Alternative Energy

Biodiesel is a biofuel which is produced from organic oils or fats, and can be used in diesel engines. The technical name for standard biodiesel is alkyl methyl ester. Generally, this is made from reacting vegetable oil and methanol using a catalyst, resulting in a molecule that contains hydrogen, carbon and oxygen. The presence of […]

Nowadays, people are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprints, that is to say the amount of fossil carbon that they release into the atmosphere. The fastest growing way to do this is by using biofuels.  
Biofuels are fuels that are produced from biological sources such as trees, plants or micro-organisms. They are carbon neutral, […]