Last year, biodiesel use in the U.S. cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 18 million tons, or the equivalent carbon dioxide emissions of 3.8 million cars.
One village in Indonesia is using a creative, cheap, and fairly unlikely means to power their homes: Tofu. Yep, those opinion-dividing cubes of mushy bean curd.
This past weekend Germany generated so much electricity from renewable sources like solar and wind that suppliers effectively paid users to consume energy.
Bioo is the world’s first planter that can charge electronic devices like cell phones and tablets, and the company’s Indiegogo campaign has already raised nearly three times the original goal amount – with a month left.
The small island nation is making an impressive renewables push to fight climate change.
Global waste to energy market was valued at USD 24.0 billion in 2014 and is expected to reach USD 36.0 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of around over 7.5% between 2015 and 2020.
The desert facility uses coastal seawater to raise fish and shrimp for food, while growing salt-tolerant plants that can be harvested to create biofuels.
The Chinese firm Kaidi announced that it wants to build a big biodiesel refinery in Kemi. Kaidi Finland's CEO says this signals a new phase in Finnish industrial history, driven by the need to replace fossil fuels with biofuels.
Muhongo noted that neighbouring countries within the east African region including Kenya and Ethiopia are already exploiting geothermal power and has ordered the TGDC to start drilling by June this year, reports Business Week.
The Canada and Manitoba governments are providing up to $500,000 for 12 projects that will increase the use and development of biomass fuels. The program is funded in part through the Manitoba Coal Tax.
Scientists may have created a nano-reactor that can produce hydrogen fuel.
The world economy has a long way to go to break away from the use of coal and oil that fueled progress since the Industrial Revolution.
Monday marked the official start day for the Global Geothermal Alliance to begin its promotion of geothermal energy within developing economic regions. The
Located 3 km off Toronto Island and in 55 m of water, sits the first ever underwater compressed air energy storage system.
In East Africa, Kenya is currently utilising temporary geothermal wellheads as another source of clean energy.
