Everytime I hear the expression ‘algae fuel’ get mentioned in the press, an alarm bell inside my head goes off. This time, quite literally. The latest exciting algae development comes from Los Alamos National Laboratory, a...
Author - Antonio Pasolini
The environment pages of the Christian Science Monitor brings a question from a reader that I thought echoes a dilemma that many other people may have. The reader writes in to find out whether he’d be better off subsidizing his...
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but it could become a reality. According to a report in Alternative Energy, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and IHI Corporation are planning to design and develop a $21bn Space-based solar farm that would...
A new biomass-fueled power plant at Domtar Corporation’s Rothschild, Wisconsin paper mill site will produce 50 megawatts of electricity from wood, waste food and sawdust. If approved, the project is to be funded by We Energies, who will file...
- alternative energy
- Biofuel
- Biomass
- green politics
- Renewable energy
- Solar power
- Sustainable Development
- wind energy
U.S. Energy and Treasury Departments announce US$500 million for renewable energy projects
Early last month we wrote about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act program that provides cash assistance to energy production companies in place of earned tax credits. Yesterday the Energy and Treasury Deparments announced $502 million in...
