Archive for February, 2010
Three Electric Ice Machines Fail At Olympics
The surprise US victory over Team Canada in the mens’ ice hockey game brought back many memories of the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” at the Lake Placid games. It also happened to be the 30th anniversary of that game. As a hockey fan and devout goalie (yes, I let people shoot pucks at my head) [...]
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GM Lifts Veil On Volt-Based Opel Flextreme GT/E Concept
The Chevy Volt is costing GM a pretty penny to produce, and GM execs like Bob Lutz think the company will continue to lose money on hybrids for years to come. But one way of offsetting those costs is to delegate the Voltec technology across brands to other markets. We already know GM is planning [...]
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Honda, Struggling to Carve Out Hybrid Niche, Focuses on Minivans and SUVs
Most of us remember the original Honda Insight as that tiny, quirky car that got 70 mpg long before phrases like “peak oil” and “smart grids” had really entered our collective vocabulary. At the time it was introduced, major debates on climate change hadn’t even started. In that sense, the original Insight was far ahead [...]
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Rejoice! Honda Reportedly Working On High Performance CR-Z Type-R
If you’re like me, you were more than a little disappointed in Honda’s CR-Z hybrid coupe. The sharp looking hybrid two-seater, a spiritual successor to the CRX of the late 80’s/early 90’s, lacked both sportiness and the fuel efficiency of its predecessor. With just 122 horsepower on tap, a 3,900 pound curb weight, and MPG ratings 31 [...]
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Hybrids, Mostly Built for Speed, Slated for Geneva
European carmakers are preparing their latest cool hybrid concepts for the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, which runs March 4 to 14. The dominant theme is green speed. Here’s a sneak peak at a few vehicle unveilings, which show some restraint on fuel economy, but hold nothing back on horsepower.
Mercedes F800 Style
Mercedes F800 [...]
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Honda’s Hybrid Comeback: Hybrid Minivans and SUVs
Honda unveiled a sleeker more stylish Odyssey minivan concept at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. New design elements could appear in the 2011 Odyssey. Within three years, Honda could produce a hybrid gas-electric version of the minivan.
Honda is developing a hybrid system suitable for larger cars such as the Odyssey minivan the Pilot [...]
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Branson Report Warns of Peak Oil as Early as 2015
Richard Branson has invested $400 million in alternative energy technology and says he’s moving his business empire away [...]
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3 Tesla Employees Reported Dead in Palo Alto Plane Crash
A private plane carrying three employees of electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc., crashed this morning in a residential East Palo Alto neighborhood, killing all those aboard and damaging several local homes. Shortly after taking off from Palo Alto Airport at 7:55 am PT, the twin-engine plane went down in thick fog, hitting a PG&E [...]
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Bloom Box-The Bloomin’ New Energy Source
So, the “Bloom Box” is the new black in alternative energy! K.R. Sridhar is the inventor of the Bloom Box, a group of fuel cells stacked together to form a new alternative energy source. Sridhar puts oxygen on one side of the fuel cell stack and fuel on the other side that forms a chemical [...]
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The Future is Now with Light-Powered Circuitry
The brain of any electronic device is the circuitry that operated the machine. Without the circuitry, the device is not even worth the cost of the plastic that it is made of. Any electronics device requires some kind of battery or it is nothing more than a paperweight. Recently, some new technology was created [...]
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2010-02-23 Japan to loan Kenya USD 320m for geothermal energy – New Energy Matters (subscription)
2010-02-23 Japan to loan Kenya USD 320m for geothermal energyNew Energy Matters (subscription)Hatoyama also offered Japan's assistance in the development of a nuclear power plant in Kenya, as well as assistance in other areas of climate change …
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Magma Announces Management Changes – OfficialWire (press release)
Magma Announces Management ChangesOfficialWire (press release)… development, and operation of geothermal energy projects. MEC owns and operates one geothermal plant, Soda Lake geothermal power plant that generates 8 …
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PNOC sets P2.7B geothermal project on Mt. Isarog – Inquirer.net
PNOC sets P2.7B geothermal project on Mt. IsarogInquirer.netThis project marked the return of the government in the geothermal energy business following the divestment and privatization of Energy Development Corp., …
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‘Power shortage solution starts with conservation’ – Visayan Daily Star
'Power shortage solution starts with conservation'Visayan Daily StarThe Philippines is already the second biggest geothermal energy producer, and has a huge potential for renewable energy generation. …
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Ormat to Double Size of Kenya Power Plant – SustainableBusiness.com
Ormat to Double Size of Kenya Power PlantSustainableBusiness.com“Kenya is a proven and significant resource for geothermal energy, and it is our belief that the proposed expansion will provide Kenya with much needed …
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Intertek’s Offers New White Paper on Methods for Expanding Market Access for PV Modules through Improved Certification Planning
Intertek, a global leader in testing, inspection and certification, is offering a free white paper, Key Steps to Rapid Global PV Module Certification, informing module manufacturers on ways to achieve faster access to more markets.
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The Switch to deliver two direct-drive 3 MW prototypes to Schuler Group
As Schuler Group continues its strong advance into the wind power market, the company has placed an order with The Switch for two direct-driven 3 MW drive trains. The custom-built The Switch Drive™ permanent magnet generator and full-power converter prototype packages are scheduled for delivery and testing in April 2011.
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Brightsource Offered US $1.4B DOE Loan Guarantee for Ivanpah Project
BrightSource Energy Inc. announced on Monday that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has conditionally committed to provide US $1.37 billion in loan guarantees to support the financing of BrightSource’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System.
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Windmills: Bigger waste than eHealth
Wind reduces CO2 emissions at a subsidy cost of about $124 per tonne — one of the most expensive plans in the world
By Michael Trebilcock
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ntarians take note. A detailed new Danish study shatters most of the myths that the Danish-based wind turbine industry has been propagating in Canada and around the world as to [...]
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Counterpoint: Wind power works
Denmark gets around 20% of its electricity from wind power
By Sigurd Lauge Pedersen
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t is perfectly legitimate to hate wind power. But it is more convincing if you do your homework first. In his Financial Post op-ed (“Wind power is a complete disaster,” April 9), Michael J. Trebilcock appears to be willing to jeopardize his [...]
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Response: The myth of the Danish green energy ‘miracle’
Wind power doesn’t reduce CO2 emissions, costs consumers more and kills jobs
By Michael Trebilcock
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t is important to understand why the Danish government, which appears to have commissioned Mr. Pedersen’s comments, is sensitive to critiques of the Danish experience with wind power. Denmark is home to Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, with 20,000 [...]
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Wind Turbine Wind Mill Energy
Wind energy is one of the fastest-growing forms of electricity generation in the world. A wind turbine, today’s modern equivalent of windmill’s, can use the wind’s energy to generate electricity.
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Learning How to Build Wind Generator – wind mill
Learning how to build a wind generator some times referred to as a wind mill, was the best option to make power for our home that is off grid.
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Eco House Agent promotes environmental responsibility in the home
Eco House Agent (www.ecohouseagent.com) is an online resource providing eco friendly information. The main goal of Eco House Agent is to help people make their house eco-friendly, reduce the use of carbon fuels, and become carbon neutral.
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Jaguar Builds Extended Range Electric XJ
Well Jag has taken the plunge—making yet another luxury auto maker to jump on the electric bandwagon. It really makes you wonder… what were all these knuckleheads doing five years ago?
Anyway, Jaguar has supposedly come up with an electric version of its new XJ sedan. The rumor mill seems pretty specific as far as rumors [...]
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