The 2008 Alternative Fuels Advisor Review is a compilation of articles by topical section that appeared in the 2008 bi-monthly issues of AltFuels Advisor. AltFuels Advisor provides industry news and technical developments on information and business opportunities related to renewable fuels, biofuels, natural gas, propane, hydrogen, electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, fuel cells, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and other forms of alternative energy. This review provides a summary of the news trends and events in 2008 driving the development, production and use of alternative fuels for all types of vehicles and supplies of energy.

This research report offers a comprehensive picture of trends in the global alternative fuels industry by reviewing the advancements in the field during 2008. In addition to renewable fuels such as ethanol, biofuel, propane, natural gas and hydrogen, this review also covers electricity generated from wind, solar, ocean and geothermal technologies. Administrative issues that shape the industry also are examined, including government regulatory and legislative trends, the fluctuations of oil pricing, and societal concerns surrounding climate change. This review includes advancements in research and development, industry growth projections, key market drivers and technological challenges for each of the alternative fuels discussed.

The scope of this report is broad and includes:

• An in-depth assessment of the role of renewable energy in the U.S. energy supply
• Detailed discussion of renewable transportation fuels and issues facing the transportation segment
• Analysis of technologies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Recent commercial developments shaping activity within the industry
• Overviews of all editions of AltFuels Advisor published in 2008.

Report Highlights

• World crude oil prices are expected to recover from a near-term decline and rise slowly to about $130 per barrel by 2030.  This is an economic driver for alternative fuels that is almost equal to the economic and legislative drivers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and especially carbon dioxide emissions.
  
• Non-fossil energy use in the U.S is growing rapidly, but fossil fuel will still be providing 79% of the U.S. total energy in 2030. However, net dependence of the U.S. on imported fossil fuel liquids will decline over the next 20 years.
  
• Biofuels will continue to make substantial gains and the consumption for the transportation segment will hold steady at about 22 million barrels per day from 2008 to 2030. The real changes are that mild and full hybrid vehicle systems will dominate all the new light-duty vehicles sales in the U.S. by 2030.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter-1: OVERVIEW

  

    
Overview 
  



Chapter-2: RENEWABLES

  

    
CELLULOSIC ETHANOL FROM PELLETED FORAGE   CROPS
  
  

    
FUEL FROM ALGAE BIOFUEL
  
  

    
WASTE MATERIAL TO ETHANOL
  
  

    
NATURAL SELECTION BIOENERGY
  
  

    
E85 GIVES GASOLINE STATIONS COMPETITIVE   EDGE
  
  

    
“GREEN GASOLINE” DERIVED FROM PLANT   SUGARS
  
  

    
BIOMASS TO GASOLINE
  
  

    
BIODIESEL IN NAMIBIA
  
  

    
EVALUATION OF BIOFUELS PRODUCTION IN   NORWAY
  
  

    
FUEL SAMPLES FROM WILD ALGAE
  
  

    
RESEARCH FOR A BETTER BIOMASS
  
  

    
MAXIMIZING ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM   BIOMASS
  
  

    
CYANOBACTERIUM HAS GENES FOR FUEL
  
  

    
RICE STUDIED AS BIOFUELS FEEDSTOCK
  
  

    
DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL SCALE CELLULOSIC   ETHANOL
  
  

    
BIODIESEL SHIPPED TO EUROPE
  
  

    
CHINA PRODUCES BIOGAS FROM CHICKEN   MANURE
  
  

    
CORN STOVER RESEARCH
  
  

    
WASTE TO ETHANOL
  
  

    
WHEN AND WHY TO SELL E85
  
  

    
GAS-TO-ENERGY PROJECT POWERS BREWERY
  
  

    
EMISSIONS BENEFITS OF CONVERTING MANURE TO   BIOGAS
  
  

    
GENOME SEQUENCING PROJECTS FOR   BIOENERGY
  
  

    
AIRCRAFT ENGINES AND BIOFUEL
  
  

    
LIQUID BIOMETHANE PRODUCED AT LANDFILL
  
  

    
ICM PROCESS PRODUCES FOOD AND FUEL
  
  

    
WASHINGTON STATE PLANS FOR BIOREFINERY
  
  

    
SINGAPORE COMPANIES AGREE ON JATROPHA
  
  

    
HARVARD AND SUNETHANOL IN RESEARCH   AGREEMENT
  
  

    
ALTERNATE BIOMASS MAY SOLVE ENERGY   SHORTAGE
  
  

    
MULTI-CROP AGRICULTURAL SEEDS
  
  

    
GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION
  
  

    
SCIENTISTS SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY
  
  

    
FLEXIBLE METHOD PRODUCES BIOFUEL AND   ELECTRICITY
  
  

    
BIOMASS GASIFICATION PLANT AT OAK RIDGE
  
  

    
THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM PRODUCTION   PROGRESS
  
  

    
BIODIESEL BENEFITS INDIANAPOLIS
  
  

    
FUTUROL BIOFUELS PROJECT
  
  

    
SWEET SORGHUM FOR BIOFUEL
  
  

    
ENZYME PRODUCTS FOR ENGINEERING   BIOFUELS
  
  

    
WINTER WEED AS BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCK
  
  

    
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE TO ETHANOL
  
  

    
ALGAL-BASED DIESEL PASSES ASTM SPEC
  
  

    
PROGRESS NEEDED FOR AFFORDABLE RENEWABLE   ENERGY
  
  

    
NESTE BUILDING BIODIESEL PLANT IN   ROTTERDAM
  
  

    
KEY TO CONVERSION PROCESS
  
  

    
USE OF ABANDONED FARMLANDS
  
  

    
BIOMASS TO POWER PAPER MILL
  
  

    
CELLULOSIC ETHANOL PILOT PLANT NEAR   COMPLETE
  
  

    
CHEMISTS GET SCOOP ON CRUDE OIL FROM PIG   MANURE
  
  

    
SUNCOR ENERGY ETHANOL PLANT EXPANSION GETS GREEN   LIGHT
  
  

    
NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL SWITCHES TO WOOD PELLET   HEATING
  
  

    
ONE THOUSAND ACRE SWITCHGRASS PLANTING
  
  

    
BUILDING OF BIOMASS-TO-LIQUIDS PLANT IN   FINLAND
  
  

    
MICROORGANISM-BASED BIOENERGY
  
  

    
ENERGY CROPS TAKE TO ROASTING
  
  

    
D1 OILS TESTING JATROPHA PRODUCTION
  
  

    
FUNGUS MAY IMPROVE CORN-TO-ETHANOL   PROCESS
  
  

    
BIOFUELS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  
  

    
BP TAKING FIFTY PERCENT STAKE IN TROPICAL   BIOENERGIA
  
  

    
GM AND MASCOMA IN VENTURE
  
  

    
NEW CELLULOSIC ETHANOL COMPANY
  
  

    
CONVERSION OF LANDFILL GAS TO BIOGAS
  
  

    
LEAN AND MEAN BIOMASS DEGRADING FUNGUS
  
  

    
BIOFUELS USE IN COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT
  
  

    
SUPERSONIC FLIGHT USING ALTERNATIVE   FUEL
  
  

    
EFFICIENCY GAINS IN ETHANOL PRODUCTION
  
  

    
GASOLINE FROM TREES
  
  

    
DIESEL FROM SUGARCANE
  
  

    
PLANT SUGARS CONVERT TO GASOLINE
  
  

    
RENEWABLE ENERGY AT THAMES WATER
  
  

    
POWER PLANT FUELED BY POULTRY LITTER
  
  

    
VOLVO FIELD TESTS DIMETHYL ETHER
  
  

    
CYANOBACTERIA PRODUCE CELLULOSE AND SUGARS FOR CONVERSION   TO ETHANOL
  
  

    
ENZYMES FROM COW’S STOMACH PRODUCE   BIOFUELS
  
  

    
GOLDEN SPIRIT AND ENECO TEAM UP TO DEVELOP WASTE   GASIFICATION PROJECTS
  
  

    
SLUDGE INTO ENERGY
  
  

    
METHANE FROM LANDFILL POWERS ETHANOL   PLANT
  
  

    
SCANIA PRODUCES ITS FIRST ETHANOL-POWERED   TRUCKS
  
  

    
ALGAE-TO-BIOFUELS PROCESS SOUGHT
  
  

    
ALGAE FOR BIOFUEL
  
  

    
JAPANESE WOOD-FUELED POWER PLANT
  
  

    
BIOFUEL CROPS COULD WORSEN GLOBAL   WARMING
  
  

    
BIOFUELS NOT ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL
  
  

    
BIOFUELS DO NOT ADD TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF   TRANSPORT
  
  

    
GREENFIELD ETHANOL AND ENERKEM TO MAKE CELLULOSIC   ETHANOL
  
  

    
MORE E85 PUMPS READY
  
  

    
ETHANOL MAY WORSEN DEAD ZONE IN GULF OF   MEXICO
  
  

    
LATIN AMERICA SOURCE OF ETHANOL
  
  

    
FAO UNVEILS BIOENERGY ASSESSMENT TOOL
  
  

    
LIGNOL TO BUILD CELLULOSIC ETHANOL   PLANT
  
  

    
ADVERTISED AMOUNTS OF BIOFUEL POSSIBLY   INACCURATE
  
  

    
SUGARCANE WASTE TO ELECTRICITY
  
  

    
CHEVRON AND WEYERHAEUSER FORM BIOFUELS JOINT   VENTURE
  
  

    
CONVERTING FOREST AND GRASSLAND TO CROPLAND ADDS TO   GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
  
  

    
WATER IS THE ACHILLES HEEL FOR ETHANOL
  
  

    
VIRGIN ATLANTIC FLIES PLANE ON BIOFUEL
  
  

    
AIRBUS COMPLETES TEST FLIGHT WITH ALTERNATIVE   FUEL
  
  

    
SYNTHETIC JET FUEL FROM GARBAGE
  
  

    
FOREST WASTE TO BIO-CRUDE OIL
  
  

    
CATALYST DEVELOPMENT FOR CLEANER FUELS
  
  

    
SYNTEC BIOFUEL’S LARGE ALCOHOLS YIELD PER TON OF   BIOMASS
  
  

    
ENZYMES SIGNIFICANT TO CELLULOSIC   ETHANOL
  
  

    
NATURE CONSERVANCY HAS QUESTIONS ON   BIOFUELS
  
  

    
COST EFFECTIVE BIOMETHANE
  
  

    
TECHNIQUES TO CREATE BUTANOL
  
  

    
E.COLI A FUTURE SOURCE OF ENERGY?
  
  

    
THE POWER OF BANANAS
  
  

    
GUSHAN ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY OPENS BEIJING BIODIESEL   PLANT
  
  

    
BIOPLASTIC TO BIOFUEL
  
  

    
GEORGIA POWER CONTRACTS WITH RENEWABLE   PLANT
  
  

    
WASTE GREASE TO CREATE BIOFUEL FOR MUNICIPAL   FLEET
  
  

    
NASA PROJECT MODELS POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF BIOFUELS   CROPS
  
  

    
JATROPHA BIODIESEL PROJECT INITIATED
  
  

    
USED TIRES TO OIL
  
  

    
BIOGAS PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
  
  

    
BIODIESEL STANDS UP TO SUB-ZERO   TEMPERATURES
  
  

    
SMITHSONIAN HIGHLIGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF   BIOFUELS
  
  

    
SAN FRANCISCO’S DIESEL FLEET CONVERTS TO   BIODIESEL
  
  

    
VERTIGRO ALGAE PRODUCTION TESTING GETS HIGH   MARKS
  
  

    
SOME ETHANOL BLENDS PROVIDE BETTER FUEL   ECONOMY
  
  

    
AIR FORCE’S TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT USES SYNTHETIC FUEL   BLEND
  
  

    
RESEARCH ON ALGAE EASIER
  
  

    
SHELL AND HR BIOPETROLEUM WANT ALGAE FOR   BIOFUEL
  
  

    
TRANSPORTABLE FUEL PRODUCTION SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR   DOD
  
  

    
ENERGY-FROM-WASTE PROJECTS IN CHINA
  
  

    
SWEET POTATOES TO ENERGY
  
  

    
ETHANOL FROM MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
  
  

    
BIODIESEL PLANT IN SINGAPORE
  
  

    
SANDIA PROJECT SEEKS FUEL FROM THIN AIR
  
  

    
VERASUN ENERGY AND U.S. BIOENERGY   MERGING
  
  

    
GREEN STAR PRODUCTS TO BUILD ALGAE-TO-BIODIESEL   FACILITY
  
  

    
BIOMASS PELLET PLANT CO-FIRED WITH COAL
  
  

    
LASER TECHNOLOGY ANALYZES BIOFUELS   COMBUSTION
  
  

    
BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCK SUPPLY MAY BE LIMITED
  
  

    
BALLARD TO POWER LONDON FUEL CELL BUSES
  
  

    
BACTERIAL GENES SOLUTION TO WOOD CONVERSION TO   ENERGY
  
  

    
PURE BIOFUELS CALLAO PORT PLANT SET TO   OPEN
  
  

    
LIGNIN POSSIBLE SOURCE FOR BIOFUELS
  
  

    
GULF ETHANOL FOCUSES ON CELLULOSIC   ETHANOL
  
  

    
CO-OP TO BUILD CELLULOSIC ETHANOL PLANT
  



Chapter-3: PROPANE

  

    
WHERE DOES PROPANE COME FROM?
  
  

    
PERC TRAINS FARMERS REFUELING   TECHNIQUES
  
  

    
POWER SOURCE FOR LAWN TOOLS
  
  

    
CROWN EQUIPMENT PICKS UP LPG SAVINGS
  
  

    
LPG BOOSTS MOTORIST SAVINGS
  
  

    
CLEANAIR LOGIX ORDERS HEAVY DUTY LNG   TRUCKS
  
  

    
CONVERTED VEHICLES OPERATING SUCCESSFULLY IN   PHILIPPINES
  
  

    
VALUE OF EFFICIENT HEATING AND COOLING
  
  

    
LPG FUELS FARMS
  
  

    
REPCO CHOOSES AUTOGAS OVER DIESEL
  
  

    
HYUNDAI TO SELL LPG VEHICLE IN 2009
  
  

    
SUPERIOR PROPANE ADDS TO DISTRIBUTION   NETWORK
  
  

    
WINTER FUEL PRICES ADD TO LPG DEMAND
  
  

    
PERC STUDY TO ADDRESS SYNTHETIC PROPANE AND   BIOPROPANE
  
  

    
REBATE ENCOURAGES MORE LPG VEHICLES IN   AUSTRALIA
  
  

    
DISTRIBUTED GENERATION DEMONSTRATION   PROGRAM
  
  

    
CHRYSLER ENGINE CONVERSIONS
  
  

    
RUBIS CONTINUES TO EXPAND DISTRIBUTION   NETWORK
  
  

    
CLEANFUEL USA UNVEILS CLEAN CERTIFIED   ENGINE
  
  

    
VEHICLE CONVERSIONS TO LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS GOING   WELL
  
  

    
SMALL CAR MARKET BOOSTS LPG CONVERSIONS
  
  

    
AUSTRALIANS DEBUT 100%-LPG FUELED HEAVY   TRUCK
  
  

    
CLEANER SCHOOL BUSES IN VIRGINIA
  
  

    
UK COST OF LPG ABOUT HALF THAT OF   GASOLINE
  
  

    
ENGINEER CALLS AUSTRALIANS TO USE   AUTOGAS
  
  

    
RESTATEMENTS AND REPORTS ON FUEL SYSTEMS   SOLUTIONS
  
  

    
INDUSTRIAL FORKLIFT CUSTOMER AND NEW   PRODUCTS
  
  

    
UGI ACQUIRES PROPANE BUSINESSES
  
  

    
CONVERTING TO LPG/AUTOGAS AN ECONOMICAL   MOVE
  
  

    
AUTOGAS USE INCREASING
  
  

    
PROPANE-FUELED LAWNMOWERS
  
  

    
EQUIPMENT TO DEFOLIATE ORGANIC COTTON
  
  

    
TOYOTA COROLLA GETS LPG CONVSION KIT
  
  

    
IRRIGATION COSTS REDUCED
  
  

    
PERC APPROVES CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE   PROPANE
  
  

    
HYUNDAI UNVEILS SANTRO LPG AT AUTO EXPO   2008
  
  

    
NEW YORK STATE OUTLINES CLEAN BUS   PROGRAM
  
  

    
BUILDING GLASS COMPANY SAVES WITH LPG
  
  

    
AIRPORT SHUTTLES OPERATE ON NATURAL GAS/HYDROGEN   FUEL
  
  

    
LPG SAVINGS FOR DIESEL TRUCKS
  
  

    
LPG PUMPS FOR VEHICLES
  
  

    
LPG CARS A HELP FOR PHOTOCOPIER SERVICING   COMPANY
  
  

    
SPACE SAVING RECTANGULAR LPG TANK
  
  

    
EMISSIONS OF LPG TAXIS DISPUTED
  



Chapter-4: NATURAL GAS

  

    
CLEAN TRUCKS PROGRAM LAUNCHED AT CALIFORNIA   PORTS
  
  

    
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ENCOURAGES SWITCH TO   CNG
  
  

    
PROPOSAL WOULD MANDATE USE OF NATURAL   GAS
  
  

    
WESTPORT INNOVATIONS TO DEVELOP ENGINES WITH EUROPEAN   MANUFACTURER
  
  

    
ADSORBED NATURAL GAS FUELING VEHICLES
  
  

    
ALTERNATIVE FUEL ENGINES FOR ASIAN   AUTOMOBILES
  
  

    
HYTHANE FUEL REDUCES INDIA’S ELECTRICITY   COSTS
  
  

    
SEVENTH COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS FUELING STATION FOR SAN   FRANCISCO
  
  

    
CHINA NATURAL GAS ACQUIRES FILLING   STATIONS
  
  

    
ALLISON MARKETS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS FOR CNG   BUSES
  
  

    
CUMMINS WESTPORT INC. GETS ORDERS
  
  

    
CLEAN ENERGY ACQUIRING FUELMAKER FROM AMERICAN   HONDA
  
  

    
TRUCKS WITH HEAVY DUTY FUEL SYSTEMS
  
  

    
ENERGTEK ADVANCES ITS BULK NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION   PROJECTS
  
  

    
METHANE TO MORE USEFUL CHEMICALS
  
  

    
FUEL FOR LAS VEGAS TRANSIT FLEET
  
  

    
STERLING TRUCKS INTRODUCES MEDIUM DUTY   VEHICLE
  
  

    
LARGEST CNG FUELING STATION OPENS
  
  

    
CNG ALTERNATIVE FUEL IN NIGERIA
  
  

    
PORT OF LONG BEACH TURNING TO ALTERNATIVE FUEL-POWERED   TRUCKS
  
  

    
INDIAN MARKET FOCUS FOR EDEN ENERGY
  
  

    
COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS VEHICLES IN HOV   LANES
  
  

    
PRODUCTION COSTS, NOT OIL, DRIVING HIGHER   PRICES
  
  

    
UPS DEPLOYS MORE “GREEN” TRUCKS
  
  

    
HONDA CIVIC GX IS GREENEST VEHICLE OF   2008
  
  

    
WAL-MART PLACES LNG TRUCKS IN SERVICE
  
  

    
WESTPORT SELLS 50 LNG PORT TRUCKS TO SOUTHERN COUNTIES   EXPRESS
  
  

    
WESTPORT AWARD FUNDS LNG FUEL SYSTEM
  
  

    
FUELMAKER VEHICLE REFUELING APPLIANCES CERTIFIED IN   RUSSIA
  
  

    
KENWORTH TO PRODUCE LNG VEHICLES
  
  

    
SYNFUELS INTERNATIONAL BRINGS NEW ENERGY   SOURCES
  
  

    
CLEAN ENERGY STARTS CNG FUELING SERVICES WITH REFUSE   OPERATORS
  
  

    
PG&E ADDS LNG TRUCKS TO FLEET
  
  

    
COMPAC OPENS CNG FUELING STATION IN   MOZAMBIQUE
  
  

    
ASHOK LEYLAND DEVELOPS CNG ENGINE FOR   BUSES
  
  

    
WESTPORT DEMONSTRATES HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS IN   AUSTRALIA
  
  

    
ROBERT WISEMAN DAIRIES CONCLUDES TRIALS
  
  

    
CITY OF REDLANDS SECURES LNG SUPPLY
  



Chapter-5: HYDROGEN

  

    
FUEL FROM BACTERIA
  
  

    
GRID INTEGRATION WORK IN NEWFOUNDLAND
  
  

    
HYDROGEN-POWERED CAR
  
  

    
U.S. COMPANY TO PIONEER HYDROGEN-BASED   ENERGY
  
  

    
HYTHANE TO INDIA
  
  

    
CONTINUED GOVERNMENT SUPPORT NEEDED
  
  

    
BIOFUELS TO HYDROGEN
  
  

    
CARBON FOOTPRINT ELIMINATED
  
  

    
CLOSING THE ECONOMIC LOOP
  
  

    
MICROBE-POWERED BIOREACTOR
  
  

    
SUN BREAKS BONDS OF HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN IN   WATER
  
  

    
SOLAR CELL SPLITS WATER
  
  

    
HOME REFUELING HYDROGEN-FUELED   GENERATOR
  
  

    
MAZDA ROTARY HYDROGEN ENGINE
  
  

    
PHOTOSYNTHESIS REPLICATED TO PRODUCE   HYDROGEN
  
  

    
VIABILITY OF HYDROGEN TRANSPORTATION   MARKETS
  
  

    
STEP TOWARDS EFFECTIVE STORAGE
  
  

    
FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANDED
  
  

    
STORAGE TANK EXTENDS THERMAL ENDURANCE
  
  

    
PERMEABLE AND POURABLE GLASS   MICROBALLOONS
  
  

    
SMALL, EFFICIENT ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM
  
  

    
IMPROVED ION MOBILITY KEY TO STORAGE   COMPOUND
  
  

    
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE FOR HYDROGEN ENGINE CENTER AND   STARTECH ENVIRONMENTAL
  
  

    
ROOM TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENT TO MAKE HYDROGEN FROM FORMIC   ACID
  
  

    
METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS AS STORAGE   COMPOUNDS
  
  

    
STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES ADVANCED
  
  

    
ARGONNE TESTS FIND NEAR-ZERO EMISSIONS FOR BMW HYDROGEN   7
  
  

    
BUCKYBALLS SQUEEZE HYDROGEN INTO   STORAGE
  
  

    
SUGAR CONVERTED TO HYDROGEN
  
  

    
NEED FOR MORE FUELING STATIONS
  
  

    
FORD DELIVERS HYDROGEN-POWERED BUSES
  
  

    
UCLA BRINGS HYDROGEN GAS STORAGE A STEP   CLOSER
  
  

    
ALUMINUM-RICH ALLOY PRODUCES HYDROGEN ON   DEMAND
  
  

    
QUANTUMSPHERE NANOPARTICLES INCREASE PRODUCTION   RATES
  
  

    
HYDROGEN-POWERED VEHICLE ARRIVES IN SOUTH   CAROLINA
  
  

    
CARBON CAPTURE STRATEGY LEADING TO EMISSION-FREE   CARS
  
  

    
HYDROGEN FUELING STATION IN NEW YORK   AREA
  
  

    
INDIA’S FIRST HYDROGEN FUEL STATION   INSTALLED
  
  

    
NIST BUILDING FACILITY FOR PIPELINE   TESTING
  
  

    
PLAN CLEAN ENERGY PLANT IN ABU DHABI
  
  

    
SELF-CATALYZING HYDROGEN STORAGE   MATERIAL
  
  

    
PLANS FOR HYDROPAK PORTABLE POWER   PRODUCT
  
  

    
HYDROGEN HIGHWAY MOVES FORWARD
  
  

    
GENERAL PHYSICS COMPLETES TWO FUELING   FACILITIES
  
  

    
ON THE ROADS OF ICELAND
  
  

    
HYDROGENICS PROVIDES BUSES FOR SPANISH   EXPOSITION
  
  

    
CANADA DEMONSTRATES HYDROGEN SHUTTLE   BUS
  
  

    
LITHIUM BOROHYDRIDE AS STORAGE MATERIAL
  
  

    
LEEDS RESEARCHERS FUELLING THE HYDROGEN   ECONOMY
  
  

    
EXXONMOBIL AND PARTNERS TO COMMERCIALIZE FUEL   SYSTEM
  
  

    
LONDON’S FLEET OF FUEL CELL BUSES
  
  

    
MAZDA PARTICIPATES IN NORWEGIAN NATIONAL HYDROGEN   PROJECT
  
  

    
REFUELING STATION OPENS IN SHANGHAI
  



Chapter-6: ELECTRIC, HYBRID & FUEL CELL

  

    
BATTERY RESEARCH MAY IMPROVE HYBRID ELECTRIC   CARS
  
  

    
BAKING INDUSTRY ORDERS HYBRID ELECTRIC DELIVERY   VANS
  
  

    
FORD ESCAPE PLUG-IN HYBRID
  
  

    
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BUSES TO SEOUL
  
  

    
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE IN “PROJECT   DRIVEWAY”
  
  

    
PRIUS SALES TOP ONE MILLION UNITS
  
  

    
GM’S HYBRID VEHICLES
  
  

    
GREEN CAR PLANS NOT GOING GM’S WAY
  
  

    
NEW HYBRID SYSTEM
  
  

    
SATURN VUE AND OTHER PLUG-INS
  
  

    
LAND ROVER UNVEILS LRX HYBRID
  
  

    
WEST HARLEM ART FUND GOES GREEN
  
  

    
ON THE ROAD IN 2035
  
  

    
2008 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID
  
  

    
AUTO ENGINE EXHAUST HEAT CONVERSION TO   ELECTRICITY
  
  

    
COX ENTERPRISES REDUCES FUEL USAGE AND CARBON   EMISSIONS
  
  

    
PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES VIA GM AND   EPRI
  
  

    
MEMBRANE MIGHT ALTER FUEL CELL DESIGN
  
  

    
HONDA SELECTS FIRST FCX CLARITY   CUSTOMERS
  
  

    
FORD DELIVERS FLEXIBLE FUEL, PLUG-IN VEHICLE TO   DOE
  
  

    
FORD OF EUROPE FLEXIFUEL SALES UP 60%
  
  

    
LIGHT EVS AGREES TO USE EESTOR   TECHNOLOGY
  
  

    
ELECTRIC CARS ON A TWO-WAY POWER STREET
  
  

    
FUEL CELL CARS BY THE UNIVERSITY OF   BIRMINGHAM
  
  

    
U.S. ARMY DEPLOYS HYBRID EVS
  
  

    
MARKET TEST OF FUEL CELL VEHICLES
  
  

    
DAIMLER AND RWE EMBARK ON THE AGE OF   ELECTRO-MOBILITY
  
  

    
FUELING STATION FOR SOUTH CAROLINA
  
  

    
GENERAL ELECTRIC DEMONSTRATES HYBRID   TUGBOAT
  
  

    
ISTANBUL ORDERS HYBRID TRAMS
  
  

    
IMPROVED MATERIAL FOR FUEL CELLS
  
  

    
ELECTRIC VEHICLES AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES IN   DENMARK
  
  

    
FISKER PRODUCTION CAR FOR 2009 DELIVERY
  
  

    
CATALYST INCREASES FUEL CELL EFFICIENCY
  
  

    
POST-TRANSMISSION HYBRID DRIVE SYSTEMS FOR SCHOOL   BUS
  
  

    
HYBRID TRASH TRUCKS FOR THREE CITIES
  
  

    
URBAN DELIVERY VEHICLE
  
  

    
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER ADDS TO DIESEL HYBRID TRUCK   FLEET
  
  

    
HOW MUCH ABUSE CAN A BATTERY TAKE?
  
  

    
THINK GLOBAL VENTURE PICKS UP INVESTORS
  
  

    
IMPACT OF PLUG-IN HYBRIDS ON ELECTRIC GRID   EVALUATED
  
  

    
PLATINUM NANOCUBE IMPROVES FUEL CELLS
  
  

    
THERMOELECTRIC BREAKTHROUGH IN SILICON   NANOWIRES
  
  

    
VOLVO’S HYBRID REFUSE TRUCK
  
  

    
CERAMIC MEMBRANE COULD IMPROVE FUEL CELL   EFFICIENCY
  
  

    
FUEL CELL POWERS MANNED AIRPLANE FIGHT
  
  

    
HYBRID CARS EFFECT ON POWER   DISTRIBUTION
  
  

    
COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES DEPLOYS   HYBRID-ELECTRIC
  
  

    
GE INVESTS IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE   TECHNOLOGY
  
  

    
NEW FLYER RECEIVES 1,253 BUS ORDERS
  
  

    
NANOPARTICLE CATALYST BRINGS FUEL CELL CARS CLOSER TO   REALITY
  
  

    
BLACK CARS TO GO GREEN
  
  

    
VERSA POWER FUEL CELL COMPLETES POWER AND ENDURANCE   TESTS
  
  

    
ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON THE WAY TO ISRAEL
  
  

    
HYDROGEN-POWERED MOTORCYCLE
  
  

    
HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES NOT AS GREEN AS   CLAIMED
  
  

    
BATTERY SETS NEW STANDARD FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC   VEHICLES
  
  

    
MAJOR CALSTART FUEL CELL BUS PROJECTS   UNDERWAY
  
  

    
ENOVA AWARDED ORDER FROM CHINESE VEHICLE   MANUFACTURER
  
  

    
NICHE FUEL CELL FORKLIFTS CONTINUE TO   GAIN
  
  

    
HYBRID SCHOOL BUSES HIT THE ROAD IN   IOWA
  
  

    
ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION VENTURE   LAUNCHED
  
  

    
FUEL CELL USING BACTERIA TO GENERATE   ELECTRICITY
  
  
  

    
IMPROVED MAGNETS FOR ELECTRIC DRIVE   CARS
  
  

    
UNEXPECTED ACTIVITY OF FUEL CELL   CATALYSTS
  
  

    
FUEL CELLS CAN REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS   EMISSIONS
  
  

    
BALLARD TO POWER LONDON FUEL CELL BUSES
  
  

    
FORD DELIVERS THE ESCAPE PLUG-IN HYBRID TO SOUTHERN   CALIFORNIA EDISON
  
  

    
CHEVROLET TAHOE HYBRID NAMED 2008 GREEN CAR OF THE   YEAR
  
  

    
SWEET FUEL SUPPLY
  
  

    
HONDA DEBUTS ALL-NEW FCX CLARITY ADVANCED FUEL CELL   VEHICLE
  



Chapter-7: OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

  

    
OFFSHORE GAS-WIND HYBRID ENERGY PROJECT
  
  

    
PG&E SOLAR POWER TO SERVE 239,000 CALIFORNIA   HOMES
  
  

    
TIDAL POWER SYSTEM FEEDS ELECTRICITY TO   GRID
  
  

    
GARDEN STATE OFFSHORE ENERGY WINS BID FOR WIND   FARM
  
  

    
SOLFOCUS COMPLETES INITIAL PHASE OF SPANISH SOLAR   PROJECT
  
  

    
PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY COMES TO HAWAII
  
  

    
TURKEY MANUFACTURER LICENSES WIND TURBINE   DESIGN
  
  

    
INNOVATIVE DRYING TECHNOLOGIES FOR   LIGNITES
  
  

    
PG&E SOLAR POWER TO SERVE 239,000 CALIFORNIA   HOMES
  
  

    
TIDAL POWER SYSTEM FEEDS ELECTRICITY TO   GRID
  
  

    
DAKOTA WIND ENERGY MAKES PUBLIC   OFFERING
  
  

    
MIT SCIENTISTS MIMIC PLANTS’ ENERGY STORAGE   SYSTEM
  
  

    
GIVING THORIUM FUELS ANOTHER LOOK
  
  

    
OFFSHORE FLOATING WIND TURBINE PLANNED FOR   NORWAY
  
  

    
OCEAN POWER PILOT PROGRAM PLANNED
  
  

    
SOLAR ENERGY COMES TO KNOXVILLE
  
  

    
HOW MUCH DOES SOLAR COST?
  
  

    
NEW SOLAR MATERIAL ABSORBS MORE ENERGY
  
  

    
SIEMENS AND E.ON IN WIND POWER DEAL
  
  

    
HELICAL PEPTIDE ARRAYS MAY BE USED IN SOLAR   CELLS
  
  

    
U.S. SMALL WIND TURBINE MARKET GREW 14% IN   2007
  
  

    
MIT OPENS NEW “WINDOW” ON SOLAR ENERGY
  
  

    
WIND ENERGY COULD PRODUCE 20% OF U.S. ELECTRICITY BY   2030
  
  

    
SIERRA GEOTHERMAL POWER PROJECT RESERVE ESTIMATE   INCREASED
  
  

    
UNDERGROUND COAL IN VIETNAM TO PRODUCE   ELECTRICITY
  
  

    
FIRST HIGH RESOLUTION U.S. WIND MAP   COMPLETE
  
  

    
COAL-BASED TECHNOLOGIES ASSESSED
  
  

    
IMPACT OF WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT   RESEARCHED
  
  

    
SIEMENS RECEIVES ORDERS FROM RWE FOR TWO WIND FARMS IN   POLAND
  
  

    
COAL GASIFICATION PROJECT ADVANCES
  
  

    
SYNTHETIC FUEL RECEIVES APPROVAL FOR COMMERCIAL   AVIATION
  
  

    
U.S. GEOTHERMAL TO ACQUIRE PRODUCING GEOTHERMAL POWER   PLANT
  
  

    
DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEMS BOOKS WIND TURBINE   ORDERS
  
  

    
EUROPE’S WIND TURBINE MAKERS FACE SOME   PROBLEMS
  
  

    
OCEAN WAVES TO POWER HAWAIIAN HOMES
  
  

    
XCEL ENERGY LAUNCHES WIND-TO-BATTERY   PROJECT
  
  

    
MARINE CURRENT TURBINES TO DEVELOP TIDAL POWER ON   CANADA’S WEST COAST
  
  

    
REAL LOGIC DEVELOPING WIND TURBINES
  
  

    
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA TO COOPERATE ON CLEAN COAL   RESEARCH
  
  

    
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES UNDERSTANDING OF CLEAN   COAL
  
  

    
HORIZON WIND ENERGY SIGNS AGREEMENTS WITH GE   ENERGY
  
  

    
PG&E SEEKS APPROVAL FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY   CONTRACT
  
  

    
PNNL RESEARCHES COAL GASIFICATION
  
  

    
PEABODY ENERGY JOINS CHINA’S GREENGEN
  
  

    
SILVERADO TECHNOLOGY PRODUCES LIQUID FUEL FROM   COAL
  



Chapter-8: ADMINISTRATIVE WATCH

  

    
2006 U.S. ENERGY CONSUMPTION 7%   RENEWABLE
  
  

    
LEGISLATION PROMOTES MOVING BIOFUELS BY   PIPELINE
  
  

    
PRODUCTION POLICY FOR CELLULOSIC BIOFUEL   NEEDED
  
  

    
INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO ALIGN BIOFUELS   STANDARDS
  
  

    
IRS GIVES TAX CREDIT FOR BEING GREEN
  
  

    
WESTPORT SYSTEM APPROVED FOR TAX CREDIT
  
  

    
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS POSSIBLE IN   MINNESOTA
  
  

    
ETHANOL FACILITY IN MISSOURI
  
  

    
CELLULOSIC ETHANOL PLANT PLANNED FOR   OREGON
  
  

    
YEARS OF TALKING LEADS TO SPECIFICATION FOR 20%   BIODIESEL
  
  

    
U.K. GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DRIVE BIOFUELS IN RIGHT   DIRECTION
  
  

    
2009 BUDGET PROPOSED BY EDUCATION & RESEARCH   COUNCIL
  
  

    
LONDON CONGESTION CHARGE TO CONTINUE
  
  

    
INCENTIVES FOR STATION OWNERS
  
  

    
IFAD SUPPORTS ICRISAT BIOFUELS PROJECT
  
  

    
THE U.S: A NET EXPORTER OF GASOLINE?
  
  

    
BIOFUELS: HOW MUCH DO WE USE?
  
  

    
BIODIESEL REPRESENTS REALISTIC SOLUTION TO SOARING ENERGY   PRICES
  
  

    
HIGH OIL PRICES, OTHER FACTORS DRIVE UP FOOD   PRICES
  
  

    
RENEWABLE ENERGY ACCOUNTED FOR 7% OF 2006 U.S. ENERGY   CONSUMPTION
  
  

    
LEGISLATION PROMOTES MOVING BIOFUELS BY   PIPELINE
  
  

    
“DRIVE AMERICA ON NATURAL GAS ACT”   PROMOTED
  
  

    
CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENTS CHARGE FORWARD
  
  

    
WISCONSIN PROPOSES SOME HYBRID AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL   INCENTIVES
  
  

    
CORN GROWERS BATTLE TEXAS REQUEST FOR RFS   WAIVER
  
  

    
“WELCOME” DECISION NOT SO WELCOME IN   U.S.
  
  

    
POLICY MATTERS BUT OIL PRICE MATTERS   MORE
  
  

    
EUROPEAN BIODIESEL BOARD REQUESTS REGISTRATION OF   BIODIESEL IMPORTS
  
  

    
CALIFORNIA’S PROPOSES PLAN TO FIGHT CLIMATE   CHANGE
  
  

    
EXTENSION OF BIODIESEL TAX INCENTIVE   IMPORTANT
  
  

    
USDA CORN PRODUCTION FORECAST DIPS   SLIGHTLY
  
  

    
KOREA SUBSIDIZES CONVERSION OF VEHICLES TO   LPG
  
  

    
BIOFUEL POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES COSTLY AND   INEFFECTIVE
  
  

    
PROGRESS IS IMPRESSIVE, BUT MORE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT IS   NEEDED
  
  

    
AUSTRALIA EXPLORES TRANSPORT FUEL   OPTIONS
  
  

    
IEA CALLS ATTENTION TO ENERGY SUPPLY EFFICIENCY   OPPORTUNITIES
  
  

    
GLOBAL OIL CONSUMPTION LOWER THAN   FORECAST
  
  

    
CANADIAN BIOENERGY ASSOCIATION WELCOMES BRITISH COLUMBIA   BIOENERGY STRATEGY
  
  

    
RANKING OF LEADING UTILITY GREEN POWER   PROGRAMS
  
  

    
STATE RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PROFILES   PUBLISHED
  
  

    
TEXAS SEEKS RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD   WAIVER
  
  

    
STATE RENEWABLES PORTFOLIO STANDARDS POLICIES   EXAMINED
  
  

    
NGVAMERICA URGES EXTENSION OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL TAX   CREDITS
  
  

    
FEDERAL ENERGY SUBSIDIES AND SUPPORT DOUBLE BETWEEN 1999   AND 2007
  
  

    
GREEN LIGHT FOR GREEN FUELS
  
  

    
BIOFUELS DEBATE CONTINUES
  
  

    
FUEL INNOVATION MAY BE HERE
  
  

    
U.S. AND INDIA TO PROMOTE GAS HYDRATES
  
  

    
EIA MAKES AVAILABLE 2006 WASTE ENERGY CONSUMPTION   FIGURES
  
  

    
SENATORS CANTWELL AND ENSIGN INTRODUCE CLEAN ENERGY   LEGISLATION
  
  

    
BRITISH COLUMBIA GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO ZERO EMISSION   VEHICLES
  
  

    
U.S. AND CHINA INCREASE BIOFUELS   COOPERATION
  
  

    
BIOFUELS NOT BEST OPTION FOR REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE   EMISSIONS?
  
  

    
WESTPORT ENGINE RECEIVES EPA AND CARB   CERTIFICATION
  
  

    
APPROPRIATIONS BILL HAS FUNDING FOR FUEL   CELLS
  
  

    
CANADA UNVEILS BIOFUELS INITIATIVE
  
  

    
EUROPEAN BIODIESEL BOARD INITIATES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST   U.S.
  
  

    
ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE USE GROWS
  
  

    
GOVERNMENTS MUST TAKE THE LEAD ON USE OF   BIOFUELS
  
  

    
EPA ANNOUNCES 2008 RENEWABLE FUELS   STANDARD
  



Chapter-9: BRIEFLY NOTED

  

    
BRIEFLY NOTED