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running cars on ethanol and turning its race meets into centres for recycling everything from waste engine oil to old mobile phones.

This car also runs on a blend of biofuel, known as E85. In this case, the car uses a type of advanced cellulosic 85%ethanol renewable fuel from woody biomass.

This manages to avoid some of the main problems associated with biofuels; that they use land and water that would be used better for food production.

The car also has hybrid technology with regenerative brakes. When the car is slowed, energy is recovered

I would have used 193 gallons (730 litres) of gasoline. But the computer claimed that using the biofuel mix,

and some regenerative braking, I would only have used 39 gallons (147 litres) of gasoline. The rest would have been biofuel,

and, presumably, more environmentally friendly. This technology is limited not just to the simulator; it is already being implemented in the US,

in the American Le Mans GT Series. The claim is made often that the technologies developed

Since 2010, satellite capacity across the continent has tripled nearly, helping in part fuel Africa's"mobile revolution#.

says that using food for energy like sugar cane for biofuels must avoid depleting food stocks

A zinc electrode that lasts about five months would cost about the same as a litre of kerosene

which fuels the average family home in Sri lanka for two days. You could also use other electrodes, like magnesium or iron.

more efficient ways of burning petrol and Diesel fuel injection has been the subject of research for more than 20 years,

if it can help reveal details about fuel injection that haven been seen before. Like its much larger sibling at Cern, the circular particle accelerator at Argonne shoots electrons around its 0. 7-mile (1. 1-km) circumference at a tiny fraction below the speed of light.

what happens when fuel injection systems squirt petrol or diesel into the cylinders which house the pistons that drive internal combustion engines.

Understanding how the fuel is dispersed and mixed when this happens is crucial to making the burning process as efficient as possible.

Injector gadget This process allows the flow of droplets of fuel to be imaged in a way that is not possible with ordinary light or lasers, for example.

just like a jet of fuel sprayed from an injector. ou turn on the headlights and the light just reflects back into your eyes,

Visible light can highlight the outline of fuel spray but not any internal detail. X-rays, on the other hand, can pass through the relatively large droplets of fuel

because their wavelength is much shorter than that of visible light. On a much smaller scale, some of the X-rays are absorbed by the atoms that make up the drops,

The result is a detailed moving image of a jet of fuel in the cylinder that can be presented in various ways, in black and white or in colour.

It is actually a very close up X-ray of the tip of a fuel injector, taken through the injector's steel body.

with the valve moving to release the high-pressure fuel. Bubbles can be seen in the fuel supply.

Powell says their presence was identified unknown until recently using this high-energy X-ray imaging technique. hat was something interesting we discovered just a few months ago,

Petroleum accounts for over 90%of the country's exports, and over half its GDP.

helping them save fuel and money, or allowing them to see stats on their car via a mobile phone app,

New generations of aircraft like the Boeing 787 and the Airbus a380 are far more efficient than older aircraft#70%more fuel efficient than aircraft of 40 years ago, according to the International air transport association (IATA.

Another will be the fuel itself. The best bio fuel for aviation is probably butanol, an alcohol

which behaves very like the kerosene that the jet engines of today use. Jet engine efficiency#has come on in leaps and bounds,

but the fuels they use are still polluting hydrocarbons which come out of the ground. Butanol can be produced by bacteria in biomass

and if an economically efficient method can be found to industrialise that process then your flight of the future could literally be fuelled by alcohol.

using less fuel in the process. Although no air traffic system is using such signals at the moment,

One of the solutions to cut down on polluting fuels is the use of wind energy. But the rise in wind farms has unintended its own effects.

The harsh reality of economics in a world with a huge demand for fuel have has meant it is too expensive to fight gravity

The centre has selected a universal design that might look familiar to petrol-powered car drivers,

because it's modelled on a fuel nozzle, with the same size inlet.""We thought through that a lot,

The market for cars is linked strongly to the price of fuel. If there is a sharp increase in gasoline prices in the future electric, efficient,

vehicles like the C-1 could see strong demand. In the US at least it will legally qualify as a motorcycle,

which can be used as fuel. Simon Park at the University of Surrey is integrating bacterial technology into building facades,

Some very warm conditions that will keep the fuel in place for Isaac to stay rather strong.

and it is also affecting natural gas. Over 67 percent of natural gas production has been shut down. Officials right now saying about one million barrels per day of oil production has stopped as companies have evacuated many of those offshore platforms as the storm continues to develop.

Many of those oil companies in yesterday's trading session getting a nice bounce as many of the earlier forecasts were downgraded throughout the day.

Getting back to those gas prices analysts are predicting that we could see a ten-cent spike of gasoline prices as we see the effects of the storm play out depending on how drastic the supply cut actually is from the region

But if it doesn't last analysts are also forecasting a quick retreat from that possible spike in gasoline prices.

Expect to pay more at the gas pump and the grocery store in the months ahead since everything from transportation to manufacturing to our petroleum-intensive agricultural system is a puppet flailing upon the strings of this volatile commodity.

Haven we been through this drill before? A crisissually in the middle Eastauses oil prices to rise. Inflation increases and economic growth shrinks.

what we pay in the U s. due in part to high shipping costs for the Venezuelan crude that fuels the region power plants.

as well as mitigate escalating fuel costs. The systems, known for their ability to clean or crubexhaust from high-sulfur fuel, are scheduled to be installed over the next three years.

The current installation schedule initially includes 22 Carnival Cruise Lines vessels, nine Holland America Line vessels, seven Princess Cruises vessels and three Cunard vessels.

factories and vehicles to clean or crubthe exhaust from high-sulfur fuel. For the first time this combination is being developed to accommodate restricted spaces on existing ships.

#Hydronano Gas that safely & effectively neutralizes carbon fuel pollution emissions Hydro Infra Technologies (HIT) is based a Stockholm clean tech company that has developed an innovative approach to neutralizing carbon fuel emissions from power plants

and other polluting industries that burn fossil fuels. HIT is now taking its technology to market via joint venture partnerships

HNG) HNG effectively reduces the pollution emissions from burning fossil fuels to almost zero when injected into exhaust outlets.

Every day more drivers emerge on our roads, emitting harmful fossil fuel gases. If successful, these driverless pods could ultimately provide a clean, efficient solution to pollution issues,

These headwinds came from the continued low cost of natural gas, as well as attempts by renewable energy opponents to block

*In California, the California Ethanol and Power Project will produce 66 million gallons of ethanol annually from sugar cane and sweet sorghum.

Construction of a biofuels refinery and other facilities are expected to create 800 construction jobs and 400 permanent jobs in Rep. Juan Vargasdistrict east of San diego. his is more evidence that the advanced biofuel industry is scaling up

and putting people to work, said Mary Solecki, director of E2 Clean Fuels Program.**In Texas, Nest Labs, acquired by Google on Feb 7, announced 140 technical support and customer service jobs.

The company has a growing customer base for its energy saving thermostat. The announcement came from Rep. Lloyd Doggett district near Austin.*

#Beer and Food Scraps Can Power Chevrolet Bi-fuel Impala Trash to fuel the stuff of the 1980s sci-fi comedy movie trilogy ack to the Futureis now a reality.

The 2015 Bi-fuel Chevrolet Impala not a tricked-out Delorean really can run on leftovers table scraps and oh yeah grains from brewing beer.

Cleveland-based quasar energy group uses organic waste to produce a renewable energy source known as biogas which is converted then into Compressed natural gas (CNG) one of two fuels that can power the 2015 Chevrolet Bi-fuel Impala.

Biogas is the raw mixture of gases given off by the breakdown of organic materials kept in an oxygen-less environment.

The resulting methane gas is processed then removing all carbon dioxide and impurities to make Renewable Natural gas (RNG).

When compressed RNG is a direct replacement for CNG. Since biogas can be made from most organic materials quasar insources raw materials otherwise considered waste from a variety of industries.

For instance its Columbus Ohio Renewable energy Facility processes up to 25000 wet tons of biosolids from the City of Columbus Department of Public utilities for wastewater.

Anheuser-busch Columbus brewery provides an organic by-product to quasar for conversion to methane gas. f you can buy renewable fuel at $1. 95 per gallon

while reducing greenhouse gas emissions everybody winssaid Mel Kurtz president of quasar energy group. uasar Columbus facility can produce 1. 3 million gasoline gallon equivalents of CNG each year. hat

enough to fill the CNG tanks of 163000 Bi-fuel Impalas at least once. Though CNG fueling stations are prevalent in states like California

and Oklahoma infrastructure in some states is scarce. o avoid feelings of range anxiety common in owners of CNG-only vehicles we made the Impala bi-fuel allowing our customers to drive on CNG when available and on gasoline

The CNG tank mounted in the trunk has the equivalent capacity of 7. 8 gallons of gasoline

which is expected to offer approximately 150 city miles of range on compressed natural gas based on GM testing.

With gasoline and compressed natural gas combined expected range is 500 city miles based on GM testing. EPA estimates are not yet available.

Impala bi-fuel system seamlessly switches to gasoline power when the CNG tank is depleted. Drivers who wish to change fuels

while driving can do so by simply pushing a button. A light on the instrument panel indicates

Operating on CNG can result in an average fuel savings of nearly $1. 13 per gasoline-gallon-equivalent based on a national average of $3. 24 per gallon of gasoline as reported by AAA

Also CNG vehicles typically have 20 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline-powered cars according to the California Air Resources Board.

The Bi-fuel Impala is built factory so its CNG fuel system is validated by GM and covered by GM three-year/36000-mile (whichever comes first) new vehicle limited bumper-to-bumper warranty

The Bi-fuel Impala is the only bifuel-capable sedan on the market to offer a factory warranty.

When the Bi-fuel Impala goes on sale later this year it will have a starting price of $38210.

Chevrolet provides customers with fuel efficient vehicles that feature spirited performance expressive design and high quality. More information on Chevrolet models can be found at www. chevrolet. com. quasar is a Cleveland Ohio based renewable energy company that designs builds owns

or in the planning stage. qng (quasar natural gas) is derived from the anaerobic digestion of regional organic waste streams

Though fuel economy varies depending on the type of bus and the route, an average bus in D c gets a paltry 3. 76 miles per gallon (mpg),

cleaning up bus fleets is a critical way to reduce the burden of air pollution, fuel costs,

Moving beyond conventional diesel buses Over the past several decades, cities have invested in buses that run on alternative fuels such as compressed natural gas (CNG) and diesel-electric hybrid drive trains.

In 2011, more than 35 percent of U s. public transit buses used alternative fuels or hybrid technology, and that number is set to grow.

battery electric buses that do not use any diesel fuel and create no tailpipe emissions, or fuel cell buses powered by hydrogen.

And if the relatively small amount of diesel fuel used by these buses is replaced with sustainably-produced biodiesel,

which invested in the research, development and testing of alternative fuels and related equipment, such as electric charging stations, for the transit industry.

in the long run, helping transit agencies save money on fuel and maintenance costs. According to the National Renewable energy Laboratory, zero emission buses can achieve more than double the fuel economy of buses running on diesel and other fuels l

#State Leadership In Financing A Greener Future While crippling paralysis has become standard operating procedure for Congress in the face of mounting climate and energy challenges,

Hyundai hydrogen fuel cell; Mazda i-ELOOP brake energy regeneration system; Porsche plug-in hybrid powertrain; and Ram Truck 3. 0-liter Ecodiesel engine D

and human activities, such as leakage from natural gas systems and the raising of livestock. uman activities such as agriculture, fossil fuel combustion, wastewater management,

the Institute interdisciplinary scientific research and policy analysis supports California state and U s. government policy development on advanced clean vehicles, fuels and land use planning.

Recent reports state technologies have allowed some markets in renewable generation to be competitive with coal or natural gas.

In fuel costs alone each electric bus will save TARC an estimated $10000 per year. Main-Market Zerobuses circle between 10th and Campbell streets.

That energy in turn fuels the machine with excess available for other needs. The water burns the waste at temperatures of 1000 degrees Celsius, so high that there no smell.

and to move away from its dependence on fossil fuels, solar energy looks set to become an important technology for the future.

and fuels that can compete on both price and performance with oil based alternatives but

and it needed to be lightweight every kilo you put in a plane increases fuel consumption. And then of course there is the cost."

and Steel (RFCS) has striven to extend existing combustion modelling capabilities to oxy fuel combustion conditions. This should lead to preparation

and pre-engineering of large demonstration power plants in Europe using modern and clean oxy fuel CO2 capture technology in the near future.

Oxy fuel technology was proposed for conventional pulverised coal fired combustion already in the'80s; however, recent developments have led to a renewed interest in the technology, with the ultimate goal of significantly reducing CO2 EMISSIONS via capture.

The Oxymod project has combined experimental work in Europe's largest oxy fuel testing facilities with model development and implementation,

An extensive database of oxy fuel and air combustion trials in gas-and coal fired testing facilities has been compiled.

Initial validation in 20 kilowatt, 100 kilowatt and 500 kilowatt testing facilities has proved the combustion models developed can predict the more moderate combustion under oxy fuel conditions.

optimal scale up and implementation of oxy fuel technology. And we were successful, "says Project Representative Göran Lindgren, Managing director of Carbon Capture and Storage R&d in Vattenfall AB, Sweden."

the sea anchor had turned a 120,000-tonne fuel tanker and slowed its drift by 58 percent.

With dwindling global supplies of oil, recycling offers a powerful means of reducing the amount of petroleum (currently standing at around 8%of global production) required to manufacture plastics, the production

With the vehicles drafting a few metres behind each other, SARTRE short for"Safe Road trains for the Environment"can cut fuel consumption by up to 20%.

lighter, fuel efficient vehicles mean less overall steel use and ultimately less fuel consumption (by some estimates, up to 0. 2 litres per 100 km) and carbon emissions.

air-to-fuel ratio, furnace zone temperatures and energy distribution. Qualitative evaluations of the SMARTFIRE results have been carried out

"Any fuel energy and cost savings will be accompanied by reductions in emissions such as carbon dioxide. These savings also increase profitability

and power from solar sourcesintegrated with renewable fuels such asbiomass biogas and industrial residues. he thermal energy produced in this plantwill be the energy source in a desalinationunit as well as for the heating

and coolingof the surrounding areasays MATS Projectco-ordinator Fabrizio Fabrizi. he plant willproduce energy n demanddue to theintegration with a backup system containingvarious alternative fuels.

In addition, because many of these materials are derived plastics from fossil fuels, they also increase the impact on climate change.

The development of the new packaging products for a global market will make an important contribution towards the reduction of the dependency of the packaging sector on petroleum resources and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Incontrast with previous designs this one wouldbe capable of handling multiple feedstock'sprocessing them in multiple ways (chemicalbiochemical thermochemical) and producingmultiple products from aviation fuels tochemicals polymers and other materials.

However, efficient and reliable pre-combustion capture technologies that can reduce carbon dioxide (CO2 EMISSIONS from fossil fuel power plants at low cost are still missing.

on the other hand, remove the carbon from fuel before combustion and produce hydrogen, which is much more energy efficient,

#Biofuels to be processed by oil refineries EU research seeks to run yesterday's refineries on next-gen fuels.

A characteristic of the bio-liquids that are produced compared to crude oil is the high level of oxygenates

This enables a seamless integration of biorefinery coprocessing products to the end consumer for products such as transport fuels and chemicals.

The process will also help reducing the production costs of biofuels. According to the project's coordinator Yrj Solantausta There are good opportunities for both new companies because of new technologies being developed

#From sunlight to jet fuel: EU project makes first'solar'kerosene An EU-funded research project called SOLAR-JET has produced the world's first'solar'jet fuel from water and carbon dioxide (CO2), a promising technology for a better

energy security and turning possibly a greenhouse gas into a useful resource. Researchers have demonstrated for the first time successfully the entire production chain for renewable kerosene,

using concentrated light as a high-temperature energy source. The project is still at the experimental stage,

with a glassful of jet fuel produced in laboratory conditions, using simulated sunlight. However, the results give hope that in future any liquid hydrocarbon fuels could be produced from sunlight

CO2 and water. The process In a first step concentrated light-simulating sunlight-was used to convert carbon dioxide

and water to synthesis gas (syngas) in a high-temperature solar reactor containing metal-oxide based materials developed at ETH Zürich.

The syngas (a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide) was converted then into kerosene by Shell using the established"Fischer-Tropsch"process.

Although producing syngas through concentrated solar radiation is still at an early stage of development, the processing of syngas to kerosene is already being deployed by companies,

including Shell, on a global scale. Combining the two approaches has the potential to provide secure

sustainable and scalable supplies of aviation fuel as well as diesel and gasoline, or even plastics. Fischer-Tropsch derived fuels are certified already

and can be used by existing vehicles and aircraft without modifications of their engines or of fuel infrastructure.

Background The four-year SOLAR-JET project was launched in June 2011 and is receiving#2. 2 million of EU funding from the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7).

The call includes a topic on the development of the next-generation technologies for biofuels and sustainable alternative fuels v

#Synthetic Motor oils from Natural gas Introduced Pennzoil introduced synthetic motor oils formulated from natural gas, Pennzoil Platinum and Pennzoil Ultra Platinum, with Pureplus Technology.

Pennzoil said Pureplus Technology is patented a process that converts pure natural gas into the first-of-its-kind, high quality full synthetic base oil.

crystal clear base oil made from natural gas with fewer of the impurities found in crude oil. The oils are designed to provide coverage on five areas consumers deem as most critical for motor oil performance:

engine cleanliness, fuel economy, conservation of horsepower, wear protection, and performance in extreme temperatures s

#Factory Dairy farms on the Rise in Asia The expansion of industrial dairy farms in Asia could lead to severe consequences for the environment, public health, animal welfare and rural economies, according to a policy paper by Brighter Green.

It provides essential fuel for their function and it helps them make carbohydrates that are part of glycoproteins

The fat disrupts the process where ordinarily insulin would cause body tissues to correctly absorb glucoseâ##blood sugarâ##and use it as a fuel.

and ordinarilyâ##like a well-tuned car engineâ##they burn fuels including fats and sugars in modest quantities to keep the cells functioning.##

##If too much of the fuel in the cell is fat you keep burning it until the fuel gauge reaches empty.

Mice lacking FAT10 had elevated an metabolic rate, burned fat as fuel, and exhibited reduced glucose and insulin levels. he DNA

or petroleum reservoirs deep underground#places where pressure and temperature could destroy conventional electronic sensors.

#This fusion reactor could be cheaper than coal University of Washington Posted by Michelle Ma-Washington on October 16 2014fusion energy almost sounds too good to be true#zero greenhouse gas emissions no long-lived radioactive waste a nearly unlimited fuel supply.

Fusion power designs aren t cheap enough to outperform systems that use fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.

while seeking ways to improve algae's capacity as a biofuel. Its application in cancer research

But to convert them into truly viable biofuel producers we need them to grow and produce oil simultaneously. he secret for making this happen was CHT7 the gatekeeper that cues cells to wake up

For biofuels this would remove a major hurdle and gives scientists a way to potentially produce high amounts of oil and biomass.

which permits the chemistry of oxygen reduction one of the two needed reactions for operation in a fuel celltour says. he graphene provides the conductive matrix required.

and light materials especially those that could help to protect the atmosphere including lighter more fuel efficient

As more gardeners and farmers add ground charcoal or biochar to soil to both boost crop yields and counter global climate change the study offers the first detailed explanation for this mystery. nderstanding the controls on water movement through biochar-amended soils is critical

and a motor (including fuel) for the assembly carrier to transport the object from one assembly station to the next.

and other life forms with energy and therefore make it the fuel of choice in this artificial system.

Automakers have considered long the hydrogen fuel cell a promising alternative to the gasoline engine. Fuel cell technology is essentially water splitting in reverse.

The only byproduct is water unlike gasoline combustion which emits carbon dioxide a greenhouse gas. Most of these vehicles will run on fuel manufactured at large industrial plants that produce hydrogen by combining very hot steam and natural gas an energy-intensive process that releases carbon dioxide as a byproduct.

In 2015 American consumers will finally be able to purchase fuel cell cars from Toyota and other manufacturers.

Although touted as zero emissions vehicles most of the cars will run on hydrogen made from natural gas a fossil fuel that contributes to global warming.

Splitting water to make hydrogen requires no fossil fuels and emits no greenhouse gases. But scientists have yet to develop an affordable active water splitter with catalysts capable of working at industrial scales. t s been a constant pursuit for decades to make low-cost electrocatalysts with high activity

That goal is achievable based on my most recent resultshe researchers also plan to develop a water splitter than runs on electricity produced by solar energy. ydrogen is an ideal fuel for powering vehicles buildings

This shows that through nanoscale engineering of materials we can really make a difference in how we make fuels

of which are made currently from fossil fuels. The problem is that CO2 is extremely stable and reducing it to a reactive and useful form isn t easy. opper has been studied for a long time as an electrocatalyst for CO2 reduction

The experiments showed that the copper foam converted CO2 into formic acid a compound often used as a feedstock for microbes that produce biofuels at a much greater efficiency than planar copper.

but up as long as production is dependent on fossil fuels. he Center for Capture and Conversion of CO2 is a Center for Chemical Innovation funded by the National Science Foundation.

and use it to generate electricity or some other useable energy source such as biofuels. CHARGE SEPARATION It takes about one-third of a second to blink your eye.

#Material snags CO2 from natural gas Rice university rightoriginal Studyposted by Mike Williams-Rice on June 9 2014scientists have created an Earth-friendly way to separate carbon dioxide a greenhouse gas from natural gas right

Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel. Development of cost-effective means to separate carbon dioxide during the production process will improve this advantage over other fossil fuels

and enable the economic production of gas resources with higher carbon dioxide content that would be too costly to recover using current carbon capture technologies says James Tour professor of mechanical engineering and nanoengineering and of computer science at Rice university.

Traditionally carbon dioxide has been removed from natural gas to meet pipelines specifications. The Tour lab with assistance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) produced the patented material that pulls only carbon dioxide molecules from flowing natural gas

and polymerizes them while under pressure naturally provided by the well. When the pressure is released the carbon dioxide spontaneously depolymerizes

or use it for enhanced oil recovery to further the release of oil and natural gas. Or they can package

and propane molecules that make up natural gas may try to stick to the carbon but the growing polymer chains simply push them off he says.

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