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Carbon Neutral Energy: Taking Biofuels to the Next Level
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A research team at the University of Georgia has discovered a way to create carbon-neutral biofuels using a microorganism that normally feeds on CO2, bypassing the inefficiencies associated with cellulosic ethanol.[read more]
Dublin Firefighters Go Carbon Neutral
The Kilbarrack Fire Station Carbon Neutral Project began life not solely as a response to climate change and energy efficiency, but also as an exercise in social cohesion and community responsibility.[read more]
At Rio, Corporations Pledge While Nations Demur on Climate Action. But Is It Enough?
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Delegates gathered this week in Rio de Janeiro at the 20th anniversary of the historic Earth Summit affirmed that climate change “requires urgent and ambitious action,” in an agreement that commits them to no new steps toward meeting that goal. But while nations are as far as ever from putting a global price on carbon emissions,...[read more]
Can Volvo Truck Plant in SW Virginia Drive to Neutral CO2 Emissions?
When Volvo Trucks approaches environmental impact: Plant improvement, power generation, water heating and heat transfer, use of solar to retain or expel heat, and even a windmill to drive the highway sign are part of the equation.[read more]
A dramatic story behind a soccer shirt: Carbon neutral manufacturing
Devoted fans of Ghana will wear this soccer jersey, designed by Puma, when they cheer on their team this month during 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Fans of Cameroon, meanwhile, will don their team’s green World Cup jersey. Ivory Coast Algeria Puma also sells replicas of the World Cup jerseys for Algeria and the Ivory Coast. What...[read more]
B.C. firm taking biomass gasification to new level
Biomass gasification as a way to produce clean-burning "syngas" offers a carbon-neutral approach to reducing our dependence on natural gas and fuel oil, whether to generate electricity or heat. It also makes it easier to isolate and capture the CO2 produced from the process, so if it eventually makes economic sense to capture and store...[read more]
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“Hydrogen can also be made from fossil fuels. In fact, we are now just starting a research project on a Chemical Looping Reforming reactor with embedded membranes which could lead to affordable hydrogen production with inherent CO2 separation. Chemical Looping Reforming is based on the somewhat more mature Chemical Looping Combustion which economic studies have found capable of producing ...”
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