Renewable diesel synthesis from sesame indicum (bene) seed oil using novel heterogeneous biocatalyst derived from the seed coat.

The synthesis, characterization, optimization and oxidation stability improvement of biodiesel from the seed oil of using a novel nano-heterogeneous bio-catalyst derived from the seed coat (CASC) is reported. The heterogeneous catalyst was produced by calcination and activation at 400 °C, 600 °C and 800 °C using acetic acid. The catalyst was characterized using scanning electron monograph (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and x-ray diffraction (XRD).

The 2022 Russia invasion on Ukraine: The biofuel energy security challenge on Ukraine and some related countries.

Europe, United States and other countries make moves to compensate for the loss of Ukraine's exports by diverting crops meant for biofuels into food production and to relax some of the biofuels mandates due to the challenges of 2022 Russian invasion on Ukraine (RIU). Ukraine as a leading exporter of cereals and oil crops in the world has suffered reduction in exports of grain products since the inception of the invasion. This work critically evaluates the immediate and remote potential effects of the RIU on Ukraine's biofuel capacity and potentials, energy strategies and policies, direct impacts of the war on Ukraine and Russia and other countries' biofuels policies were evaluated.

Sustaining COVID-19 pandemic lockdown era air pollution impact through utilization of more renewable energy resources.

The lock down engendered by COVID-19 pandemic has impacted positively on the environment through reduction of the emissions of green house gases, CO, CO and other pollutants into the atmosphere below the pre-COVID-19 levels. There are fears that the gains made in the environment during COVID-19 may be frittered away as nations around the world make serious efforts to boost the COVID-19 recessed economy through massive investments in the sectors of the economy that are not environmentally friendly. This paper emphasizes on the essence of maintaining the COVID-19 pandemic era environmental impact levels in post COVID-19 era without retarding the efforts towards economic recovery.