Tag: Biofuels - Page 9
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Ford Adds Wheat Straw to the 2010 Flex
Even in the early heydays, Henry Ford was fond of using plants like hemp and straw to reinforce plastic components for his cars. Now bioplastics are back and turning up in cell phones, forks, and more. Ford Motors started trying out soy-based seat foam
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5 Ways the US Military is Greening Up Its Act - From Solar-Powered Bases to Barnacle-Clearing Robots
Let's leave aside for the moment the fact that military vehicles are some of the most fuel-inefficient out there, and issues with wars and environmental degradation. In light of Veteran's Day, let's take a look at just some
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The Best of Fast Company: BP's Bid to Move Beyond Petroleum, Growing Algae in Abandoned Mines, and a Green Makeover for the Humvee
This week at Fast Company, we looked at BP's move into next-generation biofuels, a plan to grow algae quickly and efficiently in abandoned mines, EnerDel's hybrid makeover of the Humvee, and the world's tallest green building.
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KLM Schedules First Biofuel Test Flight With Passengers
Mark your calendars for November 23rd. That's when the first aviation biofuel test flight with passengers aboard is scheduled to take place, and the first test flight in Europe. Dutch airline KLM has announced that "a
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Indian Oil Corporation Partners With PetroAlgae - Fifth Oil Major to Back Algae Biofuels
And then there were five... Indian Oil Corporation has become the fifth major oil company to stake a claim in the world of algae biofuels. IOCL has a signed a memorandum of understanding with Florida-based PetroAlgae to license
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7 Airlines That Really Need to Green up Their Act
No, we are not saying air travel is green. But some airlines are a lot greener than others. In fact, in this arena, the difference between 'eco savvy' and
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The Sahara Forest Project Is a Visionary "Do"
I recently returned from the Do Lectures in Wales, a collection of talks given by visionary people who've decided to put their ideas into action; to "do." I walked away inspired by nearly all of the lectures, but
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Department of Energy Invests $151 Million in Tomorrow's Transformative Technologies
Money from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (aka The Stimulus) continues to find its ways through the governmental pipes and out into the world. The latest: The Department of Energy has announced that $151 million in
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Solar and Agriculture: Double Cropping Energy and Food
From a 25-megawatt photovoltaic plant in Florida to a 4,500 acre solar thermal installation in California, solar just keeps getting bigger. Within that context, a 100kw array may seem hardly worth mentioning, but folks
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The Best of Fast Company: Ethical Halloween Candy, Bunnies for Biofuel, and a Twitter Taxi
This week at Fast Company, we looked at the most sustainable Halloween candy, whether it makes sense to burn rabbits for biofuel, Green Tomato Cars' Twitter taxi service, and 6 ways Google has greened its main campus.
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Las Gaviotas: A Sustainable Community Cut Off From the World Almost 40 Years Ago
It sounds like something out of a fairy tale or a children's book, a community deep in the wild jungle of Colombia, cut off from society almost 40 years ago. Then, after the rest of the world turned their back
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Use the Toilet, Produce Biofuels! High-Yield Cellulosic Ethanol From Sewage System Debuted
It's been a while since a good poo-power story has come down the pipe, but here's an interesting one: Massachusetts-based biofuels company Qteros and wastewater recyclers Applied Clean Tech have announced that they
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Biodiesel Motorcycle Attempts Circumnavigation of Australia
With more than a touch of irony, a motorcyclist who spent about 20 years as an off-shore oil driller is demonstrating that there are alternatives to fossil fuels. Paul Carter, now a best seller author, last month leapt aboard a motorbike (designed and
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News From Mother Jones: October 8
Hello TreeHugger readers, and welcome to the first weekly roundup of environmental news from Mother Jones.
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The Best of Fast Company: Cloud Computing, Crowdsourced City Design, and the Greenest Brands Chosen By You
This week at Fast Company, we looked at the sustainable qualities of cloud computing, ideas for San Francisco city design crowdsourced from the locals, a list of green brands chosen by consumers, and a major US military purchase of biofuels.
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EV Rebirth: Alt-Car Expo Rolls Out the Latest Wheels
The famed General Motors EV1 was on display and so were high-mileage prototypes from the Society of Automotive Engineers, the new Ford Fusion and BMW's E-mini at the Alternative Car
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Coal-Fired Power Generator To Supplement Boiler Feed With Switchgrass And Sorghum
Remember all the excitement over growing switch grass as feedstock for ethanol fuel? Forget that sissy fermentation stuff. Real powerhouses burn it outright. NRG Energy Inc, a company with combined
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Man Builds 100 MPG Lotus Replica that Runs on Homebrewed Biodiesel
Photo: Kinetic Vehicles Kudos to Kinetic Vehicles! digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/diy-max-100-mpg-biodiesel-lutos-replica-homemade.php';There are tons of project cars all around the internet, but my favorites are DIY green
