Alternative Energy » Waste EnergyAlternative Energy News and Information about Renewable Energy Technologies: Articles, Discussions, News and Videos.San Francisco Greasecycle Program- May 22, 2008 For the past several months the San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) has begun picking up used cooking oil from restaurants and businesses for free in an effort to find fuel alternatives for its municipal fleet. The city hopes to expand the grease recycling program (called SFGreasecycle) to include small-scale household pickups and eventually ...http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/san-francisco-greasecycle/ Harvesting Hydrogen from Farm Waste- May 18, 2008 The National Research Council of Canada&8217;s Biotechnology Research Institute has begun research and development of a process that will extract hydrogen from organic waste materials like fermentable feedstock and manure. The materials are processed to hydrogen by dark and photofermentation. The goal is to &8220;come up with biosystems that could be grouped into a ...http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/biohydrogen-farm-waste/ Landfill Powered Garbage Trucks- May 14, 2008 The government of California is backing an initiative between the Linde Group and Waste Management to build a liquefied natural gas facility that will produce clean liquid fuel from landfill gas using minicipal waste incinerators. The facility is expected to open in 2009 and will produce up to 13,000 gallons of fuel per day. ...http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/landfill-powered-garbage-trucks/ |