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NY Clean Diesel Technology Evaluated
Southern Research Institute today announced that it has completed the first round of installations and testing of clean. diesel technologies >> Read the Full Article
Green Energy Supply For Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Explored
A Seattle alternative power company, Hydrogen Power Inc. has signed a letter of intent with Hamilton Sundstrand for exploration and development of hydrogen on demand technology. >> Read the Full Article
National Biodiesel Board -- Imperium Renewables Launches Nationâ€™s Largest Biodiesel Plant.
A new biodiesel plant in Grays Harbor, Washington, will have an annual production capacity of 100 million gallons. There are now 148 operating plants throughout the U.S. The average plant size is currently about 9.5 million gallons per year. Among plants under construction, average capacity will be about 19 million gallons per year. >> Read the Full Article
Concluding Two-Year Rulemaking, FTC Announces New EnergyGuide Label
Will Display Estimated Yearly Operating Costs Prominently on Most Appliances >> Read the Full Article
Astronomers Surprised By Star With Comet-Like Tail
A large star in its death throes is leaving a huge, turbulent tail of oxygen, carbon and nitrogen in its wake that makes it look like an immense comet hurtling through space, astronomers said on Wednesday. >> Read the Full Article
Sun Drenched Parking Lots: A National Energy Asset
Whether it be photovoltaic solar or solar thermal power generation - solar power takes up a lot of space. Solar energyâ€™s footprint is large. Solar can cover considerable real estate and real estate can be expensive. One Solar company has an idea. Rethink the air space above the nationâ€™s parking lots as a solar asset. In the car-driven US economy with its sprawling suburban shopping malls, office and industrial parks there is no shortage of tarmac on which to park cars. >> Read the Full Article
Jatropha Curcas: Promising Biofuel Or Invasive Species?
Generally speaking, transplanting a species from one part of the world to another - either accidentally or on purpose - has, on occasion, had some really negative consequences. A prime example is kudzu that was moved from Asia to the southeast US beginning in the 1930â€™s to control erosion. It did that but now kudzu overgrows just about everything in its path and is almost impossible to get rid of. >> Read the Full Article
Coal-to-Liquids Quietly Becoming a Reality in U.S.
While the energy industry has been focused on alternative fuels and new sources of oil, the coal industry is going forward with plants to turn coal into liquid fuels such as diesel and gasoline. >> Read the Full Article
Toyota's Highway to the Future: Mobile Hybrid Experience Puts You Behind the Wheel
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First University in Nation to Use Landfill Gas as Primary Energy Source
University of New Hampshire will power its campus with renewable landfill gas from a landfill. The university launched EcoLine, a landfill gas project that will pipe enriched and purified gas from Waste Management's landfill in Rochester to the Durham campus. The renewable, carbon-neutral landfill gas, from Waste Management's facility in Rochester, N.H., will replace commercial natural gas as the primary fuel in the school's cogeneration plant. The switch will enable UNH to receive 80-85 percent of its energy from a renewable source. >> Read the Full Article