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]
Editor’s Update: I’ve added an extensive reader comment to bottom of this post. “The energy source for biofuels is the sun, through photosynthesis. The energy source for solar power is also the sun. Which is better?” This is the question posed by University of California – Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental … [continued]
Editor’s note: solar PV and wind energy use a ton less water than their electricity counterparts (nuclear, coal, oil, and combined cycle power plants). Despite the imminent landfall of Hurricane Isaac in the Gulf Coast, the United States is currently experiencing its worst drought in decades, as measured by the U.S. … [continued]
Cornell researchers have figured out a way to make biofuel products from beer broth, and their findings are so exciting that the normally unflappable Royal Society of Chemistry has conferred “hot” status on a paper describing the beer-to-biofuel process. The beer broth in question isn’t suitable for tippling, which makes … [continued]
California is the top clean energy state for the third consecutive year, and the American West continues to lead the regional clean tech economy, according to a new ranking from industry analysts Clean Edge.
Gasoline and diesel are still fossil fuel kings of the fuel supply chain but alternative fuels are now swinging the scale more toward green. A growing number of people believe alternative fuels will have an expanded role in the cars and trucks of tomorrow. According to Larry West, such interest … [continued]
Auto racing hasn’t traditionally been a bastion of sustainability. The core of its appeal is dozens of gas-powered cars screaming around a track, as fast as they can, gulping down gallons of fuel, and spitting out fumes all the way.
energyNOW! correspondent Lee Patrick Sullivan made a pit stop at a recent NASCAR race to see how it is greening auto racing by switching to biofuels.
Last week, ground was broken in Decatur, Il on construction of this country’s first large-scale industrial carbon capture and storage facility that aims to demonstrate that CO2 emissions can be stored permanently in deep underground rock formations.
It lives on damaged, infertile, and eroded soils, improves the ecosystem of forest floors, removes CO2 from the atmosphere and produces a sugary sweet juice at an amazing rate. The Arenga Sugar Palm is arguably Indonesia’s best kept secret.
We all know that the U.S. is awash in soda pop, but it took a group of students and scientists from Oklahoma State University to figure out that soda pop could be a cheap, renewable resource for making ethanol fuel. Their timing is perfect, since the U.S. EPA has just … [continued]
