Archive for April, 2007
« Previous EntriesScience Daily: Plant protein that may aid Biofuel production discovered
Sunday, April 29th, 2007Science Daily is reporting a Cornell University breakthrough that could make the cost of producing cellulosic ethanol less expensive. Researchers have discovered a new class of plant enzymes that could potentially allow plant materials to be broken down much more efficiently than with current enzymes.
The current method for breaking down [...]
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Comparing the Nissan Altima Hybrid to the Hybrid Camry and Prius
Sunday, April 29th, 2007Since the new Nissan Altima Hybrid uses a licensed verions of Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive system, why not just buy a Toyota? In this article from the New Jersey Star-Ledger, they compare the Altima, the Camry, and the Prius hybrids, and detail the differences and similarities between the three different models. [...]
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European wind-energy firms look to US
Sunday, April 29th, 2007While the US has led the world in installing wind turbines for the last two years, it still ranks below Germany and Spain in total wind power production, according to the Global Wind Energy Council. This growth, and a favorable tax environment, are causing European wind energy companies like Portuguese utility EDP-Energias de Portugal [...]
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Kohl’s department stores to go solar in California
Sunday, April 29th, 2007Kohl’s Corp. announced this week that they will convert most of their California department stores to solar power starting next month. Plans are to convert 24 stores by the end of this year and another 40 by the end of 2008. Each store will get about 2,300 SunEdison supplied solar panels [...]
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CNNMoney: Watch out: Here comes $4 gasoline
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Refinery production issues are causing gasoline prices to move higher. leading experts to predict that gasoline will move close to or above $4 a gallon in many parts of the US.
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Boosting the efficiency of plastic solar cells
Saturday, April 21st, 2007Researches at Wake Forest University have been working towards increasing the efficiency of plastic solar cells. Currently, plastic solar cells top out at about 4.8% efficiency, which is nowhere near the efficiency of silicon based photovoltaics, which range from 14-20% for most silicon cells, with some concentrator cells hitting 40%. But the [...]
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The Auto Channel reviews the new 2007 Saturn Vue Greenline FWD Hybrid SUV
Friday, April 20th, 2007Carey Ross over at the Auto Channel drove the new Saturn Vue Greenline Hybrid and offers some thoughts. The Saturn Greenline is a “light” gasoline-electric hybrid - it never operates in all electric mode, the electric motor provides extra power when needed.
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Green Car Journal: Making the plug-in hybrid “real”
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007Green Car Journal has a nice article about the growing pressure on General Motors to “make real” the Volt concept car that GM showed off last January at the North American International Auto Show. According to Green Car Journal, there are rumors and reports questioning whether the Volt will ever be built. [...]
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Inhabitat.com - Micro Wind Turbines: Small size, big impact
Sunday, April 15th, 2007Inhabitat.com talks about the Motorwind, a micro-wind technology small enough for private use in both rural and urban environments. The Motorwind was developed by researches at Hong Kong University and Lucien Gambarota of Motorwave Ltd, and costs about $150 for a row of eight turbines - and you can buy these today. [...]
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Interview with Malcolm Bricklin
Friday, April 13th, 2007Business Week has a nice interview with Malcolm Bricklin, who is trying to create a mass market plug-in hybrid. I first reported on this story back in January, and Business Week gets Mr. Bricklin to talk about his current plans and the issues that he’s having in getting his dream to come to [...]
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