Wind Farms on Great Lakes; Emissions-Free Traffic; Chevy Volt launch; Spin-to-charge cellphone; Nissan Working on New Battery

New York To Build Wind Farms on Great Lakes With the release of a request for proposals (RFP) this week, New York State has launched a search for developers to build wind farms on its neighboring Great Lakes that could generate between 120 megawatts to 500 megawatts of power with a target date of 2015.

Stockholm Targets Emissions-Free Traffic by 2030 The City of Stockholm, in tandem with energy company Fortum and Switzerland-based power provider ABB, aims to turn Stockholm into one of the world’s cleanest cities–in part by eliminating all traffic-related emissions by 2030.

Chevy Volt launch will be in select U.S. markets only Namely, California. According to a report from Automotive News, GM is currently in the process of selecting which markets will get first crack at the Volt when it finally goes on sale in just under one year’s time.

Spin-to-charge cellphone Sick and tired of that cell phone running out of juice? Just spin it! This “Mechanical Mobile” design concept created by Mikhail Stawsky gives you a choice of two charging methods: spin the Rotel around on a finger, or crank it.

Nissan Working on New Battery to Double the Leaf’s Range by 2015 Nissan is almost done working on a new battery cell design that could almost double the range of the Leaf, and of other future Nissan electric cars.