A March 29 feature article in the New York Times by Paul Voosen includes a detailed analysis of the current state of the algae-to-oil industry and notes that many startups in this field are folding. According to the article entitled “As Algae Bloom Fades, Photosynthesis Hopes Still Shine”, the main reason for their failure...
A press release from the University of Minnesota reports that researchers have made a key breakthrough in the quest to make petroleum from bacteria, sunlight and carbon dioxide (CO2) Graduate researcher Dr. Janice Frias discovered a way to transform fatty acids produced by the bacteria into ketones, which can be processed to make hydrocarbon...
In an attempt to spur the growth of innovation in the energy sector, The US Department of Energy is slashing the costs for startup energy companies for licensing patents held by the US government’s National Laboratories in a “New Top Energy Innovator” challenge. The program runs from May 2 to December 15 of this...
At the 241st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, California, Dr. Zhong Lin Wang of the Georgia Institute of Technology reported that a team he has been leading had developed a nanogenerator which can use the pinch of a finger to generate electricity. At the meeting the team demonstrated...
The US Deparment of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Program has provided a $2 million award to Utah-based GreenFire Energy has begun to work in Arizona on demonstrating how they could use carbon dioxide (CO2) as a “geothermal fluid”. When CO2 is is captured and pressurized it can be...
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