Hundreds of thousands of tons of watermelons are tossed every year because they aren’t good enough for market. A new study finds that the juice from these watermelons could easily be used to create the biofuel ethanol and other helpful products.
Reversible Acid Gas Technology Captures Sulfur Dioxide from Power Plants
August 27, 2009 By 2 Comments
More sulfur dioxide and other acid gasses could be scrubbed from power plant emissions with a new technology developed by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The new method, Reversible Acid Gas Capture, is a sustainable twofer: it doubles the amount of pollutants currently captured by the leading water-based scrubber, and it is [...]
The U.S is Driving Other National Positions Leading into Copenhagen
August 26, 2009 By 8 Comments
The U.S position on Climate Change is overshadowing all other discussions in the lead up to Copenhagen, even at a conference I recently attended in Melbourne Australia – the 5th Australia-New Zealand Climate Change & Business Conference, August 24-26th. The Australian position requires global consensus for a greenhouse gas emissions target by 25% with a [...]
Energy, Man, Machine and the Climate Crisis
August 26, 2009 By 2 Comments
Who would have predicted the world of science fiction films would prove so prophetic? Our planet is being over-run by machines and we need people like Arnold Schwarzenegger to save us In the world of the film The Matrix, robots, machines and other perennially nasty automatons have taken over the world – another normal day [...]
Wegmans Grocery Gets $1 Million Grant for Fuel Cell Technology
August 26, 2009 By 5 Comments
Wegmans Food Markets is the recipient of a $1 million grant from the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) to install material handling equipment powered by hydrogen fuel cells at its Retail Service Center in Pottsville, Pa.
World’s Most Efficient Solar Technology Coming Soon
August 25, 2009 By 44 Comments
The long-awaited commercial deployment of the world’s most efficient solar technology looks like it will now be near Phoenix, in a 1.5-megawatt, 60-unit deployment of Stirling Energy Systems’ solar thermal collectors. Announced late last week, the 60-dish Maricopa Solar project will be the first commercial-scale solar facility built using Stirling Energy Systems/Tessera Solar‘s SunCatcher [...]
Almond Industry Goes Nuts for Solar Power
August 25, 2009 By 6 Comments
A leading California almond processor, the Minturn Nut Company, has completed the installation of a 403 kW solar power system on its main warehouse facility in Le Grand, California. The system was designed and installed by Cenergy Power, a specialist in agricultural solar applications. California supplies all – that’s right, all – of the almonds [...]
Nearly 4,000 Airlines Must Reduce Emissions or Are Banned in the EU
August 24, 2009 By 6 Comments
The European Union (EU) released a 94-page list of airlines that must reduce their emissions or will be banned from European airports two days ago. These are airlines of various sorts from all around the world. Some top players include United Airlines, US Airways, and the US Navy.
