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Japan has the technology to produce cheap fuel from straw
Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan developed the technology to produce ethanol from straw for only 40 yen (about US $ 0.45) per liter, equal to the cost of producing thi…
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Can produce fuel from CO2 atmosphere
The excess of the permissible limits of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere is due to the widespread use of fossil fuels, which is the main cause of global climate…
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Conceptual design of large plutonium nuclear reactor
The team led by Professor Yoshiaki Oka of Waseda University in Japan succeeded in developing the concept of a nuclear reactor capable of producing large amounts of pluto…
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Special fuel replaces gasoline for cars
A British man said he built a car engine, instead of running on gasoline, would run on liquefied oxygen gas. Peter Dearman moved the engine in his 25-year-old Nova Vauxh…
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Future electricity production technologies
Aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% compared to 1990, the world is looking for new, feasible and sustainable solutions.
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The era of home fuel production
A team of US researchers has found a way to create diesel-like fuel from daily-life waste to help disaster-stricken residents create fuel to produce electricity at home,…
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Fuel made from waste
People try to find ways to protect the environment that are being heavily polluted. How can we survive in harmony with nature?
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Detection of ultra-high levels of radiation at Fukushima 1
On October 10, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced measurements at the No.1 reactor of the Fukushima 1 Power Plant, whereby the radioactive concentration meas…
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Production of gas from the air
On October 20, Britain's Air Fuel Synthesis announced it has produced 5 liters of gasoline by means of carbon dioxide (CO2) and steam synthesis.
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Passenger aircraft will run on sawdust and straw?
In the future, passenger aircraft around the world will be able to use fuel extracted from sawdust or straw instead of gasoline as currently.
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Biofuel from sea water
The Pentagon is trying to turn seawater into jet fuel, according to the US Naval Laboratory (NRL) statement.
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6 best biofuel types
Biofuels - formed from plant-animal-derived compounds - are hailed as a safe and clean energy source for future pollution reduction. But do they really bring full benefi…
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Equipment for producing bioenergy from waste
Recently, researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), of the US Department of Energy, have created a device called a durable bioenergy reactor (EBR), which can be…
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First move nuclear fuel in Fukushima
Japanese media on July 18 reported that workers working at the Daiichi incident nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture for the first time have moved nuclear fuel here sin…
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The first factory produced fuel from algae
The SAT, the name of the Austrian company, will build a plant on a sugarcane plantation in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. This plantation is where ethanol is produce…