How to Use biofuel in a Sentence

biofuel

noun
  • One kind of biofuel comes from kelp.
    — ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • Sorghum is a high-fiber grain grown for food and for use in biofuel.
    — Zach Kyle, idahostatesman, 20 July 2017
  • Demand for biofuels has been growing in many parts of the world.
    — Anuradha Raghu, Bloomberg, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The pace with which the biofuel industry is shaping up is very slow.
    — Monika Mandal, Quartz India, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The grain is used for products like bread, pasta, biofuels, feed, and brewing.
    — Alana Semuels, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
  • That includes things such as gluten-free bread, alcoholic drinks and biofuel.
    — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The next group is carbon-neutral fuels—biofuels and green methanol.
    — Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The crop is used for food production and is being tested as a biofuel.
    — Ana Moreno, CNN, 26 Aug. 2021
  • There was a smart metering piece to that, there was a piece relating to biofuels.
    — Holly Otterbein, Philly.com, 10 May 2018
  • Tens of billions of dollars will be spent to extend tax credits for biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel.
    — Daniel Cohan, The Conversation, 9 July 2025
  • They get turned into feed for local farms and biofuel to make even more Marmite.
    — Kristen Hartke, Saveur, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The bank said Calumet shares can see notable upside through growth in its biofuels business.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 13 May 2025
  • Most gasoline contains 10% ethanol, a biofuel made from corn.
    — Rick Barrett, USA TODAY, 4 June 2017
  • And it could also be applied to plant species that could be used for sustainable jet fuel or biofuel.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 May 2022
  • The biofuels mandate is a place holder for the kind of cronyism our country can no longer afford.
    — WSJ, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Yet refiners this year will be required to blend 10% more biofuel.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 June 2022
  • The hope also in the future is to have biofuel and synthetic fuel.
    — James Morris, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • This decline was driven by lower sales volumes and prices in the biofuel segment.
    — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • That's equal to or cheaper than estimates for biofuels, which were thought to be the most practical method.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 28 June 2018
  • Corn could feed people and livestock; growing plants for biofuel takes land that could otherwise be used to grow crops.
    — Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
  • With soaring ethanol prices amid strong demand, the country’s mills are diverting more cane to make the biofuel.
    — Marvin G Perez, Bloomberg.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The price of vegetable oil can be influenced by crude oil because it is used in the production of biofuels.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The current biofuel mandate has run into a blend wall at about 10% ethanol in gasoline.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes, 4 July 2021
  • The plant is grown to make biofuel, fabrics and paper bag alternatives.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The decision comes as the price of ethanol, the most-dominant biofuel, has risen to its highest level in a decade.
    — Katy Stech Ferek, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The write down involves a biofuels plant in the Netherlands that was supposed to go live this year but isn’t even close to being ready.
    — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 8 July 2024
  • The charging units, which now can run on biofuel, provide more than 50 mpg– about 10 times the amount claimed in the post.
    — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2021
  • ExxonMobil continues to bet on biofuels (but as yet has nothing to show for it).
    — Akshat Rathi, Quartz, 10 July 2019
  • The sponsons will be able to store plenty of fuel, too, with tanks designed to hold the renewable biofuel of the future.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
  • After the user starts to sweat, the biofuel cells produce energy even when the user stops moving.
    — Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021

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