Alternative Energy Today

Albemarle station debuts E85 alternative fuel blend (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

5 Jan 2009 at 9:15pm

An Albemarle County gas station is the first in Central Virginia to offer E85, an alternative fuel blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.

Fuel Systems Solutions to Launch U.S. Automotive Alternative Fuel Division in First Quarter 2009 (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

6 Jan 2009 at 4:00am

SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 6, 2009 -- Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. will begin manufacturing its innovative alternative fuel solutions for the North American transportation market during the first quarter of 2009 at its U.S. subsidiary, IMPCO Technologies, Inc., which has been serving the industrial...

GE engine uses biofuel (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

7 Jan 2009 at 2:41am

Continental Airlines will run the first flight test in the United States of a commercial jetliner that uses a 50-50 biofuel blend.

Continental Airlines to Use Biofuel on First U.S. Test Flight (Bloomberg)

7 Jan 2009 at 4:07am

Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Continental Airlines Inc. will conduct a demonstration flight today using biofuel, the first such test in the U.S. with a commercial jet, as the industry experiments with ways to curb pollution.

Alternative Fuel Now Available in Albemarle County (WCAV Charlottesville)

6 Jan 2009 at 7:17am

Some drivers in Central Virginia have a new, greener way to fill up their cars. For the first time, E-85 is available for public sale in Virginia.

Coffee next in line as biofuel source (SciDev.net)

6 Jan 2009 at 9:30am

Coffee grounds ? currently wasted or used as garden compost ? could become a cheap and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel and fuel pellets, says a study.

Hybrids, alternative fuel cars showcased (Detroit Free Press)

7 Jan 2009 at 12:32am

Members of the media and public will be treated to a much different-looking lower level when they attend the 2009 North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center this year.

Laidlaw Energy acquires pulp mill site for biomass-to-energy project (Energy Business Review)

7 Jan 2009 at 2:52am

The Laidlaw Energy Group, through its affiliate, Laidlaw Berlin BioPower, has acquired the former Fraser Paper pulp mill site in Berlin, New Hampshire, where it has been engaged for the past two years in the development of a 66MW biomass-to-energy project, along with the requisite financing for the...

?Wild Science? topic is alternative fuel (Lawrence Journal-World)

5 Jan 2009 at 11:29pm

Efforts on the Kansas University campus are ensuring that all that leftover kitchen cooking oil isn?t going to waste.

Marine algae may be future of biofuel development (New Kerala)

5 Jan 2009 at 9:01pm

Washington, Jan 5: Scientists have determined that biofuel development is shifting from soil to sea, specifically to marine algae.