Fuels24 Stories

Even with the push for renewable energy, demand for fossil fuels is still growing.

  1. Better Bugs to Make Plastics

    OPX Biotechnologies uses genetic engineering to speed the development of organisms that make chemicals and fuel.
    September 20, 2010

  2. The Two-Stroke Engine, Reconsidered

    Once thought too polluting, the two-stroke engine makes a comeback in advance of stricter fuel efficiency standards.
    September 16, 2010

  3. Turning Exhaust Gas Into Fuel

    A New Zealand company uses microorganisms to convert carbon monoxide into ethanol and plastics precursors.
    September 15, 2010

  4. Fungus Genes Help Turn Grass into Ethanol

    Modified yeast could help make ethanol from hard-to-digest materials.
    September 10, 2010

  5. Fuel Sipping Diesel Hybrids to Debut in Europe

    High fuel prices make the cars cost-effective in Europe.
    September 8, 2010

  6. Biofuels IP
    August 25, 2010

  7. Big Oil Gets Bigger
    August 25, 2010

  8. Piecemeal Efforts Fall Short
    August 25, 2010

  9. The Quest to Sequester
    August 25, 2010

  10. Beijing Sees Future in Liquefied Coal
    August 25, 2010

  11. Tapping an Unconventional Source
    August 25, 2010

  12. Building Microbial Fuel Factories
    August 25, 2010

  13. Mascoma: Seeking a Market Toehold
    August 25, 2010

  14. The End of Easy Oil
    August 25, 2010

  15. Making Cellulosic Biofuels Competitive
    August 25, 2010

  16. Fossil Fuels Remain a Mainstay
    August 25, 2010

  17. What's Holding Biofuels Back?

    Startups say reduced mandates for oil companies make it difficult to finance biorefineries.
    August 6, 2010

  18. Genes to Make Hydrocarbon Fuels

    The startup LS9 reveals a discovery that could lead to biofuels that would work in conventional engines.
    July 30, 2010

  19. How to Prevent Deepwater Spills

    Safety upgrades are critical but could mean higher prices for oil and gas.
    June 10, 2010

  20. Searching for Biofuels' Sweet Spot

    Technology Review visits an Amyris plant outside of Sao Paula, Brazil, and learns how the company turns sugar into diesel fuel.
    February 23, 2010

  21. Searching for Biofuels' Sweet Spot

    California-based Amyris has used breakthroughs in synthetic biology to reinvent biofuels. To turn its technology into an industrial process, it has headed to the land of sugar: Brazil.
    February 23, 2010

  22. Biofuels from Saltwater Crops

    A research project will make jet fuel without wasting fresh water or farmland.
    February 5, 2010

  23. The Marcellus Shale Gas Rush

    Over the last several years, vast amounts of natural gas have been found in the Marcellus shale that lies underneath vast areas of western New York, western and northern Pennsylvania, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. If geologists are right, the Marcellus shale could be the world’s second-largest natural-gas field in the world. The natural gas is held tightly trapped in the shale, but advanced drilling techniques have made it economical to drill for the gas. Much of the activity is centered in the counties south of Pittsburgh.
    October 15, 2009

  24. A Biofuel Process to Replace All Fossil Fuels

    A startup unveils a high-yield process for making fuel from carbon dioxide and sunlight.
    July 27, 2009