Opinion
Bio-fuel worlds exemplar vested in South America: Brazil
Ethanol Summit 2011 underlines Brazil’s Role In Global Quest for Low-Carbon Solutions The third edition of one of the world’s top events dedicated to renewable energies, with special focus on ethanol and other sugarcane by-products, is confirmed for June 6th [...]
EU and biofuels, paying more attention on bio
In the international year of biodiverstiy the EU is encouraging industry, governments and NGOs to set up certifications schemes to ensure biofuels help cut emissions and do not threaten biodiversity. Under the EU Renewable Energy Directive, established in 2009, the [...]
Waste has huge potential as an energy source in Spain
Waste is trash, garbage, a problem, a nuisance. But it can also be an energy source. By using trash as an energy source we are being smart, we are imitating nature with its cyclical processes. Waste comes from somewhere; waste [...]
Biodiesel from waste water
Some time ago here on Sustentator we talked about a way to treat waste water with micro-algae, and how these micro-algae then could be used for different things, such as biodiesel, for example. This is a project from the Universidad [...]
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act and the environment – Part II
Last week, here in Sustentator, we summarized what the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act is doing to improve energy efficiency on a national scale. Today, we’ll look at the funds being destined to renewable energy research, development and deployment programs. [...]
Walmart’s environmental initiatives
Being Walmart “the largest private employer and the largest grocery retailer in the US”, its impact on the environment is huge. It operates in several countries besides the US, such as Mexico, the UK, Japan, and India. It was founded [...]
The US and India agreed on climate change and clean energy initiatives
US president Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed a number of agreements to work together on climate change and energy security. This is great news, being the US the second largest carbon-emitter, and India the fourth. The [...]
Biofuel: friend or foe?
Biofuels have gone from being called the “great green hope” to being considered an ecological problem. Why? The reason is that industrialized countries are only interested in biofuels because they are cheaper, and to them it doesn’t matter where these [...]
