Eurodish stirling engine based CSP. Image credit:public domain. A few weeks back I mentioned that concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies which are relatively capital and water intensive - Stirling engines, for example - are now competitively … [Read more...]
Alternative Energy Technologies and the Origin of Specious
Thursday 02/17/ By Leave a Comment
John Petersen Thanks to a recent comment from JLBR, I've found a new hero in Dr. Peter Z. Grossman, an economics professor from Butler University who cogently argues that government attempts to force alternative energy technologies into an R&D … [Read more...]
Opel to introduce production version of Opel Ampera in Geneva
Thursday 02/17/ By Leave a Comment
The production version of the extended range electric vehicle Opel Ampera—the Chevy Volt’s European cousin—will make its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show. Around 1,000 people across Europe have reserved an Ampera to date, with half … [Read more...]
Ballard to supply fuel cell modules for transit buses in Norway
Wednesday 02/16/ By Leave a Comment
Ballard FCvelocity module. Click to enlarge. Ballard Power Systems has entered into a contract for the supply of fuel cell power modules to power five zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell buses operated by the HyNor Oslo Buss group, to service the … [Read more...]
ACEEE names Honda Civic GX, Nissan Leaf Greenest Vehicles of 2011
Wednesday 02/16/ By Leave a Comment
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Honda, Nissan, SMART, Toyota, Natural Gas Last year, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) ranked the natural gas-burning Honda Civic GX as the greenest vehicle of 2010. Well, that … [Read more...]
The Renewable IPO
Tuesday 02/15/ By Leave a Comment
By Greg Pfahl Renewable IPOs in 2010 2010 proved to be a much better year for the initial public offering and renewable energy companies, perhaps surprisingly, saw their share of activity. In 2010 there were more than double the number of … [Read more...]
GM Building CARB-Approved Volt to Qualify for Additional $5,000 Rebate
Tuesday 02/15/ By Leave a Comment
In October we wrote that California’s Air Resource Board gave the Chevy Volt a ULEV designation, meaning it didn't qualify for a $5,000 tax rebate. GM is reportedly working on a Volt that will qualify for the rebate. I not like CARB, not one bit, … [Read more...]
Report: 2012 Chevy Volt to qualify for California’s $5,000 rebate
Sunday 02/13/ By Leave a Comment
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM 2011 Chevrolet Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery Back in October of 2010, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) rated the 2011 Chevrolet Volt as an Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle … [Read more...]
Effort To Create Cost Competitive Solar Energy
Friday 02/11/ By Leave a Comment
ShareDOE Pursues SunShot Initiative to Achieve Cost Competitive Solar Energy by 2020 Announces $27 Million in Projects to Advance Solar Development and Manufacturing Washington, D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced additional … [Read more...]
$/kWh: And the lowest price is…
Friday 02/11/ By Leave a Comment
Perspective by The Townsend Company ...Probably not the battery that you want to put on your vehicle, but that seems to be the battery that most people are trying to buy. It has unfortunately become the cliché that whenever a battery buyer … [Read more...]