Energy

Microbial production of fatty-acid-derived fuels and chemicals from plant biomass

The increasing cost of energy and concerns about the environment have emphasized the need to find new sources of fuel, with the microbial production of high-energy fuels a promising approach. Here, Escherichia coli is engineered to produce more complex biofuels

Publication Date: 
28/01/2010
Eric J. Steen, Yisheng Kang, Gregory Bokinsky & et al
Nature
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Biomass, Biofuel, Energy, Micro Organisms, United States Of America (US)
Energy

Altered microbe makes biofuel

In a bid to overcome the drawbacks of existing biofuels, researchers have engineered a bacterium that can convert a form of raw plant biomass directly into clean, road-ready diesel.

Publication Date: 
28/01/2010
Jeff Tollefson
Nature
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Biomass, Biofuel, Energy, Micro Organisms, United States Of America (US)
Energy

US to invest $1 billion in Pak energy sector: Holbrooke

The United States will invest $1 billion in Pakistan

Publication Date: 
14/01/2010
Daily Times (Pakistan)
Tags:
Energy, Pakistan, United States Of America (US), Daily Times (Pakistan)
Energy

A nuclear power plant in your basement?

For $27M, A Mini Reactor Can Be Installed Underground To Provide Enough Energy For 20,000 People

John

Publication Date: 
11/01/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Nuclear Power, Energy, Nuclear Power Plants, United States Of America (US)
Pesticides And Toxins

Toxic Platinum-II now a wreck, cant be returned: Guj

New Delhi: In another twist to the tale of the infamous toxic-laden Platinum II ship, the Gujarat government has claimed that the ship anchored near Alang for months now is a wreck and would need to be disposed of before monsoon sets in.

Publication Date: 
06/01/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pollution, Hazardous Waste, United States Of America (US), Gujarat, Toxic Wastes
Energy

Many a milestone

Interview with Anil Kakodkar, who recently retired as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.

Anil Kakodkar:

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
T.S. Subramanian
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Energy, Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FTR), Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL), United States Of America (US), Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
Energy

Geothermal energy: Potential, cost and environment issues

Enormous amount of heat energy at high temperature is locked up inside the earth. It remains confined by the earth's crust, which is a good heat insulator, but escapes at the edges of tectonic plates in the form of volcanic eruptions, hot springs and geysers.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Vijaya Singh
RITES Journal
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Geothermal Energy, Energy, United States Of America (US), Global
Energy

Fundamentals of a sustainable US biofuels policy

The United States is investing billions of dollars each year in subsidies and tax breaks to domestic ethanol producers in the hope that biofuels will become a major plank of an energy security and fuel diversification program. Moreover, the investment has grown in recent years.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Rice University
Tags:
Alternative Fuels, Ethanol, Energy Policy, Biomass, Biofuel, Energy, United States Of America (US)
BLOG
Climate Change
16 Dec 2009
The politics of calling GHGs as pollutants

Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the United States Environment Protection Agency (USEPA), on December 7, 2009 announced to the world that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people, and therefore, can be considered an air pollutant under the US’s Clean Air Act. The US is now the first country in the world to call GHGs air pollutants. 

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Chandra Bhushan
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Energy

'US committed to help Pakistan in power generation sector'

US government wants to strengthen relations with the people of Pakistan and it has a firm commitment to help Pakistan in power generation sector and soon Karachi will become self-sufficient in this regard. American companies can also provide technology to upgrade dairy products processing sector of Pakistan.

Publication Date: 
25/11/2009
Business Recorder (Pakistan)
Tags:
Energy, Power Industry, Pakistan, United States Of America (US)

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