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Japan Airlines (JAL) became the first airline to conduct a demonstration flight using a biofuel primarily refined from the energy crop, camelina. It was also the first demo flight using a combination of three biofuel feedstocks, as well as the first one using Pratt & Whitney engines. The results of the flight are expected to [...]
Healthy revival of the economy is clearly a matter of urgency. To the surprise of almost everyone, as unlikely as it may seem, revolutionary energy technology can change that goal from fantasy to reality. Several renewable new energy systems are in development throughout the world – as they reach the market, demand for fossil fuels [...]
As some of the highest first time unemployment claims in U.S. history were released this week, the Smart Grid Jobs Report, released by the GridWise Alliance could offer at least some light at the end of the tunnel. The report says that an estimated 280,000 new jobs can be created directly from the deployment of [...]
A shortlist of proposed plans to generate electricity from the power of the tides in the Severn estuary has been unveiled by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Vattenfall has acquired 51% of the Irish ocean energy site development company Pandion Ltd for €500,000 [US $655,550]. Ocean energy developer Wavebob Ltd will hold the remaining 49% of Pandion and the agreement allows opportunities for further partners to participate.
The launch of a long-planned international agency to promote the interests of renewable energy took place in Bonn, Germany yesterday. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will advise industrialized and developing nations on ways of reducing their dependency on oil, coal and gas. Source:New International Agency for Renewable Energy Launched in Germany
In a move aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy on public lands, last week, then U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne issued a Secretarial Order that authorizes the Bureau of Land Management to establish coordination offices that will expedite the permitting of wind, solar, biomass and geothermal projects, along with needed electrical [...]
Corn ethanol directly emits an average of 51 percent less greenhouse gas than gasoline per gallon produced. This is result of “Improvements in Life Cycle Energy Ef?ciency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Corn-Ethanol”, a recent study conducted by researchers at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. According to the research, recent improvements in efficiency throughout the ethanol production [...]
December 19, 2008 —Last week, California Assembly members Paul Kerkorian, Karen Bass, and Sam Blakeslee introduced Assembly Bill 64 (AB 64), proposing dramatic changes to how California will proceed with its Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). Source:California Assembly Bill Looks to Accelerate Renewable Procurement in California
