Audi’s Synthetic Fuel Produced With Solar and Wind Power
Audi is set to release a number of natural-gas powered vehicles this year, such as the Audi A3 Sportback TCNG. It can run...
Some Like it Harsh: More Biofuel from Willow Trees When “Mistreated”
British researchers have observed that willow trees typically used for green energy actually produce more than five times more biofuel if they grow diagonally,...
Was it Fraud? How Biofuels Company “Earned” Millions from EPA Loophole
In June 2010, a CN Rail cargo train crossed the US / Canada border 24 times, earning some $2.6 million in transportation revenue. This...
University of Texas Doubles Electricity Output of Landfill
Landfills are not just an eyesore, but also produce methane as their contents decompose. Methane is a greenhouse gas, and if not recovered,...
Princeton University Study Claims Synfuels Could Eliminate US Petroleum Needs
One of the goals of some synfuel programs is, not only to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions, but to reduce our dependency on foreign petroleum imports....
Apple’s Data Center and the Clean Energy Paradox
According to the North Carolina Utility Commission, Apple intends to double the amount of fuel cells it will use at its data center in...
Photobioreactor Will Provide Cheap and Efficient Energy Storage
Algae-based biofuel research was granted $910,000 to develop a bioreactor that will deliver light and collect fuel. The winning team from Cornell University consists...
Nobel Laureate and Photosynthesis Expert Hartmut Michel Says Biofuels Provide No Value
Nobel Laureate and current director of the Molecular Membrane Biology department at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Dr. Hartmut Michel is best known...
Green Alga Digests Cellulose, Improves Bioenergy Production
Research team at Bielefeld University, led by Professor Dr. Olaf Kruse, has discovered a plant, which receives its energy not only via photosynthesis, but...
Microsoft Testing Biogas Fuel Cell for Future Sustainable Data Centers
Well-known software company, Microsoft, in its efforts toward sustainable data centers, has teamed up with Danbury Connecticut's FuelCell Energy to test a combination of...
