Abstract
This review is a short synopsis of some of the latest breakthroughs in the areas of lignocellulosic conversion to fuels and utilization of oils for biodiesel. Although four lignocellulosic ethanol factories have opened in the USA and hundreds of biodiesel installations are active worldwide, technological improvements are being discovered that will rapidly evolve the biofuels industry into a new paradigm. These discoveries involve the feedstocks as well as the technologies to process them.
Highlights
An important mitigation strategy for the impact of fossil fuels on the environment is to use biofuels from renewable sources for transportation
Much rhetoric has surfaced to discourage the growth of biofuel crops because they utilize farmland that should be dedicated to food crops, in reality the productivity and yield of fuels from dedicated energy crops appears to be on a steep, upward trajectory
The technology to produce ethanol and biodiesel from plant biomass has progressed at a phenomenal rate, generating confidence that the industry will be profitable and sustainable
Summary
An important mitigation strategy for the impact of fossil fuels on the environment is to use biofuels from renewable sources for transportation. An overlying goal is to improve the sustainability of the industry, from crop growth and harvest through to product manufacture and feedstock utilization. Feedstock recalcitrance and productivity: The first four lignocellulosic biofuel manufacturing plants have been opened in the USA.
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