A solar panel company will be mounting 200,000 smart solar photovoltaic panels on the poles of a New Jersey utility, making it the largest pole-attached solar installation in the world. This press release from Petra Solar, Inc., says the project to mount the systems on New Jersey’s PSE&G utility poles and street light poles will create 100 green jobs in …
Solar-Powered Airship to Fly from New York to Paris
In the footsteps of Charles Lindbergh (but in a much more comfortable ride), a Spanish company plans to offer rides between New York City and Paris aboard a luxurious airship powered by the sun. CleanTechnica.com reports that the Turtle Airships vessel will use lightweight photovoltaic cells and will be able to put down on land or water: The first blimp …
Ethanol, Biodiesel to Grow By More than 12% A Year
A new report says that the world’s biofuels market is prepared to grow by an average of 12.3 percent a year between 2007 and 2017. This post from Biofuels International says that a report by industry research specialists RNCOS shows ethanol and biodiesel production worldwide will grow at 6.04 percent and 5 percent a year respectively between 2008 and 2019: …
Wind Energy Continues on Fast Growth Pace
The U.S. wind energy sector has added 4,000 megawatts (MW) of capacity in the first six months of this year, outpacing the first half of 2008’s 2,900 MW. The American Wind Energy Association’s second quarter (Q2) market report released today says the U.S. added 1,200 in this most recent quarter, with Missouri showing the greatest growth of all the states. …
Texas Set to Become Offshore Wind Energy Leader
While bureaucrats on the East Coast argue about if they’ll allow green, offshore energy wind turbines (remember the eight-year long battle that continues over a proposed wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod?), Texas seems to be on the fast track to getting the nation’s first offshore wind farm. CleanTechnica.com reports that last week, the Texas General Land Office …
Biodiesel Back on the Menu for NC Town
A North Carolina city that had tried using biodiesel in the past is giving the green fuel another chance. The Greensboro (NC) News & Record reports that after dropping a seven-year experiment with biodiesel last year, the city is ready to start fueling its garbage trucks with soybean-based B5: “For the period that they used it, they had technical issues. …
North Carolina Port Running on Biodiesel
One of the biggest ports on the East Coast of the United States is now handling freight with a cleaner option: biodiesel. The StarNewsOnline says the Port of Wilmington, North Carolina is switching to B20 biodiesel: The new fuel system systems in Wilmington and the Port of Morehead City will replace existing diesel storage tanks and systems that are approaching …
Massachusetts to Get First Biodiesel Distribution Center
Massachusetts is about to get its first commercial biodiesel distribuiton facility. This story from the North Andover (Mass.) Eagle-Tribune says Baystate Biofuels is using an old Lucent property for the center and will come as the state’s biodiesel mandate kicks in next summer: “In about 10 days, we’ll have biofuel for sale off our rail cars,” Baystate Biofuels chief executive …
Brazil to Get Hydrogen Buses
Brazilian government officials say the country will buy, operate and maintain up to five hydrogen-cell-fueled buses, as well as putting in a station to produce hydrogen to supply the buses. The project is part of country’s Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) partnership with the Urban Transportation Metropolitan Enterprise in Sao Paulo to develop cleaner urban public transportation in Brazil. …
Webinar Features Talk on Algae for Fuels & Chemicals
Last time, we told you about how researchers are working on ways of making algae into a viable feedstock for Midwest biodiesel production. In this edition of the Domestic Fuel Cast, we continue the conversation on algae and it’s potential as a fuel… and the chemical by-products and processes it can bring to the table. During the recent 2009 World …