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A Wee Dram and Drive: Scotch Powered Vehicles

Michael — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:00:10 +0000

Edinburgh Scientists Tap Whiskey to Make Biofuel | Business | GreenBiz.com.

Rice Power: Grain Used in India to Make Electricity

Michael — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:12:10 +0000

A novel way to make electricity, this entrepreneur is using rice to make electricity in India:

Algae on Parade. Isaac Berzin at TEDxTelAviv talks up the green stuff.

Michael — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:52:52 +0000

Isaac Berzin is the founder of GreenFuel and CEO Element Cleantech USA. In this TED Talk, Berzin outlines how algae is a key component in our quest for alternative energy sources.

Japanese Institute Succeeds in Extracting ‘Green Crude Oil’ from Blue-Green Algae (japanfs.org)
ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Open Greenhouse for Algae Biofuels Development (xconomy.com)
Daily News – 05/14/10 (biodieselnow.com)
Quick Q&A with Dave Troy of TEDxOilSpill (ted.com)
ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Open Greenhouse for Algae Biofuels Development (fool.com)
Scenes from the first global TEDxLive event (ted.com)
Origin Oil Launches Algae eXtraction Mobile Lab (thegreengirls.com)
Stanford Scientists Harvest Electricity From Algae Photosynthesis (inhabitat.com)
Green machine: A new push for pond scum power (newscientist.com)
biofuel jet (energybloggers.com)

Biofuels seen as good investment by VC money

Michael — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:03:06 +0000

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Although the production of biofuels does not necessarily reduce our carbon footprint, they do reduce our reliance on politically volitile crude oil. This article argues the fact that corn acreage is bettr spent on producing biofuels then cheap junk foods.

Why Venture Capitalists are Bullish on Biofuels | Business | GreenBiz.com.

Venture Capitalists Shift Direction on Biofuels… Again (eon.businesswire.com)
Algae Biofuels Still Years From Commercialization: DoE (treehugger.com)
Doubled Yield For Bio-fuel From Waste (tech.slashdot.org)
New technique improves efficiency of biofuel production (physorg.com)
Japan Aims to Make Biofuel from Straw (risingsunofnihon.com)
New technique improves efficiency of biofuel production (eurekalert.org)
Concerned scientists call for cellulosic biofuel sweeteners (businessgreen.com)
EU biofuels ‘should be certified’ (news.bbc.co.uk)
Solazyme Wins No. 1 Sustainable Biofuels Technology Award at World Biofuels Markets Conference in Amsterdam (eon.businesswire.com)
The VC Shakeout (jeffnolan.com)
What VCs look for in a leader: Vision and fundraising skills (techflash.com)

Why drill 3000 feet below the surface of the ocean, when you can make it in a lab

Michael — Fri, 28 May 2010 21:21:15 +0000

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DOE ARPA-E Oil Fuel Alternatives – Synthetic Fuel Research – Popularmechanics.com.

These intiatives by the DOE are promising.

ClearFuels and Rentech Integrated Bio-Refinery Project Awarded $23 Million Grant by U.S. Department of Energy (eon.businesswire.com)
Rentech and ClearFuels Integrated Bio-Refinery Project Awarded $23 Million Grant by U.S. Department of Energy (eon.businesswire.com)
Rentech Sponsors NASCAR’s First Green Mission Team (eon.businesswire.com)
ClearFuels Announces Development of Co-Located Commercial Scale Biorefinery Facility for Renewable Synthetic Fuel Production in Tennessee (eon.businesswire.com)
Enerkem takes $51 million for advanced biofuel projects (green.venturebeat.com)
Engineering challenges in algae energy (slideshare.net)
ClearFuels Signs Cooperative Agreement for $7.7 Million First Round of DOE Biorefinery Funding (eon.businesswire.com)
‘No idea’ where deep water oil is drifting (cnn.com)
Department of Energy Awards $4 Million to Planar Energy Under Its Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy Initiative (eon.businesswire.com)
DOE’s Chu looks to past for energy breakthroughs (news.cnet.com)
ARPA-E funds fuel-making microbes, batteries, carbon capture (news.cnet.com)
ARPA-E backs battery and biofuel researchers with $106M in grants (techflash.com)
US grants $106m for clean energy research projects (newstatesman.com)
US government throws $106m at “disruptive” clean tech (businessgreen.com)
Rentech’s Synthetic Jet Fuel Powers First U.S. Commercial Flight on Certified Alternative Fuels (eon.businesswire.com)
Rentech Schedules Fiscal 2010 First Quarter Conference Call (eon.businesswire.com)

Who needs fossil fuels? Algae to power Air Force jets.

Michael — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:08:32 +0000

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Algae to solve the Pentagon’s jet fuel problem | Environment | The Observer.

As well, Beijing is looking to use the Yangtze algae as an alternative energy source.

Is Algae Worse than Corn for Biofuels? (scientificamerican.com)
Pilot Plants for Alternative Energy R&D Applications (eon.businesswire.com)
Jets fuelled by seawater? The US Navy thinks it’s possible (guardian.co.uk)
Shell to do deal with Brazilian biofuel producer Cosan to secure future (businessgreen.com)

Little Green Batteries

Michael — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:45:14 +0000

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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.