According to the Spanish Ministry for Industry, Tourism, and Commercie, El Hierro will be the first energy self-sufficient island in the world. It will have a development budget of over 50 million...
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Thanks to Narsi Santhanam for sending an email pointing me to many the resources on algae power that you will find on Narsi's blog. You can visit Narsi's blog by clicking this link and learn...
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Stadiums used for sports and entertainment activities require huge amounts of electricity for its operations. Millennium Stadium in Wales is leading the call for renewable energy use by positioning...
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The Science Daily reports of a new alternative energy source for powering medical devices, sensors and portable electronics. The new source would come from muscle contraction or other body movements....
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Can you burn plastics? This is a very old question that has not really been answered. Some people think that burning plastics in wood stoves, furnaces, or in open fires is better than burying...
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My friend and colleague Meikah who writes about the management concept called Six Sigma sent me this article about Silverlake's Lovecraft Biofuels, a company engaged in customizing old gas...
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Tidal power is undergoing a stage of research and development similar to wind farm development 15 years ago and solar cell development a couple of decades back. A number of developments in tidal power...
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A Spanish company is developing a system for producing energy from marine algae, with the hope of replacing fossil fuel and reducing pollution by late 2007. Biofuel Systems SL (BFS), the Spanish...
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Hi, I am writing to let persons interested in alternative fuels know that MapMuse has recently introduced interactive mapping of biodiesel fuel stations and ethanol 85 fuel stations across the US....
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories' Advanced Energy Technologies Department conducts research focusing on converting and storing energy (batteries and fuel cells), processes to reduce the...
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Physicist Seamus "Shay" Curran, head of the nanotechnology program at New Mexico State University along with collaborates from Wake Forest University and the University of Florida are...
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New York state, two partners will capture carbon dioxide, make biofuel Algae stored in tubes are busy capturing carbon dioxide in this reactor created by GreenFuel Technologies. A similar system will...
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"Ethanol is a clean-burning, high-octane fuel that is produced from renewable sources. At its most basic, ethanol is grain alcohol, produced from crops such as corn. Because it is domestically...
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How much money can I save by making biodiesel? Your immediate savings per gallon can be calculated by taking approximately $1.50 (typical petroleum diesel cost) minus the $0.70 (very conservative)...
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What happens when you can't be a Texas Oilman in Texas? You become a windfarmer: ENN Windfarms are great, but why put them in the gulf of Mexico? Won't there be like maintenance problems, or...
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GreanPeace is committed to stopping climate change through the use of decentralized energy alternatives. "The scope for reducing electricity demand, and thus CO2 emissions, through energy...
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Feeling guilty about your home's energy bills? You should be, especially if you are getting your electric from a company that uses coal or other fossil fuels to generate your power. But look at...
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Beginning in 2007, a group of Danish developers will build the worlds first hydrogen city complete with residential houses, businesses, shops, cars, and roads so that ordinary citizens may enjoy life...
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According to an American Bar Association (ABA) newsletter on energy, CO2 concentrations ion the atmosphere are rising at 2 ppm a year (the newsletter article cites: The discovery of Global Warming)....
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Realizing that global warming may not just be a scientific proposition but an occurring fact, King County in Washington State has started taking steps to both curb emissions and reuse resources...
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This article is co-authored by Hans De Keulenaer and Michael Olivo. Hans De Keulenaer is the Manager for Electricity & Energy at the European Copper Institute. He maintains the Sustainable Energy...
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