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Biofuels In Europe: Part 1
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's cellulosic ethanol plant. (Photo courtesy of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
The US government is spending millions of dollars to build bio-energy plants. They'll turn everything from wood chips to algae into energy. But these facilities are years behind what they are already doing in Europe - especially in Germany. In the first part of our three-part series on biofuels in Europe, Sadie Babits takes us to one German plant that makes green energy on a massive scale:
Wikipedia's page on renewable energy in Germany
Another story on Europe from TER
Producer: Sadie Babits
Release Date: February 10, 2010
Running Time: 3:12