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‘Hydrogen Is Tomorrow’s Biofuel’ Say Scientists

May 19, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

Researchers from the University of Birmingham are creating clean hydrogen from food waste paving the way for a bioenergy alternative for the future.

Currently, Brazil is the world’s most intensive user of bioethanol as an alternative to gasoline for powering transport. There are questions about whether the mass production of bioethanol using sugarcane is sustainable in the long-term. Bioethanol generates carbon dioxide and agricultural waste. However, creating clean hydrogen from waste not only uses that waste but provides a fuel that is emission free and can also be generated sustainably. [Read more...]

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Gasoline, Oil Prices Continue To Drop

May 18, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

Pump prices continue to fall in the Knoxville area.

The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded dropped nearly a penny overnight to $3.455 on Wednesday, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report.

Prices have plunged in recent weeks. This time a month ago the average in metropolitan Knoxville was $3.76, the auto club reported.

Memphis has the lowest average among Tennessee’s largest cities at $3.412, followed by Chattanooga at $3.416. Nashville has the highest average in the state at $3.486. [Read more...]

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Wind Turbine Creates Water From Thin Air

May 4, 2012 by ·

Wind turbines have long produced renewable energy but a French engineering firm has discovered another eco-purpose for the towering structures.

Eole Water claims to have successfully modified the traditional wind turbine design to create the WMS1000, an appliance that can manufacture drinking water from humid air.

The company aims to start rolling out the giant products for sale later in 2012, initially focusing on remote communities in arid countries where water resources are scarce.

“This technology could enable rural areas to become self-sufficient in terms of water supply,” says Thibault Janin, director of marketing at Eole Water. [Read more...]

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Renewable Energy May Overshoot Target

May 3, 2012 by ·

Australia is likely to overshoot its ”20 per cent by 2020” renewable energy target by about 6 per cent, according to Origin Energy, potentially adding to rising electricity costs.

Origin, Australia’s largest electricity retailer, says the recent trend of falling overall electricity demand and increasing penetration of rooftop solar and solar hot water systems means Australia is likely to require only 250 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity in 2020, rather than the fixed volume of 300 TWh anticipated in the renewable energy target legislation. [Read more...]

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Oil Hovers Above $107 As Iran Nuclear Talks Set

March 27, 2012 by ·

Oil prices hovered above $107 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as an agreement between Iran and six world powers to meet next month raised hopes of a negotiated resolution to a dispute over the Middle Eastern country’s nuclear program.

Benchmark oil for May delivery was up 9 cents to $107.12 at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract was up 16 cents to settle at $107.03 per barrel in New York on Monday.

Brent crude for May delivery was down 9 cents at $125.56 per barrel in London. [Read more...]

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Iran’s Khamenei Warns Over Military Strike, Oil Embargo Threat

February 4, 2012 by ·

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the Islamic Republic would not yield to international pressure to abandon its nuclear course, threatening retaliation for sanctions aimed at Iran’s oil exports.

“Threatening Iran and attacking Iran will harm America … Sanctions will not have any impact on our determination to continue our nuclear course … In response to threats of oil embargo and war, we have our own threats to impose at the right time,” Khamenei told worshippers in a speech broadcast live on state television. [Read more...]

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Greenpeace Urges Government To Halt ‘Reckless’ Arctic Oil Rush

January 19, 2012 by ·

At a special House of Commons hearing, ministers will be asked to reconsider support for Cairn Energy drilling in the far north

The government will be urged on Wednesday to help build a more sustainable world by putting a brake on the oil industry’s “reckless” race to the Arctic.

At a special House of Commons hearing, Greenpeace will tell ministers to reconsider their support for Cairn Energy and other companies drilling in the far north unless they attach the most stringent operating conditions. [Read more...]

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