Dutch Students Grow Their Own Biodegradable Car

Source: reuters.com Published: August 8, 2017 Nichola Groom (Reuters) – U.S. residential solar company Sunrun Inc on Monday reported second-quarter revenue and earnings per share that fell short of Wall Street estimates, sending its shares down nearly 10 percent...

100% Biodegradable Potato Plastics

Source: labiotech.eu Published: June 2, 2017 Biofuels, bioplastics, Moss-based drugs and algae for food. All of these are pioneering areas of GreenTech progress.  So what are the major developments in this forward-thinking field? 1. 100% Biodegradable Potato Plastics...

US Start-Up Turns Costly Byproduct Into ‘Green’ Growing Aid

Source: aginnovators.org.au Published: July 11, 2016 Sault Paper Mill at sunset – two US PhD students have developed an eco-friendly agricultural use for lignin, the pulpy byproduct of biofuel and paper processing. Billy Wilson, Flickr CC By Merran White Biofuel...

What the Green Airplane of The Future Could Look Like

Source: telegraph.co.uk Published: July 31, 2016 Boeing and its Brazilian manufacturers have unveiled the Embraer E170 Donna Bowater, Rio de Janeiro The green airplane of the future will tackle some of aviation’s biggest environmental challenges including fuel...

New York City’s Poop Train

Source: mentalfloss.com Published: July 28, 2015 Wikimedia Commons BY Emily Becker Most of us don’t give a second thought to what happens after we flush, but our daily leftovers have to end up somewhere. In New York City, where residents create approximately 1200 tons...

Coffee: The Fuel Alternative that Powers London

Source: starternoise.com Published: January 19, 2015   When it comes to green solutions, creating low-cost, renewable energy is an excellent choice for a startup business. Creating energy from waste, without tapping into needed consumer resources, makes that...

Grass Could Become the World’s Next Big Biofuel Source

Source: inhabitat.com Published: December 26, 2013 Scientists have figured out how to make biofuels with everything from algae to bacteria poop, and now they are turning to grass. A new European research project called GrassMargins seeks to discover a new perennial...

How Algae Biodiesel Works

  Source: science.howstuffworks.com       Published: January 22, 2013       by Stefani Newman             Pretty, isn’t it? Although this looks like abstract art, this stuff could be fueling our...