Chrysler to go electric in 2010
Chicago (AFP) Sept 23, 2008
Chrysler this week joined the ranks of automakers promising to bring electric cars to the market in 2010. The US automaker on Monday unveiled three plug-in prototypes: an all-electric sports car and an electric minivan and a Jeep outfitted with range-extending gasoline engines. Just one will be produced for North American drivers in 2010 and later introduced to European markets, Chrysler ... read more
CSIRO's UltraBattery Goes Global In The Auto Sector
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 24, 2008
The CSIRO-invented UltraBattery is set to have a global impact on greenhouse gas emissions after Japan's Furukawa Battery Company, which has already begun production of the UltraBattery, and US manufacturer, East Penn, signed an international commercialisation and distribution agreement for the technology. CSIRO's UltraBattery combines an enhanced-power negative electrode and a lead acid ... more
Agreement On Electric Vehicles Fleet Testing And Service Network In Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland (SPX) Sep 24, 2008
More than 200 participants from 72 companies assembled at the exclusive annual international platform for sustainable energy solutions at Hilton Nordica Reykjavik September 18 and 19. "In the next five years or so we have to lay the fundamental groundwork of a comprehensive transformation of our traffic system, our transport, how we use the roads, how we move from one place to another ... more
2009 Metropolis Next Gen Design Competition
New York NY (SPX) Sep 24, 2008
Metropolis magazine challenges young designers to apply their innovative talents to our energy addiction and rethink the broken models that represented 20th-century life and work. The Metropolis Next Generation Design Competition, which has been promoting activism, social involvement, and entrepreneurship in design since 2003, is supported this year by sponsors ASSA ABLOY, Herman Miller ... more
Alleged nuclear shenanigans hit Lithuania's graft rank: watchdog
Vilnius (AFP) Sept 23, 2008
Alleged misdealings over a nuclear power plant project dented Lithuania's standing on a global corruption list, watchdog Transparency International said Tuesday, but the prime minister rejected the claim. Rytis Juozapavcius, head of the organisation's Lithuanian chapter, spotlighted the Lithuanian Electricity Organisation (LEO LT), which is piloting a four-nation plan to built a new nuclear ... more
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gas:
Outside View: Wars of oil and gas
nuclear-civil:
Development Of New Nuclear Generating Units
nuclear-civil:
Detroit Edison Submits Application For New Nuclear Plant
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USA Biomass Launches National Education Campaign
Portland, Maine (SPX) Sep 24, 2008
USA Biomass has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Energy Foundation to promote the importance of renewable, biomass energy generation in meeting the nation's growing energy needs, while reducing our "carbon footprint' and promoting a healthy environment. The Energy Foundation is a partnership of major foundations interested in sustainable energy. USA Biomass will provide matching fund ... more
Santa Clara University Purchases Over 11 Million KWH Renewable Energy
Santa Clara CA (SPX) Sep 24, 2008
Santa Clara University's electricity just got a little greener. The University's purchase of 11,256 megawatt hours of renewable energy, equal to the annual output of three and a half large-scale wind turbines, represents over one third of the University's annual electricity use. The purchase was made through Santa Clara Green Power, a 100 percent renewable energy program sponsored by ... more
Range Fuels Recognized For Technological Leadership In Renewable Fuels
Broomfield CO (SPX) Sep 24, 2008
Range Fuels has been recognized by Frost and Sullivan as the recipient of its 2008 North American Alternative Fuels Technology Innovation Green Excellence of the Year Award. The award is presented to companies that have demonstrated superior technological advancement in the green energy field and whose technologies are aligned with sustainable and environmentally-conscious objectives. ... more
Proposed Extraction Process May Have Economic And Environmental Benefits
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Sep 24, 2008
A researcher from the University of Alberta has proposed an experimental electrical heating process to draw oil from largely untapped deposits, which could yield major rewards for oil production and be more environmentally sound than current extractions processes. According to Tayfun Babadagli, a professor at the University of Alberta's School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, an ... more
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nuclear-civil:
Nuclear Energy Insights From Policy Expert Marilyn Brown
energy-tech:
Kraft Highlights Alternative Energy Initiatives At Two New York Plants
energy-news:
GSMA Launches Renewable Energy Push For Mobile Networks
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