Archive for June, 2009
U.S. awards its first exploratory leases for offshore wind power
Sunday, June 28th, 2009The US Department of the Interior has awarded the first leases for exploration of offshore wind development. The leases to three companies, Deepwater Wind LLC, Babcock and Brown Bluewater Wind LLC, and Fisherman’s Energy of New Jersey LLC, will allow the companies to build meteorological towers between 6 and 18 miles off the New Jersey [...]
ABC News highlights 7 solar sensations
Thursday, June 25th, 2009If you’re interested, head on over to abcnews.com and check out 7 new “solar sensations” that they’re highlighting. The 7 sensations range from a solar powered aircraft expected to go on its first test flight shortly, to a solar powered bus station scheduled to be deployed in Italy in October, to a thin-film [...]
Using hybrid American Chestnut trees to capture carbon
Sunday, June 21st, 2009 Professor Jacobs stands next to an American Chestnut tree
Most of the emphasis on stopping global warming has been on reducing the amount of carbon and GWG’s emitted into the atmosphere, but the other side of the coin is worth exploring too. There are a number of carbon sequestration projects being looked at, but Douglass Jacobs, [...]
Cash for clunkers bill passed by US Senate
Thursday, June 18th, 2009If you want to trade in your gas guzzler for a new more fuel efficient car, there’s a good chance you can get a substantial cash voucher for your old car. The US Senate today passed their version of the cash-for-clunkers bill – it will give rebates to new car buyers buying more fuel efficient [...]
World’s first floating wind turbine installed
Saturday, June 13th, 2009 Hywind floating turbine being towed out to sea
The world’s first floating wind turbine has been installed by StatoilHydro and Siemens off the coast of Karmoy, Norway, and testing of the new turbine is about to begin. The floating turbine, which is anchored to the sea floor about 700 feet below, consists of a steel [...]
Wind Turbines to be sold in your corner hardware store
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009Earthtronics has just signed a deal with ACE Hardware stores to sell their new 2-kW Honeywell Wind Turbine. The new turbine is sized for individual houses and can be mounted on the roof, where it can generate electricity at wind speeds as low as 2 mph all the way up to 45 mph. [...]
Will the GM bankruptcy affect the Chevy Volt?
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009With the GM Chapter 11 bankruptcy announcement this week, one of many unanswered questions swirling around concerns the Chevy Volt – the plug-in hybrid that GM had planned to start producing around November of 2010. While there’s certainly a great deal of uncertainty regarding what will happen to GM and what the “new GM” [...]