Racing cars are about to start running on wine dregs
Automakers and energy giants are rethinking the environmental impact of motorsports and next year’s edition of the world’s oldest endurance race will be won in a car powered by wine dregs.
Osaka University ties up with town to turn manure into methanol using LEDs
The town is planning to build a dedicated experimental plant, and expects it to be a new source of income for local dairy farmers.
Ten years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan finding path to renewable energy future
Almost immediately after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the shift toward renewable energy sources began to accelerate.
Shell targets power trading and hydrogen in climate drive
Shell and its European rivals are seeking new business models to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels.
JAL to use biofuels made from household waste starting fiscal 2022
The fuel will come from U.S. startup Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc., into which JAL invested around ¥900 million in 2018.
Japanese airline ANA faces challenges in sustainable fuel drive
The country's largest carrier has signed up for jet fuel made from renewable materials in Singapore in a bid to become more environmentally friendly.
The move would help reduce Japan's reliance on nonrenewable power sources.
Pandas, slugs and ants give clues to making greener biofuels
In a world aiming to shift to greener energy, could slugs, ants and even pandas help show the way? Scientists believe the animals' unique ability to break down tough plant material, including bamboo, could provide clues to ramping up production of plant-based biofuels, one substitute ...
Burning large amounts of wood from forests can cut greenhouse gas pollution — but only alongside policies that encourage new trees to quickly absorb carbon dioxide. That is the conclusion of new research published in Science Advances, which seeks to counter the prevailing view that ...
President Donald Trump's decision to defend the U.S. government's power to broadly exempt oil refineries from biofuel-blending requirements is triggering a backlash in Iowa and other states that are top producers of ethanol and the corn used to make it. Nine biofuel and agriculture advocacy ...
Jera eyes role as global renewable leader but says coal will still play role in Japan's energy mix
With the integration of existing thermal power plants of its parents Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and Chubu Electric Power Co. completed on April 1, Jera Co. has completed the last step of unifying the full value chain from upstream fuel and power ...
Root and branch reform: Swedish scientist makes fuel from tree waste
Could tree roots, twigs and branches one day be used to power cars? That's the hope of a Swedish researcher who has developed a pulp byproduct that — on a modest scale — does just that. Chemical engineering scientist Christian Hulteberg, from Lund University, has ...
