Africa’s First Ethanol Cooking Fuel Plant Opens in Mozambique

May 18, 2012 No Comments by

Yesterday Africa’s first bio-ethanol cooking fuel plant opened in central Mozambique, which will wean women off of dangerous and dirty charcoal cook stoves.

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Biofuels On The Brink in Europe

May 07, 2012 No Comments by

Indirect land use change, or ILUC, dictates that the conversion of land into farms for biofuel crops must account for its carbon emissions-and the policy is dividing the EU.

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Pig Poo Power Answers China’s Porky Environmental Disaster

May 02, 2012 No Comments by

The demand in China for pork, an important protein in the Chinese diet, results in 1.5 million tons of pig waste annually.

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Costa Rica a Leader in Biofuels Development

Apr 03, 2012 No Comments by

in Costa Rica, government has provided the incentives for the sustainable development of biofuels.

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Chicken Fat, Algae to Fuel US Navy Ships in 2012

Dec 07, 2011 1 Comment by

The United States Navy will use a biofuel blend to fuel both aircraft and warship during a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the globe’s largest naval war games, next year near Hawaii.

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Biofuels Propel Blue Angels Over Labor Day Weekend

Sep 06, 2011 2 Comments by

Over the weekend the Blue Angels wowed visitors with their pilots’ stunts at the Patuxent Naval Air Station in southern Maryland over the weekend-fueled by a 50-50 biofuel blend.

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Solyndra’s Collapse a Lesson in What Government Ought and Ought Not to Do

Sep 05, 2011 6 Comments by

At a fundamental level, Solyndra’s bankruptcy shows the perils of the government offering subsidies, loans, or tax credits to favored companies.

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Ground Breaks for Large Carbon Capture and Storage Facility in Midwest

Aug 30, 2011 No Comments by

Last week a groundbreaking ceremony was held for what the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) describes as the nation’s first large scale CCS facility plant.

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