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Algae Might Replace Some U.S. Oil Imports
?Main Image: A June 2010 photo shows raceway ponds in Southern California was taken by the QuickBird satellite. A PNNL study shows that 17 percent of the United States’... More »
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Molten Rock as a Source of High-Grade Energy
Iceland Volcano's Molten Rock Could Become Source of High-Grade Energy Krafla volcano gives geologists unique, unexpected opportunity to study magma Geologists... More »
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Fuels From an Ancient Crop
?Main Image: Chemical engineer Akwasi Boateng (right) and mechanical engineer Neil Goldberg (center) adjust pyrolysis process conditions while chemist Charles Mullen... More »
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Are Biofuels Crops Sustainable?
A Sustained Effort New crops produce biofuels, but are they sustainable? Established in 2007, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Bioenergy Science Center (BESC)... More »
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Compatibility: Biofuels and Existing...
But Are They Compatible? New biofuels must be compatible with America's existing transportation infrastructure. The ultimate goal of ORNL's BioEnergy Science... More »
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Lebônê Dirt-Powered Battery
Lebônê Dirt-Powered Battery Challenge 500 million people in Africa live without power. How does it work: Ordinary soil contains large number of ... More »
Ethanol Biofuels in the United States
Last Updated on 2012-10-07 at 22:48
Biofuels are a major source of renewable energy in the United States. Ethanol produced from corn starch accounts for 90% of the biofuels consumed, but only 5% of all... More »
Turning Plant Sugar into Ethanol
Last Updated on 2012-08-22 at 14:54
Today, a vintner creating the next great cabernet, a moonshiner making whiskey, and an engineer processing biomass employ brewer’s yeast, the fungus Saccharomyces... More »
Hybrid Cars
Last Updated on 2012-06-13 at 20:26
Petroleum-electric hybrid vehicles combine the desirable properties of electric propulsion with the portability and convenient refueling of petroleum fuels. Most of the... More »
Cellulosic biofuels
Last Updated on 2012-06-05 at 20:57
Cellulosic biofuels are fuels produced from cellulose (fibrous material) derived from renewable biomass.
This article was derived from Congressional Research... More »
Biomass conversion into fuels
Last Updated on 2012-06-03 at 15:07
Introduction
Biomass, a source of renewable energy, is organic biological material such as wood, wood waste, municipal solid waste, straw, sugar cane, algae, and many... More »
Molten Rock as a Source of High-Grade Energy
Last Updated on 2012-05-07 at 19:22
Iceland Volcano's Molten Rock Could
Become Source of High-Grade Energy
Krafla volcano gives geologists unique, unexpected opportunity to study magma
Geologists... More »
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