EcoVolt Turns Californian Brewery Into Biogas Generation Facility

Some time ago, we told you about EcoVolt, the system that contains bacteria that eats organic waste and generates methane. It is owned by...

NY’s Biggest Wastewater Treatment Plant Accepts Food Waste, Produces Biogas For Grid

New York City is about to become the proud owner of the biggest wastewater biogas plant, which will supply sustainable energy to the national...

EPA Proposal Puts Biofuels on Hold

The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act was meant to put biofuels, especially ethanol, into a more important role in the United States fuel...

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...

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...

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...
Swwtchgrass-Based Biofuels are just 5% Over Carbon-Neutral

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...

Landfill Biogas Fully Powers Monterrey’s City Lights

A great example of how biogas can be successfully converted to electricity and power the lights of an entire city, is given by the...
Aingeru Remiro-Eguskiza, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering

Bio-Oil Hydrogen Generation Just Needed a More Efficient Process

We've been watching hydrogen fuel for a while now, and the utilization of hydrogen has seen fairly rapid development, as seen in the decreasing...

How to Build an Electricity-Producing Peltier Gasifier

A gasifier works by decomposing organic matter in an oxygen-free environment at high temperatures and then burning the hydrogen that results from that decomposition....