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Why All Your Bulbs May Soon Be LEDs

A breakthrough in producing light emitting diodes could bring LED production costs down as much as 75%. READ»

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Five Companies That Are Turning Algae Into Energy

We recently received a press release from a fledging company called Renewed World Energies claiming that it has created the first commercially viable algae-processing system. The company expects to have two acres of commercial algae ...READ»

Continental Biofuel Flight Saved Energy, Lowered Carbon Emissions

The results are back from Continental Airlines' biofuel test flight in January, and they look good. Continental's biofuel blend yielded a 1.1% increase in fuel efficiency over traditional jet fuels, and more impressively, cut carbon ...READ»

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Genifuel Develops Process to Turn Algae Into Natural Gas, Not Biofuel

A number of companies--Sapphire Energy, Solazyme, and Bionavitas to name a few--are working on methods to convert algae into biofuel. But Genifuel wants to turn the pond scum into something different: natural gas. The company, ...READ»