By Steve Hanley Climate change is accelerating, but most people fail to take the threat seriously. How to explain such nonchalance in the face of certain destruction? Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
By Kelly Pickerel Citing concerns about “national security” and “grid reliability,” the Trump Administration is weighing options for subsidizing and preventing the closure of environmentally polluting nuclear and coal plants made uneconomic by growing competition from renewable energy and natural gas. However, an analysis by the SUN DAY Campaign of recent data from the U.S….
By Carolyn Fortuna As plastics wash up on the world’s shores, isn’t it time for biodegradable plastics Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
By Robin Lancaster Kluber to showcase biodegradable turbine lubricants at WindEnergy 2018 Read Full Article Here For more great articles: reNEWS – Renewable Energy News
By ARENA Australian Renewable Energy Agency backs pioneering project aiming to turn biosolids from sewage into crude oil. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
SOUTH AFRICA: Developer BioTherm Energy has reached financial close on two wind farms it secured in a tender in 2015. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Wind Power News & Analysis RSS Feed
By Robin Lancaster Arreton anaerobic digestion plant acquired for undisclosed price Read Full Article Here For more great articles: reNEWS – Renewable Energy News
PV Tech visits a mini-grid at a village in the heart of the North Indian plains to see how a bold mix of biomass, solar and energy storage technologies is transforming local businesses. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
The research shows that a freshwater production strain of microalgae, Auxenochlorella protothecoides, is capable of directly degrading and utilizing non-food plant substrates, such as switchgrass, for improved cell growth and lipid productivity, useful for boosting the algae’s potential value as a biofuel. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renewable Energy News — ScienceDaily
By mmillikin Chemical reactor company INERATEC, a spinoff of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and the Spanish company GAS NATURAL FENOSA have built a plant in Spain that produces synthetic natural gas from CO2 and renewable hydrogen. The process is based on the production of hydrogen by electrolysis (renewable power-to-gas) and its reaction with CO2…
By [email protected] Dozens of companies across solar, batteries and biofuels have imploded over the years. But it’s hard to match the spectacular implosion of Better Place five years ago. Better Place rose to fame in 2007, pulling in nearly $1 billion of venture capital by promising to put millions of cheap electric cars and battery…
By mmillikin Global Bioenergies and Audi signed a new agreement focused on the implementation of biomass residue feedstock usage, preparation of a path to commercialization and engine testing of new blends of renewable gasoline. (Earlier post.) Following the completion of a first series of engine testing and significant progresses of the isobutene bioproduction process, the…
By Steve Hanley A collection of researchers from the fields of astrobiology and biogeochemistry have developed sophisticated new computer models designed to determine if human life on Earth is sustainable. The indications are not very hopeful. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
By mmillikin German startup I SEE Electric Trucks GmbH is building electric versions of the Opel Vivaro and Opel Movano. The company already has more than 25 model variants available, with two battery sizes—40 kWh and 55 kWh—offering range of up to more than 200 km (124 miles). Electric heating is standard; an optional bioethanol…
By Kelly Pickerel Renewable energy sources (biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) accounted for more than one-fifth (20.05%) of net domestic electrical generation during the first third of 2018, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of data released this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In addition, the latest issue of EIA’s “Electric…