Archive for July, 2006
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Monday, July 31st, 2006Lots of information on hybrid cars posted over at BusinessWeekOnline today. So if you’re looking to buy a hybrid or just want more information, why not head over there.
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California and Britain to join forces to reduce carbon emissions
Monday, July 31st, 2006There’s an article in today’s USA today that California and Britain are joining forces by creating a joint market for greenhouse gases.
“The aim is to fix a price on carbon pollution, an unwanted byproduct of burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gasoline. The idea is to set overall caps for carbon […]
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Cape Cod Wind Farm Moving Ahead?
Saturday, July 29th, 2006DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Backers of a plan to build the first large U.S. offshore wind-power farm said on Thursday they were confident the project would clear a regulatory review after being nearly derailed in Washington.
The public comment period for the plan ended yesterday. This is the plan that […]
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Walmart and Green Power
Saturday, July 29th, 2006There’s been a bunch of articles recently about a committment that Walmart has made to, among other things, reduce energy usage at its stores by 30% and increase the efficiency of its fleet of trucks by 25% within 3 years. And Walmart has already made a number of changes to back up its […]
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Plug-in Hybrid development
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006There’s been several articles recently about advances in plug-in hybrids, including some possible aftermarket kits from a company called EDrive Systems that will convert a prius to a plug-in.
All this sounds great, including the possibility for 120 mpg hybrids that would drive an average 60 mile round trip commute on half a […]
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PARC now looking at solar power
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006The gang behind laser printing and graphical user interfaces is now looking at making solar power as competitive as fossil fuels. The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a subsidiary of Xerox, has developed superefficient solar systems that some say could make photovoltaic power at prices equivalent to the power produced by fossil fuels. […]
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Saab combining biofuel and hybrids
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006In an article on BBCNews, Saab unveiled a new concept car called the Bio Power Hybrid, with an engine that combines E85 with a hybrid. No word yet on when this could hit the market.
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Solar Powered Air Conditioners? But the real story is…
Saturday, July 15th, 2006self cooling beer bottles. Actually, some researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are developing thin film solar cells and heat pumps that would accomplish the heating and cooling for a building. Couple them with some energy storage devices for rainy days, and you have a self contained solar powered airconditioner. […]
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Two New Wind Power Projects to Triple Oregon’s capacity
Saturday, July 8th, 2006From AG Weekly comes news of two new projects being built in Oregon. The first one, being built by Portland General Electric in Biglow Canyon, will provide up to 450 megawatts, while the second project - the Klondike III project, which is being developed by PPM Energy of Portland, will provide up to […]
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More on that UPS hydraulic hybrid
Friday, July 7th, 2006From Seed Magazine comes an article called “Punishing Success at the EPA” that contains some more information and behind the scenes stuff on that UPS hydraulic hybrid delivery truck I wrote about a couple of days ago.
“Driving around the assembled crowd, the hydraulic-powered UPS truck was as quiet as a golf cart—quiet enough for me […]
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