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Singapore and Neste Oil officials break ground on the world's biggest renewable diesel plant

Singapore-made biofuel to run cars in Europe, North America

Technology / Energy

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Diesel made from palm oil, vegetable oil and animal fat in Singapore may soon be powering cars in Europe and North America, Finland's Neste Oil said Friday.





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Genome Engineering Could Provide New Method of Creating Diesel

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

When we think of genetic engineering, our minds often jump to giant tomatoes and animal cloning. However, this is not always the case.


Biodiesel fuel use growing steadily

Technology / Energy

created Jul 03, 2006 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Biodiesel fuel, a renewable energy source, is beginning to integrate into the U.S. farming and trucking industries, the San Francisco Chronicle says.


Schwarzenegger to issue renewable energy order

Technology / Energy

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Administration officials say Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is moving ahead with plans to sign an executive order establishing the most aggressive renewable energy standard in the nation.


Passengers aboard a biogas bus in the street of Stockholm

City buses turn to sewage for 'clean' fuel

Technology / Energy

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Can the key to "clean" energy be found down in the sewer? That's the idea in Oslo, where city officials soon plan to introduce buses that run on biofuels extracted from human waste.


The clean-energy industry is expected to produce some 100 billion Taiwan dollars in revenue within two years

Taiwan plans massive growth in solar energy

Technology / Energy

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Taiwan plans to boost its use of solar panels by a factor of 200 over the next decade and a half in an effort to increase clean energy, a ranking official said Friday.


NREL Evaluates UPS Hybrid-Electric Van Performance

Technology / Energy

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has collected and analyzed fuel economy, maintenance and other vehicle performance data from UPS’s first generation hybrid diesel ...


Bringing the Biodiesel

Technology / Energy

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For some people, "biodiesel" might seem like a novelty product for which only hybrid car-driving tree huggers wouldn't mind paying a premium.


Taiwan has unveiled what it calls Asia's biggest solar power plant

Taiwan unveils Asia's biggest solar plant: govt

Technology / Energy

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Taiwan has unveiled what it calls Asia's biggest solar power plant as the island, which imports almost all its energy, seeks to tap into clean renewable resources, the government said Wednesday.


UGA licenses technology to make fuel from dead forests and agricultural waste

Technology / Energy

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An innovative process for turning waste biomass - such as dead trees, agricultural waste and lumber byproducts - into a liquid fuel to power conventional engines has been licensed by the University of Georgia Research Foundation, ...


Impact of renewable energy on our oceans must be investigated, say scientists

Impact of renewable energy on our oceans must be investigated, say scientists

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Scientists from the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth are today calling for urgent research to understand the impact of renewable energy developments on marine life. The study, now published in the Journal of ...



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