Alternative Fuel News

Posted May 12, 2011:

• Improving Photosynthesis? Solar Cells Beat Plants at Harvesting Sun's Energy, for Now
• New Green Technology for Hydrogen Production

Posted May 11, 2011:

• It's Not Easy Flying Green: Large Variability in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Alternative Fuels

Posted May 10, 2011:

• Harnessing the Energy of the Sun: New Technique Improves Artificial Photosynthesis

Posted May 9, 2011:

• Forklift Trucks That Run on a Green Charge

Posted May 5, 2011:

• A Renewable Twist on Fossil Fuels

Posted May 3, 2011:

• Portable Tech Might Provide Drinking Water, Power to Villages

Posted May 2, 2011:

• Hydrogen Fuel Tech Gets Boost from Low-Cost, Efficient Catalyst

Posted April 26, 2011:

• Scientists Focus on Light Ions for Fast Ignition of Fusion Fuels

Posted April 21, 2011:

• Cheaper Hydrogen Fuel Cells: Utility of Non-Precious-Metal Catalysts Documented

Posted April 20, 2011:

• Laser Sparks Revolution in Internal Combustion Engines

Posted April 18, 2011:

• Learn to Run a Biorefinery in a Virtual Control Room

Posted April 14, 2011:

• Chance Discovery May Revolutionize Hydrogen Production

Posted April 8, 2011:

• Nanoparticles Increase Biofuel Performance, Lower Emissions

Posted April 4, 2011:

• First Macro-Scale Thin-Film Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell: Strong, Nanostructured Membrane Enables Scaling for Clean-Energy Applications

Posted March 31, 2011:

• Novel Nanowires Boost Fuel Cell Efficiency

Posted March 30, 2011:

• Blocking Carbon Dioxide Fixation in Bacteria Increases Biofuel Production

Posted March 29, 2011:

• From Crankcase to Gas Tank: New Microwave Method Converts Used Motor Oil Into Fuel

Posted March 23, 2011:

• Researchers Close in on Technology for Making Renewable Petroleum

Posted March 22, 2011:

• Cheap Catalyst Made Easy

Posted March 21, 2011:

• The Drive Toward Hydrogen Vehicles Just Got Shorter

Posted March 13, 2011:

• Breakthrough in Nanocomposite for High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage

Posted March 11, 2011:

• New Method Could Improve Economics of Sweetening Natural Gas

Posted March 1, 2011:

• Algae Converted to Butanol; Fuel Can Be Used in Automobiles

Posted February 25, 2011:

• Overfertilizing Corn Undermines Ethanol: Researchers Find Feeding Crops Too Heavily Bad for Biofuel, Environment

Posted February 20, 2011:

• Spent Nuclear Fuel Is Anything but Waste

Posted February 19, 2011:

• Mimicking Photosynthesis Path to Solar-Derived Hydrogen Fuel

Posted February 17, 2011:

• Hydrogen Cartridges Fuel Laptops and Phones for Outdoor Enthusiasts
• The Green Machine: Algae Clean Wastewater, Convert to Biodiesel
• Turning Forests Into Fuel: Promise and Limits of Biomass Energy in Northeastern U.S.

Posted February 11, 2011:

• Research to Explore Low Carbon Technologies in Performance Cars

Posted February 9, 2011:

• Paperweight for Platinum: Bracing Catalyst in Material Makes Fuel Cell Component Work Better and Last Longer

Posted February 7, 2011:

• Helping Drivers Cut Fuel Use

Posted February 3, 2011:

• 'Tall Order' Sunlight-to-Hydrogen System Works, Neutron Analysis Confirms
• Microbiologists Aim to Optimize Bio-Ethanol Production
• Advancing Biocrop Alternatives in the Pacific Northwest

Posted January 28, 2011:

• Cheap, Clean Ways to Produce Hydrogen for Use in Fuel Cells? A Dash of Disorder Yields a Very Efficient Photocatalyst
• Bugs Might Convert Biodiesel Waste Into New Fuel

Posted January 19, 2011:

• New Reactor Paves the Way for Efficiently Producing Fuel from Sunlight

Posted January 11, 2011:

• Water on Moon Originated from Comets

Posted January 10, 2011:

• Study Estimates Land Available for Biofuel Crops

Posted January 6, 2011:

• Biofuel Grasslands Better for Birds Than Ethanol Staple Corn, Researchers Find

Posted January 4, 2011:

• US Does Not Have Infrastructure to Consume More Ethanol, Study Finds

Posted December 27, 2010:

• Enzyme Cocktail Could Eliminate a Step in Biofuel Process

Posted December 22, 2010:

• Discovery of New Molecule Could Lead to More Efficient Rocket Fuel

Posted December 15, 2010:

• 'Green Genes' in Yeast May Boost Biofuel Production by Increasing Stress Tolerance

Posted December 14, 2010:

• Champion Hydrogen-Producing Microbe

Posted December 3, 2010:

• Method Developed to Simultaneously Desalinate Water, Produce Hydrogen and Treat Wastewater

Posted December 2, 2010:

• Interspecies Electron Transfer: Anaerobic Bacteria Found to Cooperate

Posted November 30, 2010:

• Could 135,000 Laptops Help Solve the Energy Challenge?

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