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biofuel Definition

bio·fuel (ō fyo̵̅o̅′əl)

noun

any fuel derived from renewable biological sources, as plants or animal waste; esp., a liquid fuel for automotive engines made from corn or soybean oil

biofuel Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • produce: A Klang Valley company had even proposed to build a plant in Negri Sembilan to produce biofuel for export to Europe, he said.
  • develop: Virgin would also like to develop a biofuel suitable for aircraft engines, although it concedes this could be a decade away.

Adjective modifier

  • Scottish: Scottish BioFuel will consider offering long term guaranteed price contracts for the supply of energy crop.
  • new: The aim is to test the performance of the new green biofuel produced by UK company D1 Oils.
  • friendly: It is claimed to be a ' truly sustainable environmentally friendly biofuel and generates no harmful emissions ' .
  • most: Currently, most biofuel is burned to release its stored chemical energy.

Modifies a noun

  • feedstock: This text starts with an outline of the importance and position of primary production of biomass, and then of biofuel feedstocks.
  • crop: The Green Party has a clear policy against Biofuel crops, for good reasons.
  • production: They now have to decide whether to buy in pure biofuels for blending or to invest in their own biofuel production plants.
  • plant: They now have to decide whether to buy in pure biofuels for blending or to invest in their own biofuel production plants.
  • industry: The World Bank reports that biofuel industries require about 100 times more workers per unit of energy produced than the fossil fuel industry.
  • market: New research suggests that the European biofuel market is set to expand, according to Datamonitor.

Noun used with modifier

  • %: For instance a 5 % biofuel ( 5 % bio element 95 % gasoline or diesel ) reduces CO2 emissions by about 2.5 % .
  • scale: The futility of sinking hundreds of millions in large scale biofuel plants can be demonstrated quite simply.