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Alternate Energy from Flowing Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

SymPowerco to pursue specific alternative power supply markets with its unique Flowing Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

16 Oct 2008

Reducing CO2 Emissions with Better Buildings, Efficient Energy Supply and Biofuels for Heating

Better house envelopes, more efficient energy supply systems, and use of biofuels for heating buildings would reduce CO2 emissions in Europe

15 Oct 2008

Biofuel Standards Needed to Protect the Environment

The United States lacks the policies needed to ensure that cellulosic biofuel production will not cause environmental harm, says a distinguished group of international scientists

13 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology Developments to Replace Fossil Fuels and Solve Climate Change

A team of physicists, engineers, chemists and biologists at the University of Kansas and partner institutions is devising nanotechnology that could help supplant fossil fuels and curb climate change

8 Oct 2008

Research Team to Search Tropical Sea Creatures for Molecules to be Used in Biofuels and Drugs

OHSU will lead an NIH-funded project to explore the biodiversity of Philippine marine mollusks and associated microbes that offer clues to potential central nervous system, cancer and antimicrobial drugs as well as enzymes for biofuels production

7 Oct 2008

Call for Environmental Standards for Biofuel Crops

The United States lacks the standards to ensure that producing biofuels from cellulose won't cause environmental harm, says a distinguished group of international scientists. But because the industry is so young, policymakers have an exceptional opportunity to develop incentive programs to ensure the industry doesn’t harm the environment

3 Oct 2008

Weyerhaeuser and Lignol to Develop Applications for Biochemical Outputs

Lignol Energy Corporation("Lignol" or "the Company"), a leading technology company in the lignocellulosic biorefining sector, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (the &quo...

30 Sep 2008

Carbon Dioxide Scrubber Captures Greenhouse Gases Straight Out of the Air

U of C scientist captures global warming gas directly from the air; technology could reduce emissions from transportation

30 Sep 2008

Ethanol Industry Feeding Animals Not Just Cars

According to a new analysis by the Renewable Fuels Association, America’s ethanol producers delivered 23 million metric tons of livestock and poultry feed to the world last year, or nearly three times the amount of wheat, sorghum, barley and oats fed to U.S. livestock

28 Sep 2008

Biodiesel Testing System Gets Broad Support From Biodiesel Industry

Cognis Corporation announced that its biodiesel quality testing system has grown by nearly 50 percent already this year and is now testing the quality of biodiesel facilities that produce a combined total of 750 MM gallons in the U.S., Europe and South America

25 Sep 2008