Cobalt Technologies and American Process partnering to build first cellulosic biobutanol refinery
Overview of Cobalt’s process. Click to enlarge.
Cobalt Technologies, a company using strain development and bioprocess technology to optimize biobutanol production (earlier post), and American Process Inc. (API) are partnering to build an ind…
Natural Gas Advocates Go To Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill was the venue last week for a gathering of natural gas vehicle advocates trying to educate the public, media, and policy- and decision-makers about the use of natural gas as a clean, domestic and abundant transportation fuel that is a viab…
Mack Names Distributor of the Year
Mack Trucks named Tri-State Truck Center of Memphis, Tenn., as its 2010 North American Distributor of the Year.
After So Many Sleeping Controllers, Could the FAA Finally …
In this Dec. 26, 2009, file photo, Delta-Northwest Airlines plane N820NW is pulled back to the terminal at the Detroit Metropolitan airport in Romulus, Mich.
Axeon awarded EU funding to reduce size, weight and cost of EV & hybrid vehicle batteries
European Li-ion automotive battery supplier Axeon has been awarded research funding from the EU to reduce the weight, volume and cost of batteries in electric and hybrid vehicles as part of a €3.32-million (US$4.72-million) consortium program call…
Audi unveiling A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid concept in Shanghai
Audi A3 e-tron concept. Click to enlarge.
Audi is set to unveil the A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid concept in Shanghai. The A3 e-tron concept is propelled by two power units—a 155 kW (211 hp) 1.4 TFSI four-cylinder engine with turbocharging and gasolin…
DOE offers $2.1B conditional commitment loan guarantee to support California solar thermal power plant
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is offering a conditional commitment for a $2.1 billion loan guarantee to support Units 1 and 2 of the Blythe Solar Power Project, sponsored by Solar Trust of America, LLC. The concentrating solar thermal power plant i…
Expansion of sugarcane crop in Brazil to areas previously occupied by crops or pastureland leads to local cooling
A new study led by Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology has found that the expansion of sugarcane crop in Brazil in areas previously occupied by other Brazilian crops cools the local climate. It does so by reflecting sunlight back into…
Deloitte global survey gauges consumer prospects for EVs in China, Europe and Americas; China leads
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s (DTTL) Global Manufacturing Industry group conducted a global survey to explore consumer adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). The online survey captures the views of more than 12,000 consumers across the Americas, A…
Truckers Bear Rising Fuel Costs
Fuel prices have been climbing nearly every day, but if you think you have it bad buying your 10 to 15 gallons, there are drivers out there buying ten times that.