Biofuels. What a great name! It just sounds green. Looking around I see a proliferation of Biodiesel bumper stickers everywhere I look. In my home state of Oregon all filling stations will be required to add at least 10 % ethanol to all gasoline by next year. Environmentalists are cheering as politicians and the media are … Continue reading
Biogas production is achieved as the result of the controlled microbial breakdown of organic materials such as animal manures or food scraps in an anaerobic digester. An anaerobic digester is the name of the plant that makes the gas and is operated at a controlled temperature, pH and loading rate to encourage the growth of … Continue reading
One of the Earth's great renewable energy sources is actually the energy that can be found in all the waves of the ocean. Let's look at this further. If you have ever been to the ocean, you were probably fascinated by the phenomena of the waves crashing against the shorelines as the tides came in. The ocean's tides are … Continue reading