Tag Archive for 'greenhouse gas emissions'
March 5th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently released the Report to Congress on the Potential Environmental Effects of Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technologies. This report analyzes the potential environmental effects of technologies that capture energy from waves, tides, ocean currents, the natural flow of water in rivers, and marine thermal gradients. Since such marine and [...]
March 5th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
University of Central Florida Research Team Produces Cellulosic Ethanol from Orange Peels. University of Central Florida professor Henry Daniell has developed a novel method of producing cellulosic ethanol from orange peels and other organic waste.
March 4th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Songwriter Kristina Stykos is making music in a unique way. Stykos is the owner, engineer and producer of a music recording studio located in rural Vermont. The Pepperbox Studio is not your run-of-the-mill recording studio. Unlike traditional recording studios, Pepperbox Studio relies on alternative energy to record music. The off-the-grid studio, located on the top [...]
March 4th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Detroit, Michigan, may be best known as the world’s automotive capital, but it’s also home to the state’s largest energy company, DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE). When it comes to energy, DTE has been as traditional and they come. The company’s energy business is largely comprised of the utility operations of Detroit Edison and Michigan Consolidated Gas [...]
March 3rd, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Due to the recent invention made by the automobile giant Honda, users of fuel cell electric vehicles can now expect a relief from refueling. Honda’s attempt has finally eliminated the requirement of a separate electrolyzer and compressor. This all-in-one system of Honda Solar Hydrogen station has both the electrolyzer and the compressor together, thus allowing [...]
March 2nd, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
The Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion (CRSP) has funded 10 advanced solar research projects totaling $800,000 – its second round of Shared Research Program funding. The 10 pre-competitive CRSP projects include eight new research proposals and two renewals of projects funded last year. Since its inception in April 2008, CRSP has funded two rounds of [...]
March 2nd, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
The business and legal aspects of developing a complex commercial energy project are formidable even when the industry, technology and transactional settings are well established. These tasks become more difficult when the project has a “frontier” element that is not mature—when multiple new technologies are evolving and being tested, the legal regime or relevant agencies [...]
February 26th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
New work from researchers at Denmark’s National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Risø DTU, is expected to bring smarter wind turbines to commercial wind farms in the near future. The research should allow for greater energy production from wind turbines using the new technology. The team has successfully integrated a laser-based anemometer into the spinner of [...]
February 26th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
The world’s largest and most modern biomass pellet production facility is coming to the state of Georgia. RWE Innogy (ETR:RWE) will invest nearly $170 million USD into the project. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 750,000 tonnes. Although manufactured in Georgia, the biomass pellets will initially be shipped to two coal power [...]
February 25th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Robert Kennedy Jr. won’t rest until his vision for a green economy is heard. He’s been visiting college campuses across the country speaking about the environment, energy, and the economy. “Sound economic and environmental policies are intrinsically tied, and energy providers should reward customers for conserving power rather than consuming it,” Kennedy recently told a [...]
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