Researchers at Energy Biosciences Institute Develop Process
for Drop-in Aviation Biofuel
(June 15, 2015) The
problem is simple to understand. Molecules of carbon and other greenhouse gases
absorb heat. The more greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere, the warmer
the atmosphere becomes, exacerbating global climate change. Solving the problem
is not so simple, especially with regards to aviation – the source of
two-percent of the annual greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. While
biofuels have proven to be an effective, renewable, low-carbon alternative to
gasoline and diesel, jet fuels pose unique challenges. These challenges have
now been met with a new technique developed by researchers at the Energy
Biosciences Institute (EBI), a partnership led by the University of California
(UC) Berkeley that includes Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley
Lab) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the BP energy
company.