November 12th, 2013 | by Silvio Marcacci
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has released a new app, the Alternative Fueling Station Locator, listing the location and details of 15,000 alternative vehicle fueling stations across America.
April 15th, 2013 | by Guest Contributor
This post first appeared on Fuel Freedom By Zana Nesheiwat Famous for Volvo, Ikea and Absolut Vodka, Sweden is now [&hellip
June 20th, 2012 | by Glenn Meyers
Flying high on sugarcane may once have been little more than the lyric to a song. Not any longer.
June 20th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
The U.S. military is – perhaps unsurprisingly – one of the driving forces behind alternative fuel sources; after all, not being dependent on potentially hostile foreign countries for vital fuel is a matter of national security. However, in the short term, said alternative fuels are more expensive than standard fossil fuels, and that creates a few problems.
March 26th, 2012 | by Silvio Marcacci
Ball State University last week dedicated the largest vertical closed-loop geothermal heating and cooling system in America.
October 3rd, 2011 | by Tina Casey
Heat-loving fungi could provide a key enzyme for making low cost biofuel, and a team of "mushroom detectives" from the Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute think they've just nailed their man - er, fungus. In an article published just yesterday in Nature Biotechnology, the team identified two types of fungi that can boost the biofuel refining process along at temperatures up to 75 degrees
September 27th, 2011 | by Charis Michelsen
Tiny short-range electric cars with room for one or two were not uncommon at the IAA 2011 – VW brought the Nils, Audi had the Urban Concept, and Opel showed the Rak e. Peugeot missed the auto show, but has announced its own tiny electric car anyway – the Velv
August 27th, 2011 | by Silvio Marcacci
Alternative transportation fuels have been heralded as a way to shift heavy-duty trucks away from diesel or gasoline toward cleaner burning fuel, but the transition has remained a road too far for one main reason – lack of infrastructure. Even though gasoline prices are high and reducing pollution is an imperative to environmentalists, it’s still easy to find a gas station whenever you need one. The nationwide network of filling stations has been built over the past 100 years, giving oil-based fuels an advantage over newer alternatives, like hydrogen or natural gas. energyNOW! correspondent Lee Patrick Sullivan traveled to California to learn about efforts to build a new network of alternative fuel filling stations – the Interstate Clean Transportation Corridor (ICTC)
April 19th, 2011 | by Glenn Meyers
A Colorado law allowing for the creation of solar gardens represents another step in the effort to feed solar electricity to the grid from smaller players
April 1st, 2011 | by Tina Casey
Do-it-yourselfers are probably rejoicing in the streets, now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has tweaked its rules for selling alternative fuel conversion systems for cars. The previous rule was intended to ensure that fuel conversions don't have the unintended consequence of creating significantly more
October 20th, 2009 | by Beth Graddon-Hodgson
The Norfolk Southern Railway recently debuted a green transportation option that’s among the first of its kind. It’s currently only [&hellip
October 10th, 2009 | by Beth Graddon-Hodgson
As many car makers are coming out with electric and hybrid vehicle options that appeal to the average driver, there’s [&hellip
October 8th, 2009 | by Beth Graddon-Hodgson
Recently accusations came to light that Nissan and GM to inflate their MPG claims by combining gas and electric mileage [&hellip
September 11th, 2009 | by Beth Graddon-Hodgson
The Veggie Van Organization unveiled the first algae fuel powered car this week in San Francisco. It’s actually a plug-in [&hellip
August 28th, 2009 | by Derek Markham
The future prospects of companies involved in electric vehicles continue to be greatly influenced by the support (or lack thereof) [&hellip
October 21st, 2008 | by Ariel Schwartz
The promise of commercial algae fuel is getting closer to reality with GreenFuel Technologies’ announcement today of a $92 million [&hellip
September 9th, 2008 | by Joshua S Hill
One of the main problems with the future of ethanol production is its relationship to corn. For some time now [&hellip
April 1st, 2008 | by Michelle Bennett
An announcement made this week is stirring excitement in the aviation industry as a scientist turned inventor claims he can [&hellip
