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Volkswagen Participates In National Hydrogen Road Tour Herndon VA (SPX) Aug 13, 2008 
Volkswagen's Hydrogen Fuel Cell concept vehicle, the HyMotion Tiguan, will travel from Portland, Maine to Los Angeles, Calif. over the next 13 days as part of the National Hydrogen Road Tour, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the California Fuel Cell Partnership, the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Hydrogen Association. "Volkswagen is thrilled to join with our ... read more
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Ultra Motor Introduces New Electric Bike To US Market
San Francisco CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2008Ultra Motor has announced the availability of its new A2BTM electric bike. Developed and manufactured by an international team of expert designers and engineers, the A2B is a state-of-the-art electric bike built specifically for urban transport across the American city landscape. Increasing challenges are making urban transportation more costly and time-consuming: the Texas Transportation ... more UC Solar House Serves As Lab For Alternative-Energy Techs 
Cincinnati OH (SPX) Aug 13, 2008Cost savings, energy sources, appliances and more are all subjects for ongoing experimentation this summer in the University of Cincinnati solar house. The house, constructed last year and ultimately displayed in Washington, D.C., received national attention from outlets like National Public Radio, BusinessWeek magazine and many others in 2007. And now, the house is - appropriately enough ... more Sprint And Kansas City Power And Light Deliver 
Overland Park KS (SPX) Aug 13, 2008An innovative partnership between two Midwestern-based entities - Sprint and Kansas City Power and Light (KCP and L) - is setting an example of how businesses can join forces and leverage their commitments to a clean environment through renewable energy. This unique alliance involves KCP and L's Spearville, Kan., Wind Energy Facility, which provides the majority of power to Sprint's 200 ... more Johnson Controls To Improve Energy Usage At Oak Ridge National Labs 
Milwaukee MN (SPX) Aug 13, 2008Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tenn. has signed an $89 million energy savings performance contract with Johnson Controls, Inc. to apply advanced energy conservation solutions, including a biomass gasification system, to the campus. This project is the first signed initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy's Transformational Energy Action Management (TEAM) Initiative ... more Roseville Electric Saves Environment And Customers' Money 
Roseville CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2008Initiative, a collaboration designed to develop regional strategies to address climate change. The initiative calls for the eventual creation of an international carbon market that will lead to a 15% reduction in carbon emissions over the course of 15 years. Smart communities will adopt measures to curb consumption before the full effects of the carbon markets are felt. While innovation is ... more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Aug 13, 2008McDermott International has announced that an affiliate of its subsidiary, The Babcock and Wilcox Company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nuclear Fuel Services, a provider of specialty nuclear fuels and related services. This acquisition strengthens B and W's nuclear manufacturing and service business for government and commercial markets. NFS is a leader in the ... more Alternative Energy Hits The Road 
Worcester MA (SPX) Aug 13, 2008Anyone who has walked barefoot across a parking lot on a hot summer day knows that blacktop is exceptionally good at soaking up the sun's warmth. Now, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has found a way to use that heat-soaking property for an alternative energy source. Through asphalt, the researchers are developing a solar collector that could turn roads and parking ... more Air Products' Mobile Hydrogen Fueler Technology Supports Hydrogen Tour '08 
Lehigh Valley PA (SPX) Aug 13, 2008Air Products' mobile hydrogen fueler technology is based at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey for two days with good reason. It is fueling the hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicles of multiple automakers venturing into New York City and for an event at the Liberty Science Center tomorrow as part of the national Hydrogen Tour '08, which is designed to demonstrate that ... more AEP And Duke To Form Joint Venture To Build Transmission 
Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 13, 2008American Electric Power has formed a joint venture company with Duke Energy to build and own new electric transmission assets. Through the 50-50 partnership, AEP and Duke are proposing to build 240 miles of extra-high voltage 765-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines and related facilities in Indiana. The project would link Greentown Station (near Kokomo, Ind.) with Rockport Station ... more |
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University Park PA (SPX) Aug 12, 2008Inwood Hill Park survived the drastic modifications of Revolutionary War patriots, but preserving this last bastion of large-growth, mature trees in New York City is difficult with the proliferation of invasive species and hard human use, according to biologists. They suggest the situation warrants a plan in collaboration with those studying the park. "Performing plantings is a never-ending ... more Climate Change May Be Pushing Birds Move Farther North 
Syracuse NY (SPX) Aug 12, 2008A study by researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) has documented, for the first time in the northeastern United States, that a variety of bird species are extending their breeding ranges to the north, a pattern that adds to concerns about climate change. Focusing on 83 species of birds that have traditionally bred in New York state, the researchers ... more Walker's World: $200 oil is coming 
Washington (UPI) Aug 11, 2008 Oil prices may be dropping like a stone, but it won't last, according to one of the West's top experts on the industry, who is forecasting "an oil supply crunch" in or around the year 2013 when the price could soar as high as $200 a barrel. The problem will come "not because of below-ground resource constraints but because of inadequate investment by international oil companies and ... more Wind Energy Development Path Cleared In South Texas 
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 12, 2008Babcock and Brown announced that a federal court in Texas dismissed a final lawsuit, clearing the path to bring wind energy to South Texas. Babcock and Brown's wind farm on the Texas Gulf Coast, which will provide enough clean and renewable energy to power 80,000 Texas homes, will be completed and operational later this year. The wind farm is located on the property of the Kenedy Memorial ... more
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