Inspirational and good news.
Algae will be used to power New York State, they will use an algae that consumes carbon-dioxcide (which is a greenhouse gas) to make electricity!
“In a partnership announced Tuesday, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is funding the project, which will test GreenFuel’s CO2 recycling technology at NRG’s coal-fired power plant in Dunkirk, N.Y.”
Some Kiwis have found a way to turn sewage into bio-diesel. I wonder how it smells.
“Marlborough-based Aquaflow Bionomic yesterday announced it had produced its first sample of bio-diesel fuel from algae in sewage ponds.
It is believed to be the world’s first commercial production of bio-diesel from “wild” algae outside the laboratory – and the company expects to be producing at the rate of at least one million litres of the fuel each year from Blenheim by April.”
Apparently, the White House has launched the H-prize and it is not for a hydrogen bomb, it’s for a hydrogen car!
“This is an opportunity for a triple play,” said bill sponsor Rep. Bob Inglis, R-S.C., citing benefits to national security from reduced dependence on foreign oil, cleaner air from burning pollution-free hydrogen and new jobs. “If we can reinvent the car, imagine the jobs we can create.”
Technology Review has a groovy article on a new style of wind farm that floats. The idea is that people will not have their views ruined by large wind farms, and as a added bonus the wind is stronger out in the open seas.
A win for power, postcards, GE, and for fighting climate change!
“GE has announced a $27 million partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop 5-7 megawatt turbines by 2009, each of which could power well over 1,000 homes. Supplanting the company’s current 3.6 megawatt turbines, these giant energy factories should make wind power more economical, since the major cost of building and installing offshore wind farms does not depend primarily on a turbine’s size, but on the number of them that need to be erected. By 2015, GE could have even bigger, 10-megawatt turbines, according to Jim Lyons, leader of advanced technology for GE’s wind energy business.”
A story about a 2002 Toyota RAV4 EV and a trip to the emission testing facility. The author tries to shed light on the benefit of hybrid cars
“In these times of high gas prices, you’d think everyone would want one of these, the problem is that many people don’t know about them. Maybe this post can change that.”