Companies Transform Scrap Cardboard Into Ethanol Fuel
A new partnership between a paperboard mill and a biofuel producer is now producing ethanol fuel from scrap cardboard fiber. While 95% of cardboard can easily be recycled again into more cardboard,...
View ArticleResearchers hope to produce algae in commercial quantities within four years
Eco Factor: Cranfield University researchers to investigate ways of harvesting algae commercially for jet fuel. Green is the future of aviation industry and we have already seen a handful of companies...
View ArticleUnrest In Egypt is Yet Another Reason For US to Quit Foreign Oil
In response to the recent crisis in Egypt, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said today that the situation should accelerate the US’s efforts to reduce foreign oil imports. Read the...
View ArticleHuman Stomach Microbe Breaks Down Seaweed for Biofuel Production
Researchers at the Bio Architecture Lab and the University of Washington in Seattle have genetically modified a microbe commonly found in the human stomach to enable it to break down the very exotic...
View ArticleSouth Korean Researchers Create Clean Biodiesel from Sewage Sludge
Biodiesel is an excellent source of fuel: not only does it come from renewable sources , but it also burns cleaner, producing less pollution than fossil fuels . But it can be expensive to produce....
View ArticleAmtrak Teams with Google to Create a Real-Time Train Locator Map
Google Maps recently launched a new interactive tool that allows Amtrak’s 31 million passengers to easily track the exact location of and arrival times for the rail service’s trains. The new locator...
View ArticleMelting Ice Cools Team ASUNM’s Desert-Adapted SHADE House at the Solar Decathlon
Read the rest of Melting Ice Cools Team ASUNM’s Desert-Adapted SHADE House at the Solar Decathlon Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “solar energy” , 2013 solar decathlon , ASU , ASUNM ,...
View ArticleCalifornia Company Launches a Car Fuel Made from Landfill Methane
Image via Shutterstock There’s no denying that fracking is bad, really bad . But what about natural gas from other sources? California’s Clean Energy Fuels has just announced that they have begun the...
View ArticleThe Great Green Fate of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree After the...
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is the star of holidays in NYC, but what happens to it when the festivities are over? The awesome answer might surprise you. Read on to find out what it is. READ...
View ArticleScientists Convert Algae into Crude Oil in Less than One Hour
Department of Energy scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory say they’ve reduced nature’s million year process of turning algae into crude oil to one than takes less than an hour . The...
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