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Fuel Cell Power Sources Offer Clean, Reliable, Energy for Leisure and Industrial Applications

This Earth Day, SFC Smart Fuel Cell, leading supplier of fuel cell products for mobile and off-grid power applications, points out that fuel cells, operating in a hybrid system with batteries and solar power systems, can power a range of leisure and industrial equipment in any weather conditions

6 Apr 2009

Scotland Introduces Program to Turn Algae into Biofuels

BioMara research project is investigating the feasibility of using algae to produce biofuel

6 Apr 2009

Green Fleet Vehicle Workshop Being Held by Consumers Energy and Clean Cities Coalition

Consumers Energy and the Greater Lansing Area Clean Cities Coalition (GLACC) are working together to spread the news that adding a touch of green to your vehicle fleet is good for Michigan's economy and the environment

2 Apr 2009

Air Force Investigating Powering Military Aircraft With French Fry Grease

Ever imagine filling up the fuel tanks on a military aircraft with french fry grease? That's exactly what Air Force officials could do someday if a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency research program proves successful

2 Apr 2009

Linde Group to Supply Gases for Next-Gen Thin Film Photovoltaic Production for Masdar in Germany

The Linde Group has been awarded a long-term contract to supply all the gases for next-generation thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module production at Masdar's manufacturing site in Erfurt, Germany

30 Mar 2009

Search On For Biosolutions to Climate Change Problems

Global environment organization WWF and leading enzyme biotechnology company Novozymes today announced an initiative which will map how and where low carbon biosolutions can eliminate the first strategic billion tonnes of CO2

25 Mar 2009

Environmental Pioneers Sought For World's Greenest Building

Independence Station, the Oregon development slated to become the World's Greenest Building when it opens in 2010, is now accepting priority pre-reservations for the 15 condominium-style homes included in the mixed-use development

23 Mar 2009

Green Pesticides Exploit Plant Defenses in Battle To Control Fungi Attacks on Crops

Exploiting a little known defense strategy in the ongoing battle between disease-causing fungi and crop plants, scientists in Canada are reporting development of a new class of green fungicides that could provide a safer, more environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional fungicides

23 Mar 2009

$184.3 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Brookhaven Lab

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory will receive $184.3 million in new science funding from President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, principally to accelerate construction of the National Synchrotron Light Source II

23 Mar 2009

BioEnergy Research Collaborative Examines Ways To Make Biofuels

In a move that will advance development of alternative energy in South Carolina, the state’s leading bioenergy researchers have teamed to study how South Carolina’s agricultural resources can help reduce the state’s and nation’s dependence on fossil fuels

23 Mar 2009