[biofuel] TRENDS in RENEWABLE ENERGIES #153

Issue #153 (week of October 23-27) TRENDS in RENEWABLE ENERGIES (the condensed version) Canadian Association for Renewable Energies (forward to colleagues who may be interested) This is the weekly summary of most articles carried last week. It is a 'heads up' service

[biofuel] Australia govt seeks fast renewable energy deal

http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=8775 Australia govt seeks fast renewable energy deal AUSTRALIA: November 2, 2000 MELBOURNE - Australian Environment Minister Robert Hill said yesterday the government

[biofuel] Car-Sharing Program Arrives in S.F.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000 /11/01/MN103006.DTL Car-Sharing Program Arrives in S.F. Alternate to ownership for occasional drivers Edward Epstein, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, November 1, 2000 San Francisco -- San Franciscans will soon get a

[biofuel] DaimlerChrysler to test drive new fuel-cell vehicle

http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=8772 DaimlerChrysler to test drive new fuel-cell vehicle USA: November 2, 2000 SACRAMENTO, Calif. - German-American auto maker DaimlerChrysler AG said yesterday it will

[biofuel] Ford's 'Focus' on Fuel Cells

http://abcnews.go.com:80/sections/business/DailyNews/ford001031.html Ford's 'Focus' on Fuel Cells Popular Car to be Base for Alternative Energy Vehicle in 2004 The sub-compact Ford Focus, shown in the 2000 model at a Michigan lot, will be the base for Ford's first mass-produced fuel

[biofuel] Fuel cell cars head to California

http://www.msnbc.com:80/news/483512.asp?cp1=1 Fuel cell cars head to California Ford's contribution to the California Fuel Cell Partnership is a fuel-cell Focus. The illustration shows the two stacks of cells under the hood. Executives with the California Fuel Cell Partnership show off their

[biofuel] Hyundai Santa Fe Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Unveiled

http://www.theautochannel.com:80/news/press/date/20001101/press029787.html Hyundai Santa Fe Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Unveiled 1 November 2000 Hyundai Santa Fe Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Unveiled At California Fuel Cell Partnership Facility Grand Opening SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Nov. 1,

[biofuel] USDA announces $300 million bioenergy program

http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2000/11/11012000/reu_bioenergy_39727.asp USDA announces $300 million bioenergy program Wednesday, November 1, 2000 By Randy Fabi The Clinton administration Tuesday announced a $300 million program encouraging expanded production of ethanol and other

[biofuel] World Bank Urged To Bar Fossil Fuels Projects

http://ens.lycos.com/ens/nov2000/2000L-11-01-09.html World Bank Urged To Bar Fossil Fuels Projects WASHINGTON, DC, November 1, 2000 (ENS) - In a letter to World Bank president James Wolfensohn sent Monday, Friends of the Earth (FoE) international chairman Ricardo Navarro called on Wolfensohn

[biofuel] Catalysts in transesterification

For all of you, who care to know a little more: There are actually two kinds of transesterification: alkali based and acid based. This reaction is in chemistry known as NUCLEOPHILLIC SUBSTITUTION. It can be done in two ways : 1.using strong acids as catalysts (this way it is possible to make FFA

[biofuel] Biodiesel

Hello All, In reading about making biodiesel from waste vegetable oil, the instructions call for re-mixing the glycerol with the esters, adding water, separating, washing, rewashing etc. Is all of this necessary? What would be the negative effect of just adding KOH and Ethanol, mixing and

[biofuel] Wood Gas

I received the document from FEMA about building a wood gas generator. Has anyone used this document to create a wood gas generator and what were the results. fred -- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free!