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...
Colorado Company Uses Concentrated Solar Power to Transform Biomass into Gasoline
Sundrop Fuels, a Louisville, CO, -based company has developed a method of using concentrated solar power to heat the biomass to 1200 or 1300 ºC, and even produce syngas more efficiently than the standard technology, which uses only 30 to 35 percent of the biomass.
Enerkem, Canada’s New Waste-to-Biofuel Plant, Ready for Expansion
Enerkem, a clean-technology company founded in 2000 and based in Quebec, Canada, is currently constructing its first industrial-scale waste-to-biofuel plant at Edmonton’s Waste Management...
Fuel Made of Methane From Landfills for Sale In California
It is finally here. Fuel made of methane extracted from landfills goes on sale in 40 stations across California. Clean Energy Fuels, the company...
Waste From Beer Factories Turned into Energy
Wolfgang Bengel and his partners have found a way to efficiently recycle the waste grains and wastewater and use them to fuel the beer factories.
Navy BioFuels Program is Just 5% Over Carbon Neutral
The US Military is heavily involved in technology to assure US independence, which includes biofuels and other alternatives.
The thing is, if any one country...
EPA Proposes Reduction in U.S. Biofuel Requirements
When ex-President George W. Bush signed an expansion of The Renewable Fuel Standard program into law, requiring oil companies to add billions of gallons...
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...
Iowa State University Grad Student Innovates on Biofuel Technology
An Iowa State University mechanical engineering graduate research assistant is working to change the future of biofuel technology. The graduate student, Nicholas Creager, prototyped...
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...
