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Confiscated Booze Used To Created Bio-Fuel In Sweden
دوشنبه 30 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 10:10
Ever wonder what the cops and customs agents do with all the confiscated drugs and alcohol? I always had a sneaking suspicion that they just using it for their own personal fun, but in Sweden , alcohol that is seized by customs officials are being turned in bio-gas. Customs spokesperson Ingrid Jerlebrink said that ”We...
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Germany's Biodiesel Blues
دوشنبه 30 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 10:06
Germany's Biodiesel Blues For the past several months, German biofuels producers have been complaining that their country's tax on biodiesel has crippled Germany's biodiesel industry. Various news reports have been saying that German biodiesel capacity has been running at 60-70% capacity in 2007. "If we will not have...
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World's ethanol lobbyists not so much force to be reckoned with
دوشنبه 30 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 10:04
World's ethanol lobbyists not so much a force to be reckoned with Some $2.3 billion in federal support would flow to biofuels under the Senate farm bill, half of it to develop cellulose as a feedstock for fuel ethanol. Ag Committee chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said the bill "puts us on a path" to produce 60 billion...
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Time To Ecolabel Biofuels
دوشنبه 30 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 09:58
It wasn't too long ago that biofuels were basking in the glow of nearly everyone's approval - a quick fix for reducing CO2 emissions from transport. The EU aims to fill 10% of its transport needs with biofuels by 2020. But biofuel's easy ride may be over. One of Sweden's leading gas chains, OKQ8, last week canceled...
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Biofuel plan still alive
دوشنبه 30 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 09:50
ESCANABA — The next step is being taken in a joint biofuel venture between NewPage and a Swedish company. NewPage’s possible partnership with ChemRec AB, which operates a biofuel plant in Pitea, Sweden, was announced last year. The two are exploring the feasibility of starting a biofuel plant at NewPage’s Wells...
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Investment in biofuel is irresponsible – UN Adviser
دوشنبه 30 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 09:48
The biofuel debate has now got to a head, the UN has joined in the fray. The UN’s top adviser on food security has described investments being made into biofuels by some countries as “irresponsible” and a “crime against humanity.” Olivier de Schutter, who has recently taken over from Jean Ziegler, said these in an...
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Biodiesel not always profitable
دوشنبه 30 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 09:43
Biodiesel not always profitable By Kyle Stock The wonder-fuel called biodiesel is no longer cheap The demand for environmentally friendly fuel and the oils that are used to make it has surged in step with the cost of crude oil and conventional gas. Much of the biodiesel now produced in South Carolina — championed for...
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'Food prices may drop 20 pc if biofuel production stopped'
دوشنبه 30 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 09:37
NEW DELHI: Global food prices could ease by up to 20 per cent by 2010 if biofuel production is stopped completely across the world, a US-based think-tank has said in its latest report. "If biofuel demand from food crops was abolished after 2007, prices of key food crops would drop more significantly. By 2010, maize...
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Biogas Production is all in the Mixing
یکشنبه 29 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 17:14
Biogas Production is all in the Mixing By Tony Fitzpatrick Apr 23, 2008 St. Louis, MO -- Engineers at Washington University, using an impressive array of imaging and tracking technologies, have determined the importance of mixing in anaerobic digesters for bioenergy production and animal and farm waste treatment....
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Waste Not, Want Not
شنبه 28 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 11:44
David Bradley Waste Not, Want Not A fungus that can convert waste paper into an antibacterial and super-absorbent material has been discovered by researchers at Borås University College in Sweden. The discovery could provide a commercially and environmentally viable material for disposable diapers and sanitary wear....
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in University of Borås happend : Drive on your old Levis
شنبه 28 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 11:35
It was explained by An Iranian Professor :Mohammad Taherzadeh Research shows in University of Boras : It goes to drive the car up to five kilometers on a pair old jean, ----- a way to convert cotton fabric to ethanol with the aid of fermented The project on the college in Borås has been taking place , and now has one...
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Fungus discovery revolutionizes ethanol and hygiene industries
شنبه 28 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 11:14
A research team at University College of Borås in Sweden, headed by Professor Mohammad Taherzadeh, has made a unique and revolutionary discovery. The discovery consists of a fungus that extremely effectively converts waste to ethanol. From the residual biomass, moreover, it is possible to extract an antibacterial and...
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ارتباط بحران غذا با بیوتکنولوژی
جمعه 27 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 16:00
اگر مقالات اخیر این وبلاگ را خونده با شید شما هم مثل من کمی در مورد آینده سوخت های زیستی نگران شده اید. آیا واقعا بیوتکنولوژی در ایجاد بحران غذا نقش داشته؟ سعی می کنم در آینده به این موضوع بیشتر بپردازم. تا بعد علی هاشمی قینانی
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یک قدم تا قهرمانی سپاهان - محبوب قلبها
چهارشنبه 25 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 20:23
امروز سپاهان تیم نفت را برد تا شنبه تکلیف قهرمانیش مشخص بشه. **************سپاهان سرور سرخ وآبی****************
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Most Powerful Women in Biotechnology and Healthcare
چهارشنبه 25 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 17:15
Most Powerful Women in Biotechnology and Healthcare by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei With much talk this past week that women science bloggers were not well represented in The Scientist article on favorite life science blogs , I thought it might be good to be reminded of how powerful women have become around the world. Late...
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پیاز؛ این بار "بدون اشک"
چهارشنبه 25 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 16:39
دانشمندان با استفاده از بیوتکنولوژی پیاز "بدون اشک" تولید کردند به گزارش خبرگزاری فرانسه پژوهشگران ژاپنی و نیوزیلندی با کاربرد بیوتکنولوژی برای خاموش کردن ژنی که سازنده آنزیم تولید‌کننده رایحه اشک‌آور پیاز توانستند پیازهایی را تولید کنند که چشم‌ها را تحریک نکند. این کشف پیام‌‌‌آور پایان یکی از معماهای قدیمی آشپزی است:...
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عواقب تولید سوخت زیستی بدتر از مصرف سوختهای فسیلی است!
سه‌شنبه 24 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 15:33
گروهی از دانشمندان آمریکایی در گزارشی اعلام کردند که کاشت گیاهان با هدف تولید سوختهای زیستی می‌تواند تاثیرات بسیار منفی در گرم شدن جهانی برجای بگذارد. محققان دانشگاه مینه‌سوتا با همکاری سازمان "کمیسیون حمایت از طبیعت"( Nature Conservancy ) در بررسیهای خود نشان دادند که کشاورزی به منظور تولید سوخت زیستی بر روی گرم شدن...
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اولین پرواز هواپیما با استفاده از سوخت زیستی
سه‌شنبه 24 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 15:16
اولین پرواز هواپیما با استفاده از سوخت زیستی اولین پرواز یک هواپیمای مسافربری که بخشی از سوخت آن را سوخت زیستی، تامین می کند، در تاریخ ۲۴ فوریه سال ۲۰۰۸ صورت گرفت.هواپیمای بوئینگ 747 که به شرکت هواپیمایی "ویرجین آتلانتیک" تعلق دارد، در مسیر لندن-آمستردام پرواز کرد. دراین پرواز، سوخت یکی از چهار موتور هواپیما با سوختی...
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هشدار در مورد افزایش قیمت مواد غذایی
سه‌شنبه 24 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 15:08
مدیر برنامه جهانی غذا هشدار داده است که روند افزایش قیمت مواد غذایی اصلی در سراسر جهان احتمالا تا دو سال دیگر ادامه خواهد داشت. ژوزت شیران افزایش قیمت نفت و غلات و تاثیرات نامطلوب تغییر آب و هوا و تقاضا برای سوخت زیستی را دلایل افزایش قیمت مواد غذایی معرفی کرد. ژوزت شیران گفت دولت ها باید با دقت بیشتری درباره...
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ارزیابی انتقادی از سوختهای زیستی
سه‌شنبه 24 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 14:56
جرمی زاکس، مشاور ویژه‌ی سازمان ملل متحد در امور علمی، خواستار تجدید نظر اروپا و آمریکا در طرح‌های مربوط به افزایش استفاده از سوختهای زیستی شد • گفت‌وگو با دو کارشناس درباره سوختهای زیستی جرمی زاکس مشاور ویژه‌ی سازمان ملل متحد در امور علمی، در روز دوشنبه شانزدهم اردیبهشت‌ماه، خواستار عدم گسترش استفاده از سوختهای...
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اگه سهمیه بنزینتون تموم شده اینو بخونین
سه‌شنبه 24 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 13:48
سهمیه بنزین تان تمام شده است؟سوخت اتومبیلتان را در خانه تان تولید کنید! یک شرکت آمریکایی به معرفی اولین دستگاه تأمین سوخت ماشین در خانه پرداخت! این دستگاه شکر و مواد مشابه را به اتانول برای سوخت اتومبیل تبدیل می کند. شرکت E-Fuel که در زمینه بیوسوخت یا سوخت طبیعی فعالیت می کند دستگاه میکروفیولر را به بازار عرضه کرده...
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Heat produced by the forest itself
دوشنبه 23 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 12:10
Every year around 1.2 million people visit Mainau, the Flower Island, on Lake Constance. What few of them know: nature reigns behind closed doors here as well. The island produces its own environmentally friendly heating by using wood chips instead of oil. As oil prices rise and rise, Mainau forester Theo Straub feels...
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Fermenters and fuel cells to produce bioenergy
دوشنبه 23 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 12:09
The fermentation facility based in Leonberg near Stuttgart produces biogas from biological waste. Two combined heat and power plants (CHP), and now also a fuel cell, are converting biogas into electrical power and heat. The ‘brown compost bin’ has become a successful model in Germany, also in Böblingen, where the...
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Gaseous fuels are undervalued
دوشنبه 23 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 12:08
Whenever petrol prices rise, alternative fuels hit the headlines. We talked with Dr. Michael Specht from the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW) in Stuttgart about renewable fuels. The post-fossil fuel era suggests high petrol prices. What will the car drivers be using in 15 years time? Michael Specht...
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Cities using bioenergy - Freiburg as an example
دوشنبه 23 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 12:06
The city of Freiburg’s concept of the regenerative production of power firmly includes the use of bioenergy. Currently, 1.6 percent of total power in Freiburg is produced from bioenergy. Up until 2010, it is planned to increase this to 2.7 percent. In addition, bioenergy is also used for the production of heat, the...
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The ecobalance of biofuels
دوشنبه 23 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 11:46
Renewable raw materials are the energy sources of the future. In order to successfully make any changes in the current political position regarding energy and the environment, all factors in the biofuels process chain need to be taken into account to weigh up environmental compatibility and the potential effects on...
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Biogas facility in Hohenheim
دوشنبه 23 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 11:44
Biogas facility in Hohenheim to become the core of the Baden-Württemberg bioenergy research platform As of autumn 2006, the facility in Hohenheim is to convert to the large-scale transformation of biomass into electrical energy, gas, heat and fuel. Research will focus on which renewable materials work most efficiently...
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Bioethanol for petrol stations
دوشنبه 23 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 11:43
In order to cater to the growing biofuels market for cars, Südzucker Bioethanol GmbH based in Mannheim has established the largest bioethanol production plant in Europe. In February 2006, E85, a fuel consisting of 85 percent bioethanol and 15 percent petrol, was launched on the German market. The fuel, which is...
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Bio-diesel should soon become cheaper
دوشنبه 23 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 11:41
The Kornwestheim-based system exporter Hezinger GmbH wants to act in future as a global supplier of photobioreactors for the breeding of algae, in order to promote the extraction of biofuels from the vegetable oil of algae as an alternative to the use of wheat, rapeseed and maize. In cooperation with renowned...
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No Competition for milk and bread
دوشنبه 23 اردیبهشت‌ماه سال 1387 11:39
A study by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has proven that biomass energy sources are gaining in significance. At the same time, growing conflicts of use could be diminished by new biofuels. Biomass will continue to become more and more significant as Germany’s number one regenerative source of energy. At the...