The plan on California’s North Coast is to turn timber byproducts into hydrogen, which will then be used to power a fuel cell system.
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MIT Turns Over A New Solar Leaf Plan
The solar-to-fuel dream lives on, as the “artificial leaf” team outlines a path to efficiencies that could make the technology viable.
Hyundai Fuel Cell Vehicle Whips Ahead Of GM, Toyota To Market
Hyundai becomes the world’s first automaker to begin assembly-line production of zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered vehicles for fleet use.
Could A Solar-Powered Death Star Prevent The Next Meteor Attack?
Researchers from California have proposed a massive solar-powered system that could vaporize meteors and asteroids before they hit the Earth.
Mercedes SUV Of Tomorrow Powered By Fuel Cells
Mercedes-Benz is showing off at the LA Auto Show the G-Class Ener-G-Force fuel cell vehicle, envisioning what a police vehicle from the year 2025 might be like.
Four Nigerian Teens Build Working Pee-Powered Generator
A clever team of four teenage girls recently assembled a working generator that’s turns a single liter of urine into 6 hours of electricity.
Fuel Cell Vehicles In California Need More Infrastructure
A new report out from the California Fuel Cell Partnership suggests more fuel cell fueling stations will be necessary to support plans for 2015 FCEV roll outs.
Caltech’s Solar-Powered Toilet Wins $100K From Bill Gates
Caltech was one of three big winners in a Gates’ Foundation challenge to reinvent the toilet.
Scientists: Wastewater Can Be An Energy Superstar
Researchers at Oregon State University say their new microbial fuel cell is 10 to 50 times better at producing power from wastewater than current versions.
Breakthrough Grid Battery’s Surprising Ingredient
ARPA-E-backed researchers at USC borrow from the Pepto-Bismol ingredient list to turn iron-air batteries into a promising way to do large-scale energy storage.
A Plug-In Hybrid For $3,000? Thank These College Folk For That
College professors and students at Middle Tennessee State University have developed what they say is a plug-in hybrid retrofit kit that would fit almost any car and significantly increase MPG.
Rising Demand Is Giving Biogas A Big Lift
With widening opportunities for renewable natural gas in transportation and cogeneration, analysts see steady growth for the biogas industry over the next decade.
Microbial Fuel Cell Breakthrough Could Lower Costs
A team from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has found a way of producing cheaper microbial fuel cells (MFCs).
CO2 Envisioned As Source Of Green Fuel
German researchers think their technique for combining carbon dioxide with hydrogen to make methanol could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.