Article Archive for November 2008
Despite the credit crunch some banks are still willing to give loans to renewable energy projects. Solar services firm SunRun has just landed a $105 million commitment by U.S. Bancorp (USB) to buy about 2,000 …
The San Francisco startup Virgance has acquired a solar-power cooperative effort called 1 Block Off the Grid (or 1BOG) that will give homeowners in 20 cities the financial leverage to go green.
1BOG is about bringing …
Russia is heading towards a major economic crisis, experts predicted today, following the news that oil had collapsed to under $50 a barrel. The collapse in the value of oil is likely to have several …
President-elect Barack Obama said he would push for carbon-cap legislation immediately upon entering office, and he did just that on Tuesday with an address to a meeting of state governors in Los Angeles.
Despite business spokesmen …
Kyushu Electric Power (KEPCO) and lithium-ion battery manufacturer Ener1, Inc. have signed a memorandum of understanding on working together to develop rapid recharging systems for electric vehicles. Kyushu Electric is the fourth-largest publicly traded power …
US Sugar Corp. has agreed to explore building a 100-million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol facility in Clewiston, Florida with Coskata, Inc. The plant, if built, would be the world’s largest second-generation ethanol facility. It …
‘Solar Impulse’, a 1500 kilogram solar plane with a 61 meter wing span, will be undergoing its first test flight in April, prior to attempting the first trip around the world in May 2011.The attempt …
In an executive order signed on Monday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger committed to getting a third of California’s electricity from renewable sources by 2020. Schwarzenegger made the announcement while speaking at a solar panel factory …
Two rings of magnets (blue-gray), one within and the other outside a series of copper coils (red and green), turn to generate electricity.
Credit: Exro Technologies
A startup based in Vancouver, Canada, called ExRo Technologies, has developed …
The passage of the Offshore Petroleum Amendment Bill by the Australian Senate last week established the world’s first regulatory framework for CO2 capture and geological storage (CCS).
The legislation establishes access and property rights in Australia’s …
