NYC Considers Food Recycling to Generate Electricity
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already made many drastic changes in the city, from banning smoking in parks and restaurants, trying to...
Big Oil Trying to Stop Gas Retailers From Selling Ethanol Blends (E15)
In order to reduce emissions, all gasoline in the US is blended with 5% to 10% ethanol, but with the increasing fuel-economy of the...
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...
Ethanol From Farm Waste Cuts Down Fuel Costs and Emissions In Japan
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. from Japan claims to have produced car fuel from farm waste, which can compete in cost with imported ethanol.
Recently, the use of ethanol...
Algae-Based Biofuels Not Yet Ready to Compete With Fossil Fuels, Says ExxonMobil
Algae-based fuels are still a very expensive idea and the technology behind their production is not yet ready to compete with fossil fuels, according...
Engineered Tobacco Leaves Produce Biofuel at Berkeley
Instead of smoking it, we could one day use tobacco to power cars - thanks to a project at UC Berkeley, CA. A team...
E. Coli Strain Generates Pure BioDiesel Just Like the Real Thing
Biodiesel is becoming more popular as a fuel because it is carbon neutral and fairly easy to manufacture.
Unfortunately, because it doesn't contain the same...
Waste Cooking Oil Provides Power, Runs Desalination Plant, Sewage System in London
A new initiative by Thames Water and 2OC, a utility company, aims to collect used cooking oil for powering the world's biggest fat-fueled power station,...
Synthetic Trees Produce Energy Efficient Biofuels From Algae
Synthetic trees, designed by researchers at the University of Texas, are the latest innovation in the field of cultivating algae for biofuels.
The approach that...
Solazyme’s New Technology Enables Efficient Production of Bio-Oils
Microalgae oil production could receive a well-deserved boost due to recent discoveries made at Solazyme. Researchers developed a method to produce different types of...
