Energy

Ethanol is the way of the future. Although hydrogen power is the talk of the world, in truth it is a distant solution, possibly as far away at fifty years. Ethanol/Gasoline will be available in mass production in 10 to 15 years, and a major source will be ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 6 2010 - 10:00am

US Biofuels Policy Should Be Scrapped, Researchers Argue

The U.S. government's biofuels policy needs a makeover, according to researchers from Rice University. In a new study published by the university's Baker Institute for Public Policy, the team says that the economic, environmental and logistical b ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 6 2010 - 11:52am

One-Size-Fits-All Energy Subsidies Won't Break Our Oil Addiction

Blanket subsidies for hybrid electric vehicles won't get drivers out of their old gas guzzlers and into the new energy efficient cars, according to a new study in Energy Policy. When it comes to pumping up the appeal of plug-in hybrid electric vehicl ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2010 - 12:39pm

Jatropha curcas plant needs better understanding

When some one iterrupted me and told me that he has seen Jatropha growing on bare rocks I could not deny this fact but when people say its a plant for wasteland and Government of over 30 countries go after its mass plantation I feel scared as a botanist. T ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 9 2010 - 3:39am

Biofuel Production And Improvement In Developing Countries: Problems And Prospects

ABSTRACT: A large number of hydrocarbon yielding plants like Calotropis procera, Euphorbia antisyphilitica have been reported to yield bio-fuel products. Attempts have been made to increase their growth and hydrocarbon yield potential. Studies were conduct ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 15 2010 - 1:23pm

First Generation Biofuels Provide Foundation for Fuels of Tomorrow

First Generation Biofuels Provide Foundation for Fuels of Tomorrow January 20th, 2010 Goto comments Leave a comment Biofuels provide much needed environmental, economic development and national security benefits. Ethanol is a first-generation biofuel that ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 22 2010 - 10:25pm

Closed-Loop Control System Reduces Biodiesel Consumption And Emissions

The authors of a new study in Energy&Fuels say they have developed an advanced "closed-loop control" approach for preventing diesel engines from emitting greater amounts of smog-causing nitrogen oxides when running on biodiesel fuels. The ne ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 25 2010 - 7:43pm

Methane Hydrate Could Augment Natural Gas Supplies

A new report from the National Research Council suggests that naturally occurring methane hydrate may represent an enormous source of methane, the main component of natural gas, and could ultimately augment conventional natural gas supplies. Although a num ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2010 - 12:36pm

External Electric Field Brings Hydrogen Economy Closer To Reality

An international team of researchers has identified a new theoretical approach that may one day make the synthesis of hydrogen fuel storage materials less complicated and improve the thermodynamics and reversibility of the system. The team of researchers h ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 7:01pm

The debate of food vs fuel

The debate of food vs fuel is an excuse for putting lame excuses for our failures to retain productivity level of the farmlands, irregular practices of growing crops in the areas where they should not be grown.i.e. growing rice in areas which is not its “n ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Feb 3 2010 - 11:08pm