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Flax and yellow flowers can produce bioethanol

Flax and yellow flowers can produce bioethanol

Technology / Energy

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Surplus biomass from the production of flax shives, and generated from Brassica carinata, a yellow-flowered plant related to those which engulf fields in spring, can be used to produce bioethanol. This has be ...


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 ...


Winds of change

Winds of change

Technology / Energy

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Wind farms can be self-sustaining, concluded two Northeastern finance professors in a recent journal article. A few measures to increase productivity and decrease equipment costs could reduce the current dependence ...


Policies for renewable energy boost economy and jobs

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

The study which was coordinated by Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Inno-vation Research ISI shows that, by improving current policies the target of 20% RES in final energy consumption in 2020 can be achieved, which will ...


New research could help cars kick the fossil fuel habit

Chemistry /

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Researchers at the University of Bath are helping to develop new rechargeable batteries that could improve hybrid electric cars in the future. Transport is a major energy user and is estimated to be responsible for around ...