April 16, 2011
Why is it so difficult to wean ourselves from fossil fuels? The answer is a surprisingly simple one. A clarifying insight comes from comparing different energy […]
March 28, 2011
Despite rising food prices and the ongoing food-versus-fuel debate, biofuels are back on the South African agenda – revived by their inclusion in an emerging economic […]
December 31, 2010
Biofuels took a step away from the limelight in 2010, replaced by the buzz surrounding electric vehicles. But there were still a variety of policy decisions, […]
December 6, 2010
Farmers in this iron-roof village in Sierra Leone say they didn’t know what they were getting into when they leased their land for a biofuel crop […]
October 13, 2010
The use of the “lesser-known” renewable energy, biomass gasification, could greatly assist the development of private power in South Africa, which is likely to face a […]
July 10, 2010
There are many eco-benefits to replacing oil with biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel. For one, since such fuels are derived from agricultural crops, they are inherently […]
April 26, 2010
CHIMOIO, Mozambique — The lines of small bushy plants stretch out across the rolling hills of central Mozambique, dew-covered and shining in the morning sunlight. Peter […]
April 25, 2010
Scientists at Teesside University are helping to find answers to one of the most difficult problems facing the world today — generating energy without accelerating climate […]