Study Claims EU Biofuel Plan Only Benefits Big Bosses, Not The Environment
In its plan to increase biofuel share to 10% by 2020, the European Union (EU) seems to favor the interests of profit-minded big industrial...
Biofuel Gives Higher Purpose to Tequila Plants
If a greenhouse filled with agave plants and pots of cacti is not enough to attract attention, the sign saying “tequila” placed right next...
Methane-Producing Microbes as New Source of Renewable Energy
Researchers from Stanford and Penn State are studying microbes that can convert carbon dioxide to methane using electricity. These microbes could be potential sources...
No-Mix Vacuum Toilet – A New System That Turns Human Waste Into Energy
Using human waste for electricity and fertilizers... Ok, I get the fertilizer part - after all, our ancestors did use animal waste to make...
Copper-Gold Nanoparticles to Help Transform CO2 into Methane
Here's a good question for all you ecologists out there: what do we do with the carbon dioxide emissions after capturing them? As it...
Apple to Build 4.8MW Fuel Cell System Powered by Biogas at Its NC Data...
If you remember, we've been talking about Apple's new and bold green statement recently. At that time we've been telling you about the plans...
SUGAR Freeze: Boeing’s Future LNG-Powered, Ultra-Efficient Aircraft
It's a predictable fact that future aircraft won't be as polluting as today's aircraft is, but where technology will take us is yet to...
Self-Sustaining Wastewater Processing Plant Powered by Methane
Siemens Water Technologies engineers have invented a technology that creates enough methane from purifying sludgy water to power the processes of a wastewater treatment plant. They even set up a pilot facility in Singapore.
Bill Gates Funds Project That Produces Biodiesel and Methane From Human Sludge in Ghana
Q: What do human poop, fuel cells, clean energy and Bill Gates have in common? A: a $1.5 million grant to Columbia University professor Kartik Chandran. He is to develop a "Next-Generation Urban Sanitation Facility" in Accra, Ghana along with Waste Enterprisers and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The project will turn fecal sludge into biodiesel and methane. Gross, isn't it?
New Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System Provides Cheap Grid Energy From CNG and Biogas
VTT, the Technical Research Centre of Finland began testing a large-scale prototype of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that, according to the organization, will provide cheap and efficient grid power from biogas and natural gas. Using a single 10 kW planar SOFC stack, the system is capable of generating clean energy for a typical apartment block throughout an entire year.
