Bioenergy
Evaluating Institutional On-site Clean Energy
Submitted by Earth News on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 10:07
ShareThisEarlier this month, I attended EUCI’s Utilizing Clean Power Development Conference in Philadelphia. The conference attracted a variety of large institutions (hospitals, municipalities, universities, etc.), developers, and financers to discuss the opportunity and challenges surrounding deployment of on-site renewable energy. Instit
Integrating Anaerobic Digestion Into Our Culture Part 2: Stats, Reality and the Future
Submitted by Earth News on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 09:37
ShareThisNorth America is at an inflection point in managing organic materials. Just as paper, metal and plastics were the darlings of the recycling industry a couple decades ago, our society is defining a new relationship with organic materials: one that harnesses the full carbon, energy and nutrient potential of organics.
Operation Sustainability: U.S. Military Sets Ambitious Environmental Goals
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 10:36
ShareThisWith personnel nearly the population of Chicago and a fleet of over 500,000 aircrafts, vessels, and vehicles, the U.S. Department of Defense is a massive and energy-hungry institution.
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs — From Community Fuels
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 08:13
ShareThisIn New York, the expected release dates for the Obama Administration's Bioeconomy Blueprint came and went, leaving Novozymes and Bloomberg New Energy Finance's "Moving Towards a Next-generation Ethanol Economy" report, released this month, as the most intriguing assessment of the job-creating potential of an expanded bioeconomy.
Asia Report: DOC Extends Solar Trade Case Deadline to March 2
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 06:43
ShareThisSolar players on both sides of the Pacific have been warily anticipating the Feb. 13 deadline when the Department of Commerce was set to announce whether it would impose duties on solar cells and modules coming in from China.
Integrating Anaerobic Digestion Into Our Culture Part 1: Language, Visuals and Values
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 13:36
ShareThisNorth America is at an inflection point in managing organic materials. Just as paper, metal and plastics were the darlings of the recycling industry a few decades ago, our society is defining a new relationship with organic materials — one that harnesses the full carbon, energy and nutrient potential of organics.
Dark Clouds Threaten German Clean Energy Ambitions
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 08:37
ShareThisDuring the fourteen years that I've lived in Switzerland, the Germans have been the world's staunchest supporters of green power and alternative energy. Their aggressive development of wind power was breathtaking, as was their warm embrace of photovoltaic power.
Smart Grid Initiatives Address Cyber Security, Renewable Energy Intermittency
Submitted by Earth News on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 07:33
ShareThisSecuritizing renewable energy networks from cyber-attacks is not complicated by their oft-cited operational headache of intermittency, but rather by their separation from a utility's control system, said smart grid executives at the Gridwise Global Forum in Washington, DC in early November.
LanzaTech Raises $58 Million in Series C Round; Petronas Becomes Strategic Investor
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 11:00
ShareThisIn Illinois, LanzaTech announced that it has closed its Series C round with new investment totaling US $55.8 million led by the Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund.
Gambling on Iraq's Oil
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 10:00
ShareThisIraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's recent efforts to arrest Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi on terrorism charges have elevated the risk of renewed sectarian violence in the wake of the 18 December U.S. military withdrawal.
