Biofuels
Greenspeed, Worlds Fastest Vegetable Oil-Fueled Vehicle
Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Biofuels , Check It Out! , Communities , Energy , Featured , Transportation The world’s fastest vegetable oil-fueled vehicle – conceived, built and driven by a team of Boise State University undergraduate students dubbed Greenspeed – will be on display at the Washington Auto Show in Washington, D.C. Read more
Using Coffee to Brew up Energy
Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Business , Check It Out! , Energy , Energy Savings , Organic Waste , Waste Management The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota recently announced it is leading a project to develop an efficient renewable electricity technology for coffee-processing plants. Read more
How To Maintain Renewable Energy’s Rapid Growth
Posted on November, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Building Green , Business , Energy , Fuel Cells , Geothermal , Infrastructure , Solar , Wind Renewables are now the fastest-growing sector of the energy mix and offer great potential to address issues of energy security and sustainability, but their rapid deployment is also bringing a host of challenges. Read more
Cow Power Program
Posted on October, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Check It Out! , Communities , Energy Studies have estimated that converting manure from the 95 million animal units in the United States would produce renewable energy equal to eight billion gallons of gasoline, or one percent of the total energy consumption in the nation. Read more
Feeding the World While Protecting the Planet
Posted on October, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Communities , Energy , Energy Savings , Organic Waste , Waste Management , Water Management The problem is stark: One billion people on earth don’t have enough food right now. It’s estimated that by 2050 there will be more than nine billion people living on the planet. Read more
Winners of the First Green Power Community Challenge
Posted on September, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Communities , Energy , Featured , Fuel Cells , Geothermal , Solar , Wind The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the communities of Washington, D.C. and Brookeville, Md. as winners of the first Green Power Community Challenge. Read more
Hog Waste Producing Electricity and Carbon Offsets
Posted on September, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Business , Energy , Organic Waste , Waste Management A pilot waste-to-energy system constructed by Duke University and Duke Energy recently garnered the endorsement of Google Inc., which invests in high-quality carbon offsets from across the nation to fulfill its own carbon neutrality goals. Read more
Cars Could Run on Recycled Newspaper
Posted on August, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Business , Energy , Featured , Recycling , Waste Management Here's one way that old-fashioned newsprint beats the Internet. Tulane University scientists have discovered a novel bacterial strain, dubbed "TU-103," that can use paper to produce butanol, a biofuel that can serve as a substitute for gasoline. Read more
