Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 2007
...patented by the Department of Energy, resulting in cleaner air and saving consumers an estimated $3.6 billion over the expected 12-year product impact period. The patented technique, called Principal Components Regression Plus, overcomes problems inherent in other emissions predictive techniques that do not ...Christian Paradis announces $4 million for renewable energies
...ons to clean our air, water and soil, and by using cleaner sources of energy for the benefit of all Canadians and Quebecers," explained Mr. Paradis. Biomethane, which is generated by the decomposition of organic waste in sanitary landfill sites, represents one of the largest sources of methane produced by ...Scientists seek useful traits in wild cottons
...cottons that require less lint cleaning producing cleaner fiber with less ginning costs, Gannaway said. Scientists at the Crops Genetic Research Facility at Lubbock have been conducting their cotton research since 2004. The facility was completed and came on-line in 2003. "We have devel...UC Davis is partner in new $125 million federal bioenergy research center
...eadership in the national effort to develop newand cleaner sources of renewable energy," said Jay Keasling, directorof Berkeley Lab's Physical Biosciences Division and a UC Berkeleyprofessor of chemical engineering, who will be the chief executiveofficer for Northern California's new bioenergy research insti...UC experts detail new standard for cleaner transportation fuels
...ugh the standard might allow emissions credits for cleaner jet fuels.) The point of regulation should be the ...on greenhouse-gas emissions. If biofuels are to be cleaner than fossil fuels, they must: 1) use advanced production methods (some of which are available now), ...