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Eco Factor: Algae to be used for cheap ethanol production.
In an effort to fuel the world with clean and cheap energy, Dow Chemical and Algenol Biofuels have...
made popular Jun 29 2009
Maine’s Old Town Fuel and Fiber Mill suggests a way out of the fuel scarcity that we witness today. It, in fact, is going to produce cellulosic bio-butanol, normally...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: The energy kit uses ethanol to produce electricity.
Fuel cell technology is viewed as one of the most remarkable sources of energy in the coming future....
made popular Jun 23 2009
Recently, researchers in China have investigated an enzyme from the bacterium bacillus cereus DQ01 that has the capability to absorb hydrocarbon n-hexadecane. The...
made popular Jun 15 2009
Colombia’s government proudly claims that it is the biggest producer of biodiesel and ethanol in Latin America after Brazil, but human rights groups do not share...
made popular Jun 11 2009
Eco Factor: Bacteria can produce biofuel from non-food biomass.
New research could lead to the end of the fuel versus food controversy regarding biofuels. Scientists...
made popular May 20 2009
Rentech, Inc. has proposed a new renewable energy facility, Rialto Renewable Energy Center, at Rialto, California. This facility is scheduled to produce both synthetic...
made popular May 14 2009
AP, Washington
President Barack Obama’s commitment to take on climate change and put science over politics is about to be tested as his administration faces a politically...
made popular May 3 2009
Eco Factor: Ethanol-fueled fireplace.
Germany-based Blomus has launched a new fireplace they call the Vidro. Just like most of the fireplaces available on the...
made popular Mar 27 2009
AP, Washington
Ethanol producers are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to boost the amount of ethanol that can be blended with gasoline. They want the ceiling on ethanol...
made popular Mar 6 2009
AP, Sioux Falls
If federal renewable fuel mandates require ethanol to be mixed into gasoline, the nation’s largest independent oil refiner figures it might as well just do it...
made popular Feb 10 2009
The future of American-Latin American relations is extremely important. For the past sixty years, the US has taken a strong interest in Latin America initially as a...
made popular Feb 10 2009
Reading the title of the entry, you wou would think ‘Why would I do that, I never have beer leftovers! And although I only very rarely drink beer I must agree...
made popular Feb 7 2009
Eco Factor: Scientists discover new catalyst that can enhance ethanol’s oxidation.
Hydrogen fuel cells are taken as the most feasible fuel cells that can fuel the...
made popular Jan 28 2009
AP, Scotland
Cellulosic ethanol, the next big hope for a biofuels industry hampered during the past year by volatile commodity price swings and shrinking profit margins, is...
made popular Jan 14 2009
Eco Factor: Fireplaces fueled by ethanol.
Sydney-based Design & Architects Firm, GeoForm, has come up with a stylish and green way to keep your homes warm during...
made popular Dec 20 2008
AP, Sao Paulo
Brazil’s biofuel industry just months ago was being flooded with billions in new investments for vast new sugarcane plantations and gleaming distilleries that...
made popular Nov 20 2008
AP, Sao Paulo
Expansion of vast sugarcane plantations across Brazil to meet growing worldwide demand for ethanol won’t harm the Amazon, a top Brazilian official said Monday.
made popular Nov 17 2008
EcoFactor: Supercar powered by bio-ethanol.
We all love supercars and we love them more when they take the greener route. Inspired by the iconic Cooper Climax F1, this...
made popular Oct 20 2008
With increasing oil prices, and debates on how to reduce carbon emissions, many are looking forward to biofuel as a renewable and clean source of energy. But the U.S....
made popular Oct 17 2008
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Eco Factor: Bacteria can produce biofuel from non-food biomass.
New research could lead to the end of the fuel versus food controversy regarding biofuels. Scientists...
made popular May 20 2009
Nanotechnology solar hydrogen project won the E.ON research award this year. The topic of the award was the application of nanotechnology in the energy sector. The...
made popular May 19 2009
Rentech, Inc. has proposed a new renewable energy facility, Rialto Renewable Energy Center, at Rialto, California. This facility is scheduled to produce both synthetic...
made popular May 14 2009
In its spree to cut down carbon emission to half by 2015, L’Oreal has announced their intention to install a biomass system at its factory in Libramount, Belgium. The...
made popular May 1 2009
Eco Factor: Renewable energy generating architecture produces hydrogen for electricity.
Students at the University of Waterloo have won this year’s Hydrogen Student...
made popular Apr 10 2009
Alternative energy might pave the way for a greener and healthier planet. So, diverse measures involving fuel-production via unconventional methods are being devised....
made popular Feb 12 2009
It seems time for another stride forward in high-end robotics. We’ve seen them in the movie Terminator and with Cyclone Power in collaboration with Robotic...
made popular Jan 30 2009
There is much talk about alternative (or “green”) energy sources these days. Although there a several different types-ethanol, biomass, hydroelectric, and...
made popular Dec 5 2008
EcoFactor: Alternative energy obtained from landfills.
Anybody with the slightest amount of common sense would know that landfills aren’t entirely bad as people...
made popular Oct 4 2008
The National Party has recently released its energy policy. National says it would promote gas-fired power stations and as such it would overturn a current ban by the...
made popular Aug 18 2008
Researchers at the University of Georgia have a developed a technology that can help in producing great amounts of ethanol from biomass such as grass, non-food crops...
made popular Jul 30 2008
A group of artists is on the brink of sculpturing a 120-feet long slug-like structure that’ll convert trash into fuel through gasification.
The project...
made popular Aug 4 2007
At the first glance, I possibly couldn’t figure, what on earth this was - whether a monster truck to fascinate my kid back home or a crane to pick his other...
made popular Jul 18 2007
A new method has been developed that can produce enough fuel to power all cars in America, according to U.S. scientists. The method is capable of fueling the needs of...
made popular Mar 15 2007
The state of New York will soon build an ethanol production plant near Rochester that will use paper sludge, wood chips and other agricultural waste as its raw...
made popular Dec 21 2006
Our ecosystem is veering to a good progress and in future, we could see more greenery around us. An International team of researchers has predicted this after adopting ...
made popular Nov 16 2006
Preparing’synthesis gas’ by heating oil and sugar like mixture! Scientists at the University of Minnesota have developed a process of creating the syngas...
made popular Nov 6 2006
Pix: Using proprietary DNA extraction and cloning technologies, scientists have isolated the cellulose-degrading enzymes found in termites and created industrial...
made popular Oct 23 2006
If you are an environmentalist or an environment-conscious person, but lazy enough to do the running to meet the ambitions, here is a little solution for you - it is...
made popular Jul 28 2006
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