Comments on: Orange You Glad I Said Biofuel? http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/07/opec-uses-orange-peel-for-biofuel-and-other-biobased-products/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Derek Bolton http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/07/opec-uses-orange-peel-for-biofuel-and-other-biobased-products/#comment-126041 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:32:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39903#comment-126041 Burning orange peel to release CO2 would not contribute to “GHG emissions”.  That carbon came from the air, not from underground.  Landfill would be different since that would release methane.

]]> By: Info http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/07/opec-uses-orange-peel-for-biofuel-and-other-biobased-products/#comment-126034 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 23:17:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39903#comment-126034 We have developed a continuous-flow, non-enzyme hydrolysis process for Sunkist, to process citrus peels, pulp and membranes. This technology also extracts the limonene in an almost pure state (to be converted into a plastic) … all in the same piece of equipment. http://www.bioenergydesign.com

]]> By: Neil Blanchard http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/07/opec-uses-orange-peel-for-biofuel-and-other-biobased-products/#comment-125956 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:27:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39903#comment-125956 Letting the peel decomposed does *not* add to the GHG; since the carbon in the peel came from the atmosphere earlier in the growth cycle.

If this could be made into biofuel, then great!  That fuel would also be carbon-neutral IF the additional energy used in the process of making the fuel comes from carbon neutral sources.

Neil

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