Archive for January, 2008
Next Entries »Hybrid news from the Detroit North American Auto Show
Monday, January 14th, 2008Lots of hybrid news out today from the North American Auto Show. GM says that they will deliver a plug-in hybrid by 2o10. Not to be outdone, Toyota also says that they will deliver a fleet of plug-in hybrids to commercial customers by 2010. Toyota also says that they will be introducing two new hybrids at next years show. Honda plans three new hybrids by 2011. Nissan is promising a […]
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Auto Industry shows off fuel-efficiency
Sunday, January 13th, 2008The Associated Press has a pretty nice summary of what they’ve seen so far at the North American Auto show, which started today. While alot of what gets shown in these shows are concept cars that never will become available, there seems to be a consensus that this year’s auto show may be […]
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AFS Trinity Plug-in Hybrid - 150 mpg
Saturday, January 12th, 2008In tomorrow’s issue of the New York Times, you can find some details and pictures about the AFS Trinity, a prototype plug-in hybrid based on the the Saturn Vue that claims to get up to 150 mpg. The Trinity is due to be unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which […]
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You might not see the Volt in 2010
Sunday, January 6th, 2008Several articles published after an online chat / press conference with GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner are suggesting that GM is no longer guaranteeing 2010 as the year you’ll see the plug-in hybrid Volt on a production line.
Wagoner is saying that production of the Volt all comes down to the lithium-ion battery that would be needed to power the car. […]
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Using sunlight to make fuel from CO2
Saturday, January 5th, 2008From Wired.com - Researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico are using sunlight to recycle CO2 and produce fuels like methanol or gasoline.
Researchers say that the technology used in the Sunlight to Petrol (S2P) project already works and can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, the researchers also say that large-scale […]
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Chile opens its first wind power park
Saturday, January 5th, 2008LatinAmericapress.org reports that Chile, which currently imports 98% of its oil and 75 percent of its natural gas, has opened up its first wind power park in the northern region of Coquimbo. The park, which is the first of four similar projects slated for this region, will provide 18.15 MW of electricity to the Inter- Connected Central System, which supplies almost all […]
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Neighbors in conflict over solar panels
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008I guess we’ll be seeing more and more articles like this -
In this story, from the San Jose Mercury News, a judge ordered Carolynn Bissett Treanor and her husband Richard Treanor, to either trim or move two redwood trees on their property because they were shading Mark Vargas’ solar panels. The Treanors were actually convicted […]
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C|Net News - Wave power to go commercial in California
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008Some new initiatives for tidal power are happening in California, as detailed by C|Net. Pacific Gas & Electric has just signed a power purchase agreement with Finavera Renewables for 2 megawatts of electricity. Finavera is building a wave farm 2.5 miles off the cost of California near Humboldt County. The wave farm is expected to […]
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Investment in clean energy topped $100 billion for the first time in 2007
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008According to the International Herald Tribune Business section, new investment in clean energy industries rose sharply in 2007. Investments in industries such as wind and solar power rose from approximately $86.5 billion in 2006 to $117.2 billion in 2007. According to Michael Liebreich, chief executive of New Energy Finance, a research group, said that. “[a] […]
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