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Fill 'Er Up With Algae, Please

Way to be green: New generation of alternative energy innovators get creative

By Caroline Zimmerman,  Newser User

Posted Sep 3, 2007 6:55 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Move over, sun. Alternative energy innovators are turning to increasingly inventive power technologies—and sources, including algae (to make diesel fuel) and tires and "car fluff" from junked vehicles. Ocean and geothermal operations appear to be the next big wave of the green future. One company is developing a buoy system off Oregon that harnesses wave energy for electricity, the Washington Post reports.

"In the last year, it's just exploded with ideas out there," said one executive. Many of the new endeavors are still rough around the edges and the ocean doesn't often cooperate with even the best plans. One firm installed turbines along the the New York City coast to generates electricity from tides, but ocean battering destroyed the turbines.

An introduction to green production - SC Johnson uses cogeneration turbines to create renewable energy for its largest worldwide factory. The resulting greenhouse gas reductions are like taking 5,200 cars of the road annually. www.scjohnson.com. (PRNewsFoto/SC Johnson, John Nienhuis)
An introduction to "green" production - SC Johnson uses cogeneration turbines to create renewable energy for its largest worldwide factory. The resulting greenhouse gas reductions are like taking 5,200...   (Associated Press)
n, and Portuguese renewable energy company Catavento, spreads across a 60-hectare (150-acre) hillside in Serpa, 200 kilometers (124 miles) southeast of Lisbon. (AP Photo/Antonio Carrapato)
n, and Portuguese renewable energy company Catavento, spreads across a 60-hectare (150-acre) hillside in Serpa, 200 kilometers (124 miles) southeast of Lisbon. (AP Photo/Antonio Carrapato)   (Associated Press)
nergy company Catavento, spreads across a 60-hectare (150-acre) hillside in Serpa, 200 kilometers (124 miles) southeast of Lisbon. (AP Photo/Antonio Carrapato)
nergy company Catavento, spreads across a 60-hectare (150-acre) hillside in Serpa, 200 kilometers (124 miles) southeast of Lisbon. (AP Photo/Antonio Carrapato)   (Associated Press)
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Alcoa started up a 588,000 watt roof-mounted photovoltaic solar power system at its Kawneer manufacturing facility in Visalia, California. The project demonstrates the environmental and financial merits of harnessing energy from the sun to generate electricity on an industrial scale. The Kawneer solar power project increases California's supply of...
Alcoa started up a 588,000 watt roof-mounted photovoltaic solar power system at its Kawneer manufacturing facility in Visalia, California. The project demonstrates the environmental and financial merits...   (Associated Press)
One of four engine that burn methane gas from a landfill in Ferris, Texas and turns it into electricity is shown Monday, June 25, 2007. Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest garbage hauler and landfill operator, plans to spend roughly $400 million over the next five years building facilities at...
One of four engine that burn methane gas from a landfill in Ferris, Texas and turns it into electricity is shown Monday, June 25, 2007. Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest garbage hauler and landfill...   (Associated Press)
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