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Solar Power When the Sun Goes Down?
Solar Power When the Sun Goes Down?
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com — The Holy Grail of renewable energy is a solar power plant that continues producing electricity after the sun goes down. A California company has taken a step toward making that a reality. (more) Solar Power When the Sun Goes Down?
Rice Solar Energy Project - Power Plant Licensing Case - Docket # 09-AFC-10
Rice Solar Energy Project - Power Plant Licensing Case - Docket # 09-AFC-10
energy.ca.gov — Docket Number: 09-AFC-10 (Application For Certification) Committee Overseeing This Case: Key Dates GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT Artist rendering of project Rice Solar Energy, LLC, (RSE) a wholly owned subsidiary of SolarReserve, LLC, proposes to ... (more) Rice Solar Energy Project - Power Plant Licensing Case - ...

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Sequoia Solar Introducing Solar-Powered Networked EV Charging Station
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Southwest Airlines Debuts Prototype Green Airplane
Southwest Airlines Debuts Prototype Green Airplane
cleantechnica.com — On October 21st, which is Southwest Airlines annual media day, they announced the launch of a green prototype airplane which will be used to test more eco-conscious materials and products in their travel environment. Southwest hopes that through ... (more) Southwest Airlines Debuts Prototype Green Airplane
Pike Research
Pike Research
pikeresearch.com — Smart Meter Shipments by Region, World Markets: 2008-2015 EPRI “Prism Analysis” For Carbon Emissions Reduction (2009 Update) Google PowerMeter, Example Interface Projected U.S. Peak Electricity Demand By Scenario Smart Metering / Advanced Metering ... (more) Pike Research
"Chinese" Wind Farm in Texas: Green Jobs FAIL?
"Chinese" Wind Farm in Texas: Green Jobs FAIL?
treehugger.com — Green Jobs in China Cappy McGarr, a managing partner at private equity firm U.S. Renewable Energy Group, which is financing the project with China's Shenyang Power Group and Cielo Wind Power, said in a press release the project would "spur tremendous ... (more) "Chinese" Wind Farm in Texas: Green Jobs FAIL?
Made Turbines to Fill U.S. Wind Farm
online.wsj.com — REBECCA SMITH A Chinese wind-turbine company, with financing help from Beijing, has struck a deal to be the exclusive supplier to one of the largest wind-farm developments in the U.S., a sign of how Chinese firms are aggressively capitalizing on ... (more) Made Turbines to Fill U.S. Wind Farm
Smith Electric Vehicles to partner with AM General on USPS EV
Smith Electric Vehicles to partner with AM General on USPS EV
green.autoblog.com — USPS Long Life Vehicle - Wikimedia Commons In the same Tanfield Group trading statement where the company commented on the termination of its agreement with Ford it revealed a new collaboration with AM General. Smith and AM General are developing a prototype battery-powered version of ... (more) Smith Electric Vehicles to partner with AM General on ...
massimo iosa ghini: energy belt, bologna, italy
massimo iosa ghini: energy belt, bologna, italy
designboom.com — the energy belt is a modern interpretation of the forms and archetypes of rural architecture in the plains energy belt by iosa ghini associati is a people mover designed for the city of bologna, italy, establishing a link between the city and ... (more) massimo iosa ghini: energy belt, bologna, italy
STUDY: Lots of local, green electricity possible for most of the U.S.
STUDY: Lots of local, green electricity possible for most of the U.S.
green.autoblog.com — One of the reasons that a vehicle powered by something other than gasoline is such a popular idea in the U.S. is that it helps us become less reliant on other countries for our transportation needs. To this end, biofuels and electric vehicles offer great potential to use local sources of ... (more) STUDY: Lots of local, green electricity possible for ...
Warren Buffett Makes a $44 Billion (!) Bet on Trains, Buys BNSF
Warren Buffett Makes a $44 Billion (!) Bet on Trains, Buys BNSF
treehugger.com — That's Quite a Nice New Toy You Got There, and It's Not Even Xmas Has the Oracle of Omaha seen the future? If so, it seems to include more trains, because Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's investment vehicle, decided to buy the remaining 77.4% ... (more) Warren Buffett Makes a $44 Billion (!) Bet on Trains, ...
Rice Solar Energy Project AFC
energy.ca.gov — Name last modified Color dates added today Size Parent Directory Volume 1 Oct 22 2009 - Volume 2 Oct 22 2009 - (more) Rice Solar Energy Project AFC
Michael Ruppert on Oil, Energy and 'Collapse'
Michael Ruppert on Oil, Energy and 'Collapse'
online.wsj.com — ANTHONY KAUFMAN Michael Ruppert proudly claims that he predicted the global economic slump more than four years ago in his self-published "From the Wilderness," a monthly news publication and Web site. A narcotics investigator for the Los Angeles ... (more) Michael Ruppert on Oil, Energy and 'Collapse'
Inhofe Orchestrates Shameless Boycott Of Clean Energy Jobs Act
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Our guest blogger is Josh Nelson, publisher of EnviroKnow.com. Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), the most prominent climate change denier in the United States Senate, has concocted a new and innovative strategy to thwart the Clean Energy Jobs and American ... (more) Inhofe Orchestrates Shameless Boycott Of Clean Energy ...
Is this the true face of rural Ireland?
Is this the true face of rural Ireland?
irishtimes.com — Just what is the rural Ireland that some fear is endangered? Why does the debate so often centre on bachelor farmers driving to the pub, while ignoring widows, single parents and disabled people – and the disintegration of local businesses and ... (more) Is this the true face of rural Ireland?
Benz to open Redford Twp. R&D center
freep.com — Mercedes-Benz will open a research and development center for hybrid and other alternative powertrain technology on the Redford Township campus of its sister Detroit Diesel business after township trustees approved a tax exemption, a Daimler AG ... (more) Benz to open Redford Twp. R&D center
Go-Ped + propane = Pro-Ped
Go-Ped + propane = Pro-Ped
green.autoblog.com — What do you get when you exchange the 2-stroke gas engine on a Go-Ped for a 4-stroke propane-powered piston popper? Why, a Pro-Ped (of course!) You also get rid of almost all the particulates and carcinogens that burning gasoline produces as well as the mess and bother of mixing gas and oil ... (more) Go-Ped + propane = Pro-Ped
Daimler to open alt-fuel R&D center in Redford, MI
Daimler to open alt-fuel R&D center in Redford, MI
green.autoblog.com — 2010 Mercedes Benz ML450 hybrid - click above for high-res image gallery With the end of the two-mode hybrid co-development partnership, Daimler has decided that it will not completely withdraw its hybrid engineering back to Germany. Instead, the company will be opening a new ... (more) Daimler to open alt-fuel R&D center in Redford, MI
The Cleantech Revolution Sweeps Through America
The Cleantech Revolution Sweeps Through America
worldchanging.com — Green Futures: By Peter Madden and Polly Ghazi The wind of change is sweeping America – literally. Take Texas. Synonymous with the nation’s oil boom era, for... (more) The Cleantech Revolution Sweeps Through America
The 100-Mile Diet for Electricity? The Institute for Local Self-Reliance Argues for Decentralization
The 100-Mile Diet for Electricity? The Institute for Local Self-Reliance Argues for Decentralization
treehugger.com — Image: ILSR Well, Not Literally 100 Miles... The Insitute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) has released a second version of its study titled Energy Self-Reliant States . In it they look at various ways that U.S. states could generate clean ... (more) The 100-Mile Diet for Electricity? The Institute for ...
Portable Light iTEACH Blanket
netsquared.org — Mobile technology has yet not been widely used as a low cost, high-impactway to address the dangerous co-epidemic of HIV and multi-drug resistant TB. We live at a time when mobile devices are changing people’s lives around the globe. Text-messaging, ... (more) Portable Light iTEACH Blanket