Oct

8

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

October 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the nation’s primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency R&D. Established in 1974, NREL began operating in 1977 as the Solar Energy Research Institute. It was designated a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in September 1991 and its name changed to NREL. NREL [...]

Oct

8

New Technologies to Convert Cellulosic Biomass into Biofuels (Cellulosic Ethanol)

October 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment

DuPont, Chevron Aim To Advance Cellulosic Ethanol. ‘Chemical producers and their partners take steps to bring ethanol derived from crop wastes to market. DuPont and Chevron separately announced joint ventures this week that are designed to advance the development of renewable transportation fuels by bringing cost-effective cellulosic ethanol to market. DuPont and ethanol producer Broin [...]

Oct

3

Learning the Lead Exposure Hazards

October 3, 2006 | Leave a Comment

‘Safe’ levels of lead may not be that safe after all. ‘Efforts to reduce lead exposure in the United States have been a good news-bad news affair — and the bad-news side of the ledger just got a bit longer. Although the removal of most lead from gasoline and paint in the United States has [...]

Sep

25

UK Starts Monitoring Potential Risks of Nanotechnology

September 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Monitoring environmental risks of nanotech. ‘The UK government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has launched a scheme to assess the potential risks of nanotechnology. Their Voluntary Reporting Scheme will collate information from industrial and academic researchers about the physical and toxicological properties of the nanoscale materials they work with, in order to [...]

Sep

21

Cleaner Coal Technology: Remove Oxygen From Air

September 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Making coal cleaner. ‘University of Queensland researchers are working on a process that could make the theory of clean coal a reality. Dr Joe da Costa’s research group, from the Division of Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has developed unique hollow fibre technology that can separate oxygen from air, making the process of [...]

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