Industrial Production of Biodiesel
Feasible Within 15 Years,
Researchers Predict

Science (Aug. 13, 2010) — Within 10 to 15 years, it will be technically possible to produce sustainable and economically viable biodiesel from micro-algae on a large scale. Technological innovations during this period should extend the scale of production by a factor of three, [...]

Posted on August 16th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: ALGAE WEEDS PLANTS, AQUA MARINE, BIO DIESEL, BIO MASS, EQUIPMENT, FUEL, MANUFACTURING, MATERIALS | No Comments »

Oil-hungry microbes aid spill cleanup

NEW YORK (UPI) — Among workers involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup will be some very tiny ones, U.S. researchers say — microbes that love to munch on crude oil.
One of the hidden stars of the cleanup effort is an oil-hungry bacterium called Alcanivorax, one of a class [...]

Posted on August 11th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: ARTICLES, BACTERIA, CLEANING, ECO ISSUES, ECO REPORTS, FUEL, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, OILS PETROL | No Comments »

Study: Butter could power diesel vehicles

WASHINGTON (UPI) — U.S. researchers say the quest for raw materials as sources of biodiesel fuel has focused on an unlikely farm product — butter.
Scientists are investigating whether surplus, spoiled or non-food-grade butter can be used to make biodiesel fuel at competitive prices, an American Chemical Society release said Wednesday.
Global [...]

Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: ANIMALS, BIO DIESEL, BY-PRODUCTS, DIESEL, FOOD, FUEL | No Comments »

Urine eyed as possible power source

BRISTOL, England (UPI) — British researchers say they are looking at urine as a possible energy source for fuel cells that could power autonomous robots.
Scientists at the University of Bristol say the waste product could serve as the fuel for microbial fuel cells, which use bacterial cultures that digest waste [...]

Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: BIO MASS, BY-PRODUCTS, FUEL, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, POWER GENERATION | No Comments »

Fuel Cells Science & Technology Conference

The early bird registration deadline for Fuel Cells Science & Technology 2010 ends tomorrow.
Don’t forget to reserve your place, register now.

Fuel Cells Science & Technology 2010 will be held 6-7 October in Zaragoza , the capital city of the Zaragoza province, Spain. The aim of the conference is to bring [...]

Posted on July 29th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: ENERGY COLLECTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY STORAGE, EVENTS, FUEL, GROUPS, NEW TECHNOLOGIES | No Comments »

Video Description of 1,000mph land speed car record here

July 20 – Three years in the planning, the design of the first 1,000 mph car is unveiled. The Bloodhound SSC, or super-sonic car, is the creation of a team of engineers hoping to smash the current land speed record in 2012. Stuart McDill [...]

Posted on July 29th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: FUEL, SPEED MOTION, TRANSPORT, VIDEOS | No Comments »

New Biofuels Processing Method
for Mobile Facilities

Science (July 11, 2010) — Chemical engineers at Purdue University have developed a new method to process agricultural waste and other biomass into biofuels, and they are proposing the creation of mobile processing plants that would rove the Midwest to produce the fuels.

“What’s important is [...]

Posted on July 12th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: BIO DIESEL, BIO GAS, BIO MASS, BY-PRODUCTS, FUEL, WASTE, WOOD | No Comments »

Turning Off the Air Conditioning
Helps Save Fuel, Swiss Study Finds

Science (June 22, 2010) — Automobile air conditioning systems do not run “free of charge.” In fact in the hot parts of the world they can account for up to thirty per cent of fuel consumption. Even in Switzerland, with its temperate [...]

Posted on June 29th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: AIR POWER, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, FUEL, PETROL | No Comments »

Diesel now used for motor sports
Variable Turbine Geometry Audis sweep Le Mans 24 Hour

Not all that long ago, the mere thought of running a diesel in any form of motorsport would have had you laughed at. Diesel victories are now commonplace in long distance races thanks to the excellent power characteristics, reliability, the [...]

Posted on June 15th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: BIO DIESEL, DIESEL, FUEL, TRANSPORT | No Comments »

Turning Trash Into Power
Biological Engineers Generate
Natural Gas with Bacteria

October 1, 2006 — A new kind of waste digester uses two different strains of bacteria in different tanks. This would normally take place in the same environment, but microbiologists have now separated it into two stages that increases natural-gas production. The technology [...]

Posted on June 7th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: BIO DIESEL, BIO GAS, BIO MASS, BOTTLED GAS, BY-PRODUCTS, ECO REPORTS, ENERGY COLLECTION, ENVIRONMENT, FUEL, METHANE, POWER GENERATION, WASTE | 1 Comment »