Tag Archives: biofuel
Bloom Energy Raises Another $130M
Fuel cell “startup” Bloom Energy just raised $130 million more in venture capital, according to a scoop from Fortune. That takes the VC funding to beyond $1.1 billion for this firm and makes it one of the all-time leaders in VC funding. Along with Fisker and Solyndra — not exactly great company. According to [...]
In Focus: Futuristic Green Energies
The Time Lists has released its ‘Top 20 Green Tech Ideas’, and what a list it is. At Decipher CM, we’ve picked our Top 5 favourite futuristic green energies to share with the new breed of technological hippies out there. 1. Biofuels One of the ‘green industries’ best kept secrets is biofuels. This includes products [...]
Google’s Renewable Energy Investments Top $1B
Google, a company that has been carbon neutral since 2007, is about to top $1 billion in renewable energy investments. The company is a huge energy consumer; its data centers’ operations use as much energy as nearly a quarter of a million households. But Google is using renewable energy not only to fuel its own [...]
Does Google Have A “Breakthrough Biofuel” Up It’s Sleeve?
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has been successfully testing a breakthrough biofuel at its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. The biofuel, made by California-based Cool Planet Energy Systems, is produced using a “carbon negative” process that actually removes carbon from the atmosphere during the course of production. “Innovations in alternative fuels will be key in addressing growing [...]
PV Inverters Market: 52.3 Gigawatts by 2018
Soaring oil prices and growing environmental concerns intensified the focus on alternate energy in recent times. The photovoltaic industry is a major benefactor of this growing interest, with large scale solar parks mushrooming in advanced and developing countries alike, propelled by favorable regulatory environment, Government subsidies, falling PV module prices, and the growing pressure on [...]
GM Gives Props to Envia’s Car Battery
Back in February, Envia Systems made an announcement regarding tests of its electric vehicle battery technology, and said it had achieved an energy density of 400 Watt-hours/kilogram (Wh/g) with battery technology for electric vehicles. This week, General Motors, which backs Envia, reinforced during an employee conference that Envia’s solution could power an electric car for [...]
Electricity from Thin Air
Progress in the field of biofuel production is engendering optimism for it could be the most viable solution to our energy woes. Research on biofuel cells aims to create renewable batteries capable of satiating our electricity needs. Presently, biofuel cells use glucose-processing enzymes to produce electricity; however the energy is insignificant when compared to their [...]
The Problem With Biofuels
Biofuels are liquid fuels that can be obtained from biomass like plant matter or by the waste that living creatures produce, such as manure. They are mostly used to help meet transportation fuel needs. The two most common types of biofuels in use today are ethanol and biodiesel. Ethanol – Any biomass which is high [...]
Biofuels: Pros and Cons
Biofuels are liquid fuels that can be obtained from biomass like plant matter or by the waste that living creatures produce, such as manure. They are mostly used to help meet transportation fuel needs. The two most common types of biofuels in use today are ethanol and biodiesel. Ethanol – Any biomass which is high [...]