News tagged with fuel production
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German solar industry faces subsidy cut: minister
Germany, the world's biggest market for solar cells, is poised to slash its subsidies for solar power by as much as 17 percent, Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle said on Tuesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Feeding the future
(PhysOrg.com) -- At the current growth rate the global population is predicted to reach 10 billion by 2050. To feed this many people, food production worldwide will need to double during a period when climate ...
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Toward home-brewed electricity with 'personalized solar energy'
New scientific discoveries are moving society toward the era of "personalized solar energy," in which the focus of electricity production shifts from huge central generating stations to individuals in their ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Ethanol results in higher ozone concentrations than gasoline, researchers say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ethanol, often promoted as a clean-burning, renewable fuel that could help wean the nation from oil, would likely worsen health problems caused by ozone, compared with gasoline, especially ...
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Self-destructing bacteria improve renewable biofuel production
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Arizona State University research team has developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing lower-cost, renewable biofuels. The team has programmed a photosynthetic microbe ...
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Genome Engineering Could Provide New Method of Creating Diesel
When we think of genetic engineering, our minds often jump to giant tomatoes and animal cloning. However, this is not always the case.
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Hydrogen milestone moves energy independence one step forward
(PhysOrg.com) -- Big things often come in small packages. That's certainly the case with the potential created by recent successes in hydrogen research at Idaho National Laboratory.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Termites? gut reactions show how to improve renewable fuel, researchers say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Termite damage costs the U.S. more than $1 billion each year, but that same destructive power might help solve one of the nation’s most pressing economic quandaries: sustainable fuel production.
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Renewable hydrogen production becomes reality at winery
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first demonstration of a renewable method for hydrogen production from wastewater using a microbial electrolysis system is underway at the Napa Wine Company in Oakville. The refrigerator-sized hydrogen ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 29, 2009 |
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'Green' energy from algae
In view of the shortage of petrochemical resources and climate change, development of CO2-neutral sustainable fuels is one of the most urgent challenges of our times. Energy plants like rape or oil palm a ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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One Sponge-Like Material, Three Different Applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new sponge-like material that is black, brittle and freeze-dried (just like the ice cream astronauts eat) can pull off some pretty impressive feats. Designed by Northwestern University chemists, it can ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Low-cost process produces natural gas from algae
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for converting algae into renewable natural gas for use in pipelines and power generation has been transferred from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to the marketplace ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 06, 2009 |
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Scientists Identify Bacteria That Increase Plant Growth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Through work originally designed to remove contaminants from soil, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and their Belgium colleagues at Hasselt University ...
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Jan 26, 2009 |
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