Biofuels

Taking Biofuel from Forest to Highway

Posted on September, 2012 Categories: Biofuels , Business , Check It Out! , Energy , Featured The world is moving from a hydrocarbon economy to a carbohydrate economy, according to University of British Columbia biofuel expert Jack Saddler. Sadler presented his work Read more

Advance Made in Generating Electricity from Wastewater

Posted on August, 2012 Categories: Biofuels , Building Green , Communities , Energy , Featured , Infrastructure , Water Management Engineers at Oregon State University have made a breakthrough in the performance of microbial fuel cells that can produce electricity directly from wastewater, opening the door to a future in which waste treatment plants not only will power themselves, but will sell excess electricity. Read more

Study Reports on a "Good Transition Step on the Road Toward Low-Carbon Energy"

Posted on July, 2012 Categories: Biofuels , Business , Check It Out! , Energy , Featured , Geothermal , Solar , Wind No matter how you drill it, using natural gas as an energy source is a smart move in the battle against global climate change and a good transition step on the road toward low-carbon energy Read more

Students Use Dog Waste to Light Park

Posted on May, 2012 Categories: Biofuels , Check It Out! , Communities , Energy , Featured , Leisure , Organic Waste , Parks & Recreation , Waste Management Every day, about 200 dogs and their owners visit the Cosmo dog park in Gilbert, Ariz. When they go home, they leave behind about eight cubic yards of dog waste, plastic bottles, bags and other trash. Read more

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

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