Archive for April, 2007
Next Entries »USA Today: Hybrid vehicle technology goes commercial
Thursday, April 12th, 2007USA Today has a pretty good article describing all the different ways automobile hybrid technology is being used. From hybrid buses to hybrid locomotives to hybrid tugboats to hybrid earth excavators, the pairing of rechargeable batteries and small gas or diesel engines is leading to significant fuel savings.
Check it out here.
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Xcel still largest wind producer in US
Thursday, April 12th, 2007The Denver Business Journal reports that for the second year in a row, Xcel Energy Inc leads all American utilities in having the most wind generated power on their systems, according to recently released report by the American Wind Energy Association.
Xcel had 1,323 megawatts of wind power on its system at the end of 2006. [...]
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CNNMoney.com update on biobutanol
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007Last week, CNN posted an update on the current status of biobutanol. Biobutanol has some important advantages over ethanol - it packs more power than ethanol and it doesn’t absorb water like ethanol does, but unfortunately it currently costs alot more to produce. The CNN article talks with some of the companies involved [...]
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ConocoPhillips backs carbon regulation
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007CNNMoney.com reports today that ConocoPhillips, a US based oil company, is calling for mandatory national regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. In doing so, ConocoPhillips is the first US based oil company to call for this legislation.
“James J. Mulva, the chairman and chief executive of ConocoPhillips, announced the change at a meeting with reporters in [...]
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Science Daily - Taking nature’s cue for cheaper solar power
Sunday, April 8th, 2007Researchers at Massey University’s Nanomaterials Research Centre in New Zealand have come up with dye-sensitised solar cells that generate electricity from sunlight at 1/10th the cost of current silicon based photovoltaic cells.
The synthetic dyes are made from simple organic compounds similar to those found in nature. One synthetic dye is based on chlorophyll, [...]
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Mini review of the Nissan Altima hybrid
Sunday, April 8th, 2007The Associated Press got to drive one of the new Nissan Altima hybrids and tells us what they think. The hybrid version of the Altima is currently only available in 8 US states. Check out the review at the Montgomvery Advertiser.
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New Wisconsin wind power project to begin this summer
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007The largest wind power project in Wisconsin will begin construction this summer when We Energies starts bullding a $300 million wind farm in Fond du Lac County.
The project, which consists of 88 turbines bought from Vestas Wind Systems of Denmark is expected to start operation in less than one year. The turbines will [...]
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AquaCell Technologies to Acquire SolCool Air Conditioner company
Monday, April 2nd, 2007In a press release issued today, AquaCell Technologies, Inc announced that they have entered into an agreement to acquire GPM, Inc, the manufacturer and patent owner of the SolCool, the world’s only stand-alone solar powered air conditioner.
‘Roger Pruitt, inventor of the SolCool air conditioner and President of GPM said, “The move from prototype model to [...]
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