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All Posts Tagged With: "Biomass"

The Daily Five: Wednesday, 18 November, 2009

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House to Supply Power to Grid; Biomass Plays Big Role; ArmorLite Safety Coating for CFL; Citaro fuel cell bus; Big Wind-Turbine Plant in U.S.
Energy Positive House to Supply Power to Grid in Sweden Swedish designers are currently constructing Villa Akarp, a residence that aims to combine energy conservation, energy recovery and energy generation technologies. If [...]

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University Of Iowa Using Oat Hulls From Quaker Oats As Fuel Source.

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For a couple of years now the University of Iowa has been partnering with a nearby Quaker Oats plant to use the otherwise discarded oat hulls (the protective shell of the oat) as an environmentally friendly fuel source instead of burning coal. The oat hulls fuel 14% of the school’s total energy – equal to [...]

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The Daily Five: Tuesday, 4 August, 2009

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EcoDrain; Nuclear Power Renewable?; Kinetic cellphone charger; Nissan LEAF EV ready for 2010; Weyerhauser Gets 75% of Energy from Biomass
EcoDrain. The EcoDrain, a unique heat exchanger that transfers heat from hot shower waste water to cold incoming water, can cut water heater usage for showers by 25% to 70%, saving you a bunch of money [...]

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The Daily Five: Thursday, 09 July, 2009

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Real-Time Carbon Counter; Yahoo powered by Niagara Falls; Second Life for construction debris; Government’s Biomass Program; Turbines Spin in Antarctica
NYC Real-Time Carbon Counter. This counter displays the amount of equivalent greenhouse gas emissions in terms of carbon in the atmosphere, and is constantly updated based on measurements from NASA, NOAA, and supporting research from MIT. [...]

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The Daily Five: Tuesday, 30 June, 2009

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Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel; Anheuser-Busch Taps Landfill Gas for Houston Brewery; LED clock munches bugs and converts carcasses into energy; Storing Hydrogen Using Chicken Feathers; Toyota Prius vs. VW Clean Diesel
Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel. Scientists have been trying for years to find a non-food source for ethanol. A company in Bonita Springs, Florida, [...]

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The Daily Five: Friday, 19 September, 2008

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A 12-year-old Portand student develops a revolutionary new solar cell; CleanTech seeks Wildlife Biologists, and Holland burns tons of chicken poo for energy.

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The Daily Five: Tuesday, 9 September, 2008

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GM blames human error for the release of photos showing the Chevy Volt; a superbug could mean cheaper ethanol; and biomass energy comes to South Carolina.

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The Daily Five: Friday, 13 June, 2008

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Rethinking basic assumptions about global warming; California gets its first hybrid power plants; and LS9 announces genetically engineered bacteria which produce designer fuels.

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