Archive for the 'BIOFUELS' Category

Black Friday Getting Closer: Buy Energy Conserving Devices to Make it a Green 2012

Nov 21, 2011 – Black Friday, November 25, 2011 is even closer.  There will be major sales around the United States, some beginning as early as midnight Thursday night.  Make sure that your shopping list includes items that will help you conserve energy or use alternative energy sources.  Many hybrid cars will be on sale [...]

Shop Black Friday Sales: Green Energy

Nov 19, 2011 – Black Friday, November 25, 2011 is almost upon us.  There will be major sales around the United States, some beginning as early as midnight.  Make sure that your shopping list includes items that will help you conserve energy or use alternative energy sources.  Many hybrid cars will be on sale during [...]

Venture Capital Investments Increase for Green Energy

Oct 25, 2011 – Venture capital funding of green energy continues to grow year over year.  As with the government, most of the money is going into new technologies rather than the more mundane but quicker return of energy conservation.  Please leave your comments here.

DOE Awards Now Over $16 Billion

Oct 25, 2011 – As the government fiscal year wound down at the end of September the Department of Energy followed the famous government maxim: Use it or lose it.  In the last week of September it awarded almost $6 billion in loan guarantees for clean energy manufacturers. Hopefully, no more Solyndras. The total is [...]

The New York Times Special Section on Cars

Oct 18, 2011 – The New York Times published a special section on “Cars” last Friday and you should look at a copy in print or online.  Some of the “green energy” articles included “What Compromise” that discusses how new technology will allow automakers to make more energy efficient autos without sacrificing current amenities.  Another [...]

Virgin Atlantic to test Biofuels

Oct 12, 2011 – Virgin Atlantic, one of the world’s leading long-haul airlines, and aircraft maker Boeing announced an extensive partnership that includes the largest order yet by a European airline for Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner. Virgin Atlantic is ordering 15 of the 787-9 Dreamliners – with options on ordering another eight 787-9s and purchase [...]

Univ of Texas Working on Algae for Biofuel

Oct , 2011 – Lara Lapin reports in The New York Times on the work that the University of Texas is doing on the production of biofuel from algae.  A great quote in the article is, “You need three things to grow algae: carbon dioxide, dirty water and sunshine,” said Michael E. Webber, an assistant [...]

President Barack Obama to Speak Shortly on Jobs for America

Sep 8, 2011 – President Barack Obama will start speaking in a few minutes to a joint meeting of Congress on how to add American jobs in the coming year.  He will propose the American Jobs Act. Hopefully, there will be money for green energy projects.  Please leave your comments here.

Seeking Employees for Your Green Energy Company?

Sep 2, 2011 – Are you seeking employees for your green energy company?  Are you a recruiter searching for clients that want to work in the green energy field?  Post it on SimplyHired.  Click on PostAJob! in the green box on the home page.  It only costs $10 for 30 days.  Please note that the [...]

Promote Your Business With GreenEnergyForEarth Blog Advertising

Sep 2, 2011 – Promote your green energy business on GreenEnergyForEarth.com with annual or monthly advertisements to a highly targeted audience.  You can place text or graphic ads.  Do you install solar panels?  Do you sell solar pool heating? Do  you invest in green energy projects from solar to wind to biodiesel?  Are you beginning [...]

GE Introduces Fuel Flexible Waukesha Gas Engine for Smaller Biogas Projects

Aug 23, 2011 – Expanding the company’s lineup of biogas engines for a wider range of power outputs, GE (NYSE: GE) introduced its Waukesha APG1000 gas engine that can utilize a broader variety of biogases, including from landfills, wastewater treatment plants and agricultural waste.  GE unveiled the 1-MW APG1000 gas engine at the Solid Waste [...]

Stock Sell-Off: How Does This Affect Renewable Energy Incentives?

Aug 3, 2011 – The stock market is on its way to its 9th day of losses [of course, it could turn around by market close.]  How do you think this will affect the investment into renewable energy companies?  Will you have money to buy a new hybrid auto or electric vehicle? Will you focus [...]

Debt Ceiling in US Raised?

Aug 1, 2011 – Late Sunday the Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama announced that an agreement in principle had been reached.  Only Congress had to vote in the House and Senate to approve it.  As of 2:30 pm, the bill has not been passed, but many questions have been raised by Congressman and Senators.  [...]

Beckhams, Extreme Weather, Biofuels and Other Green Stories of the Week

Relaxnews – Fri, Jul 22, 2011 Some of the major green and environmental stories of the past week (July 16-22), including extreme weather in the United States, famine in Africa, the Beckhams as bad role models and the effect of biofuels on food prices are rounded up below. African famine – changing weather patterns and increasingly frequent [...]

Honeywell Green Jet

July 24, 2011 – Which will be first?  Biofuel powered jets or biofuel powered cars.  Both are around now.  First, you have to produce the biofuel.  But, then you need a distribution infrastructure.  That’s why you are seeing more use of biofuels for municipal fleets that can fill up every evening at the same location, [...]