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Sustainable Biofuels For Aircraft Will Be On the Market in a Couple of Years

Within three to five years, the first drops of sustainable aviation biofuels could be entering the tanks of aircraft, according to the Geneva-based Air Transport Action Group

14 Jun 2009

Green Energy and the Future of Space Propulsion To Be Examined at Conference

Alternative fuels, electric propulsion systems, fuel cells, and futuristic aerospace propulsion systems will take center stage at the 7th International Energy Conversion and Engineering Conference

9 Jun 2009

Biomass Derived Bio-Oil to Replace Fossil Fuels For Heat and Power Generation

Metso and UPM have developed a new concept for the production of biomass-based bio-oil to replace fossil fuels in heating and power generation

8 Jun 2009

BioSolar Called a "True Green" Solar Technology

BioSolar, Inc. is touted in RECHARGE, a news source for the global renewables industry, as a company on a “mission of nothing less than developing plant-derived polymers that could replace the petroleum-based plastics used in the production of the majority of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules.”

3 Jun 2009

Human Health to Benefit From Biofuels

In ongoing research at the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI), researchers are finding that “a biofuel eliminating even 10-percent of current gasoline pollutant emissions would have a substantial impact on human health in this country, especially in urban areas.”

3 Jun 2009

Online Ethanol Contest Won By "Funky" Entry

The E85 Flex-Fuel Challenge was launched to ask the public, “What is renewable to you?” The contestants were given the opportunity to express what is renewable to them. Thousands of people the world over viewed and voted on E85 Flex-Fuel Challenge submissions, and today, the RFA is proud to announce the Grand Prize winner

3 Jun 2009

Report Released into Clean Energy Investments

$155 billion was invested in 2008 in clean energy companies and projects worldwide - not including large hydro, a new report launched today says

3 Jun 2009

Ethanol Production Could Lead to Soil Productivity Problems

Crop residues possess a critical role in sustaining soil organic matter, and as it is increasingly being used for the production of cellulosic-based ethanol, this removal may impact the long-term productivity of soils

3 Jun 2009

Materials Challenges for Clean Energy to be Focus of NIST Symposium

For the materials research community, all roads will lead to the headquarters of the National Institute of Standards and Technology during the week of June 21, 2009, when the agency hosts two major international meetings. First up is the Symposium on Materials Challenges for Clean Energy

3 Jun 2009

Green Aviation Named Among American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics List of Top Emerging Aerospace Technologies

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics list of top emerging aerospace technologies includes greener aviation, alternative fuels and efficient propulsion

1 Jun 2009