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Clean Energy Patents: Wind Up, Solar Flat, Fuel Cells Still King
Clean energy patents reached their highest level to date in 2008, according to results for the Fourth Quarter 2008 edition of the Clean Energy Patent ...
Turning Brewing Waste Into Ethanol
E-Fuel Corp. and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. are working together to produce ethanol from discarded beer yeast. Testing will begin in the second quarter of this year, ...
Shell Accused of Greenwashing, Again
Royal Dutch Shell has been accused of exaggerating environmental policies in the past, and a new ad they’ve recently released is once again causing the ...
Forest Industry Turns Green to Make Green
With lumber and paper markets depressed, forest industry leaders are shifting focus to the production of renewable energy, writes Don Brunell, president of the Association of Washington Business, Washington state’s chamber of commerce, on ...
Biofuels Reality For Airlines Within 3 to 5 Years
Japan Airlines recently became the first Asian carrier to fly using blended biofuel in what is seen as an increasing trend as more sourcing becomes available, Reuters reports. Boeing says Biofuels will become ...
Wal-Mart Tests New Trucks, Surpasses Fuel Efficiency Goals
Wal-Mart announced this week that they would be testing four new kinds of fuel-efficient commercial trucks. The retail superstore already surpassed efficiency goals within its private ...
Disneyland Powers Steam Trains With Recycled Cooking Oil
Disneyland Resort is now using recycled cooking oil to power its Disneyland Railroad steam trains, eTurboNews reports. “Now the oil used to cook french fries and other foods is processed to ...
AEP’s Green Fleet Recognized By EPA
American Electric Power, which operates 110 flex-fuel vehicles, 24 hybrid utility trucks, and more than 80 hybrid cars, including three plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, has become the first utility ...
Movers Becoming More Eco-Friendly
Moving companies are cashing in on consumers desire to go green, reports the New York Times. For years, businesses, supermarkets and pharmacies have rented reusable plastic crates to relocate from one office to another. Now ...
General Dynamics Awarded “Green” Jet Engine Contract
The US Air Force awarded a unit of General Dynamics an $18.5 million contract this month to develop a greener jet engine, reported the Dayton Business Journal. The company says the new engine will be ...
Sainsbury’s To Generate Power From Unsold Food
Sainsbury's announced that it is planning to divert all UK food waste away from landfill to a biomass plant by this summer. The supermarket giant is fast-tracking the plan at its 28 ...
Ford’s Gioia Talks Alternative Fuels at the Detroit Auto Show
Nancy Gioia, director sustainable mobility technologies and hybrid vehicle programs for Ford Motor Company, discusses alternative fuel vehicles at the Detroit Auto Show 2009. ...
Cogeneration System Could Save Food Service Restaurants $800/Mo
Owl Power Company has announced Vegawatt, a cogeneration system for restaurants and food service facilities. The system turns waste vegetable oil from a restaurant's deep fryer into fuel to generate on-site ...
Northeast States Agree to Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Eleven Eastern states are developing a regional "Low Carbon Fuel Standard" to reduce the carbon concentration in fuels used in vehicles and buildings and ultimately reduce greenhouse gases. The group includes the ...
Sacramento Farm Powered By Walnut Shells
Dixon Ridge Farms outside of Sacramento, California is generating electricity with vaporized walnut shells. Their machine uses "flash pyrolysis" technology to create biogas out of the shells which are then burned in ...
Air New Zealand Completes Flight Powered By Jatropha Biofuel
Air New Zealand utilized a biofuel blend of 50:50 jatropha and Jet A1 fuel to power one of the Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400's Rolls-Royce RB211 engines. The Boeing 747 flew for two hours. Jatropha plants grow ...
Green Business 2008 – Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories
With 2008 just out the door, it's a good time to look back at the green business issues and news items popular with top sustainability executives. Here are Environmental Leader's top green business stories for ...
Winter: Not A Good Season For Renewable Energy Production
Winter may not be a good time for renewable energy production: biodiesel congeals in tanks, solar panels generate less power because there is less sun and wind turbine blades ice up, New York Times ...
DOE Offers $200M in Biofuel Awards
The Department of Energy (DOE) will award as much as $200 million in grants to 5-12 projects over the next six years for advanced biofuel pilot refineries. By giving support, the US hopes ...
Japan Airline To Test Biofuel Flight
Japan Airlines says it will be the first Asian carrier to conduct a demonstration flight using a sustainable biofuel refined from the energy crop, camelina. The one-hour demonstration flight is planned ...
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