Archive for January, 2007
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Friday, January 12th, 2007Cable TV mogul Ted Truner, announced that he is forming a joint venture with a New Jersey based solar energy company. The plan is to target California markets.
“Our future depends on changing the way we use energy,” Turner said in a statement. “We’ve got to move away from fossil fuels and […]
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Chevy Volt - Plugin Hybrid
Monday, January 8th, 2007GM announced the Chevy Volt at the North American Auto Show last week, and its a pretty big announcement if GM can make it happen. A plug-in hybrid that could get 150 mpg, the Chevy Volt uses a small 3 cylinder gasoline engine only when it needs to recharge the batteries - the […]
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Bricklin 100 mpg hybrid by 2009?
Monday, January 8th, 2007Dan Bricklin is at it again. The creator of the 1970’s gull wing Bricklin, who also brought the Subura and Yugo brands to the US, now says that he wants to market a new line of 100 mpg plugin hybrids that could be priced 20% - 30% less than regular gasoline vehicles. […]
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Iowa Plant to Store Wind Power
Saturday, January 6th, 2007Iowa’s municipal utilities announced plans Friday to build a $200 million power plant west of Dallas Center that will store wind energy in the ground and use it to generate up to 268 megawatts of electricity.
While construction on the plant won’t start for a couple of years (2009 with completion expected in 2011), here’s how […]
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Walmart Meets Alternative Energy
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007I’ve linked to several previous articles about Walmart’s push into alternative energy. From promoting and discounting compact flourescent lightbulbs to opening up several experimental stores powered by wind, sun, and biofuel, Walmart has been a very visible proponent and user of alternative and renewable energy. C|Net has a short article describing […]
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SeekingAlpha - Alternative Energy - 2006 in Review
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007SeekingAlpha is a stock market opinion site - yesterday they published a list of the top 11 important things about alternative energy for 2006. From “sizzling solar”, to “25X’25″, to “Oil Addiction”, to the “Stern Report”, Neal Dikeman writes about the most important trends to emerge in alternative energy in 2006. You […]
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Investors’ Business Daily Profiles SunPower’s Acquisition of Powerlight
Monday, January 1st, 2007SunPower makes solar panels, Powerlight installs solar panels. Investors’ Business Daily discusses the pros and cons of the news that SunPower will acquire PowerLight for about $330 million. This deal, if approved, will be one of the largest acquisitions in the solar power industry’s history.
Why is this interesting news? Well, […]
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