Study for first US ethanol pipeline
Two US oil products pipeline companies have launched an assessment on whether to build what would be the first dedicated ethanol pipeline from agriculture centres in the America ’s Midwest to the heavily populated US Northeast.
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Saudi, Norway back CCS for CDM
Oil exporters Saudi Arabia and Norway will cooperate to get carbon capture and storage (CCS) -- burying greenhouse gases -- recognised as a way for rich countries to offset their emissions, a Norwegian daily reported.
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Nations seek compromise in climate change talks
The UN's climate chief has called Thursday for rich and developing nations to reach a compromise as they held talks in Tokyo in their bid to forge a new deal on fighting global warming by the end of next year.
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Investors pledge US$10 billion for renewable energy
US institutional investors pledged at a UN summit last week to invest US$10 billion over two years in technologies that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to pressure companies to disclose their risks associated with climate change.
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The case of the minty water
A geothermal drilling project has been absolved of creating the strange minty-tasting water in Pennsylvania.
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Power shirt generates electricity as wearer moves
Nanotechnology researchers are developing the perfect complement to the power tie – a real power shirt able to generate electricity to power small electronic devices for soldiers in the field, hikers, marathoners and anyone whose physical motion could be harnessed and converted to electrical energy.
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Honda Civic GX natural gas car is greenest vehicle for the fifth straight year
Four Honda vehicles have earned recognition from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) as the “greenest vehicles of 2008”, with the Civic GX natural gas car taking the title of the greenest vehicle for the fifth consecutive year.
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French researchers find trouble with hybrids
Hybrid electric vehicles that run on both conventional gasoline and stored electricity can be no more than a stopgap until more sustainable technology is developed, according to researchers in France . Writing in the Inderscience publication International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, they suggest that the adoption of HEVs might even slow development of more sustainable fuel-cell powered electric vehicles.
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New record set for solar-to-grid conversion efficiency
A solar thermal dish in New Mexico has set a new solar conversion efficiency record, toppling the previous record, which has stood for nearly 25 years.
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Global Warming Solutions plans hybrid solar plant
Research and development has begun to create a new type of solar power plant employing technology that would allow it to produce electricity even during periods of no sunlight. The solar plant will use LETG (Light Electric Thermal Generating), a hybrid solar and thermal energy technology that generates energy by heating up liquids that circulate on the surface of a solar panel.
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Wave energy project for Maui
Australia ’s Oceanlinx Limited has announced that it plans to install a 2.7-megawatt wave energy project off the northeast coast of Maui, Hawaii . Oceanlinx, previously called "Energetech," signed a memorandum of understanding on the project with Renewable Hawaii, Inc., a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (HECO).
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