Archive for September, 2007
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007From Edmunds.com - Toyota announced on Friday that “an improved version” of their FCHV fuel-cell hybrid car successfully completed a long distance test from Osaka to Tokyo on a single fueling of hydrogen.
Toyota’s new 5 passenger FCHV is 25% more efficient than the earlier version. It can store twice the amount of [...]
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UN Chief says international community must act on climate change
Monday, September 24th, 2007Voice of America discusses the recently concluded United Nations summit on climate change.
“Undoubtedly, there is a need for much deeper emission reductions by industrialized countries, which must continue to take the lead in this respect,” said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. “It was encouraging to hear many of the leaders from the industrialized countries [...]
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Dispatchable Wind: Enabling wind to play a mainstream role in power production
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007EnergyPulse.net describes some wind power problems and potential solutions to the issue of shaping wind power production to meet grid demands and secure a good price for its electricity.
“For wind to take its place as a mainstream generator, wind farms will have to be able to shape the power they deliver according [...]
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Platinum-free fuel cell developed in Japan
Sunday, September 16th, 2007Japan’s Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd has just announced that it has developed a new technology that will enable them to make fuel cells without platinum. Platinum is the precious metal used in the electrolyte process in current hydrogen-based fuel cells.
By using alkali, instead of acid, anion exchange membranes, the new fuel cell [...]
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Green Tech at the Frankfurt Motor Show
Thursday, September 13th, 2007The Frankfurt Motor Show, which was just held over the last couple of days, had a number of new automotive clean tech concepts on display. You can read about such cars as the Opel Hybrid (that’s it in the picture), the Volvo C30 Recharge plug-in hybrid and lots of other stuff [...]
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Mitsubishi’s electric concept car can use both solar and wind power
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007Mitsubishi Motors Corp will be showing off a concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show this fall that uses both solar and wind power. With one charge of electricity, the i MiEv Sport will have a range of about 200 kilometers (125 miles). The maximum speed is about 180 kilometers per hour (or [...]
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If you’re looking to buy a wind turbine…
Saturday, September 8th, 2007check out this article at greenoptions.com. They have a review of and a link to the 2007 Wind Turbine Buyer’s Guide. The guide has info on 19 different small wind power turbines.
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EEStor article on CNN.com
Friday, September 7th, 2007No real new news on what’s happening with EEStor, but CNN.com has a good wrap up on the current state of the company, who’s investing in it, and some details about the ultracapacitor.
EEStor is the company that has promised “technologies for replacement of electrochemical batteries,” by creating “ultracapacitors”. ZENN Motor Co, who [...]
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Colorado State University Professor improves solar panels’ efficiency
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007W.S. Sampath, a professor of mechanical engineering at Colorado State has developed a more efficient and less expensive solar panel. The new panels are made using a glass coating with a cadmium telluride thin film instead of the usual crystalline silicon. The company (AVA Solar) that he formed along with two [...]
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2008 Ford Escape Hybrid 4WD road test
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007Automobile.com just posted a nice review of the 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid at their site.
“The 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid not only looks good, drives well and promotes ‘green’ behavior, but it has all the amenities of a midsize SUV without the midsize SUV gas bills. And as much as I sound like an [...]
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