Energy's $10 million facility, in Bécancour, Que., will produce biocoal and biochar, materials that can be used for combustible energy, water purification, soil remediation and metallurgy ...

Is wood the new coal? Some researchers now think so, and they working to turn woodchips into a substitute for coal by using a process called torrefaction that is greener, cleaner and more efficient ...

NORCROSS, GA--(Marketwired - Nov 17, 2016) - Vega Biofuels, Inc. (OTC PINK: VGPR), announced today that the Company has filed a Provisional Patent Application for its generation four (G4) torrefaction ...

NORCROSS, GA--(Marketwired - Nov 9, 2016) - Vega Biofuels, Inc. (OTC PINK: VGPR), announced today that construction of the Company's fourth generation torrefaction machine has been completed and ...

Many schemes proposed for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) operate on a massive scale. The visions are so big that testing them involves multi-billion dollar investments and project timelines ...

“Biomass torrefaction is far more than a simple thermal process,” the authors conclude. “It represents a powerful route to transform renewable waste into the advanced carbon materials needed for a ...

(Nanowerk News) Torrefaction - the slow roasting of biomass material to improve its energy content - has been touted as part of a solution for the large-scale implementation of bioenergy. The industry ...