Archive for July, 2010
GM Prices Volt At $41,000 Before Incentives, Pre-Ordering Begins Today
There has been so much speculation surrounding the Chevy Volt’s eventual price, that I’m just going to cut to the chase. GM has placed an official price on the Chevy Volt, its plug-in hybrid with a 40 mile all-electric range: $41,000. That is before any tax incentives, like the $7,500 Federal tax credit, (which would [...]
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Solar-Powered Van To Drive Itself 8,000 Miles
As much as I love driving, I know a lot of people aren’t all that fond of it. Need proof? Look at all the people who talk, text, read, or are otherwise distracted from driving behind the wheel. The Next Great Thing just might be cars that drive themselves, as so many sci-fi films have [...]
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ePower Electric Motorcycle Race at Laguna Seca
MotoCzysz’s 100-yard Dash to Victory Over Lightning The most exciting story of the ePower electric motorcycle race, in my opinion, is not the state-of-the-art ultra-mega high-tech MotoCzysz E1PC win. To me, it’s actually Lighting Motor’s second place bike that I find more interesting. I deeply admire Czysz’s commitment and his ability to bring this industry [...]
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The Next Step In Future Transportation: Marine Highways?
America’s roads, especially around metropolitan areas, have long exceeded their capacity to move people and cargo efficiently. Having spent 3 hours on a six-lane super highway in SoCal to go just 60 miles, I now understand that better than ever. Part of the problem is all those long-haul trucks. They take up the space of [...]
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Chevy Volt Offered at $350 Per Month, Matching Nissan LEAF Lease
General Motors announced today that the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid will be offered for sale at $41,000, or for a surprisingly low monthly lease cost of $350 per month (with a $2,500 initial payment.) The sticker price for the Volt is $8,200 higher than that of the $32,800 all-electric Nissan LEAF—though the two vehicles’ lease [...]
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AFS Trinity Awarded Patent for Ultracap Hybrids
AFS Trinity claims that its ultracapacitor technologies could push the mileage of a small plug-in hybrid SUV to 150 mpg. AFS Trinity Power Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a patent for its Extreme Hybrid drive train that makes ultracapacitors a critical part of plug-in hybrid strategy. For the last few years, AFS [...]
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With Cap and Trade Dead, What’s Left of the Energy Bill?
Before an impassioned plea from former Vice President Al Gore, the Obama Administration was reportedly ready to throw in the towel on climate legislation as early as last summer. The White House and leading Democrats in the Senate have abandoned all efforts to pass comprehensive climate legislation this year. Senate leaders are said to be [...]
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Magma Energy Comments on Recent Announcement by the Icelandic Government – PR Newswire (press release)
Magma Energy Comments on Recent Announcement by the Icelandic GovernmentPR Newswire (press release)Magma Energy Corp. is a global geothermal power company which operates, develops, explores and acquires geothermal energy projects. … and more » email this article to a friend
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Magma Energy Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Shares and … – DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Magma Energy Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Shares and …DigitalJournal.com (press release)Magma Energy Corp. is a global geothermal power company which operates, develops, explores and acquires geothermal energy projects. … and more » email this article to a friend
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What Renewable Projects Would you Purchase Electricity From if you Were a … – OilPrice.com
What Renewable Projects Would you Purchase Electricity From if you Were a …OilPrice.comJust this week, America's Geothermal Energy Association said it will tell utilities at an upcoming conference that geothermal power could create $22.5 … and more » email this article to a friend
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US Geothermal Partners with TAS Energy for EPC Contract – AZoCleantech
US Geothermal Partners with TAS Energy for EPC ContractAZoCleantechThis project will build a novel water-cooled binary cycle power plant for generating renewable baseload electricity with an output of 8.6 MW capacity. … and more » email this article to a friend
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Recycled Energy acquires California biomass power plant – Biomass Magazine
Recycled Energy acquires California biomass power plantBiomass MagazineBuilt in 1989, the Honey Lake plant leverages nearby geothermal energy to help generate electricity from a biomass feedstock of forest thinnings, … email this article to a friend
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Ford Flexes Hybrid Muscles: Lincoln MKZ Hybrid to Cost the Same as Gas Version
Given the major shift in consumer attitude towards fuel economy over the last few years, and the fact that auto makers’ fleets will now have to average 35.5 mpg by 2016 due to new regulations, it isn’t surprising that a car company would want to introduce more and more competitive, high mileage vehicles. But there’s [...]
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Toyota Planning 20% Production Reduction As Hybrid Subsidies Subside
Hybrid cars are selling like hot cakes in America, Europe, and Japan, thanks in large part to generous government subsidies and tax cuts. That is why there are so many Toyota Prius’ on the road today (though the tax breaks for those cars have long since expired in America). While demand seems to have kept [...]
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Toyota, Ford Settle On Hybrid Patent Infringement Suit
It is no secret that Toyota dominates the hybrid industry, all on the back of a single model: the Prius. Toyota has come to dominate this field so much that many other companies, including Ford, have decided to license Toyota’s technology for their own hybrids. But was it Toyota’s technology to license in the first [...]
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Interesting Concept: an Electric Scooter With a Solar Shell
I’m not much of a fan of scooters. I prefer vehicles to have four wheels rather than too, and scooters always struck me as kinda geeky. Anybody who knows me knows I am geeky enough without having to broadcast it to the world. Scooters aren’t all that popular in America, but all over the world [...]
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Lincoln MKZ Hybrid Costs Same as Gas Version
Ford today announced that its new 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid will be priced at $35,180—exactly the same as the standard gasoline version. The MKZ Hybrid is a luxury variant of the 2011 Ford Fusion Hybrid, which is priced at $28,825. Both vehicles have a 156-horsepower 2.5-liter four-cylinder coupled with an electric motor to produce a [...]
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DOE Announces $122 Million ‘Sunlight to Fuel’ Grant
The Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis is one of three Energy Innovation Hubs that DOE secretary Steven Chu will create for advanced energy research. The Department of Energy has awarded a $122 million grant to a team of researchers based out of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to develop an efficient process for creating liquid [...]
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Are E85 Vehicles Destined for Extinction?
In 1988, the United States government began allowing carmakers to use E85 flex-fuel vehicles—which run on a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline—to help meet Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards. For each mile-per-gallon a flex-fuel equipped vehicle is theoretically capable of getting from ethanol, the government said it would add to the [...]
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EDC income climbs 114% to P5.74 billion – Manila Bulletin
EDC income climbs 114% to P5.74 billionManila Bulletin… the company explained that the major driver in its profitability in six months has been revenue take from its power plant operations. … and more » email this article to a friend
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Nuclear power an important part of state’s clean-energy portfolio – TheNewsTribune.com
TheNewsTribune.com Nuclear power an important part of state's clean-energy portfolioTheNewsTribune.comAnd the state has vast potential for geothermal energy. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE The No. 2 Reactor at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland is the … and more » email this article to a friend
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EDC income soars 114% in H1 – ABS CBN News
EDC income soars 114% in H1ABS CBN NewsThe country's largest producer of geothermal energy earned P5.74 billion in the first half of 2010, more than double the P2.69 billion it booked in the same … and more » email this article to a friend
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The Investor’s Guide to Geothermal Energy provides you with a comprehensive … – PR-inside.com (press release)
The Investor's Guide to Geothermal Energy provides you with a comprehensive …PR-inside.com (press release)Each project stage, from site identification, exploration, site development, power plant construction to operation and maintenance is looked at from an … and more » email this article to a friend
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Magma Energy Files Final Prospectus for Offering – Canada NewsWire (press release)
Magma Energy Files Final Prospectus for OfferingCanada NewsWire (press release)Magma Energy Corp. is a global geothermal power company which operates, develops, explores and acquires geothermal energy projects. … and more » email this article to a friend
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The Rise of CIGS – Finally?
If the rise of the solar energy market is written as a fantasy novel, then the makers of copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) are members of a mythical clan from far far away that are reputed to be fierce warriors who are gathering forces to reshape the geopolitics of the realm. But so far, this big army hasn’t [...]
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