January 25th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Michael
Levitating magnet brings space physics to fusion .
Nuclear Fusion could be closer to reality as magnetic fields can be used to produce energy.
Posted in: fusion , nuclear
Tags: fusion , nuclear , Physics
January 21st, 2010 / No Comments » / by Michael
100 Percent Renewable? One Danish Island Experiments with Clean Power [Slide Show]: Scientific American .
One Danish island community owns shares in the wind turbines that meet their energy needs and also generates a check in real income.
Posted in: Investment , Wind
Tags: Denmark , renewable , Wind , Wind turbine
December 11th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Michael
Copenhagen: Soros Proposes $100B Climate Fund . Soros will invest $1 billion of his own money into a fund for clean tech and green energy initiatives.
Posted in: Investment
Tags: Business , Clean technology , Denmark
December 9th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Michael
Superturbine: Taking wind power to new heights | GDS Publishing .
Combining kite power and wind power, this new contraption could provide a significant amount of clean energy.
Posted in: Strange , Wind , aircraft
Tags: Energy , Wind , Wind power
November 29th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Michael
Paper-thin Batteries Made from Algae | LiveScience .
New biodegradable battery made from cellulose from what is a pest of an algae named Cladophora , an hairlike freshwater plant prevalent throughout the world, could bring innovative uses.
Posted in: Investment , Strange , biofuel , economy , electric
November 23rd, 2009 / No Comments » / by Michael
Bloodhound supercar scents a 1,000mph record for Britain – Times Online .
Anything this fast I think should be considered alternative energy.
Posted in: Transportation
November 4th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Michael
From the website: “Biotechnology for Biofuels is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal featuring high-quality studies describing technological and operational advances in the production of biofuels from biomass.”
A few times a month this open access journal publishes scientific abstracts in advances of Biotechnology for biofuels and we will post links to them here on alt.energy review. The latest is from November 4th, 2009:
Laboratory-scale method for enzymatic saccharication of lignocellulosic biomass at high-solids loadings
Posted in: Uncategorized
Tags: biofuel
October 30th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Michael
A report by Thomson Reuters on the growing alternative energy sector has been published:
Posted in: Investment , Legal , economy , research
Tags: Alternative energy , Business
October 19th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Michael
Old-School Beetle Runs on Batteries and Biodiesel | Autopia | Wired.com .
Now you can paint peace and love on your bug and really mean it.
Posted in: Transportation , biofuel , electric , hybrid