Tag: Biofuels
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French zoo to generate its own electricity from panda poo
Thanks to plans underway for a new processing plant to convert waste into electricity, pandas will soon be helping to cut this zoo's energy bill -- with heaps of their potentially-powerful poop.
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KLM to offer weekly transatlantic flights powered by cooking oil
KLM, a Dutch airline, has begun powering some transatlantic flights with a fuel mix that of 25% cooking oil and 75% jet fuel.
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German town goes off the grid, achieves energy independence
Town residents banded together to create their own energy grid fed by wind turbines, solar, and biogas.
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Start That Gluten-Free Diet: Wheat Will Be More Expensive This Year
The drought across the midwest is going to hit wheat, corn and soybeans hard, yet we keep feeding it to cars
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Biodiesel Train Crossed US-Canada Border 24 Times to Exploit Biofuel Loophole
You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out that there's something going on if a train crosses the US-Canada border 12 times back and forth (24 times across the line) without unloading its cargo.
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All Biofuels Are 'Nonsense', Says Nobel-Winning Photosynthesis Expert Hartmut Michel
Doing the math on biofuels. Do they make sense? What are the problems? What are the alternatives?
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Killington Resort Gondola Now Powered by Cow Manure
Killington's K-1 Express Gondola will get its electricity from Green Mountain Power's Cow Power program this winter.
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EU May Cut Transport Biofuel Mandate for 2020 in Half
This would mean less than half a percent increase in the mandated amount of renewable transport fuel to be used over the next eight years.
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Most Biofuels Better Than Oil For Greenhouse Gases, Worse or Similar Eco-Impact Otherwise: New Study
A new Swiss assessment of the environmental impact of biofuels shows that they are actually worse than oil on a variety of important criteria, such as contributing to ocean dead zones and resource depletion.
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US Navy Moving Forward With Biofuels Program, Against Republican Opposition
The Navy and Department of Energy will be providing matching funds to help develop three biofuels refineries capable of each producing 10 million gallons of fuel annually.
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Thousands of Indigenous Farmers Chased Off Their Land to Make Room for Biofuel Companies
Not exactly what a green energy revolution is supposed to look like.
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How The Grassroots Rocket Stove Movement Continues to Push Efficient Cooking
Big bucks are pouring in to high-tech, mass produced cook stoves for the developing world. But grassroots activists insist that a lower tech, open source model is still relevant.
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Energy News: 'Significant' Tar Sands Pipeline Spill in Alberta; New Solar PV Plan for New York, More
Plus, alarm sounded over tar sands pipeline through central Canada and New England; China and Japan get around EU ban on Iranian oil; questions about financial viability of military biofuel plans.
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Air Canada Flew Plane Using 50% Cooking Oil Biofuel for First Time
Test-flights using biofuels are becoming more frequent, and at this point they represent one of the best tools for reducing emissions from air travel.
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Are We Overestimating Biofuels' Benefits by Double Counting Emission Reductions?
Is the conventional wisdom that we need not worry about tailpipe emissions in biofuel-powered vehicles, because the plants had been absorbing carbon while growing, grossly misguided?
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How Cheap Will Algae Biofuel Really Get?
Some new analysis from the Department of Energy shows that algae-based diesel will fall in price, but still be higher than what Americans are used to paying.
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Vacuuming Robot Makes Energy from Scooped Up Food
A concept robot could scoop up scraps of food and convert them into energy.
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US Navy Thinks Renewable Energy is the Future, But House Republicans Don't Want Them to Have It
"The House Armed Services Committee banned the Defense Department from making or buying an alternative fuel that costs more than a “traditional fossil fuel.”"
