Archive for December, 2007
« Previous EntriesCities Enticing Residents to Go Green
Sunday, December 30th, 2007The Associated Press has a partial list of some of the benefits, perks, rebates, etc that cities and towns are giving to its citizens who ‘go green’. From Baltimore’s giving of $2,000 towards closing costs for people who buy new homes close to where they work to Parkland, Florida’s $150 rebate to people who intall [...]
Toyota A-BAT – New hybrid truck concept
Thursday, December 27th, 2007Information is starting to spread on the new concept hybrid truck that Toyota supposedly will be showing at January’s North American International Auto Show. The A-BAT (which stands for Advanced Breakthrough Aero Truck) is being designed for people who want a ‘carlike anti-pickup’, according to this article in Truck Trend. Although the gas mileage isn’t listed, [...]
In case you missed it – a not so good sort of update on EEStor
Monday, December 24th, 2007Over at CleanBreak, they’re losing faith in EEStor. EEStore, in case you’ve forgotten, is the ultrasecretive company out of Austin, Tx that claimed to have developed an ultracapacitor based storage device that could be used in electric cars to replace batteries. All sorts of wild claims such as huge range and the ability to recharge [...]
Aptera – 300 miles per gallon hybrid
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Now this is just plain cool – Popular Mechanics video test drives the Aptera Typ-1 electric three-wheeler. The Aptera Typ-1h plug-in hybrid car will get up to 300 miles per gallon when released in 2009. Aptera currently has the Typ-1e electric model almost ready to go, which will cost about $30,000 and have about a [...]
Physorg.com: V-shaped solar cells could lead to better efficiency
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Peter Peumans and his colleagues at Stanford University have found that by taking organic solar cells and bending them to form a v-shape, they significantly increased the efficiency of the cell. Peumans explains why the v-shape makes a difference: since most cells are made on planar substrates, “When the light hits it, there is only [...]
First Nanosolar panels go on sale
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007Nanosolar, the developer of thin film solar cells has begun shipping its first solar powersheets. On Tuesday, Nanosolar announed that they had shipped their first solar panels to fulfill an order for a megawatt of panels to be used in a power plant in East Germany. In an interesting sidelight, Nanosolar [...]
Two new large scale solar panel farms go live this week in US
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007Two new solar panel farms opened this week in Nevada and Colorado.
The Air Force announced that they’ve completed the largest solar photovoltaic system in North America. Located at Nellis Air Force Base which is near Las Vegas, Nevada, the new solar farm covers 140 acres of land at Nellis, and consists of a whopping 72,000 [...]
Another Hybrid Vehicle Launched in China
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Edmunds.com has the scoop on a new hybrid car that’s being launched in China. The hybrid version of the Chang’an Jiexun crossover should go on sale in China next year. The Jiexun HEV hybrid will meet the Chinese equivalent of the Euro IV emissions and is expected to get about 36 mpg. One powerful selling note [...]
Sierra Nevada brewery a fuel cell pioneer
Sunday, December 16th, 2007It takes alot of energy to make beer. So when Sierra Nevada’s founder and owner Ken Grossman decided he wanted to cut his energy bill, he installed a large solar panel arrary over the parking lot, and now he’s building an even bigger system on top of his brewery buildings.
But he isn’t stopping there.
Global Resource – Squeezing oil and gas from old tires and other stuff
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Popular Science’s Green Tech recently gave Frank Pringle and his company, Global Resource, it’s “Best of What’s New” award for 2007. Mr. Pringle has developed a recycling machine, called the HAWK 10, that uses microwaves to break down and extract oil and gas from waste such as old automobile tires. This isn’t [...]
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