CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A team of researchers at the University of Illinois is working to create a more sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Now, these scientists have turned to a prairie grass to ...

The fastest way to start a fistfight among environmentalists is to bring up the topic of biofuels — plant-based liquid fuels like ethanol that could potentially take the place of petroleum. Biofuel ...

The Ottumwa Generating Station began producing electricity from burning coal in 1981 and now hosts one of the nation's few experimental biomass fuel projects. Here is a look at some of the highlights ...

Switchgrass has gripped Midwestern soils for millions of years, but soon the earthbound prairie grass could fly. New studies from the University of Illinois identify economic and environmental ...