Archive for March, 2007
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Sunday, March 11th, 2007The New York Times talks about some of the entrepreneurial companies and venture capitalists that are putting money into different alternative energy research. The story follows two venture capitalists, Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones, and her husband, David Jones, who are investing their personal fortunes trying to show that they can grow lots of algae and […]
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Hybrids Get New Heart With Better Batteries
Sunday, March 11th, 2007The International Herald Tribune showcases A123Systems in its Business section today. A123Systems is one of a number of companies trying to make low cost batteries for plug-in hybrids. The company is developing batteries for use in the Saturn Vue for GM, and they are hoping to get a similar contract to develop […]
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GreenOptionsBlog: Orbs of Power! Solar Cells Go Spherical!
Saturday, March 10th, 2007A Japanese company has developed a spherical solar cell that captures light from any direction. Since the cells can use both direct and indirect (reflected) light, the cells are obtaining an efficiency rating of about 20%, which is higher than flat non-concentrating solar cells.
Head on over to GreenOptions to read more details […]
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US Dept of Energy to Invest an Additional $168m in 13 Solar Projects
Saturday, March 10th, 2007The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it will invest $168 million in 13 solar tech projects over the next three years. DOE is pushing to meet a goal of increasing the amount of of photovoltaic solar power capacity from 240 megawatts today to 2,850 megawatts by 2010. […]
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U.S. and Brazil - Strategic Alliance to Promote Ethanol
Saturday, March 10th, 2007There’s tons of articles out there about the new partnership between Brazil and the United States to promote wider production of ethanol as an alternative to oil.
Here’s just a couple
AFP
The Washington Post
LA Times
Boston Globe
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Press Release - 100MPG Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology a Reality Now
Friday, March 9th, 2007A company named D&H Global Enterprise, LLC issued a press release today in which they announced a new electric propulsion system that will deliver higher performing and more reliable hybrid vehicles with reduced complexity, which will lower manufacturing and ownership costs.
The company has three patent-pending products, the PMRM, the PMVCU, and the Power Electronic Unit. […]
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Next Gen Hybrid Designs from Toyota and Honda on Display in Geneva
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007A couple of pictures and descriptions are on hand at Anandtech’s DailyTech page. Honda showed their Small Hybrid Sports Concept (SHSC) car. Honda’s SHSC pairs a 4 cylinder engine with their Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) hybrid drive and a continuously variable transmission.
Toyota also is showing its Hybrid-X. While the Hybrid-X uses […]
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More Efficient Nano Solar Cells
Monday, March 5th, 2007In today’s MIT Technology Review they talk about how researchers at Notre Dame have “demonstrated a way to significantly improve the efficiency of solar cells made using low-cost, readily available materials, including a chemical commonly used in paints.”
What they’ve done is to add single-walled carbon nanotubes to a film made of titanium-dioxide […]
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Algae-Based Fuels Set to Bloom
Sunday, March 4th, 2007From MIT Technology Review - an update on using algae to reduce greenhouse gases and produce fuel. Solix Biofuels, LiveFuels, and GreenFuel Technology (which I’ve posted on previously) are mentioned, along with their strategies. For example, Solix Biofuels is using algae to make “just about anything that can be […]
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California Approves Power Lines for Tehachapi Wind Power Project
Sunday, March 4th, 2007Despite objections from Santa Clarita Valley residents, the California public utility commission has approved construction of an electricity transmission line to bring wind power electricty to northern Los Angeles County.
The Tehachapi project, which I posted about in December, consists of a 50 square mile wind farm being planned for Tehachapi, California by a subsidiary of […]
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