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Biomass gasification is being considered as a possible technology for converting at least 10 million acres of Texas brush into biofuel, according to Dr. Jim Ansley, Texas AgriLife Research rangeland ecologist in Vernon. A study using an adiabatic bed gasifier to convert mesquite and redberry juniper species found in the Southern Great Plains into usable bioenergy gases was conducted by Ansley and Dr. Kalyan Annamalai, Paul Pepper Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Coal and Biomass...
Intense UV radiation on the red planet releases methane from organic materials which meteorites transport onto its surface It was a sensation when scientists discovered methane in Mars’ atmosphere nine years ago. Many saw the presence of the gas as a clear indication of life on the inhospitable planet, as on Earth methane is produced predominantly by biological processes. Others assumed geological processes, such as volcanoes, to be the cause. What has been missing until now is...
Lee Rannals for RedOrbit.com New research suggests meteorites may be the culprit behind how methane became present in the atmosphere of Mars. Using meteorites found on Earth, researchers from the University of Edinburgh, the Max Planck Institute in Germany and Utrecht University set out to find how Mars' environment started hosting methane gas. The meteorite samples used landed on Earth 40 years ago, but Dr. Andrew McLeod, of the University of Edinburgh's School of GeoSciences told...
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FirmGreen Inc., a small renewable-energy company based in Newport Beach, Calif., and other U.S. green-technology suppliers are benefiting from a $48.6 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) supporting exports of equipment and services for the development of the Novo Gramacho biogas project in Brazil. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110414/MM83673LOGO ) FirmGreen estimated that the Novo...
SAN DIEGO, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Navy's 'Great Green Fleet' initiative sets the bar high for the biofuels industry in May's issue of Energy Digital This month, Energy Digital checks in on the US Navy's ambitious initiative to deploy a fleet of warships powered by alternative fuels by 2016. Touted as one of the most effective moves to jumpstart the use of renewable energy in the US military and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, the Navy's "Great Green...
WORCESTER, Mass., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ThermoEnergy Corporation (OTCBB: TMEN) (www.thermoenergy.com) has announced that it will be deploying a ThermoEnergy ARP(TM) (Ammonia Recovery Process) system at an award-winning biogas production plant outside of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The ARP system will be owned and operated by ThermoEnergy and its partner in the Netherlands, ProfiNutrients BV. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/CL50460LOGO ) The ARP system...
EMERYVILLE, Calif., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) is the first certification body in the United States to be accredited by the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) biofuel certification system. SCS has been approved to conduct biofuel certifications, and in addition, to conduct "ISCC Plus" certification for food, animal feed and derivative chemicals produced from any feedstock. (Logo:...
New find from Joint BioEnergy Institute could help reduce biofuel production costs In the search for technology by which economically competitive biofuels can be produced from cellulosic biomass, the combination of sugar-fermenting microbes and ionic liquid solvents looks to be a winner save for one major problem: the ionic liquids used to make cellulosic biomass more digestible for microbes can also be toxic to them. A solution to this conundrum, however, may be in the offing....
NEW SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Green energy will soon be helping to power homes, following Waste Management's announcement today on the groundbreaking of a gas-to-electric facility at Mahoning Landfill in New Springfield, Ohio. Once construction is completed, Waste Management Mahoning Landfill is designed to generate 4.8 megawatts of electricity, enough to power over 3,500 homes. The plant will be operational by the end of this year. Methane gas, which is...
LAFAYETTE, Calif., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The forward-thinking 'green technology' firm, Zero Waste Energy - a global project developer that utilizes proven, patented Anaerobic Digestion (AD) technology and resource recovery processes to solve immediate problems for the global waste industry - augments its executive expertise with the hiring of industry leader, Jeff Draper, as Chief Financial Officer. As a CPA with a strong tax and financial analysis background, Mr. Draper is...
