Archive for May, 2008
T. Boone Pickens in putting his money where his mouth is
Thursday, May 15th, 2008We told you last month about how T. Boone Pickens, the founder of Mesa Petroleum was talking about building the world’s biggest wind farm. Some great quotes - ‘”You need a giant plan for America. Not the pissant 83 megawatt [windfarm] deals being stamped all over the country. There needs to be a […]
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Project Better Place shows off electric car bound for Isreal
Monday, May 12th, 2008The joint venture between the Silicon Valley startup Project Better Place and Renault-Nissan, showed off its prototype all electric Renault sedan in Tel Aviv on Saturday. The project, which has the endorsement of Isreal’s government, hopes to have Isreal become the first country in the world to have large numbers of electric cars. […]
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Slowing down the internet saves energy?
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008According to NewScientistTech, it does. Actually, what scientists at the University of California and Intel Research Labs are finding is that by delaying data flow into a network for just a few milliseconds, data centers can achieve energy savings of up to 50%.
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Will the Volt go all electric?
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008PetroZero.org bring us this intriguing interview with Bob Lutz, VP of Product Development at GM. While answering a question as to whether the GM E-flex system could operate without batteries, Mr. Lutz turned the question around and talked about the possibility of GM doing a “Volt that’s cheaper, without engine and all the plumbing, […]
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Wind farms sprout in western New York
Sunday, May 4th, 2008Wyoming County in western New York has undergone quite a boom in wind turbine installation, as the county that has 43,000 people and 46,000 dairy cows is home to 67 turbines generating 100 megawatts of electricity, all of which is being fed into the national power grid. Noble Environmental Power, the company behind the turbines, […]
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Philly Inquirer - info on the Chevy Volt
Sunday, May 4th, 2008The Philadelphia Inquirer has a nice article on the 2010 targeted Chevy Volt - the electric car being designed by General Motors. The reporter talks with Ed Welburn, the head of the GM design team (and who grew up in the Philadelphia area) about the latest developments. The team has […]
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