BP Says Goodbye, Google and Buffet Say Hello
January 3, 2012
While BP steps away from the solar business, Google and Warren Buffet continue to invest.
Full Story [Energy Efficiency News]
To Save Energy, Popping Socket Unplugs Plugs
January 3, 2012
This Red Dot award winner might be the answer for some consumers, but probably not for me.
Driven: The All-Electric Rolls Royce 102EX
November 28, 2011
The Rolls Royce 102EX is powered by two 145-kilowatt motors for a total of 590 pound-feet of torque.
Current Developments: Innovative Ideas on How to Make Electric Cars Cost-Efficient Take Shape
November 28, 2011
Thoughts from the ”Electric Vehicles, Fact or Fiction?” forum in New York City.
Full story [scientificamerican.com]
Second-generation ethanol processing cost prohibitive: study
November 28, 2011
Costs for second-generation ethanol processing, which will ease the stress on corn and sugarcane, are unlikely to be competitive until 2020, according to a Queen’s University study.
Corn Gene Boosts Biofuels from Switchgrass
November 25, 2011
A team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) has demonstrated that introducing a maize gene into switchgrass more than doubles (250 percent) the amount of starch in the plant’s cell walls.
Fuel economy of new vehicles is up for the first time since last spring
November 25, 2011
For the first time in seven months, average fuel economy of all new vehicles sold in the United States is on the rise, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
3 Reasons Why Water Must Be a Part of Your Energy Strategy
November 25, 2011
Conclusions drawn from some of the nation’s leading policy and industry experts during the ClimateWeek Energy-Water nexus event.
Startup Harvests Otherwise Wasted Lithium From Geothermal Power Plants
November 24, 2011
A startup called Simbol Materials has a proprietary process to strip out brine contains lithium and other metal salts and refine them for resale.
France must improve nuke plants ‘without delay’
November 24, 2011
France must immediately improve safety at its nuclear power plants in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima accident, the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) said in a 500-page report.
