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Archive for August, 2009
Ted Kennedy – Tribute to a Progressive Green Champion
Posted in Congress, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Issues, News, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Weatherization, tagged Energy Efficiency, Environmental Issues, Peak Oil, Renewable Energy, Senator Ted Kennedy, Truth Tribunal, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Weatherization on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Salazar’s View on US Offshore Wind Energy Potential
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, News, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind Energy, Pacific Ocean, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Atlantic Ocean, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, Offshore Wind, Pacific Ocean, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farms on August 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Excerpts from Environmental Leader, April 10, 2009 US Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told participants at a summit meeting “that U.S. offshore areas hold enormous potential for wind energy development in all coastal metropolitan centers, and the wind potential off the coasts of the lower 48 states could exceed electricity demand in the [...]
Nissan LEAF Offers Affordable Electric Hatchback
Posted in Auto Electrification, Battery Recharging, Car Charging Network, Electric Cars, Japan, Zero Emission Vehicle, tagged Car Charging Network, Carlos Ghosn, Electric Cars, EV, Japan, LEAF, Lithium-ion Batteries, Nissan, Plug-in Car, Renault-Nissan, Tennessee, Zero Emission Vehicle on August 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
DAN NEIL, The Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2009 In person, Carlos Ghosn, CEO and all-around-savior of Renault-Nissan, does not strike anyone as an Earth-hugging counterculture type – the man’s shoe collection is probably worth more than a Brentwood mansion. You cannot find a bigger arch-capitalist anywhere. So it must be said, Ghosn’s embrace of [...]
Maine Moving Forward in Tidal Energy with FERC
Posted in Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Maine, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., tagged Atlantic Ocean, Electricity Generation, FERC, Maine, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S. on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JACKIE NOBLETT, Mass High Tech, August 18, 2009 Maine and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will cooperate on the application, review and permitting process for tidal energy projects after signing a memorandum of understanding Wednesday. The MOU calls for the entities to notify each other when a tidal developer applies for a preliminary permit, pilot [...]
Aquamarine’s Oyster Now Placed & Connected in Ocean
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Energy Research, Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Nearshore Wave Energy, Ocean Energy, Orkney Islands, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Aquamarine Power, California, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Martin McAdams, Near-shore technology, Orkney, Oyster, Renewable Energy, Scotland, U.K., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hydro Review, August 18, 2009 Off the north coast of Scotland in waters 10 to 12 meters deep, ocean energy developer Aquamarine Power Ltd. has bolted its Oyster wave energy converter to the ocean floor and expects to be generating power by year’s end. A team of offshore professionals eased the 194-ton converter into the [...]
Honda Backs Hydrogen as US Backs Electric Cars
Posted in Alaska, Battery Recharging, DOE, Electric Cars, Fuel Cell Hydrogen Vehicle, News, Obama, President Obama, US Energy Policy, Zero Emission Vehicle, tagged Battery Recharging, Battery-run Car, Car Charging Network, Dept. of Energy, Fuel Cell Hydrogen Vehicle, Fuel-cell car, Honda, Honda Clarity, Hydrogen Fueling, Lithium-ion Batteries, Obama, Secretary Steven Chu, U.S., US Energy Policy on August 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
ALAN OHNSMAN and MAKIKO KITAMURA, Bloomberg, August 12, 2009 Honda Motor Co. is backing hydrogen power for the cars of the future, a stance at odds with the Obama administration’s decision to drop automotive fuel-cell technology in favor of battery-run vehicles. “Fuel-cell cars will become necessary,” said Takashi Moriya, head of Tokyo-based Honda’s group developing [...]
Chevy Volt Previews at 230 MPG
Posted in Battery Recharging, Car Charging Network, Detroit, Electric Cars, Energy Efficiency, Energy Research, News, U.S., Zero Emission Vehicle, tagged Battery Recharging, Car Charging Network, Chevy Volt, Electric Car Recharging Network, Electric Cars, EV, GM, Hybrid Vehicles, Lithium-ion Batteries, Plug-in Car, U.S., Zero Emission Vehicle on August 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON, Huffington Post, August 11, 2009 General Motors said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt electric car could get 230 mpg in city driving, making it the first American vehicle to achieve triple-digit fuel economy if that figure is confirmed by federal regulators. But when the four-door family sedan hits showrooms late next year, its [...]
North Carolina to Ban Mountaintop Wind?
Posted in Electricity Generation, North Carolina, Offshore Energy Plan, Renewable Energy, U.S., Viewscape Issues, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Electricity Generation, North Carolina, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines on August 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, July 22, 2009 Some North Carolina politicians consider this type of thing an aesthetic blight — and want to ban it from the state’s peaks and ridgelines. A furious battle over the aesthetics of wind energy has erupted in North Carolina, where lawmakers are weighing a bill that would [...]
Quotas on the Way to Oregon Fisheries, Bolstering Stocks
Posted in Fishermen, News, NOAA, Ocean Fishery, Oregon, U.S., tagged Fishermen, Fishing Quotas, Groundfish Fishery, Newport, NOAA, Ocean Fishery, Oregon, PFMC, U.S. on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MATTHEW PREUSCH, Oregonian.com, August 1, 2009 Newport, Oregon – The fleet that fishes for black cod, perch and other groundfish off the Oregon coast is a shadow of what it once was. And so are the fish stocks that it harvests and hauls into processors like those anchoring the historic waterfront here in Newport. But [...]
Obama Grants $2.4 billion for Electric Cars
Posted in Electric Cars, Funding, Hybrid Vehicles, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., tagged Electric Battery, Electric Cars, Funding, Hybrid Vehicles, Obama, Plug-in Hybrids, Renewable Energy, U.S. on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Grist via Agence France-Presse, August 6, 2009 President Barack Obama Wednesday unveiled a $2.4 billion funding boost for the development of new generation electric vehicles and slammed critics of his economic rescue plans. The president traveled to a jobs crisis blackspot in the economically struggling midwestern state of Indiana to announce a plan he said [...]
Solar Forests Shade for Parking and Charging Electric Cars
Posted in Biomimicry, Electric Cars, Electricity Generation, News, Plug-in Hybrids, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, tagged Biomimicry, Car Charging Network, Electric Cars, Electricity Generation, Neville Mars, Plug-in Hybrids, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Forest, Solar Photovoltaic on August 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MIKE CHINO, Inhabitat, July 27, 2009 Although electric vehicle use is on the rise, we’re certainly not out of the woods yet in terms of providing them with a steady supply of clean energy – that’s why designer Neville Mars has conceived of an incredible EV charging station that takes the form of an evergreen [...]
Establishing Oyster Nearshore Wave Energy Off Orkney
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Energy Research, Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Nearshore Wave Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Orkney Islands, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Aquamarine Power, Atlantic Ocean, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Hydraulic Oscillator, Near-shore technology, Orkney, Oyster, Queen's University, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Array, Wave Energy Device on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, August 4, 2009 Oyster nearshore wave energy technology from Aquamarine Power is in the process of being placed on the seabed in the Atlantic off the coast of the Orkney Islands, Scotland for trials in autumn 2009. The Oyster is based on a large, hydraulic oscillator fitted with pistons and activated by waves. The [...]
