This makes it useful in converting biomass into a usable energy source.

As such, they recommend we focus on converting biomass into a gasoline-like fuel if we're to reach the mandated biofuel targets.

Engineers since the 20's have known how to convert biomass into fuel, but no one has ever figured out how to do it profitably.

The company has built the world's first demonstration-scale facility to convert biomass to cellulose ethanol, using enzyme technology.

Range Fuels was an technology development company which tried to develop a technology that converted biomass into ethanol without the use of enzymes.

Anaerobic digestion is another method of converting biomass into energy.

The technology can be used to convert natural gas, biomass or coal into synthetic fuels.

Converting biomass to biofuels requires the use of a great deal of hydrogen, an element that Marshall said can be hard to manufacture.

Biorefineries specifically use thermophiles and their enzymes to convert biomass into useful products.

Thermal conversion processes use heat as the dominant mechanism to convert biomass into another chemical form.