Biofuel In A Martini Glass?

Biofuel In A Martini Glass?

Researchers from the University of Jaén and the University of Granada in Spain have published a study in the new edition of the Society of Chemical Industry\’s (SCI) Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology that details how 100 kilograms of olive stones can yield 5.7 kilograms of biofuel. The research determines the potential for commercial manufacturing is strong, since an estimated 4 million tons of olive stones are thrown away each year.

«The low cost of transporting and transforming olives stones make them attractive for biofuels,» says researcher Sebastian Sanchez. «This research raises the possibility of using of olive stones, which would otherwise be wasted, in producing energy. In this way, we can make use of the whole food crop,” says Sanchez.

To date, however, the olive stone-into-biofuel process is still in the research phase.

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