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PARC Hydrodynamic Separation (HDS) for cleaning water

Kelly Brieger

PARC’s breakthrough clean water platform technology, Hydrodynamic Separation (HDS), can potentially provide multiple ... more ...

Algae, BP Oil Spill, Clean Tech, Science, Water

FlexEnergy: Making the Most of Methane

FlexEnergy manufactures technology that resolves methane gas pollution and the need for renewable energy. And it does so ... more ...

Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering, Natural Gas, Renewable Energy

How Biomass Crops Will Benefit Conservation Practices, Job Creation and Energy Security

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Using biomass fuels in place of oil and gasoline will help us reduce our dependence on oil and improve our own energy ... more ...

Biofuels, Policy, Renewable Energy

Haywood Community College: Leading The Change in Haywood County

Preston jacobsen, Sustainability Analyst at HCC

Haywood Community College has demonstrated green building techniques to their local community, is building a LEED ... more ...

Biofuels, Campus Sustainability, Climate Leadership Awards, Education, Electric Cars, Renewable Energy, Solar, Water

Luther College: Working to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint by 50%

Dan Bellrichard

From a student project, to a house run completely on solar, to the largest solar field in Iowa, Luther students, ... more ...

Biofuels, Campus Sustainability, Climate Leadership Awards, Education, Efficiency, Green Communities, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind

University of South Florida: Innovating Generation ‘S’

Christian Wells

With a new School of Global Sustainability and a million-dollar Student Green Energy Fund, University of South Florida ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Business, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Climate Leadership Awards, Education, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Policy, Science, Water

Arizona State University: Innovation and Education in the Valley of the Sun

Steven Harper

Arizona State University is harnessing the power of the sun to turn its campuses into a solar laboratory, with the ... more ...

Biofuels, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Climate Leadership Awards, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Solar

Local Sources for Sustainable Energy‬

Minnesota 2020

How can communities take advantage of local resources to produce enough energy to meet their needs? This research ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Engineering, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar, Wind

Biofuels: from Ethanol to Isobutanol

John McEachin III

One of today’s issues in our country is the prices of gasoline and the cleanliness of gasoline. Biofuels has been ... more ...

Biofuels, Colleges and Universities

Sparking the Algae Harvest

National Science Foundation

A team of engineers and scientists at North Carolina State University has developed a new method for harvesting marine ... more ...

Agriculture, Algae, Biofuels, Science

Conversion of Sugars to Make Fuels, Plastics and Pharmaceuticals

National Science Foundation

Researchers have developed a way to make an efficient catalyst that transforms biomass-derived sugars into a compound ... more ...

Biofuels, Science

Engineering Bacteria to Make Biofuels

National Science Foundation

Researchers have re-engineered an anaerobic bacterium known as clostridia to prevent spore formation, a change that ... more ...

Biofuels, Science, Transportation

Microbial Fuel Cell: Renewable Energy from the Forest Floor

Students from Clemson's EPA P3 team have developed a device that will generate power from organic material found on the ... more ...

Biofuels, Colleges and Universities, Energy Storage, Engineering, EPA P3, Science

From Fryer To Fuel: Making Biodiesel from Vegetable Oil

Team #THINKFWD

Maryland's new biodiesel plant is turning used vegetable oil into biofuel. Can we power our cars from the fat from ... more ...

Biofuels, Renewable Energy, Science, Transportation

Former Admiral Dennis McGinn says Choice Could Challenge Dependency

United States Energy and Security Council

Former Admiral and current president of the American Council on Renewable Energy Dennis McGinn discusses the power of ... more ...

Adaptation, Biofuels, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Green Communities, Green Living, Natural Gas, Renewable Energy, Transportation

Former CIA Director James Woolsey on Refueling our Vehicles

United States Energy and Security Council

Are flex-fuel cars the future? Former CIA Director James Woolsey proposes that we "do like the Brazilians do." See why ... more ...

Adaptation, Biofuels, Efficiency, Green Living, Natural Gas, Renewable Energy

A New Biofuel – Mixed Prairie Grasses

National Science Foundation

Mixed prairie grasses, grown on degraded land, may be a better source of biofuel than corn ethanol or soybean biodiesel. ... more ...

Adaptation, Biofuels, Clean Tech, Science

EcoTech Strikes Agreement With Mohawk Tribe Self-Sufficiency Center

Linda Rose Myers

EcoTech Fuels enters into a joint venture with the Native Self-Sufficiency Center of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe (New ... more ...

Biofuels, Business

Toronto’s Lawson Oates on Turning Waste Into Energy

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

Cities can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cultivate a new fuel source by managing methane emissions from landfills. ... more ...

Biofuels, Climate Change, Green Communities, GreenGov, Natural Gas, Policy

Ask Bill Nye

Is nuclear power safe? Could tornadoes be linked to climate change? Do you prefer the freedom of boxers or the security ... more ...

Ask an Expert, Biofuels, Climate Change, Education, Green Building, Green Living, Nuclear, Policy, Science, Solar, Transportation

Piping Hot: Wood Stove Heating Technology

Andrew Murray

What makes E.S.F.B.A (Efficient Solid Fuel Burning Appliance) so much better? Mostly it is the baffles. E.S.F.B.A has a ... more ...

Biofuels, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Renewable Energy

This Little Algae Went to Market

OriginOil (originoil.com) CEO Riggs Eckelberry discusses the company’s recent turn from research toward commercial ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Business, Clean Tech, Renewable Energy

Developing Sustainable Biomass Supplies

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Federal efforts to support the development of sustainable biomass feedstocks and feedstock systems – such as the Biomass ... more ...

Biofuels, Education, Policy, Renewable Energy

Using Corn Stover and Animal Waste to Make Fuel

Planet Forward

Students at Gonzaga University are working on a machine that can make fuel pellets out of corn stover and animal waste ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Engineering, EPA P3, Science, Transportation

Palm Power: Brazil University Farms Fruit for Fuel

Jesse Starita

Researchers harvest oil from bocaiúva, a prominent Brazilian palm fruit, at Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (Dom Bosco ... more ...

Adaptation, Agriculture, Biofuels, Colleges and Universities, Green Living, Renewable Energy

Biofuels and biofuel research beyond ethanol is crucial to developing alternative sustainable energy resources.

For years there’s been buzz — both positive and negative — about generating ethanol fuel from corn. ... more ...

Biofuels, Biomimicry, Clean Tech, Science

Algae biofuel may be the fuel of the future.

In a co-production with NOVA Science Now, QUEST explores the potential of algae once considered nothing more than pond ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Science, Transportation

Biomass – Green Revolution

National Science Foundation

How do we turn biological material into energy? This episode of Green Revolution explores how scientists are studying ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Science

Clean Power is a $2.3 Trillion Opportunity

In its latest report, “Global Clean Power: A $2.3 Trillion Opportunity,” the Pew Environment Group describes ... more ...

Biofuels, Business, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Engineering

Science Nation – Green Gasoline from Cellulose

National Science Foundation

Carbon neutral gasoline … from plants! Like everyone else, George Huber knows money doesn’t grow on trees. ... more ...

Biofuels, Science

Advanced biofuels are the key to our energy future.

Michael McAdams

Senior Policy Advisor Michael McAdams of Holland & Knight LLP discusses how biofuels are a key innovation for our ... more ...

Biofuels, Clean Tech

Ethanol Isn’t Bad. It’s Just Drawn That Way.

Ethanol’s gotten a bit of a bad rap here in the States of late, largely due to the billions of dollars of federal ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Policy, Transportation

Begin the Biofuel Process On Farms to Facilitate Transportation of Fuel Components

Joanne Ivancic

Bob wants even marginal land to be productive, growing energy crops for advanced, sustainable biofuels. He wants food ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Efficiency, Green Living, Science

Host an International Algae Competition

International Algae Competition

Algae Competition objectives are to create an open source collaboratory that expands and shares a vision for algae in ... more ...

Agriculture, Algae, Architecture, Biofuels, Clean Tech, Green Living, Science

Encourage Auto Companies to Improve Multi-Fuel Engines

Joanne Ivancic

Bob has an idea and you can help. Car companies are working on engines that use things like variable timing, compression ... more ...

Biofuels, Efficiency, Transportation

Can Algae Save the World — Again?

Jerry Schranz

Can algae save the world again? The microscopic green plants cleaned up the earth’s atmosphere millions of years ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Business, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Green Living, Hydroelectric, Science, Transportation

Lightworks: Cyanobacteria

Maura Gaughan

Arizona State University is a cutting edge research institution. Lightworks is a ground breaking initiative focusing on ... more ...

Biofuels, Education, Science, Solar

Sapphire is leading the new industrial category of Green Crude production, profoundly altering the petrochemical landscape for the better.

Sapphire Energy

Sapphire Energy believes the time is now to create new energy solutions that are environmental, scalable, and renewable. ... more ...

Agriculture, Algae, Biofuels, Business, Science, Transportation

Algae Biofuels and Much More…

alexander pertusini

Turning algae into the next renewable resource by making it in to plastics, bio fuels, nutritional supplements as well ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Clean Tech, Engineering, Geothermal, Green Living, Natural Gas, Science

Implementing Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management in Ghana

EWB-USA Columbia University

Our program within the Columbia University Chapter of Engineers without Borders (CU-EWB) works with the village of ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering, EPA P3, Green Building, Green Living, Natural Gas, Science

ASU Researchers Convert Algae into Fuel

Laura Palmisano

Algae are simple photosynthetic organisms that are an original carbon source for petroleum products. Researchers at ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Education, Science

Waste not, Want not! Reuse, reuse again and recycle to infinity!

Gary A. Coffing, Sr.

We create waste that can be reused to create the energy, products and foodstuffs we consume. We can divert our entire ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Efficiency, Geothermal, Green Building, Green Living

A New Solution for Biofuels: Cow Guts

Kelsey Rohwer

It may seem gross, and that’s primarily because it is. Cows are king of converting plant material into energy so ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Humor

Invest in Algae and Butanol Energy Research

Jamie A. Hestekin

Biofuels have been considered as one of the great alternatives to solving the energy problem for transportation fuels. ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Business, Efficiency, Transportation

Develop a Global Greenhouse to Combat Desertification

I believe we should produce a vast network of desalinated water pumping systems, that is powered by clean energy (wind ... more ...

Activism, Algae, Clean Tech, Engineering, Geothermal, Green Building

Encourage Innovation on Saltwater-Consuming Algae Biofuels

The University of Texas at Austin

Meet biology experts David Nobles and Malcolm Brown, the talented research team that has developed a possible answer to ... more ...

Agriculture, Algae, Biofuels, Business, Clean Tech, Science

Using Wind Energy and Carbon Dioxide to Produce Ethanol

Raymond Huhnke

The BioWinol Technologies process uses sequestered CO2 plus wind energy to generate H2 and then converts these gases ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Efficiency, Green Living, Science, Transportation, Wind

EcoTech Fuels Develops a Synthetic Racing Fuel

Linda Rose Myers

Pine Ridge Racing Fuels will convert 100 tons per day of regional trash, plastics and tires into approximately 320 ... more ...

Biofuels, Business, Clean Tech, Engineering, Science, Transportation

The Ethics of Ethanol

School of Public Policy

In the world-wide race to develop energy sources that are seen as “green” because they are renewable and ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Clean Tech, Policy

Can “Living” Buildings Help Fight Climate Change?

Beth Buczynski

This was originally posted on CrispGreen.com New research suggests protocell “skins” could be the secret to ... more ...

Architecture, Biofuels, Green Living

Develop Sustainable Electricity from Methane in Urban Solid Waste

John Buarotti

"Real Natural Gas" takes your waste water (read - toilets) and turns it into energy. more ...

Biofuels, Engineering, Science

Changing the world–One green rap video at a time

Lauren Hoenemeyer

Standing outside in barely a coat in December weather, my video partner Kim and I hailed cabs until hypothermia set in. ... more ...

Activism, Algae, Efficiency, Green Living, Policy

Recycling an Old Idea: Engines for the Future

Christopher Gregory

Can we find something new in an old technology? Maybe a second look at the engine can be a clean answer to our dirty ... more ...

Biofuels, Clean Tech, Education, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Engineering, Policy, Transportation

The Power of Trash: Turning Waste into Biofuel

Andrea Vittorio

By Andrea Vittorio and Miranda Green How many times a week do you take out the garbage? That sticky, icky, smelly trash ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Business, Science

A Shipload of Algae

Lauren Hoenemeyer

Lauren Hoenemeyer and Kimberly Kroll produced the crowd favorite at GW's Student Film Festival with GW President Steven ... more ...

Activism, Agriculture, Algae, Biofuels, Business, Efficiency, Military, Policy, Science

Advancing Sustainable Enterprise in China: Biomass Energy

World Resources Institute

Schengchang, a new Chinese clean air company, recognized that China had become the largest CO2 emitter in the world by ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Clean Tech

Sec. Chu takes Audience Questions

Planet Forward

At the National Press Club meeting November 29th, Energy Secretary Steven Chu explained the risks the United States is ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Business, Clean Tech, Education, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Engineering, Green Building, GreenGov, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Policy, Science, Solar, Transportation

Sec. Chu – Is the Energy Race our New “Sputnik” Moment?

Planet Forward

Energy Secretary Steven Chu told the National Press Club that time may be running out for the United States to lead in ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Business, Clean Tech, Education, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Engineering, GreenGov, Nuclear, Policy, Science, Solar

On-Farm Energy

Kurt Michael Friese

Iowa’s next Secretary of Agriculture Francis Thicke explains his vision for independent energy for Iowa farms
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Agriculture, Biofuels, GreenGov, Wind

Making Green from Blue (Algae)

Today’s alternative energy entrepreneurs may still be early-adopting pioneers, but the the weight of the federal ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Military, Transportation

From the Fryer to the Racetrack

Faster than a Greased Rabbit! MPGomatic.com catches up with Justin Carven, president of Greasecar Vegetable Fuel Systems ... more ...

Activism, Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering

The Veggie Van

A van that runs entirely on waste vegetable oil. Could this supplant petroleum as the go-to source for fueling a vehicle?
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Vegawatt Infomercial

Abbey Brandon

Vegawatt provides restaurants with the technology to recycle their cooking oil and convert it into electricity and heat ... more ...

Biofuels, Efficiency

Garbage Goes Green

Sarah Zibanejadrad

See how landfills across the country are using gas that is normally burned off in landfills, which endangers the ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering

Scale Up the Biodiesel

Biodiesel made from waste fats can drive diesel trucks and generators — without requiring any kind of retrofitting.
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Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering, Transportation

Visiting an Anaerobic Methane Digester

Last week I visited an anaerobic methane digester in Skagit County, Washington. The plant, owned by Kevin Maas and his ... more ...

Why should America invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy?

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Filmed at the 13th Annual Congressional Renewable Energy and Efficiency EXPO + Forum, held on May 27, 2010. The EXPO ... more ...

Activism, Agriculture, Architecture, Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering, Hydroelectric, Solar, Transportation, Wind

What is renewable biogas and how can it contribute to our energy supply?

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Renewable biogas experts spoke at a June 16, 2010 event on Capitol Hill about capturing and using renewable biogas from ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering

A Look Inside Anaerobic Methane Digestion

Kevin Maas from Farm Power Northwest gives us a tour of his anaerobic methane digestion facility and explains how his ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Clean Tech, Engineering

Manure to Energy

Kevin Maas from Farm Power Northwest LLC in Mt. Vernon, WA explains why he thinks using manure for energy via anaerobic ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Engineering

DC to NOLA BP Protest Road Trip

The waste veggie oil powered NOmadjik Media Bus heads to New Orleans stopping at BP stations along the way for some free ... more ...

Activism, Biofuels, Transportation

Ethanol from Trees: A Different Kind of Renewable Resource

Most everyone has heard of ethanol from corn, but what about ethanol from trees? That’s what Colorado-based ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Clean Tech, Science

What to do with 7.7 million tons of sewage sludge and 1 billion tons of animal manure

Terri Linnon Kasmoch

The U.S. EPA estimates the U.S. generates 7.7 million tons of sewage sludge and 1 billion tons of animal manure per ... more ...

Using Thorium Energy to Address Environmental Problems

Robert Steinhaus

Use of 1 pound of Thorium nuclear fuel replaces the burning of 3 million pounds of coal and prevents the production of ... more ...

Biofuels, Efficiency

Composting Energy

Cedar Grove Composting, a company in Seattle, has announced a plan to generate energy from methane they plan produce ... more ...

NWF Climate Capsule: Climate Invaders & Dirty Goes Drilling

In this week’s NWF Climate Capsule, how global warming could lead to stronger poison ivy, another landmark event ... more ...

Biofuels, Geothermal

Waste to Energy with Covanta

* All Videos * My Videos * My Favorites * Add Videos This video is awaiting approval. Ryder Haske Making Energy out of ... more ...

The Ethanol Solution

Planet Forward Archive

From the University of Nebraska
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Algae Fuels the Future

Planet Forward Archive

Why algae can work as a form of alternative energy
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Agriculture, Algae, Biofuels

BIODIESEL – Energy From and For the Farm

University of Mississippi

From the University of Mississippi
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Biofuels, Efficiency

Beneath the Canola Shuttle

Michael Scully

BRISTOL, RI __ Roger Williams University converted one of its diesel buses to run on canola oil. Planet Forward takes ... more ...

Biofuels, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech

EcoTech Fuels – Trash to Fuel

Planet Forward Archive

Lynda Rose-Myers discusses EcoTech Fuels
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Biofuels, Transportation

Sewage Sludge and Global Warming-What if one problem could help solve the other

Planet Forward Archive

Biofuels, Clean Tech, Green Living, Music, Renewable Energy, Science

Powering Empowerment

Planet Forward Archive

Activism, Biofuels, Clean Tech, Green Living, Solar, Transportation, Wind

The Importance of Ethanol

Planet Forward Archive

From the Renewable Fuels Association
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Agriculture, Biofuels, Clean Tech, Policy

Moving the Transportation Industry Away From Fossil Fuels

Planet Forward Archive

ATDynamics talks about ways to shift the transportation industry away from fossil fuels
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Biofuels, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Electric Cars

Hybrid Cabs in DC

Planet Forward Archive

Joe Laliberte and Victoria Riess show how Hybrid Cabs in Washington, DC are making a difference
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Biofuels, Business, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Hybrid Vehicles

CUT CARBON, GET INTO HEAVEN?

Cutting your carbon footprint, in some cases, can save you money. But will it help get you into Heaven? A growing ... more ...

Activism, Biofuels, Efficiency, Green Living

Thorium molten salt reactors – the silver bullet

They say there’s no such thing as a silver bullet when it comes to environment and energy. However, the LIquid ... more ...

Biofuels, Business, Engineering, Science

It’s the infrastructure, stupid

Victoria Riess

By Victoria Riess, Haley Lesavoy & Mark Abramson The technology is here, but without an infrastructure to implement ... more ...

Biofuels, Hydroelectric, Transportation

Biodiesel: An Old Idea Becomes New Again

Since the 1970s, diesel has been the fuel for the farm – diesel for tractors, farm trucks and harvesting equipment. ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels

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