By Eric on Jun 24, 2008 in Energy | Comments Off
Louisiana’s governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law the Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative, the most comprehensive and far-reaching state legislation in the United States, enacted to develop a statewide advanced biofuel industry. Louis…
By Eric on Jun 20, 2008 in Energy | Comments Off
Scientists at the University of Liverpool are investigating how a Madagascan plant could be used to help produce crops in harsh environmental conditions. The plant, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, is unique because, unlike normal plants, it captures most of it…
By Eric on Jun 18, 2008 in Energy | Comments Off
A range of conflicting interests is playing itself out again in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the vast Central African country that just came out of the most lethal of wars. The DRC, roughly the size of Western Europe, is blessed (or cursed) …
By Eric on Jun 17, 2008 in Energy | Comments Off
According to a new study by experts from the world’s leading agronomic and agricultural economics research institution - the Wageningen University & Research Centre - neither speculation nor biofuels are to blame for the current high food prices. I…
By Eric on Jun 17, 2008 in Energy | Comments Off
Energy Minster Malcolm Wicks announced today the British government has approved Helius Energy’s plan to build a 65MW energy crop and wood-burning power station in Lincolnshire. Initially waste wood will be used as fuel, with energy crops and waste fro…
By Eric on Jun 16, 2008 in Energy | Comments Off
Researchers from Germany and the United Kingdom report the first use of bacteria to deposit sticky coatings of nanosized cellulose particles on the surfaces of plant fibers, a process that may expand the use of natural fibers in renewable plastic compo…
By Eric on Jun 15, 2008 in Energy | Comments Off
In March of this year, a group of scientists, technology leaders and energy policy experts convened in the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center to discuss the potential for a global trade in sustainable biofuels that benefits the rural poor. The grou…
By Eric on Jun 12, 2008 in Energy | Comments Off
California utility PG&E Corp has contracted with a renewable energy unit of Portuguese conglomerate Martifer for 106.8 megawatts (MW) of solar thermal-biomass hybrid power. Solar power is an intermittent source of energy: it cannot deliver reliable…
By Eric on Jun 11, 2008 in Energy | Comments Off
A group of European scientists has come up with a suggestion on how to green deserts. Gypsum, a rocky mineral abundant in desert regions where fresh water is usually in very short supply, could become a new resource out of which trillions of liters of …
By Eric on Jun 10, 2008 in Energy | Comments Off
The German parliament (Bundestag) has agreed [*German] to new laws that strengthen conditions for investments in renewable energy. The laws are part of the government’s “Climate Package,” the goals of which are saving 250 million metric tons of CO2 by…