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05/31/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Duke suspends its plans for a new gas power plant and will focus on generating energy from pig waste
Duke University has indefinitely suspended its plan for a natural gas power plant on its campus. According to an article in the Energy News Network, the school will be getting its energy needs from methane biogas made from hog waste. The decision is the culmination of a two-year struggle between the similarly-named but unrelated Duke Energy and an alliance […]
04/19/2018
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By Ralph Flores
How fuel made from vegetable oil affects automobile performance
Researchers from Latvia are working on the effects of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) when used together with commercial diesel fuel. The study, which appeared in the journal Agronomy Research, particularly looked at how HVO impacts automobile performance using a chassis dynamometer. Two types of fuel oil were used for the test: One contained hydrogenated vegetable oil, while […]
02/06/2018
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By David Williams
Scientists find improved approach for creating fuel from biowaste, making it a good substitute for fossil fuels
It seems like every day, researchers find yet another fossil fuel alternative. Not that anyone should be complaining. This time, a team of researchers from the University of Calgary have developed a method to produce a much higher quality and more stable fuel from biowaste, such as raw sewage, which is simpler and a lot […]
01/09/2018
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By Ralph Flores
More green for green power: Investors are migrating from the fossil fuel industry toward alternative energy
Times are truly changing especially for green power. Renewable energy, once limited to off-the-grid energy sources which pale in comparison to traditional energy, is steadily gaining ground. In November last year, Norway, one of Europe’s largest oil producers, had announced that it is looking to divest its funding of international petroleum companies. The country’s own […]
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