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A new strain of yellow-green algae, called “heterococcus sp. DN1,” that may prove to be an efficient source for biodiesel, has been discovered in the snow fields of the Rocky Mountains. Research examining the discovery, published in Biotechnology Progress, ...

Imagine a world where leftover corn, wheat and wood chips could power your car.That's the aim of cellulosic ethanol, a budding sector of the renewable fuel industry that finds itself struggling to reassert itself in a world of renewed popularity for oil and gas. The process aims to transform agriculture waste, most of which would normally be discarded, into a renewable source of fuel

Instead of using traditional factories, Dutch designer Merel Karhof headed to the Netherlands to use wind as a source to power her furniture-building machines as part of her Windworks project.

29 article “Company Pitches Grafton Wind Farm” expressed both the concerns and questions of Upper Valley residents regarding wind power. Currently, New Hampshire is dependent on non-renewable energy sources. This reliance is unsustainable, ...

Solar power is not usually considered a viable source of base-load electricity, but according to a study published in Environmental Research Letters ( ERL ), Japan could use solar power for base load because of the country's large-scale pumped ... together with the reported availability of pumped hydroelectric storage for the region – 7

“I understand that the share of renewable energy in the world will rise and naturally it has its own advantages,” stressed the IAEA head. “But renewable sources of energy have their own negative sides, including the high cost and the inability to use them for ...

He's also excited to revive interest in the radioactive mining byproduct thorium as an alternative energy source. Thorium is now treated as hazardous waste, but Kennedy says Missouri can become a global leader by building a storage bank from which utilities ...

The renewable fuel industry finds itself struggling to reassert itself in a world of renewed popularity for oil and gas. A budding process aims to transform agriculture waste into a renewable source of fuel.

As more Americans seek locally grown, sustainable or organic food sources, the popularity of farmers markets and community-supported agriculture programs is booming. 

This "geothermal" or "ground source" can be sourced for domestic heating, cooling and heating of hot water. This 55-degree well water is extracted from the earth and pumped through a geothermal heat pump. It is then transferred to air-circulated ductwork ...

The European Union will impose punitive duties on imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia, charging them with selling the product into the bloc at unfairly low prices, EU sources said.

In the first three months of this year, 82 percent of all new power generation built in the United States came from renewable energy sources. Every day, thousands of Americans buy electric cars and install solar panels on their homes. In many states, you can ...

The penetration of renewable energy into the electricity supply mix has been much in the news recently. During the first quarter, Portugal generated three-quarters of its electricity with renewable energy. Meanwhile, in Germany, one-fifth of all electricity was generated with renewables, most of that from new sources of renewable energy, such as wind and solar

Australian farmers could soon be growing mallee eucalypts as a source of alternative energy, thanks to the development of a specialised mallee harvester recognised Thursday in Australia's 2013 Awards for Excellence in Innovation. Oil mallees are genetically-improved native eucalypts, originally planted on Australian farms to help