Category Archives: Alternative Energy

Make your own biofuel

As the debate over ethanol heats up with creation of a federal biofuels working group and a new Renewable Fuel Standard, a Texas company has made it easier for businesses, farms and municipalities to produce their own. EFS ‘Mini-Refinery’ Automated … Continue reading

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Gas From Landfill Will Power Cement Plant

The largest supplier of cement products in the U.S. and Canada, the Lafarge-Sugar Creek Cement Plant in Missouri, will use landfill gas to replace almost 20 percent of its traditionally coal-derived energy. Landfill gas consists of almost 50 percent methane, … Continue reading

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Biomass energy ‘could be harmful’

Biomass power – such as burning wood for energy – could do more harm than good in the battle to reduce greenhouse gases, UK’s Environment Agency warns. Ploughing up pasture to plant energy crops could produce more CO2 by 2030 … Continue reading

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Florida to get first solar-powered city

A Florida utility and a real estate developer are aiming to bring the country’s first solar-powered city to the Sunshine State. FPL Group Inc’s utility Florida Power & Light is working with the realty group Kitson & Partners to construct … Continue reading

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