Archive for August, 2007
Lompoc wind power project gains strength
Monday, August 20th, 2007The Lompoc Wind Farm Project, a $120 million wind farm expected to generate up to 120 megawatts of electricity, is getting close to the ground breaking stage. The farm, which will consist of between 60-80 turbines, will be located onTranquillion Ridge about seven miles south of Lompoc, California.
While the proposed farm does have some [...]
A green Cadillac?
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Business Weeks has some details on the General Motors “2-mode hybrid”, including plans for a hybrid Cadillac Escalade in 2008. After that comes a 2-mode hybrid treatment for the current GM hybrids – the Chevy Silverado/GMC Sierra, and the Saturn Vue.
Big Banks back Big Solar
Thursday, August 16th, 2007Wells Fargo Bank said today that it is taking a large equity stake in Nevada Solar One, a $266 million 64 megawatt solar power plant. Nevada Solar One is a solar trough design, that uses sun-tracking parabolic mirrors to heat tubes of synthetic oil to create steam and drive a turbine. [...]
Smaller, cheaper biofuel reactors
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a quick way to waste biomass such as sawdust into biofuel or syngas. The researchers feel that if their process can be scaled up, it could beocme a much more energy efficient method for making biofuels because the system would consist of small, fast [...]
CarDevotion.com: Nissan’s New Hybrid is a fuel-efficient hot rod
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007CarDevotion.com has a nice indepth article on the Nissan 2007 Altima Hybrid, with lots of pictures both inside and out.
Tesla Roadster to hit road by year end
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007According to CNN, Tesla Motors all-electric Roadster will be out by October or November of this year. They currently have almost 600 buyers queued up to buy the $100,000 car.
Edmunds road tests the new 2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
Monday, August 6th, 2007It’s bigger and more powerful than the previous Toyota Highlander Hybrid, and it averaged 23.8 mpg in Edumunds’ 1,582 mile road use. Head on over to Edmunds to read the full review
“Over 15,000MW” of wind power installed in 2006
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007The Washington based Worldwatch Institute is reporting that 15,200 megawatts of new wind power turbines were installed in 2006, which is the equivalent of 23 coal-fired power plants. The wind turbines also reduced CO2 output by about 43 million tons, which equals the emissions of about 8 million cars.
Worldwatch took into account the [...]