President Obama specifically mentioned clean coal, shale oil and gas as well as well bio-fuels and renewable energy.
Ken Yeang's "bio-climatic" office buildings provide an energy-efficient alternative to traditional towers by taking into account tropical conditions.
But regardless of whether the company is an app shop, a renewable energy company, a bio-tech venture, or something still to be imagined, we need to remember that people who start technology companies are neither heroes nor potential heroes, they are simply people with the same limitations and conflicts as anyone else.
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But Dr Anders Sandberg, James Martin Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, said that while "the future looks pretty bright" there are "dark shadows" because technologies to improve the world also bring fears such as security worries over advances in sharing technology and bio-weapons coming out of bio-technology meant to feed us and bring us new sources of energy.
Some state programs also legislate mandatory renewable portfolio standards that require electric utility companies to purchase designated amounts of energy from wind, solar and bio-fuel providers, typically at premium costs that are passed on to customers.
The loan guarantee program at issue allows the Energy Department to help finance certain renewable energy projects, electric transmission systems and bio-fuels projects that begin construction no later than September 30, 2011.
The U.S. Department of Energy wants to replace one-quarter of petrochemicals with bio-versions by 2030.
By using bacteria, any energy used is low because the microbes do all the bio-remediation, he said.
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The meeting will address the vision, strategy and analytical framework for growth and efficiency of green initiatives and the international agenda around the following initiatives: Power system transformation, energy efficiency in industry, global water demand issues, bio-refining, trade, aviation and financing.
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It's called the BIQ House and it features an impressive bio-adaptive algae facade that controls day lighting while generating a steady stream of renewable energy.
The loan guarantee program discussed in the memo allows the Energy Department to help finance projects such as electric transmission systems and bio-fuel initiatives that begin construction no later than September 30, 2011.
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Long before become the Secretary of Energy, Chu pioneered an equally radical research platform at Stanford University called Bio-X, which brings novel interdisciplinary strategies to bear on important challenges in bioscience.
Among the first beneficiaries of this fund are Alta Devices (manufacturer of solar photo-voltaic cells), Ciris Energy (developer of cleaner coal), and CoolPlanetBioFuels (which produces clean bio-fuels).
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Argent Energy and Stagecoach have worked together on a number of projects, including the launch of bio-buses in Kilmarnock in 2007 - a fleet of nine buses which operate using 100% biofuel.
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