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Biofuel from Rotten Peaches

What’s brewing in Caye Drapcho’s bioreactor may well be a fuel of the future. Drapcho, a biosystems engineer at Clemson University, is investigating a bacterium that produces hydrogen. The microbe is called Thermotoga neapolitana. And it has a taste for peaches, especially rotten ones.

27 Dec 2007

DSM Invests in Green Polymer Technology

DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., today announced that it has made an investment in Novomer Inc. The companies also plan to sign a cooperation agreement. Financial details of the investment will not be disclosed.

26 Dec 2007

Dupont Commits to Sustainable Cooling Technologies

DuPont Refrigerants, together with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and several major supermarket chains and refrigeration equipment manufacturers, recently launched the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership.

26 Dec 2007

PG+E Receives Approval to Generate 585.5 MW of Clean Electricity

Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced today that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved four new renewable energy power purchase agreements. The four renewable projects – three utility-scale solar and one geothermal – will generate 585.5 megawatts (MW) of renewable, clean electricity for PG&E’s customers in northern and central California.

25 Dec 2007

ICP Solar Signs Supply Agreement Chinese Energy Corporation

ICP Solar Technologies Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of solar cells and products, announced today it has signed a two year supply agreement with Shanghai Electric Solar Energy Co.

25 Dec 2007

Shell Builds Facility to Grow Algae for Biofuel

Royal Dutch Shell plc and HR Biopetroleum today announced the construction of a pilot facility in Hawaii to grow marine algae and produce vegetable oil for conversion into biofuel.

25 Dec 2007

Horizon Wind Energy Places Order for 242 Wind Turbines

Horizon Wind Energy has placed an order for 242 units of the V82-1.65 MW wind turbine. The wind turbines, which will have a total installed capacity of 400 MW, will be delivered to Horizon owned wind projects.

24 Dec 2007

Alcoa Commends Approval of New Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards

Alcoa announced today that it commends the U.S. Congress and the White House for approving new vehicle fuel efficiency standards incorporated in the energy bill. The new law requires 35 miles per gallon fuel average for new domestic vehicles, including SUVs, by 2020 a 40 percent increase from current corporate average fuel-economy (CAFE) standards.

23 Dec 2007

Alcoa Announces New Renewable Energy Contract to Supply Massena Operations

Alcoa today announced it has reached an agreement with the State of New York and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) on a new, renewable energy contract to supply the Company’s Massena, NY operations that paves the way for an upgrade of the operations there. Alcoa’s Massena Operation is the largest private employer north of Syracuse, contributing nearly $350 million annually to the local economy.

23 Dec 2007

Research Shows Housewives Are More Willing to Recycle than Students

Research carried out at the University of Granada reveals that housewives are more willing to separate glass from other garbage than students. According to this work, a high awareness of the environment does not necessarily entail the practice of ecologically responsible behaviour.

23 Dec 2007

Online Shoppers Trims Nearly Half a Million Tons of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Holiday shoppers who do most of their gift gathering on-line are saving more than wear and tear on their toes. They are also trimming emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by nearly half a million metric tons, according to calculations from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

23 Dec 2007

Green Power Viable for Tourism

Installing renewable energy is economically viable for tourist accommodation despite being considered too expensive and inefficient, according to the first Australian study of renewable energy in tourism accommodation.

23 Dec 2007

Future Automotive Hydrogen-Storage Materials

Hydrogen is the fuel of the future. Unfortunately, one problem remains: Hydrogen is a gas and cannot easily be pumped into a tank like gasoline. Storage in the form of solid hydrides, chemical compounds of hydrogen and a metal or semimetal, are good storage materials in principle, but have not been well suited to automotive applications.

22 Dec 2007

UW Establishes Center Dedicated to Wind Energy Research

For years, Jonathan Naughton and his colleagues in the University of Wyoming's College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) have conducted research on various wind energy topics.

22 Dec 2007

EPA Promotes Recycling of Certain Petroleum Secondary Materials into Fuel

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is promoting the recycling of certain petroleum secondary materials into fuel. This effort, which will revise the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regulations, is expected to help petroleum refineries reduce waste and capture more energy from each barrel of oil by allowing for the recycling of these materials when they are used at a petroleum refinery for the production of synthesis gas fuel.

21 Dec 2007