Apr
18
A Biomass to Biofuel Watershed Event
April 18, 2008 | 11 Comments
The German magazine Spiegel let slip a bit of information Tuesday. From Al Fin’s site and post titled “The Future of BioEnergy I: Biomass to Liquid” I started a little due diligence, as Spiegel has been “had” a few times over the years. It came as no surprise to read that the Spiegel article’s Company [...]
Apr
17
What’s That Shale Gas Stuff?
April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Shale gas is usually one of the best forms of natural gas. Richer in methane than many natural gas sources that have more ethane and propane it’s a desirable fuel. The reason its making news in petroleum circles is that the past few years have seen prices high enough to push the technology for the [...]
Apr
16
Fruit of an Old Idea
April 16, 2008 | 4 Comments
In 1991, an idea to just use a sensitive dye as the reactive agent in solar cells was offered by Michael Grätzel and Brian O’Regan at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. A cell using dye sensitized materials are thought to be much cheaper than silicon chip designs. The idea has been 17 years in [...]
Apr
15
Seeing the Carbon Cycle Clearly
April 15, 2008 | 2 Comments
Al Fin posted his discovery of one of the finest explanations of the current state of the art in understanding and explaining the carbon cycle here on earth. An undated and unaccredited reference piece, prepared for NASA is one of many References that NASA has on its site. For us, the thorough but short explanation [...]
Apr
14
There is a Biofuel Crop that Will Grow Near You
April 14, 2008 | 5 Comments
Last week we looked at jatropha and saw a map that shows “what biomass crops grow where” and noted that jatropha and algae were both missing. The email has seen some questions about not just missing crops, but wondering where the crops that might become fuels could be located. That brings us to the maps [...]
Apr
11
An Astonishing Innovation in Biofuels
April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments
Wednesday saw Mariam Sticklen, Michigan State University Professor of Crop and Soil Science, present her work to the 235th national American Chemical Society meeting in New Orleans. The presentation, titled “Plant Genetic Engineering for Biofuel Production: Towards Affordable Cellulosic Ethanol” it will appear in the June issue of Nature Review Genetics. All the sit up [...]
Apr
10
Will The Little Guys Eat the Big Guys Fuel Market?
April 10, 2008 | 11 Comments
Maybe so. My Dream Fuel LLC in LaBelle Florida is well on its way to getting its share. My Dream Fuel is running a nursery in Hendry County Florida that has about 1 million Jatropha seedlings that will deliver this spring. At about 600 Jatropha trees per acre yielding 10 times the fuel per acre [...]
Apr
9
Looking at the Leading Biomass Cooker
April 9, 2008 | 16 Comments
Dynamotive Energy Systems of Vancouver BC Canada has signed deals with Marketech International Corporation (MIC) of Taipei City Taiwan for a review of the technology as commercially feasible and if warranted, design and construct what it seems would be the world’s first two commercial fast pyrolysis bio oil production plants. Both firms are publicly held, [...]
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