Energy

Virgin Atlantic Airways to Use Industrial Waste as Jet Fuel

Always on the cutting edge, Sir Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic, has set his company on a course towards further sustainability.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2011
Environment News Network
Tags:
Air Transport, Alternative Fuels, Waste To Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Ethanol, Biofuel, United Kingdom (UK), Cap And Trade
Energy

IDCOL to set up 1.5 lakh biogas plants in 5 years

Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (IDCOL) plans to set up 1.5 lakh biogas plants by 2016 to ensure access to clean fuel for cooking, said a senior official of the company.

Publication Date: 
11/10/2011
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Bangladesh, Biogas, Energy, Alternative Fuels, Firewood, Chemical Fertilisers, Waste To Energy
Energy

Pakistan seeks Brazilian tech for ethanol productivity

Federal Secretary Ministry of Industries Aziz Ahmad Bilour on Monday said the government would collaborate with the Brazilian government for transfer of knowledge and technology to enhance quality

Publication Date: 
11/10/2011
Daily Times (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, Ethanol, Biofuel, Brazil, Energy, Technology Transfer, Alternative Fuels
Energy

D-8 ministerial meeting: Dhaka proposes joint ‘green energy’ fund

Industries Minister Dilip Barua has proposed to set up a joint investment fund for improving green energy initiative within the member countries of the D-8.

Publication Date: 
07/10/2011
Bangladesh Today
Tags:
Bangladesh, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Biotechnology, Ecotourism, Agro-Based Industry, Alternative Fuels
Energy

Our sugarcane is greener than your corn: Brazil takes on US

Brazil claims to have clamped down on slash and burn tactics, slave labour and links to deforestation as it seeks to gain foothold in Europe’s lucrative biofuels market.

Publication Date: 
04/10/2011
Beth McLoughlin
Ecologist
Tags:
Sugarcane, Brazil, Biofuel, Ethanol, Shifting Cultivation, Alternative Fuels, Legislation, Deforestation, Land Use
Transport

Hydrogen - The future fuel for buses

To curb carbon dioxide emission and to cope with the crisis over fossil fuel supply, there is a pressing universal need to examine our fuel policy, and determine a new fuel which emits either zero or insignificant levels of exhaust gases. Using hydrogen as a transport fuel is a vision of future for many.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
Naresh Chandra Mathur
Indian Journal of Transport Management
35
4
250-257
Tags:
Hydrogen, Buses, Alternative Fuels, Public Transport, Vehicular Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Fossil Fuels
Transport

Changing course in urban transport: an illustrated guide

This illustrated guide provides a rich collection of images of sustainable urban transport initiatives from around the world. It considers the transport problems evident in many cities in Asia, including high levels of energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, congestion, road casualties, urban sprawl, and social exclusion.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
Robin Hickman, Paul Fremer, Manfred Breithaupt, & et al
Asian Development Bank
Tags:
Urban Transport, Asia, India, Mobility Planning, Public Transport, Walking, Congestion, Carbon Dioxide, Air Pollution, Urban Planning, Cycles, Non Motorised Vehicles, Alternative Fuels
Energy

Green takeoff

Lufthansa is the world's first airlines to use biofuel on scheduled flights. In the long term, the aviation industry will not achieve its climate goals without biofuels.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
Dierk Jensen
New Energy
5
78-81
Tags:
Biofuel, Air Transport, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Renewable Energy, Germany, Alternative Fuels
Science And Technology

'Artificial leaf' turns sunlight into fuel

US scientists have developed an "artificial leaf" that converts sunlight into a chemical fuel that could be stored and used later, according to a study published yesterday.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Energy, Alternative Fuels, United States Of America (US), Research, Science And Technology
Energy

U.S. Approves Canada Crops For Biodiesel Use

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of Canadian crops such as canola and corn in U.S. biofuels on Thursday, a move that lifted Canadian canola prices and may help the U.S.

Publication Date: 
30/09/2011
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
United States Of America (US), Canada, Biodiesel, Biofuel, Crops, Biomass, Farmers, Agriculture, Alternative Fuels

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