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- ‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas Sat, 26 Oct 19, 4:00amFrom Techxplore by University of Cambridge A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and which...
- Cambridge Scientists are Brewing ‘Green Gasoline’ from Air, Water and Sunlight Fri, 18 Oct 13, 1:05amA team from the University of Cambridge is attempting to mimic a natural process perfected over billions of years to create 'green transport fuel'. The team is capturing solar energy through artificial photosynthetic systems...
- Europe’s TyGRe Project Turns Old Tires Into Energy and Valuable Materials Wed, 17 Apr 13, 5:00amPhoto via Shutterstock When tires reach the end of the road, they often wind polluting the environment in landfills. In Europe alone, 3 million tons of tires are produced each year - and 60-70% of them are dumpstered. To...
- Ohio Researchers Unveil Emissions-Free Method of Extracting Energy from Coal Sat, 23 Feb 13, 4:30amResearchers at Ohio State University have discovered a new way to extract energy from coal while preventing 99 percent of the carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere...
- Solar Machine Mimics Plants to Transform CO2 Into Fuel Tue, 28 Dec 10, 8:06amPlants have long harnessed sunlight to create ‘food’ for themselves, and now a joint American and Swiss team have created a device that can duplicate the process! The team recently unveiled their prototype, which...
- Sundrop Fuels Uses Concentrated Solar Heat to Vaporize Biomass Thu, 11 Mar 10, 7:15amThe technology sounds ultra-futuristic: concentrated solar heat that can vaporize biomass (wood, crop waste, etc.) into synthetic fuels. But the process, developed by Sundrop Fuels, is real, and it can produce twice the amount...