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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 01:38 |
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The village Board of Appeals gave advocates of a controversial proposed biomass plant a boost Thursday, approving the installation of stacks and a boiler building higher than village ordinances typically permit.
About 275 residents attended the hearing at the Rothschild Pavilion, but the crowd had dwindled to double digits after about five hours of testimony.
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 01:26 |
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A University of Illinois metabolic engineer has taken the first step toward the more efficient and economical production of biofuels by developing a strain of yeast with increased alcohol tolerance.
Biofuels are produced through microbial fermentation of biomass crops, which yield the alcohol-based fuels ethanol and iso-butanol if yeast is used as the microbe to convert sugars from biomass into biofuels.
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 20:34 |
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Every day, 500 tonnes of tiny wood pellets are churned out of Pacific BioEnergy’s Prince George plant, destined for thermal power plants in Europe.
Loaded into boxcars and transported by rail, cargo ship and, finally, canal barges, they’ll travel more than 20,000 kilometres before they end up heating some kid’s waffle in Belgium.
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 20:19 |
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Solarvest has commenced a cooperative Research and Development agreement with Dr. Suzanne Budge at the Canadian Institute of Fisheries Technology at Dalhousie University to assist Solarvest in the characterization of lipids and fatty acids in algae.
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Friday, 27 August 2010 03:13 |
Americans are using less energy overall and making more use of renewable energy resources.
The United States used significantly less coal and petroleum in 2009 than in 2008, and significantly more wind power. There also was a decline in natural gas use and increases in solar, hydro and geothermal power according to the most recent energy flow charts released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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Friday, 27 August 2010 03:09 |
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Continuous research and development of alternative energy could soon lead to a new era in human history in which two renewable sources -- solar and wind -- will become Earth's dominant contributor of energy, a Nobel laureate said in Boston at a special symposium at the American Chemical Society's 240th National Meeting on August 24.
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 17:29 |
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Last year, Powers Energy of America announced that it would build a $254 million waste-to-energy ethanol plant in Schneider, Indiana.
According to an article published in the Post-Tribune, the bioethanol plant has received full commitments for funding. In addition to funding this plant, the investors have also now committed to supporting a $75 million solar plant.
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 17:26 |
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have received a grant aimed at finding an energy efficient and environmentally friendly method for breaking down lignin -- a renewable, energy-rich raw material found in plants -- into feedstock for the petrochemical industry, which produces everything from fuel to pharmaceuticals.
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Monday, 23 August 2010 05:12 |
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As an electronic sign by the road flashed messages last week about “America’s Clean Fuel” and “America’s Peace Fuel,” trucks lined the driveway into the Carbon Green BioEnergy ethanol plant on M-66 near the Barry-Eaton-Ionia county borders.
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Monday, 23 August 2010 05:01 |
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Three years ago, representatives of Hawaiian Electric Co. met with farmers on the Big Island to discuss growing feedstock that could be converted to biofuel and used in the company’s generators.
But discussions grew quiet when local farmers calculated how much they would be earning.
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 01:31 |
The era of personalized energy systems -- in which individual homes and small businesses produce their own energy for heating, cooling and powering cars -- took another step toward reality today as scientists reported discovery of a powerful new catalyst that is a key element in such a system.
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 01:22 |
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Land owned by ALCOA Inc., Tennessee Operations, is now being used to grow a popular perennial grass known for producing cellulosic ethanol.
About 238 acres of switchgrass have been planted on several property sites that ALCOA leases to a local farmer who participates in an incentive program with Genera Energy, a Knoxville-based renewable energy company, and the University of Tennessee.
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 20:20 |
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New York City has adopted new legislation requiring all heating oil sold from October 2012 to include at least 2% biodiesel.
The new law, Introductory Number 194-A, promotes use of Bioheat, a blended fuel available in Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states.
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 20:11 |
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University of Cincinnati Professors David Wendell's and Carlo Monteemagno's “manufactured system of photosynthesis“ means that all captured energy is converted to sugars, unlike natural plant photosynthesis where a large amount of energy is used to maintain the life of the organism.
The foam is a far more efficient of carbon capture and versatile energy production platform, such as bioenergy, presenting new opportunities for developments in the field of renewable energy.
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Friday, 27 August 2010 03:10 |
Solid-state lighting pioneers long have held that replacing the inefficient Edison light bulb with more efficient solid-state light-emitting devices (LEDs) would lower electrical usage worldwide, not only "greenly" decreasing the need for new power plants but even permitting some to be decommissioned.
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Friday, 27 August 2010 03:05 |
Find dusting those tables and dressers a chore or a bore? Dread washing the windows? Imagine keeping dust and grime off objects spread out over an area of 25 to 50 football fields. That's the problem facing companies that deploy large-scale solar power installations, and scientists have now presented the development of one solution -- self-dusting solar panels ― based on technology developed for space missions to Mars.
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 17:27 |
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The dreams for our future that contains energy independence and national economic security are the dreams of algaepreneurs from around the world.
The National Algae Association brings algae producers and researchers together with harvesting and extraction equipment manufacturers to share their dreams and make them a reality.
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 17:22 |
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PetroAlgae Inc. announced on August 11 that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to its proposed public offering of its common stock.
The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.
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Monday, 23 August 2010 05:06 |
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Sources of renewable gas could be growing just outside your door.
A new report carried out on behalf of Bord Gais has discovered that at least 7.5pc of Ireland's natural gas could be supplied using grass and waste.
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Monday, 23 August 2010 04:51 |
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A group of scientists from Tohoku University and Tohoku Electric Power Co. has developed a technology to efficiently generate bioethanol from seaweeds such as sea tangle and sea grape, group members said Saturday.
The technology uses natural yeast discovered by the group as well as a new fermentation method, according to the group led by Minoru Sato, professor of marine biochemistry at Tohoku University.
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