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CO2 captured to feed biodiesel-producing algae
Filed under: Biodiesel, Emerging Technologies, Carbon CaptureTwo companies, Holcim and Aurantia are starting a new project to reuse CO2. They take the CO2 produced by a cement plant in Jerez de la...
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New $100 million X-Prizes created to spur development of clean energy
Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, Solar, Carbon Capture, Automotive X-PrizeThe X-Prize foundation was established help spur developments in a variety of areas including space travel, medicine and...
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Greenpeace: Carbon capture is not going to save our climate
Filed under: Carbon CaptureGreenpeace is quite unhappy with recent proposals to use carbon capture technology (CCT) at power plants that burn coal. According to the environmental group, CCT is like...
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British scientists develop CO2 to natural gas process
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Natural Gas, Carbon Capture, UKWhat if we found a system to transform one of our big "enemies" into a fuel again, and then, when produced, re-transformed again? This...
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Tyca reveals lamps that could absorb CO2 in parking lots
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Carbon Capture, Green Daily, Europe/EUFrench company Tyca, which usually works on aquarium and aquiculture projects, has announced the development of lamps that...
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Trees can capture 20 percent of a country's carbon emissions
Filed under: Carbon Capture, Green Daily, Europe/EUFigure of the day: In a country where half of the surface is covered by forests (such as Spain), trees capture 20 percent of that country's CO2...
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Pilot commercial algae to biofuel plant announced in Israel
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Carbon CaptureInventure Chemical and Seambiotic have announced a joint venture to create a pilot commercial plant which will use algae to produce an array of chemicals...
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Blade Your Ride: cut emissions and save gas
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Carbon CaptureWhile much of the green car field is devoted to developing technology of new vehicles, what about the 800 million vehicles already on the road today?...
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Australian study shows that planted trees capture less CO2
Filed under: Carbon Capture, Green Daily, Pacific RegionA report issued by the Australian National University shows that unspoiled natural forests capture more carbon than artificially planted trees....
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First carbon capture plant starts up in Germany
Filed under: Carbon Capture, GermanySwedish company Vattenfall has announced that its carbon plant with an incorporated CO2 capture facility in Stemberg, Germany, started working this week. The plant,...
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World's first green speed bumps?
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc., Carbon CaptureHow can a speed bump be green? Simple. If it does its job right and rewards low speed driving and punishes speeding, it can reduce gas...
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Newsflash: Dumping iron filings into ocean won't reduce CO2
Filed under: Etc., Carbon Capture, Green DailyIt had been proposed sometime ago that geoengineering might help fight global warming. One plan in particular that drew a lot of attention was the dumping...
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Coal plants could emit 90% less CO2 thanks to chilled ammonia
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Carbon Capture "But what about the long tailpipe?" Critics of plug-in vehicles often use the "long tailpipe" argument - the fact that CO2 emissions are...
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Volvo Trucks start field tests of methane-diesel engines
Filed under: Volvo, Natural Gas, Carbon Capture, Europe/EU Volvo trucks has announced new field tests of bi-fuel methane-diesel engines in partnership with seven different Swedish companies, adding a...
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New report concludes carbon sequestration "profoundly unfeasible"
Filed under: Carbon Capture Ever since the idea of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) was first proposed, everyone from politicians to Big Oil lobbyists have spoken of the technology as already up...
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Report: Roads laced with titanium dioxide could help us breathe easier
Filed under: Etc., Carbon Capture Researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology (EUT) may be on the brink of discovering a breakthrough that will lead to reduced pollution and cleaner air for...
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UK climate secretary: renewable energy pays off when oil exceeds $100 barrel
Filed under: Etc., Carbon Capture, UKRecently, the UK's energy and climate change secretary, Chris Huhne, spoke of his country's ambitious low-carbon energy plans, telling conference-goers at the Royal...
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Norwegian University study exaggerates downside of electric vehicles
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, Carbon Capture A recent column by Leo Hickman in The Guardian set off a wave of debate over the true merit of electric vehicles (EVs) compared to internal...
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Should there be a fossil fuel moratorium? Some scientists say yes
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Solar, Carbon Offset, Legislation and Policy, Carbon Capture Climate change was barely mentioned during October presidential debates, but that doesn't mean the...
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How EV chargers today are like the gas stations of the past
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, Carbon Capture In his 97 years, Charlie Yaeger has driven everything from a Ford Model T to a 1916 Baker Electric to a Nissan Maxima. More recently, he can be found...
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