biofuels

Mar
11

Biomass energy could fuel 1/3 of rural China

Biomass energy could meet about one-third of rural China’s energy needs by 2020, according to a national action plan
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Mar
10

Algae-based fuel? Top VCs not buying it yet

Algae might have eclipsed corn as the next great source for biofuels, but some leading venture capitalists aren’t buying
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Mar
03

Study: Corn-based fuel 'inefficient, expensive'

The corn-to-biofuel concept took another hit this week as researchers at Duke University concluded it’s an “inefficient and expensive
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Feb
20

Fill 'er up ... with crambe?

Honestly, our heads have been spinning enough already with all the potential biofuel sources: corn, corn stover, wood chips, telephone
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Feb
12

Dung: It's not waste, it's fuel

The increasingly aggressive quest for alternative energy sources is finding potential fuel stocks not only in corn, crop waste and
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Feb
11

US could replace 1/3 of petrol with biofuels ... if

Biofuels could sustainably replace nearly one-third of the petrol used by US motorists by 2030, according to a new study
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Feb
06

Cleantech news you might have missed: 6 Feb. 2009

So much cleantech news, so little time. If you haven’t been able to keep up with all the recent
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Feb
06

Biomass heaters could heat homes, cut CO2

Japanese researchers say they’ve developed a new type of biomass-fueled heater (PDF) that could provide high-efficiency, sustainable heating to
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Feb
05

Waste gas could provide half UK's heat

The UK could meet half of its home heating energy needs by converting waste into biogas, according to a recent
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Feb
04

Research finds way to cheaper biofuels

A new approach toward treating, transporting and refining biofuel feedstock could help bring biofuel costs down to as little as
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