Problem of miscibility and stable and homogeneous mixture of diesel fuel and vegetable oils Key words: mixtures, mixture, oil, fuel, diesel, diesel, viscosity, resistance, risks, additive. This article is intended for all users of pure vegetable oil or rolling mixed frying. Recently, many users of GO-HVP mixtures have noticed […]
Month: June 2006
Independent inventors and NIH syndrome: Not Invented Here
Independent inventors and the NIH syndrome These videos show the problems encountered by independent inventors in trying to promote their ideas to industrialists or companies. The blockage encountered has a name: the NIH syndrome: Not Invented Here, in other words in French, the syndrome “Pas Inventé Ici”! This NIH syndrome is good for […]
Bioethanol: questions / answers
Online posting of a question / answer article on Bioethanol. Click to enlarge Each gasoline vehicle can therefore use 10% ethanol as a gasoline additive without any modification. You still have to find a bioethanol distributor near your home and in a fairly large quantity (can of several tens of liters)… questions and answers on […]
Bioethanol: FAQ
Ethanol fuels questions and answers. Keywords: biomass, biofuel, ethanol, fermentation, how, benefits, numbers, GHGs. What is ethanol Ethanol is a liquid alcohol resulting from the fermentation of sugar or starch converted into sugar. In Canada and the United States, fuel ethanol is produced from cereals such as corn, […]
Renault fuel cell
On the occasion of the 16th World Hydrogen Energy Conference, which took place in Lyon from June 13 to 16, Renault presented the progress of its research work on the fuel cell. The elements presented illustrate the path chosen by Renault in terms of hydrogen applied to the automobile: a battery-powered vehicle […]
BMW and TOTAL unite to promote hydrogen
The automaker BMW and the oil company TOTAL have just signed an agreement to promote hydrogen as a source of energy for vehicles. The agreement between the two companies stipulates that TOTAL will build and manage three hydrogen distribution stations in Europe by the end of 2007, thus supporting the market launch of branded vehicles […]
Erratum: New tariffs for renewable energies in France
We have received by e-mail these following remarks concerning the news of 19/06 below. The photovoltaic tariff will be 30 € / Mwh with a bonus of 25 € / Mwh for “integrated” panels EDF does not lose money by buying renewable electricity since there is a tax planned to compensate for these expenses: CCSPE (contribution to charges […]
Soon petro-euros?
The base currency status of the dollar in question. What if the dollar star as the world's benchmark currency fades? The "petronations" shun it, and the twin deficits (fiscal and trade) of the United States undermine its credibility. Perhaps a chance for the euro to compete with the omnipotent greenback. Read the article
New tariffs for renewable energies in France
France is currently (but probably belatedly) taking measures to encourage the development of renewable energies, as follows: 1) Energy from methanation of waste will be bought back 50% more expensive, or 14 euro cents per kWh. 2) Geothermal energy (deep?) Will drop from 7,6 cents to 12 cents per kWh, […]
Beavers circulate in 2007?
According to the information communicated by the Ministry of the Interior of Lower Saxony, an anti-nuclear association, BI, is counting on a new transport of 12 CASTORS to the Gorleben warehouse. For 2007, BI and the Gorleben operators no longer expect any delivery of high-level waste to Gorleben and from France. Indeed, […]