Tag: Alternative Fuels
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Champion Nano-Rust for Producing Solar Hydrogen
At the end of last year, Kevin Sivula, one of the collaborators at the LPI laboratory, presented a prototype electrode based on the same principle. Its efficiency was such that gas bubbles emerged as soon as it was under a light stimulus. Without a doubt, the potential of such cheap electrodes was demonstrated, even if…
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Too Green to be True — Literally? Researchers Develop Effective Method for Converting CO2 into Methanol
There is good news in the science community about a new method of converting carbon dioxide into the renewable fuel, methanol. Unfortunately, this methanol catalysis appears to be too expensive for consumer applications — at least right now.
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US Forest Management Policy Must Evolve to Meet Bioenergy Targets
“In a lot of environmental and natural resources law in the U.S., the primary role lies with the states to manage private land. But we also have national-level problems, like climate change, biodiversity and water-quality issues, which span jurisdictions. In other words, ecosystem services are not confined to a single state’s jurisdiction. So we have…
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EBI Study Says Biofuels Will Play Integral Role in California’s Energy Future
The biofuels paper, according to lead author Youngs, a Senior Fellow at the EBI, addressed six scenarios of varied supply and demand options. They illustrate that the degree to which biofuels may help California meet its emissions goals depends upon how future demand for fuels rises or falls and what technologies are developed. Other factors…
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Molecular Switch for Cheaper Biofuel
Biofuel can be obtained quite easily from starchy plants – but this places fuel production in competition with food production. Manufacturing biofuel from lignocellulose is therefore a preferable option.