Oil Free Wellington held a flotilla protest against deep sea oil exploration in New Zealand. Protesters gathered at Wellington's harbor to show protest on deep-sea oil exploration in New Zealand.
Shell is heavily considering abandoning entirely its New Zealand operations. Royal Dutch Shell is poised to exit New Zealand. One of the cited reasons for exiting the territory is cutting costs due to low oil prices.
Scientists have announced they were able to overcome another barrier to commercially viable biofuels through engineering a microbe that improves isobutanol yields by a factor of 10.
Modified Yeast Unlocks Biofuel Potential You may know that a modified diesel engine can actually run on highly filtered oil left over from the deep fryer.
How people react to the Arco gas station on Crenshaw Blvd. and 182nd St The Arco gas station at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and 182nd Street seems to be operating lousily.
With the coming of spring, and the looming global warming ever at our odds, it’s clear that there’s enough heat already out in the world. So why would you want your “green” energy practices to contribute ever more to that heat? Current methods, for example, in the production of solar cells used to capture energy require an intense recrystallization process that comes at the price of a drastic raise in the temperature of the substance—perovskite. But now, thanks to chemists at Brown University, the green energy movement may soon be equated with a cooler movement, as well.
If you’ve ever ventured out into the middle of the desert, you’ve likely encountered a solar field of sorts. On the way to Las Vegas, for example, there exists a solar plant that leverages thousands of glass reflectors to burn hot with the power of the sun. But when it comes to more domesticate uses of the sun, researchers and consumers have been limited by the capabilities of light-absorbing perovskite films used in solar cells. Now, however, thanks to a PhD researcher at Brown University, the tides may have changed.
A new system designed by researchers converts the Sun’s energy into liquid fuel Mimicking nature has long been part of human evolution. Researchers at Harvard have designed a system that mimics the process of Photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert solar energy into chemical energy that is later used to fuel the plant.
As stated by the California Fuel Cell Partnership, the primary benefits of operating an FCV are that they provide, "provide customers with a no-compromise electric-drive vehicle with longer range, quick refill, high performance and comfort along with zero emissions and a low-carbon and potentially renewable fuel."
