Archive for the ‘Biomass’ Category

Miles Per Acre: Is Electricity Better than Ethanol?

May 10th, 2009

Science Daily recently looked at the question: How can we maximize our "Miles per acre" from biomass? While it is possible to turn biomass into ethanol to burn in internal combustion engine …

Is Making Chemicals and Industrial Materials from Plant Matter the Real Issue?

September 24th, 2006

I would like to thank my readers again for suggesting topics that have high levels of ecological significance. This one is from Wendy Jedlicka of o2umw.org.

According to Wendy, a study made by David …

A New Kind of Recycling: Junk Wood To Energy

September 12th, 2006

A lone timber jack bundles old wood, rotting timber, and other forest wastes in North America. It's a growing trend, as more and more people are beginning to see just how substitutable biomass can…

Plant seeks to make landfills obsolete producing power from trash

August 22nd, 2006

Ever since I started looking at renewable energy projects, the world has changed. Unsightly landfills and poor solid waste methodologies used to be a city's bane. With renewable energy development…

Waste to Fuel

August 21st, 2006

The word "waste" isn't really applicable nowadays. Waste can be used for power generation, as proved by Russian researchers from the N.E. Bauman Moscow State Engineering University. Usin…

Corn: More Than Just Ethanol

August 21st, 2006

The US produces Bioethanol from corn. Right now, people are looking at Cellulosic ethanol production, which will make use corn waste to produce the biofuel. Researchers from Penn State and led by Dr. …

Waste to Fuel Technology from a Seattle-based Company

August 1st, 2006

A private Washington-based company called Green Power Incorporated has claimed to have the technology available for converting all forms of solid or liquid waste (except radiation waste) to ready-to-u…