Archive for April, 2006
« Previous EntriesAll Revved Up, Going Nowhere on Energy Policy
Sunday, April 30th, 2006Source: Copyright 2006, LA Times
Date: April 30, 2006
Byline: Ronald Brownstein
Everyone in Washington expressed the requisite outrage last week about spiraling gas prices. But no one seemed outraged enough to seriously reassess any of the tired and rigid thinking that has paralyzed America’s energy policy for years.
The energy debate stands as a prime […]
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ScottishPower gets go-ahead for Europe’s biggest onshore windfarm
Sunday, April 30th, 2006Mark Milner and David Adam
Friday April 28, 2006
The Guardian
Engineers were yesterday granted permission by the Scottish Executive to build the largest onshore windfarm in Europe, after they agreed to erect a new radar tower for Glasgow airport.
ScottishPower’s new windfarm, at Whitelee, south of Glasgow, will cost £300m to build and its 140 turbines will […]
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Challenging Toyota’s Hybrid Hegemony
Sunday, April 30th, 2006By Lindsay Brooke The New York Times
SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2006
“…Yet the domination of Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive is coming under assault from some of the auto industry’s top engineers. For more than a year, in nondescript buildings in Troy, Michigan, north of Detroit, a German-American consortium of BMW, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors has been working […]
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From WizBangBlog - Drunken Blowhard Levels Windmills
Sunday, April 30th, 2006“Drunken blowhard levels windmills
One can usually trust the Democrats to support programs such as alternative energy, new sources of power that will replace the horribly dangerous nuclear, the dirty filthy coal, the rapacious wood, or the foreign-sourced oil (which also feed the evil oil companies). But Ted Kennedy, the “Lion of the Senate,” has declared […]
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Ground Breaking of Brockton Solar Energy Park
Saturday, April 29th, 2006Ground Breaking of Brockton Solar Energy Park
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Apr 28, 2006, 07:46
BROCKTON - The City Brockton will build New England’s largest solar array at a remediated 27-acre brownfield off Grove Street. The 500-kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic (PV) array — or “brightfield” — will be installed in an urban park setting with interpretive displays. The brightfield could include […]
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Progressive Energy Proposal Heads to Florida Legislature Floor
Saturday, April 29th, 2006By Kristi E. Swartz
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Saturday, April 29, 2006
A proposal that puts Florida exponentially ahead of other states and the federal government in terms of promoting alternative energy and lessening the state’s dependence on foreign oil is headed to the floor of the Florida Senate.
But its chief innovation — an independent body to […]
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How Hybrids work
Saturday, April 29th, 2006HowStuffWorks is a wonderful site for lots of stuff. Have you ever wondered how hybrid cars work? Here’s their take on hybrid cars.
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Microsoft Shines with 480 kW Solar Power System
Saturday, April 29th, 2006April 27, 2006
Sunnyvale, California [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] SunPower is due to install its solar panels in a large commercial rooftop solar system at Microsoft’s Mountain View, California, campus. The 480 kilowatt (kW) solar power system will power a portion of the buildings and equipment on the Microsoft campus.
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Two US Senate candidates offer energy plans
Saturday, April 29th, 2006Solar power
Rales, Lichtman focus on cutting U.S. dependence on foreign oil
Two Democratic U.S. Senate candidates stepped into the debate over rising energy prices today, offering plans they said would reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil.
Montgomery County businessman Josh Rales offered a detailed, 22-page plan called “An Energy Strategy for the 21st Century” that he […]
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Ford to Help Drivers Pay Off Their Pollution
Friday, April 28th, 2006From CNN - Drivers can pay clean energy firms to remove the same amount of pollution cars create.
DETROIT, April 26 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. said it will give consumers concerned about harmful greenhouse emissions an opportunity to invest in clean energy projects via a new Web Site that will calculate suggested investments based on […]
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