Energy Quest, Inc. to Build Power to Biodiesel Plant
US - Energy Quest, Inc., an alternative energy company and the developer and producer of hydrogen-enriched alternative fuels, is to begin construction on a turn key biomass (Wood Waste) to Power/Algae...

$80 Million for Advanced Biofuels Research
US - The US Department of Energy Secretary is to invest nearly $80 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for advanced biofuels research and fueling infrastructure that will...

Potential Lies in Hydro and Biomass Power
BULGARIA - Hydro and biomass power holds the biggest potential of Bulgaria’s renewable energy sources, according to a renewable energy development forecast strategy developed by the Economy ...

Green Power Could Be Produced From Salmon
UK - Green energy could soon be produced from salmon in the Western Isles.

Chinese Technology for Green Buses
UK- Experts from China are helping prepare the North East of England for a low-carbon future with the creation of the region’s first petrol-free passenger bus.

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Competition
UK - A competition for up to £7.2 million of funding for companies to develop Hydrogen and Fuel Cell technology has been launched in the UK.

Hydrogen Technology Steams Ahead
UK - Could the cars and laptops of the future be fuelled by old chip fat?

Feathers Help to Fuel the Future
US - Scientists at the University of Delaware say they have developed a new hydrogen storage method - carbonized chicken feather fibres - that can hold vast amounts of hydrogen, a promising but...

New Material for Hydrogen for Fuel Cells
EU - Wider use of hydrogen fuel cells could be one step closer thanks to a new engineered material which acts as a filter, separating hydrogen out from a mixture of gases. This could lead to...

Linde Develops Sustainable Hydrogen Production
GERMANY - The technology group The Linde Group is developing an innovative process for the sustainable production of hydrogen from biogenic raw materials.

The Good Side of Black Sea Pollution
TURKEY - The Black Sea harbours vast quantities of hydrogen sulphide, the toxic gas associated with the smell of rotten eggs. This noxious gas could be used as a renewable source of hydrogen...

Grant for APSU for Biofuel Research
US - Austin Peay State University biology professor, whose research of hydrogen manufacturing for use as a biofuel in vehicles recently generated news headlines, has received a grant from the...

Cooperation Agreements for Brazil and Canada
BRAZIL - Brazil's Minister of Science and Technology (MCT), Sergio Rezende, and Canada’s Minister of International Commerce, Stockwel Day, have signed in São Paulo a technical cooperation agreement....

Sugarcane Expansion to be Restricted
BRAZIL - New agricultural zoning of Brazil inhibits the cultivation in sensitive ecosystems and areas for food farming. 'Biofuels should not compete with food,' said minister Dilma Roussef.

Petrol from Air and Water
UK - A team led by Prof Tony Marmont, owner of Beacon Energy Ltd and a long-term proponent of Renewable Energy, is looking at the possibility to manufacture liquid fuels from carbon dioxide and...

Hydrogen Tank Lighter than Battery
NETHERLANDS - Dutch-sponsored researcher Robin Gremaud has shown that an alloy of the metals magnesium, titanium and nickel is excellent at absorbing hydrogen and this light alloy brings the...

More Flexible Method to Produce Biofuels
US - Researchers at Purdue University are proposing a new "flexible" approach to producing alternative fuels, hydrogen and electricity from municipal solid wastes, agricultural wastes, forest...

Europe Launches €1 billion Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Programme
EU - The European Union and European Industry has announced plans to make fuel cells and hydrogen one of Europe's leading new strategic energy technologies of the future.

Hydrogen Energy from Corn Cobs
US - The next alternative fuel in a vehicle's tank might be nothing more than gas with a little help from corn.

EC Backs Aid to French Hydrogen Programme
FRANCE - The European Commission has endorsed under EC Treaty state aid rules a €68 million aid that France plans to grant to Air Liquide, its subsidiary Axane and other partners for the development...

New Approach to Hydrogen as Alternative Fuel
SPAIN - A team of scientists from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) has designed a material with such high ion conductivity that it allows the use of hydrogen as a clean fuel. The research...

Hydrogen-Producing Bacteria Provide Clean Energy
US - A new "green" technology developed cooperatively by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Carolina State University (NC State) could lead to production of hydrogen...

Biofuel from Bacteria
NEW ZEALAND: A study aimed at using bacteria as a source of clean and renewable biofuel has received a NZ$264,000 (US$200,800) research grant from the New Zealand government.

Southeast Bioenergy Conference Set for 12-14 August
US - The third Southeast Bioenergy Conference at the University of Georgia will have experts on hand to deliver the latest information and answer questions on the changing face of the market....

Fuel from Food Waste
UK - Researchers have combined the efforts of two kinds of bacteria to produce hydrogen in a bioreactor, with the product from one providing food for the other.