Jan
9
The Leading Cellulosic Ethanol Process
January 9, 2009 | 2 Comments
It isn’t distiller’s fermentation. It isn’t even just a single process. It’s a combined process using both biochemical and thermochemical processes without the complications of using yeast or bacteria to get the sugars converted directly to ethanol. And it isn’t limited to just ethanol as a product output. A quick review – cellulosic feedstocks are […]
Jan
8
The Nuisance of Heat Answered By Thermoelectric Converters
January 8, 2009 | 7 Comments
Tetsuo Nozawa of Nikkei Electronics saw a demonstration of thermoelectric conversion while interviewing people at Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc. in the US. In the rig a candle is used to heat a thermoelectric converter. What might be a surprise is that the process of burning the candle -> on to heating the thermoelectric converter -> […]
Jan
7
Understanding Long Chain Alcohols and an Alcohol Breakthrough
January 7, 2009 | 13 Comments
Common familiarity with alcohols begins with methanol or wood alcohol you’ll find in the windshield washing fluid, ethanol in beverages and now as a fuel additive and extender, propanol in rubbing alcohol and the less common butanol. Those are respectively 1 through 4 carbon (Cx) atom alcohols, liquid and flammable energy carriers that can be […]
Jan
6
Short Term Thinking vs the Big Japanese Photovoltaic Business Gets Bigger
January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments
Yesterday saw the NEC Top 100 Technologies reviewed here and Al Fin kicking in Checkbiotech.org’s Top Bioenergy Companies on his energy blog. Then last night the news out of Japan has it that Toshiba, the huge company we see in electronics like laptop computers and TVs has jumped into utility scale solar photovoltaics. Now don’t […]
Jan
5
Go See, Choose and Vote
January 5, 2009 | 1 Comment
The New Energy Congress is a site that addresses the bleeding edge of new energy and does a good job of updating things already onsite. Most interesting is the page of the Top 100 Technologies, which is a voted on list that ranks the technologies from 1 to 100. I check the news page every […]
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