In what is claimed to be a world first, the Tullibardine distillery in Perthshire has partnered with a spin-out company from Napier University in Edinburgh. They plan to use bacteria to feed on the "leftovers" from the whisky making process which will then produce butanol which can be used to fuel vehicles.

/ecosystems/article/45098Algae fuel or Algal biofuel is an alternative to fossil fuel that uses algae as its source.

The daily ebb and flow of tides represent a huge amount of renewable energy; the question is how to harness it. China and the Netherlands are about to commence bilateral cooperation on the joint development of a new method to generate energy from the tides: Dynamic Tidal Power (DTP).

North Americans are no longer the only ones who have a car culture. Even though in 2010, 95% of American households owned at least a car and 85% of Americans drove to work each day, China and India are rapidly catching up by adopting the US living standard, and cars are flooding the streets.