Tag: News
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87% of Seattle’s Large Buildings Now Tracking & Reporting Energy Use to City
“Seattle’s benchmarking program has helped many building owners who have never tracked energy use before better understand their building’s energy performance. Reporting the information to the city will help us improve and create programs to help owners upgrade their facilities to save energy and money,” said Jill Simmons, Director of the Seattle Office of Sustainability…
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Scientists Turn Toxic By-Product into Biofuel Booster
Scientists studying an enzyme that naturally produces alkanes — long carbon-chain molecules that could be a direct replacement for the hydrocarbons in gasoline — have figured out why the natural reaction typically stops after three to five cycles. Armed with that knowledge, they’ve devised a strategy to keep the reaction going. The biochemical details –…
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BioFuels Development International Plans To Begin Bioiesel Production In Q3 Of 2013
CB&T will execute a multi-phased approach to reentry into the market, initially restarting production at a 30M gallon per year throughput rate with an expected increase to 75M gallons per year in the next 12 months. Utilizing a combination of domestic and foreign feedstock, primarily taken out of waste streams, CB&T will be a feedstock…
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Wind And Solar Competitive With Natural Gas In The Lone Star State
Thanks to Andrew from Clean Technica for this report on the performance of renewables in Texas compared to natural gas.