Renewable Energy Magazine-Biofuels newsletter

Red-Hued Yeasts Hold Clues to Producing Better Biofuels

A red pigment called pulcherrimin, naturally produced by several strains of wild yeasts, may hold the key to engineering yeasts that produce better biofuels.

Biogest completes 100 percent grass anaerobic digestion plant in Southwest England

Biogest has constructed a Gas2Grid anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at Willand in Devon that can be fed with a variety of feedstock including grass silage and fresh cut grass.

ETI recommends an increase in UK biomass production

In a report released last week, the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has reviewed its 10 year bioenergy programme, recommending an increase in biomass production and the creation of the right environment to advance bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS).