Article Archive for October 2008
Xcel Energy Inc. and enXco will build wind farms in Minnesota and North Dakota that will generate 351 megawatts of power, Xcel announced Friday. EnXco is a renewable energy developer headquartered in Escondido, Calif. It …
The rise of electric cars could strain lithium battery supply.
Lithium ion batteries used in laptops and electronic gadgets have become the main choice of battery for plug-in hybrids and electric cars now starting to come …
A total of $3.2 billion has been invested in cleantech so far in 2008. This far surpasses last year’s $2.7 billion and this is despite the economic slow down being experienced by the wider economy.
The Moroccan government has announced plans for a ‘knowledge campus’ as part of a US$3.2 billion five-year renewable energy investment plan, prepared by the Moroccan National Electricity Office and scheduled to run between 2009 and …
ITM Power showed off its converted Ford Focus to Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg MP and Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable MP last week at ITM’s Sheffield factory. The MPs drove the car and visited ITM’s …
A home wind turbine already installed at 250 sites in Scotland is now being sold in the U.S. Cascade Engineering said Monday. The Swift wind turbine is available in the U.S. and Canada now and …
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Google Inc, the internet search and advertising leader, is increasingly looking at the energy sector as a potential business opportunity, the New York Times reported.
Google is hoping to soon unveil tools …
The Climate Group has announced three Chinese members, including the majority state-owned China Mobile, which has 420 million customers and is one of the country’s 10 biggest companies. It is the world’s biggest mobile phone …
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The biggest publicly funded project to make fuels from algae was launched on October 23rd by the Carbon Trust, a government agency which develops low-carbon technologies. The plan could see up to £26m …
Improved technology is one factor that might make future oil and gas production better than the bleak future that most of us are foreseeing today. It might even reduce costs, so that more oil and …
