biowaste Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:08:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Biobattery Plant Makes Gas, Oil, and Fertilizer https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biobattery-plant-gas/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biobattery-plant-gas/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:08:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=53517 A new biogas power plant prototype, which is also a biobattery, can utilize various types of raw materials to produce electricity, ready to use purified oil and gas, and fertilizer, at the same time. A team of scientists at the German Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Energy and Safety Technology are currently testing their latest invention, which […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biobattery-plant-gas/feed/ 1 53517 Scientists Turn Hemp Into Cheap Pseudo-Graphene for Supercapacitors https://www.greenoptimistic.com/scientists-turn-hemp-pseudo-graphene-supercapacitors-20140814/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/scientists-turn-hemp-pseudo-graphene-supercapacitors-20140814/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:32:35 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48877 All these stories we hear about the miracle material graphene, and everything it can do especially when it comes to energy storage, somehow miss to tell us that it comes at quite a huge price. This is why finding an affordable alternative was the main goal of scientists from Clarkson University, New York, who not […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/scientists-turn-hemp-pseudo-graphene-supercapacitors-20140814/feed/ 0 48877 Biofuel Policy Ammended by EU, Biowastes Favored https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuel-policy-eu-biowastes-20121023/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuel-policy-eu-biowastes-20121023/#respond Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:35:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=27022 Just a few weeks after the publication of a study questioning its policy that prioritizes first generation biofuels, the European Union (EU) has changed its course, focusing now on biowastes rather than food crops as biofuel source. According to Roger Harabbin, a BBC environment analyst, the previous policy was easily accepted by other environmentalists before […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuel-policy-eu-biowastes-20121023/feed/ 0 27022 Sewage Could Be a New Way For Cheap Hydrogen https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sewage-cheap-hydrogen-20081012/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sewage-cheap-hydrogen-20081012/#respond Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:51:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1009 In the field of hydrogen fuel cell production, Oregon State University researchers have discovered that sewage can produce cheap hydrogen. In comparison with traditional electrolysis technology, sewage can produce hydrogen at a lower cost.

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