Cross-posted from Planet Forward <http://community.planetforward.org/video/scale-up-the-biodiesel>
By: Planet Forward 14 Jul. 10
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Biodiesel made from waste fats can drive diesel trucks and generators — without requiring any kind of retrofitting.
NEW YORK CITY – Yesterday, Chris and I attended the Green Entrepreneur Summit in New York. It was a completely sold out event, and rightfully so. The panelists and audience were high-quality business leaders who are the lifeblood of the cleantech scene in New York.
I went back through my notes and there was some great insight shared by the Funding Strategies Panel on how to raise capital for a cleantech or sustainability venture. The panelists were heavy-hitters with long track records of successfully raising substantial amounts of capital (in the 10’s and 100’s of millions) and commercializing technologies in the ‘green’ space.
David Kistner — CEO, Green Apple Cleaners
Ron Bergamini — CEO, Action Carting Environmental Services
Franklin Madison — Technology Program Director, ITAC
Martin Saposnick – Mentor, Hudson Valley Innovation Center
Here are some of my favorite quotes:
By: Daily Energy Report 17 Jun. 10
James Peret, the inventor of the VegaWatt explains how to generate electricity from used vegetable oil.
Cross-posted from Triple Pundit <http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/05/record-number-of-businesses-support-climate-change-legislation>
By: Ben Upham, 25 May 10
A tally by American Businesses for Clean Energy (ABCE) shows more than 6,000 American businesses support clean energy and climate legislation, including nearly a quarter of the Fortune 100.
The analysis, released last week in collaboration with the We Can Lead campaign, found that those businesses employed 3.5 million Americans and had $3.5 trillion in revenue in 2009.
Twenty-one of the Fortune 100 and 49 of the Fortune 500 companies support clean energy legislation like the American Power Act currently circling the Senate, according to the analysis.
“A clear market based price signal that rewards clean energy innovation is key for companies across the country to accelerate our transition to a sustainable clean energy economy,” said Tim Greeff, political director, Clean Economy Network and co-manager of the We Can Lead Campaign.
Cross-posted from GreenTech Media <http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/food-fertilizer-and-biofuel-all-in-one-place1>
By: Michael Kanellos 17 Jan. 10
Abu Dhabi – Take marginal land, fish waste and a plant that’s not currently cultivated for human purposes and what do you get? Hopefully jet fuel.
The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Honeywell UOP, Boeing and Ethiad Airways announced a project on the eve of the World Future Energy Summit to study how to combine fish farms and biofuel crops in a manner that will also potentially reduce carbon dioxide as well as the amount of waste going into oceans.
The project essentially revolves around an oily plant called Salicornia (also known as pickleweed and sea asparagus) that grows in salty water in the region. Under the plan, fish farmers would create ponds and streams for raising shrimp and/or tilapia interspersed with Salicornia and mangrove, which also grows natively. The fish would be harvested for food. Their waste-which can run into the ocean and pollute it — would be absorbed by the Salicornia and mangrove as fertilizer.
The Salicornia could then be harvested for oil, which could be converted into jet fuel or biodiesel. The seed meal left over after the plant gets squeezed, meanwhile, could be converted into fish food while the straw of the plant could get burned in a biomass reactor to produce electricity, according to Scott Kennedy, an associate professor at the Masdar Institute, a graduate school created here with MIT’s help focused on alternative energy. It’s a whole cycle of life thing.