People want to use clean and green energy and live easy on earth’s resources. Many are changing to hybrid cars and using solar panels side by side with conventional sources of energy. But they hold a grudge. How to store large amount of energy in batteries? Hybrid cars fit batteries for power storage. But this [...]
How green can cars eventually be made? Well, in addition to solar power and hemp-based interiors, automobiles might one day sport tyres made from trees. Wood science researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) say there’s potential to use microcrystalline cellulose — something that can be made from almost any type of plant fibre — to [...]
The development of algae-based biofuels has received a boost after the US Department of Energy decided to award up to $85million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act towards their growth. The fuels that will benefit include renewable hydrocarbon fuels; and advanced, infrastructure-compatible cellulosic biofuels such as ‘drop in’ renewable hydrocarbon fuels. The DOE is [...]
Residents should be offered discounts on their energy bills and free energy efficiency measures when wind farms are built in their community, the Local Government Association said today. Using a “community tariff” to share the financial benefits of renewable energy generation with local communities is one of nine ideas in a new LGA report on [...]
Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. is making a major jump into renewable energy with a $600 million investment in algae-based biofuels. Exxon is joining a biotech company, Synthetic Genomics Inc., to research and develop next-generation biofuels produced from sunlight, water and waste carbon dioxide by photosynthetic pond scum. “The world faces a significant challenge to [...]
The Tanga-based sisal company, Katani Limited has formed an energy company, Mkonge Energy System, to specifically deal with production and selling of energy from renewable sources. The Company’s Managing Director, Mr Salim Shamte, said the establishment of the energy company follows successful trials of power production from sisal waste at its sisal estate in Hale, [...]
With an idle solar panel factory as a backdrop, New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie accused Gov. Jon S. Corzine of not doing enough to help clean energy businesses thrive. Meanwhile, Corzine was in a nearby town lauding the expansion of another such company. The sparring over energy policy clearly signals that the governor’s [...]
