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Don't waste anything: A new fuel arrives from byproduct

One of the targets of second-generation biofuels is using what would usually be discarded to produce something to fill up our tanks. Well, good news arrive from the Institut Universitari de Ciència i Tecnologia (Universitary Institute for Science and Technology, IUCT) based near Barcelona, Spain. They have unveiled a method to transform glycerol into that something. With current methods of producing biodiesel, glycerol is generated as a by-product. The cosmetic and other industries have plenty of this product so sometimes it's burned or ... Read more →

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