Articles in Renewable Energy
A test algae bioreactor project run by GreenShift Corporation was just awarded a $375,000 grant by the Montana Department of Commerce and may, if it works out as hoped, pave the way for commercialization of …
The first biofuel test flight by a commercial airline was completed yesterday by Air New Zealand using a 50:50 blend of a jatropha-derived synthetic paraffinic kerosene and conventional Jet A1 fuel (named NZ-J50) in an …
The Saltire Prize has been set up in Scotland to attract marine renewable energy projects that could bring better access to cheap energy. Dozens of companies will compete for the prize reports the Herald.
The competition …
On 30th January 2009, Japan Airlines (JAL) is slated to be the first airline to carry out a demo flight using a biofuel refined from the energy crop camelina. The flight will test a blend …
Researchers from UCLA reported that they have re-engineered a common bacteria to produce complex and energy-dense alcohols. They have used the bacteria Escherichia coli to produce various long-chain alcohols with carbon numbers ranging from 5 …
Oil has now dipped to levels that could be too low for many advanced-biofuel startups to succeed, especially those that attracted investment this summer, while oil was well above $100 a barrel. Tight credit markets …
Designed and developed by Kieron Bradley and polar guide Jason de Carteret, the custom-made vehicle runs on renewable fuel and is intended to assist the Moon-Regan Trans Antarctic Expedition to scout for hidden crevasses and …
After last week’s crash of an Air New Zealand-owned Airbus A320, and the loss of four Air New Zealand employees who were on board, the airline is postponing its biofuel test flight which was due …
Each year, the US produces about four billion metric tons of waste which has about half the energy content as the same weight of coal. Bill Davis and his company, Ze-Gen, has found a way …
US Sugar Corp. has agreed to explore building a 100-million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol facility in Clewiston, Florida with Coskata, Inc. The plant, if built, would be the world’s largest second-generation ethanol facility. It …
