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Greenhouse Gas Research from IBM and University of Saskatchewan Looks to Turn Power Plant Emissions into Useful Products

University of Saskatchewan and IBM are set to collaborate on using high-performance computer chips to work out how to build coal fired electricity plants that emit less carbon dioxide

30 Oct 2008

Renewable Fuels Become Topics of McCain and Obama Campaigns for President

In the past two weeks, key energy advisors to the McCain and Obama presidential campaigns, respectively, shared their views on ethanol

27 Oct 2008

Study to Find Grass to the Power Bioenergy Era

Cornell bioenergy plant experts are learning which field grasses are the best candidates for "dedicated energy" crops in the Northeast, considering the region's climate and soil conditions

23 Oct 2008

Biofuels Research at Sandia Using Enzyme Engineering

Biofuels researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have been awarded $600,000 in funding for a two-year, Department of Energy-funded effort titled “Development of Saccharifying Enzymes for Commercial Use.”

23 Oct 2008

CleanTech Biofuels Passes First Milestone in Producing Ethanol from Cellulose

CleanTech Biofuels announces that it has fulfilled its first
milestone pursuant to its exclusive worldwide sublicense agreement for technology developed at the University of California, Berkeley for converting cellulose to ethanol

20 Oct 2008

Panasonic Develops Fuel Cell Power Supply for Laptops and Mobile Telephones

Panasonic Corporation, has developed a fuel cell power supply system for mobile electronic devices to to improve mobility and increased usage time

20 Oct 2008

Alternate Energy from Flowing Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

SymPowerco to pursue specific alternative power supply markets with its unique Flowing Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

16 Oct 2008

Reducing CO2 Emissions with Better Buildings, Efficient Energy Supply and Biofuels for Heating

Better house envelopes, more efficient energy supply systems, and use of biofuels for heating buildings would reduce CO2 emissions in Europe

15 Oct 2008

Biofuel Standards Needed to Protect the Environment

The United States lacks the policies needed to ensure that cellulosic biofuel production will not cause environmental harm, says a distinguished group of international scientists

13 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology Developments to Replace Fossil Fuels and Solve Climate Change

A team of physicists, engineers, chemists and biologists at the University of Kansas and partner institutions is devising nanotechnology that could help supplant fossil fuels and curb climate change

8 Oct 2008