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Common Algae for Biofuel Butanol Production

Syndicated — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:37:28 +0000

There have been various methods tried for reducing fossil fuel dependency and containing carbon footprints for a healthier and more eco-friendly future. Corn-produced ethanol has been used for mixing with gasoline but there have been side effects like corrosion from ethanol. Also huge tracts of precious farmlands need to be diverted for corn production. [...] Read More...

Posted in: Biofuels, Future Energy, Transportation

The New Role of Microbes in Bio-Fuel Production

Syndicated — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:01:58 +0000

Currently biofuel is produced from plants as well as microbes. The oils, carbohydrates or fats generated by the microbes or plants are refined to produce biofuel. This is a green and renewable energy that helps in conserving fossil-fuel usage. But a new research has led to a new discovery of getting the microbes to [...] Read More...

Posted in: Biofuels, Future Energy, Inventions

Synthetic Fuel from CO2 and Solar Energy?

Syndicated — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:09:54 +0000

Really amazing are the innovative ways solar power is put into use. Now a team of scientists working in Sandia National Laboratories is focusing on exploring basic steps to make synthetic liquid fuel with the help of solar panels. The goal is that this will help considerably reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Conversion goals: The team [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, Environment, Solar Power

Giant Inflatable Airship Powered by Algae

Syndicated — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:42:05 +0000

This summer, piloted by Captain Allan Judd, Bullet 580 will usher in the return of inflatable giant airships. The 235 ft long and 65ft diameter ship is covered with a type of Kevlar, a material 10 times-stronger than steel but only one sixteenth of an inch thick. An E-green design special costing £5.5million, this [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, Inventions, Transportation

Affordable Solar Power with Purple Pokeberries?

Syndicated — Thu, 06 May 2010 07:00:42 +0000

Researchers at Wake Forest University’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials are trying to achieve source of clean and green power through pokeberries! Pokeberries could be helpful in making solar power accessible to many. Nanotech Center scientists have extracted the red dye from pokeberries to paint their efficient and low-cost fiber-based solar cells. The [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power

Engineers Tap Algae Cells for Electricity

Syndicated — Mon, 03 May 2010 07:50:10 +0000

With the help of photosynthesis plants convert light energy to chemical energy. This chemical energy is stored in the bonds of sugars they use for food. Photosynthesis happens inside a chloroplast. Chloroplasts are considered as the cellular powerhouses that make sugars and impart leaves and algae a green hue. During photosynthesis water is split [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, Future Energy, Inventions

Biofuels and Carbon Capture from Frog Foam?

Syndicated — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:17:05 +0000

Since time immemorial human beings are trying to use solar energy for their survival and day to day use. We know that green plants create their own food and energy with the help of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis happens in the presence of sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. The end results are food, chemical energy and [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, Environment, Solar Power

Fuel from Chicken Feathers?

Syndicated — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:37:42 +0000

If we go by the stats, every year 11 billion pounds of poultry industry waste accumulates annually, because we have gigantic appetite for poultry products. They can’t be stuffed into pillows. Mostly they are utilized as low-grade animal feed. Scientists in Nevada have created a new and environmentally friendly process for developing biodiesel fuel [...]
Posted in: Biodiesel, Biofuels, Waste Energy

Solar Energy from Plant Protein Structure

Syndicated — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:29:32 +0000

Nanoscience is quite fascinated with the process of photosynthesis. They want to duplicate this process exhibited by green plants and utilize the solar power for energy use. Till now power generating solar panels are not in a position to replace the fossil fuels. They produce little amount of energy and quite expensive also. Generation [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, Inventions, Solar Power

Waste to Energy Continues to Gain Steam

Syndicated — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:38:11 +0000

While new energy solutions are being discovered, refined and brought further and further into the public light, something that does not get a lot of headlines is waste to energy. How something like this continues to not be used in the United States is incredible as countries like Japan have been using it for [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, Industry, Waste Energy