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Biochar making

With many Filipinos still dependent on agriculture, the government faces the challenge of reviving the sector that has posted sluggish…

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Scientist given €1million to build UK’s first plant for turning human waste into ‘biocoal’

A scientist has been given a €1million grant by the government to build the country's first plant for converting sewage…

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Fracking’s War on Coal

In 1981, an independent Texas natural gas producer named George Mitchell realized that his shallow gas wells in the Barnett…

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Carbon Capture And Storage: Global Warming Panacea, Or Fossil Fuel Pipe Dream?

Inside the offices of MIT's Energy Initiative, a campus-wide program with the ambitious goal of helping to "transform the global…

10 years ago

Will CO2 Emission Standards Spur Carbon Capture Technology?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing rules that would limit the rate of CO2 emissions from power plants to…

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Cool Planet: can biochar fertilize soil and help fight climate change?

Although market information and long-term impacts remain unknown, a biofuel byproduct can store carbon and enhance soil quality – and…

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Carbon capture with sawdust

Plants may help to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere when dead as well as alive, say scientists from Spain.…

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HTC-1: The First Industrial Plant for hydrothermal carbonization Begins Trial Operations

At the end of October 2012, AVA-CO2 set yet another milestone in industrial use with the commencement of trial operations…

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Biochar: A ‘miracle product’ for amending soil?

An ancient, highly porous form of charcoal is being touted as a godsend for soil health and fertility - transforming…

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Why Coconuts Could Be the Hydrogen Storage Material of the Future

Hydrogen is a potential renewable fuel because it can easily be generated from water using electrolysis. It also burns cleanly…

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