Archive for the Waste Energy Category
Waste Energy:Turning Wastewater into Ethanol
As the world continues to search for alternative fuels to fuel our cars and heat our homes, many different opportunities are being explored and there has finally been a significant breakthrough in turning wastewater into ethanol as an automobile fuel source. Qteros and Applied Clean Tech have teamed
Nanotube Technology Transforms CO2 Into Fuel
Presence of surplus carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has taken center stage in the environmental science. All over the world people are worried about the excess amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because it’s causing undesirable changes in the surroundings such as green house effect, globa
Trans-America Journey Powered by Waste Vegetable Oil
We love to read about different travelers and their adventures, wishing secretly that we could be in their shoes. Here is a young traveler, Stacy Jurich, 2006 graduate of Ohio State University. She is on a 3 ½ month journey across the country, driving her 1981 Mercedes across America. So what is ne
Plant generates electricity from sisal waste
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 tr
Cow Manure Could Be Cheap Alternative to Gas
The secret to cheaper gas could lie in cow dung. The Vehicle Research Institute of Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., has been turning cow manure into fuel that can power a natural-gas car. Researchers are not shoveling manure straight into the gas tank but pumping the methane -- a
