Archive for November, 2006
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2006Newseek has an interesting article exploring the tendency for Prius owners to also have an SUV in their garages. Contradictory? Hypocritical? Maybe to some, but I don’t think so - I can certainly see someone driving a Prius for their work commute and using the SUV to take the kids to […]
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From Reuters - European Group raises silicon solar cell efficiency
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006Reuters was reporting today that an European consortium called CrystalClear, consisting of a number of companies and institutes including the Dutch energy research center ECN, has announced that their researchers have increased the conversion efficiency of large-area multicrystalline silicon solar cells to 18 percent, which is a record for those types of solar power cells. […]
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From Australia’s The Age - The Rise of Solar: Why the Sun is Shining on Main Street
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006A couple of days ago, The Age published this article on some of the local goings on with solar power in Australia.
“Across Australia, the most significant move is the shift to solar hot-water heating, a move the environmentalist David Suzuki calls the best single step a household could make to reduce greenhouse […]
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General Motors to Build Hybrids in China in 2008
Sunday, November 12th, 2006More hybrid news from GM. Yesterday we saw the reports of General Motors unveiling a prototype plug-in hybrid, and today we hear reports that GM is planning on building hybrids in China by 2008 at the Shanghai GM plant, a joint venture with the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation.
The announcement did not specify which […]
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GM to Unveil Plugin Hybrid
Saturday, November 11th, 2006It’s being reported in the LA Times that General Motors will unveil a prototype plug-in hybrid at the International Auto Show being held in Detroit in early 2007. According to news reports, this GM plugin hybrid will use a different concept for its drive train than other plugins. […]
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Wave Power - SyncWave Energy Inc. cuts cost of Ocean Wave Energy
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006In a press release published today, SyncWave Energy claims that it has developed something called the SyncWave Power Resonator, a “radically new approach to capturing the energy in Ocean Waves with frequency based technology. SyncWave is a free-floating, self-reacting point-absorber system that is expected to dramatically improve the economics of wave energy.” […]
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California Prop 87 defeated
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006Proposition 87, which would have imposed an extraction fee on all oil company drilling in California, with the money being used to fund alternative energy projects, has been voted down by the California voters by 55 to 45 percent. The San Francisco Chronicle has some more information on the voting, along […]
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Solar Powers Up, Sans Silicon
Monday, November 6th, 2006Wired News has a good article today on several companies that are moving away from silicon based photovoltaic cells and developing solar cells that use other materials. They talk about Nanosolar, who are building a factory to make thin-film solar energy cells using copper based semiconductors, Miasole’, who have developed a competing thin-film cell […]
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From C|Net news: LEDs could start replacing lightbulbs soon
Saturday, November 4th, 2006Steven DenBaars, a professor of material science at the University of California spoke at the SEMI Nanoforum this week. He was talking about LED lightbulbs, which he expects to become economically feasible as replacements for regular lightbulbs in about two years, a shift that “could pave the way for massive electricity conservation.” […]
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From DawnPatrol.com - New solar IPO
Saturday, November 4th, 2006The DawnPatrol.com blog mentions the upcoming IPO from First Solar, which is scheduled to go public on November 13th. The company (which will trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol FSLR) just amended its SEC post to increase its expected IPO proceeds from $250 million to $315 million, which is usually an indication […]
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