The fuel is called methanol, or wood alcohol. It used to get distilled from wood; now it is mostly synthesized using natural gas. A few years ago, U.S. Army engineer Chris Bolton started wondering ...

UltraCell's reformed methanol fuel cell ... The system's spent fuel canisters can be instantly "hot swapped," as needed, to provide continuous power in any remote situation.

In the case of methanol, an air-to-fuel ratio of 4:1(4 parts air to 1 part fuel) is considered slightly on the rich side, but will allow the engine to make its maximum power.

Daimler-Benz has developed the first fuel-cell passenger car using methanol. Based on the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, the new vehicle, NECAR III (New Electric Car), runs on liquid methanol. The methanol… ...

His ICCT colleagues also analyzed bio-methanol from plant biomass; that fuel’s overall emissions were 70 to 80 percent lower than those of marine gas oil, a petroleum product commonly used in ships.

Excluding fuel, the beetle bot weighs about as much as three grains of rice, on par with live insects. It crawls on flat surfaces while carrying up to 2.6 times its weight. It tackles inclines ...

Maersk has signed contracts with fuel providers including OCI and European Energy, which is building in Denmark what will be the world’s largest plant producing methanol with renewable electricity.