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• Algae: Biofuel of the future?

  University of Virginia researchers have a plan to greatly increase algae oil yields by feeding the algae extra carbon dioxide (the main greenhouse gas) and organic material like sewage, meaning the algae could simultaneously produce biofuel and clean Read More...
  Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:08 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Algae, biofuel

• TURNING WASTE MATERIAL INTO ETHANOL

  Nanoscale catalysts could tap syngas as cheap source of ethanol Say the word “biofuels” and most people think of grain ethanol and biodiesel. But there’s another, older technology called gasification that’s getting a new look from Read More...
  Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 3:34 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alternative energy, Ethanol, biofuel, nanospheres

• New World Record For Efficiency For Solar Cells; Inexpensive To Manufacture

  Physicist Bram Hoex and colleagues at Eindhoven University of Technology, together with the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, have improved the efficiency of an important type of solar cell from 21.9 to 23.2 percent (a relative improvement of 6 per cent). Read More...
  Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 11:17 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Solar energy, Alternative energy, biofuel

• 'Self-digesting' biofuel plants could ease food crisis

  Biofuel from plants could be a solution to the looming depletion of cheap oil, but making it out of food crops poses problems that are brought into sharp resolve by the current food crisis. One way around this problem is to use the tough inedible plants, Read More...
  Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 11:12 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alternative energy, biofuel