The unlikely, eccentric inventor turning inedible plant life into fuel
You never know who’s gonna be the one with the big idea. History has shown it’s not necessarily the person...
Salt Water: The Tangy Taste of Energy Freedom
A visitor to Eastern Europe after the fall of communism would have been awestruck by the massive posters touting Winston...
Scientists Harvest Electricity from Living Algae Cells
Stanford University scientists have created a tiny electrode that can harness an electric current from a single algae cell, a...
Farming Fuel in Middle Eastern Salt Marshes
A new biofuels project at Abu Dhabi's Masdar Institute of Science and Technology will unite Boeing, Honeywell and others in search of a system to produce fuel and other useful products from biomass and seawater. The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Project is focused on integrating aquaculture and farming to create a closed-loop system that thrives in areas where fresh water is scarce.
Landfill gas power system earns EPA award
The Environmental Protection Agency has honored the city of Sioux Falls and POET for a landfill gas project that offsets significant energy for process steam at POET Biorefining – Chancellor. "As this award signifies, POET wants to do more than produce renewable fuels. We want to use renewable energy to power our production process as well." - POET Chief Operating Officer James Moe.
Mining Brown Gold for Dairy Farmers
By Alyssa Danigelis A new dairy in Texas promises to green the farming process and put more money in farmers’...
Project for Algae to Turn Coal Plant C02 Into Biofuel Awarded $70m by DOE
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that Arizona Public Service (APS), Phoenix, Ariz., has been awarded $70.5 million...
Biofuels Industry Starts to Take form
On one side of a factory here, workers dump 500-pound sacks of pine chips into a hopper. Deep inside the plant, an 8,000-degree blow torch roars like a jet engine as the chips are processed. At the far end, the workers turn a tap and out pours ethanol, ready for use as a motor fuel. The facility, built by a company called Coskata, is not quite proof that a new era is at hand for American transportation fuels. But with the company claiming it will be able to convert wood waste into biofuel for about $1 a gallon, the plant suggests that day may be drawing nearer.
Tiny Algae Loom Large in Biofuel Pilot Projects
The production of biofuels from algae gained new prominence this summer when ExxonMobil announced that it will invest up to...