The international biofuels industry has found an unlikely ally in the waste management sector. A heightened global urgency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) is incentivizing renewable fuels production like never before, but the International Energy Agency (IEA) recently warned of an impending feedstock shortage for biodiesel, renewable diesel and biojet (aviation fuel) production, estimated to last through 2027 if …

Manchester, 19 May 2022 – A gasification pioneer aims to seal the UK’s low-carbon future after winning a Government grant worth nearly £300,000 to develop waste-to-hydrogen production technology, innovation funding specialist Catax can reveal. Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS), based in Deeside, Wales, has secured £299,886 from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) with the help of Catax. The funding comes from the Low Carbon …

The COVID-19 pandemic kept most of us from getting together and having parties with friends for over a year. Now that vaccines are widely available and things are getting back to normal, many people are planning get-togethers again. But, having a party this summer (or any season!) should be about more than just having fun – especially if you’re trying …

When you replace a 175-foot-long wind turbine blade, what do you do with the old one?   Until recently, the only thing you could do was bury it, using close to 45 cubic yards of landfill space for each retired turbine blade.  Typically made out of a composite fiberglass material to withstand hurricane-force winds, the blades don’t break down in the …

Innovative partnership is celebrated on Earth Day for turning waste to watts, saving tax dollars GRESHAM, Ore. – The City of Gresham today celebrated the ingenuity and collaborative spirit that made possible an environmental achievement – engineering the Pacific Northwest’s first energy net zero wastewater treatment plant. Achieving net zero status means that the plant makes about the same amount of electricity as …

More than a decade ago, Ruihong Zhang, a professor of biological and agricultural engineering at the University of California, Davis, started working on a problem: How to turn as much organic waste as possible into as much renewable energy as possible. Today, on Earth Day, the university and Sacramento-based technology partner CleanWorld are officially unveiling the UC Davis Renewable Energy …

Gasoline-like fuels can be made from cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste using a new process invented by chemists at the University of California, Davis. The process could open up new markets for plant-based fuels, beyond existing diesel substitutes. “What’s exciting is that there are lots of processes to make linear hydrocarbons, but until now nobody has been …

Microbial Fuel Cells How can we turn waste water in a fuel source to create electricity? Well this video will show you how it is possible to do it right now. Watch the video and comment below. The next challenge is to scale it up for use in industrial power generation. It now becomes an engineering problem since the bacteria …

White rot fungus boosts ethanol production from corn stalks, cobs and leaves The latest episode in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS’) award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series reports new evidence that the so-called white rot fungus shows promise in the search for a way to use waste corn stalks, cobs and leaves — rather than corn itself — to produce …

OriginOil and Department of Energy to Develop Direct Conversion of Algae into Renewable Crude Oil for Existing Oil Refineries Company partners with Idaho National Laboratory to enable algae growers to enter the global crude oil market OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global algae oil services industry, …

Bathrooms are notorious for water consumption within the home. According to Earth Easy, a massive 75% of all indoor water use happens in the bathroom and the toilet is responsible for a quarter of that. In order to practice water conservation, regular plumbing maintenance and a modern bathroom suite is essential. If you prevent climate change by reducing your water …

Some claim this is an old idea that is now being trotted out for profit. Maybe that is so but the bottom line is that this is how energy works these days. There has to be a monitizable channel before some new technology (or even old) gets promoted widely. Check it out and comment below with your thoughts. Investors have …

Options are available in all industries including waste heat recovery where the customers can purchase recovery systems that recover sensible alone or sensible and latent heat together. It is vital that businesses interested in investing in heat recovery have a clear understanding of how and why these systems are different and how each one can maximize the benefits they hope …

Whether or not you are working with oil boilers or gas boilers as a fuel source, there are a lot of different types of boilers for heating your house. The engineering behind these has come a lengthy way from the older cumbersome designs that used to take up half the area in your basement, and now are they not only …

Regardless of whether you are dealing with oil boilers or gas boilers as a fuel source, there are quite a few different types of boilers for heating your home. The engineering behind these has come a long way from the more aged cumbersome designs that used to take up half the space in your basement, and now are they not …

For people who own or operate a business, the bottom line is a top priority. If there’s a way to save your business money and you have the resources to make it happen, you do! For owners of natural gas or LP boilers and appliances, Flue Gas Condensing Economizers are designed to do just that, save you money. Equally important …

For many years there was very little alternative in obtainable wood boilers. The heating market for the last 50 years has been dominated by means of oil, gas in addition to electric boilers. These fossil duel derived energy solutions provide minimum convenience, and for many years the charge of oil in addition to gas has constructed it impossible for wood …

Biomass is a general term used to describe any natural based material which can be used as a fuel source. Oil plus gas are made from natural based life forms from thousands of years ago, and are not component of the current carbon cycle, they are therefore not regarded as wood. One of the most common materials used for biomass …

Solix Biofuels, Inc. (“Solix”), an alternative energy technology company for the large-scale commercialization of microalgae-based fuels and co-products, announced today the completion of construction and start of algal oil production at its Coyote Gulch Demonstration Facility. Algal oil production began on July 16, 2009 following the inoculation of the facility with microalgae. The Coyote Gulch Demonstration Facility will be in …

Developer of Fuel Oil from Algae Expands R&D and Production Facility Indianapolis, IN – March 16, 2009 – Stellarwind Bio Energy, LLC, a producer of fuel oil from algae, announced today the opening of its new small scale pilot production facility and corporate headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. With a 1/10th acre greenhouse, expanded office space and an advanced R & …