If you really want an indicator of just how close we are to a more sustainable energy future, take a look at what’s going on over at United Arab Emirates (UAE), deep in the heart of the world’s most notoriously prolific petroleum-exporting region. UAE’s Masdar Institute of Science and Technology … [continued]
Serendipity has played a role in many scientific discoveries. Developing a water treatment method capable of separating oil-producing algae, bacteria, and other organic material during its algae-biofuel production process, OriginOil discovered that it works equally well on the water that accompanies the petroleum, bacteria, and organic solids extracted from oil … [continued]
Europe’s use of coal has been going up, not down, but it’s not all bad news. The trend looks to be short-lived as mammoth wind farms and the DESERTEC international solar project come on line, and now a new EU research consortium based at the University of Aberdeen is looking … [continued]
As pressure on the Obama Administration to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline ramps up, algae biofuel is emerging as yet another domestic energy source that undercuts every argument for the project, which is designed to convey tar sands oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries. In the latest development, researchers … [continued]
Beyond our own electric vehicle (EV) stories, here are some topic EV stories from around the interwebs from the past week or so: Trains Hybrid Trains are the Future: EU to Fit KERS Systems to High-speed Rail Thanks to the success of the Prius and others, hybrids have become a … [continued]
The EERE funding opportunity aims to help realize the promise of algae biofuels by financing integrated research and development encompassing three priority areas
The renewable energy industry had a lot to celebrate over this week’s “fiscal cliff” deal in Congress, most notably with the extension of the production tax credit for wind power. However, no sooner did President Obama sign the bill and jet off into the distance, than Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) … [continued]
One of the key factors standing between algae biofuel and the real world of market-competitive energy is something that has a lot in common with comm illnesses, and that is bacteria. The tiny little buggers can interfere with an efficient growth process and they really go to work as soon as algae … [continued]
It ain’t over ’til it’s over, but yesterday the Senate took a big step toward freeing up the Department of Defense to go full steam ahead with its ambitious biofuel initiatives. The move is especially significant because along with the expected Democratic supporters, the vote in favor of biofuels included a … [continued]
Some more clean transport news from the past few days or so: EVs Ford Fusion Energi Priced At $39,495: “Marching forward with its plans to launch a slew of plug-in hybrid vehicles this year, Ford has finally put a price and details to the much-anticipated 2013 Ford Fusion Energi … [continued]
