Biofuels from Algae. A Promising And Near Future

Alicante met at the International Congress in Obtaining Biomass and Biofuels Production from Algae, which was held on October 31 and 30, researchers and entrepreneurs, recognized internationally, which discussed the feasibility and effectiveness of which is considered a substitute for petroleum: algae.
There are two main conclusions drawn from the two working sessions of this conference. [...]

Biomass Alternative Energy Course Starts In February

This past weekend the Forest Technician, Biomass and Alternative Energy course started classes. A dozen students from the scope of the Foundation are part of this training process also has a section online through e-learning platform foundation Premysa.
FOREST BIOMASS
The processing and use of energy have a number of environmental problems requiring us to look for [...]

Alternative Energy for Sustainable Transport Course Review

Within the Summer Courses of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos has held the course “Alternative Energy for Sustainable Transport: Biofuels and Hydrogen. At the same, and the hand of top specialists, has tried to understand and assess the current situation and future of the energies that will replace petroleum in the transport sector, and basically [...]

International Congress On Algae Biofuels To Single Out The Prototype Developed By A University To Produce Bio-oil

Developed by scientists at the Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, University of Alicante in collaboration with the company BioFuel BFS Systems, the compounds that get this prototype have a value in the market, with an efficiency ten thousand times greater than that of any other known energy crops.
The International Congress of Biomass Obtaining [...]

Exxon Invests in Alternative Energy and Biofuels

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) announced an alliance with leading biotechnology company, Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), to research and develop next generation biofuels derived from photosynthetic algae.
“This investment is being carried out after several years of planning and research, and adds significantly to the current efforts of ExxonMobil to make progress in innovative technologies to [...]

The Challenge Of Clean Energy

The president of United States (U.S.) Barack Obama plans to lift recession rest in part on a bigger task than launching a spacecraft to the moon and the Manhattan Project together.
Their goal, in which previous presidents have unsuccessfully spent more than 100 billion dollars (mdd), is to replace imported oil and other fossil fuels [...]

The Challenge Of Clean Energy

The president plans to lift Barack Obama United States (U.S.) recession rest in part on a bigger task than launching a spacecraft to the moon and the Manhattan Project together.
Their goal, in which previous presidents have unsuccessfully spent more than 100 billion dollars (mdd), is to replace imported oil and other fossil fuels “with [...]

Brazil To Insist In Biofuels

After the discovery of a huge oilfield, Brazil won’t forget biofuels, said Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, whom also said that the country wants to make lots of investments the gas sector of Bolivia.
Last week the company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETROBRAS) announced the oilfield from Tupi in the costs of Rio de Janeiro may [...]

Guide Of Bioenergy, Get Into Renewable Energies

A “guide of Bioenergy” published by the Community of Madrid and Social Obra of Caja Madrid, tries to approach the renewable biofuels and other energies, as well as the benefits of his use, to the Madrilenians, with the purpose of to foment his use and to obtain a greater power saving.
This is one of the [...]

Hydrogen Fuel Produced with Eggshell

Never underestimate the power of eggs.
Engineers form Ohio State developed an innovative process in which they extract carbon dioxide from a reactor generating fuel hydrogen using eggshells. As an addition during this reaction collagen may be extracted, and it is a very useful protein for medicines and medical treatments.
“The key for creating pure hydrogen is [...]