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Valero Invests in Producing Car Fuel From Wood Waste

By On January 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The cellulosic ethanol movement got a much needed boost yesterday with the announcement that Valero, the nation’s largest independent oil refiner, is investing $50 million into the Mascoma Corporation’s plans to build a commercial sized wood-based biofuel refinery in Kinross, Michigan. Together with subsidiary Frontier Renewable Resources, Mascoma, based in Lebanon N.H., intends to break [...]

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Electric Cars Making A Comeback In 2011

By On January 6, 2011 · 7 Comments

2011 is being heralded by auto industry insiders as the “year of the electric car”. Though we here at Metaefficient endorse a life free of dependency upon cars, 100% electric vehicles are certainly more fuel efficient than internal combustion vehicles and may be on their way to becoming user-friendly as well.

For 2011 [...]

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Better Place Shows Electric Taxis Working in the Real World

By On January 6, 2011 · 3 Comments

Shai Agassi, founder and CEO of Better Place, has a vision — a vision for a world free of oil dependency. Mr. Agassi, who is well on his way to making this vision a reality, has what he believes is the solution for making electric vehicles efficient and affordable. He theorizes that [...]

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3 Reasons Light Rail is an Efficient Transportation Option for U.S. Cities

By On January 1, 2011 · 3 Comments

Light rail is a type of electric railway that runs on right-of-way railroad tracks or on tracks in city streets. Using their own lanes and able to go anywhere, light rail cars mix well in urban settings by not getting caught up in traffic congestion. Though the United States operates the largest and most efficient [...]

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Italian Town Runs On 100% Renewable Power

By On December 17, 2007 · 20 Comments

Varese Ligure, a town in Northern Italy, runs on 100% renewable power. The town uses a mix of wind, solar and small-scale hydropower. The town has reaped benefits from the energy network through added jobs, and an additional 350,000 euros [US $514,000] in revenues that are handed over to the council each year. Varese [...]

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Google Wants To Make Clean Energy Cheaper Than Coal

By On November 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment

eSolar is one of the early-stage companies Google is working with.

Google has announced a plan to develop sources of renewable energy that will be cheaper than coal. The new initiative, RE<C, (renewable energy is cheaper than coal) will begin by focusing on solar power technology, [...]

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