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Friday, July 4th, 2008
KHOU:
Going green with a hybrid vehicle that gets 40 to 50 miles per gallon may sound great. But after you factor in the cost of the car, maintenance and insurance, are hybrids really saving their owners money?
Before $4 a gallon gasoline, Gary Stankowski bought a hybrid vehicle for the ecological reasons.
“I just thought […]
Ethanol Byproduct Produces Green Results
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008EurekAlert!:
Commercial flower and plant growers know all too well that invasive, ubiquitous weeds cause trouble by lowering the value and deterring healthy growth of potted ornamental plants. To control weeds, many commercial nursery owners resort to the expensive practice of paying workers to hand-weed containers. Some growers use herbicides, but efficacy of herbicides is questionable […]
The Marketing Of Ethanol Conversion Kits
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008StimulationBlog:
Swedish media are full of reports on new laws and regulations that come into effect today on 1st July. From a car and environmental perspective perhaps the most important one is the possibility to now legally convert gasoline cars to run on ethanol/E85.
According to reports the interest for the (not yet available) conversion kits is […]
Google To Soon Start Investing In Green Cars
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008GigaOM:
The Earth2Tech Team grabbed some camera time with Google.org’s director for climate change and energy initiatives, Dan Reicher, at Google’s conference in Washington DC on plug-in vehicles.
Reicher told them that Google will make investments in green cars this summer through it’s plug-in hybrid program, RechargeIT. That’s a big step beyond the four plug-in hybrids that […]
Africa’s Biggest Oil Producer Goes Green
Monday, May 5th, 2008AFP:
In his office in Lagos, Alain Salleras, a Frenchman of about 50 for whom biofuels are something of a crusade, is working away at his pet project — producing ethanol from sweet sorghum in Nigeria.
Salleras, executive director of Global Biofuels Ltd, which has partnered with India’s Praj Industries and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) […]
Money Doesn’t Grow On Trees, But Gasoline Might
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Wisbusiness.com:
In 2003, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student George Huber and colleagues made hydrogen from plant sugars using nickel-tin alloy catalysts in the lab of Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor James Dumesic.
In 2005, the team made a diesel-like fuel from plants.
Today, University of Massachusetts Amherst Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering George Huber has graduate students of […]
Money Troubles Stall Green Town Project
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Auburn Citizen:
This one-stoplight farming hamlet had big dreams in 2005 when it was christened BioTown USA.
E85 fuel is available at the BP Station in Reynolds, Ind. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. This one-stoplight farming hamlet had big dreams in 2005 when it was christened BioTown USA. Since then, money problems, leadership changes and other obstacles […]
Ethanol Project For Rural Empowerment
Thursday, March 20th, 2008A multi-million naira ethanol project, which is expected to help empower 5,000 peasant farmers, is being planned for Ekiti State. Dayo Thomas spoke with Mr. Tunji Awoniyi, project coordinator, on the project. Excerpts:
AllAfrica.com:
Fuel Ethanol Project
The Ethanol project in Nigeria is based on the e-10 policy of the Federal Government. Which means, 10% Ethanol, 90% PMS. […]
Green Machines
Thursday, March 6th, 2008Columbus Alive:
More manufacturers are making greener cars, more consumers are taking them home, and what began several years ago as an eco-friendly niche market has turned into widespread demand shaping the auto industry.
The trend will be on display March 8-16 at the 2008 Columbus International Auto Show, when numerous hybrid and alternative-fuel cars and trucks […]
Green Clean Machines
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Courier Mail:
V8 Supercars plan to use green machines from next year.
The thoroughbred Holden and Ford tourers will run on E85 ethanol fuel in a move driven to push the environmental message.
Team owners Larry Perkins and Ross Stone will head a sub-committee on the move which offers some technical challenges in terms of fuel lines and […]
Agri-Business 2100 Speaker Series
Friday, February 1st, 2008Huron Daily Tribune:
The Thumb Area Agri-Business 2100 Project is nearing its first anniversary of service to agricultural-related producers in Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac and Tuscola Counties. Agriculture is Michigan’s largest industry next to the auto industry and adds more than $4 billion annually to Michigan’s economy. It is a high-tech business in today’s vastly competitive markets, […]
Detroit Auto Show Parades Environmental Future
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Georgia Straight:
The flavour of the month at the North American International Auto Show was clean and green transportation. No surprise there. Among the usual 500-horsepower sports cars, extravagant luxury sedans, ground-shaking pickup trucks, and glitzy SUVs gathered on the floor at Detroit’s Cobo Center, there were more environmentally correct vehicles than ever, with virtually all […]
Going Green Is Saving Green
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007WKRG-TV:
Nearly six months have passed since the grand opening of two E85 pumps at the State Motor Pool. Activity at the 12,000 gallon tanks and two pumps has steadily increased, and that activity is saving not only our environment, but our pocketbooks, as well.
“Sales of ethyl alcohol, known as E85 or ethanol, are steadily increasing […]
Brazil Lashes Out At US-EU ‘Green’ Trade Plan
Monday, December 10th, 2007AFP:
Senior trade officials from the United States and Brazil clashed Sunday over a US-EU proposal for fewer tariffs and trade barriers on environmentally-friendly goods and services.
Celso Amorim, Brazil’s minister of foreign relations, said there was “no agreement” on the proposal when it was discussed at a trade ministers meeting on the sidelines of a key […]
Will Biofriendly Fuel Cells Power Future Cars?
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007The Open Press:
At the November 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show, Honda unveiled its new biofriendly FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle (FCV). Honda plans to lease a limited number of them in the summer of 2008. First developed in 1999, the 2008 model has many improvements, such as a 30% increase in driving range and a […]
Industry, Experts Examining New Fuel Source
Monday, November 19th, 2007Bowling Green Daily News:
Kentucky has potentially maxed out on new investments for grain-based ethanol production, but there could be a new energy source on the horizon - cellulose from wood and native grasses.
There has been more than $9 million in Kentucky Agriculture Development funds and even more in private investment made in Commonwealth Agri-energy in […]
The Chocolate-Fuelled Truck That’s Heading To Timbuktu
Monday, November 19th, 2007Daily Mail:
There are blobby chocolate buttons. Chocolate hazelnuts. Orange creams. Walnut whips whose whirls have gone a little bit wonky.
Not to mention disintegrating flakes, chipped chocolate caramels and enough squished family-sized bars to send Augustus Gloop, the greediest child in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, into an all-day feeding frenzy.
Alas - as far as chocoholics […]
Honda: Solar Production Begins
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007Green Energy News:
Though Honda has been mass producing solar cells since October, and has begun sales of them, the opening of Honda Soltec’s production facility in Kumamoto, Japan makes it official: Honda’s in the solar business.
As you’d expect from the cutting edge car company, the product is state of the art. Honda is using thin-film, […]
Silicon Valley Emerging As The Detroit Of Electric Cars
Monday, November 12th, 2007Austin American-Statesman:
Silicon Valley already is the capital of the world’s high-tech industry. Is it also becoming the Detroit of the electric car industry?
The recent announcement by Shai Agassi, a former SAP executive based in Palo Alto, Calif., that he’s raised $200 million for a company that will try to revolutionize the electric car industry is […]
Clean-Tech Start-Ups Swing For The Fences
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007CNET News:
While the 2007 Boston Red Sox celebrated their recent World Series victory outside, entrepreneurs and investors met here on Tuesday to plot the future of energy at the third annual Conference on Clean Energy.
The New England area is vying to become a major center for clean-technology industries, along with Silicon Valley in California. At […]