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The Daily Five: Friday, 04 December, 2009
Cheapest Car to Go Hybrid; Google to Move Into Clean Energy; CMT-380 plug-in diesel hybrid supercar; Boosting Biofuels; Thermeleon roof tiles
Tata Nano: World’s Cheapest Car to Go Hybrid Not sure if this is at all necessary, but hey – who am I to judge? If all goes according to plan, the ultra-cheap hybrid stands to [...]
Read Article | CommentsThe Daily Five: Thursday, 03 December, 2009
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 [...]
The Daily Five: Wednesday, 02 December, 2009
Toyota Hybrid Sports Car; Hydro-Quebec; UKEco 60v Electric Scooter; Solar Powered Knit Hat; Vectrix lives again
Toyota Developing Mid-Engined Hybrid Sports Car Toyota may bring the MR2 back as a hybrid called the MR-S, and would employ a custom version of the Toyota Prius’ hybrid powertrain.
Hydro-Quebec’s Green Power Export Plans Hydro-Quebec’s move last month to boost [...]
The Daily Five: Tuesday, 01 December, 2009
Carbon-Neutral Urban Block; Pedal-powered Christmas tree; Best Practices for Connecting Renewables to the Grid; First zero-energy neighborhood; CP Rail tests animal-fat, vegetable-oil biodiesel
Dallas Creating a Carbon-Neutral Urban Block Dallas aims to take a vacant inner-city block behind City Hall and transform it into a carbon-neutral, sustainable community. Dubbed “Forwarding Dallas,” the city block aims to [...]
The Daily Five: Monday, 30 November, 2009
$620 Million for Smart Grid; Turning CO2 Into Fuel; BMW Vision gets 63mpg while blasting 356hp; Solar Demand Prompts Production; Waste Heat Could Power Computers, Cell Phones
Secretary Chu Announces $620 Million for Smart Grid At an event in Columbus, Ohio, Secretary Chu announced that the Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around [...]
The Daily Five: Friday, 27 November, 2009
Financing Rooftop Solar; Tesla in Monaco; Rethinking Clean Energy; 3 Watt Solar Bag; Smart Electric Drive
5-Step Guide to Financing Rooftop Solar This is a simple, five-step guide for acquiring and/or installing a solar system.
Tesla sets up shop in Monaco I have been to Monaco and Tesla absolutely belongs there! The Tesla Taxi was but one [...]
The Daily Five: Thursday, 26 November, 2009
Small Business Clean Energy Research; Volt vs. Prius; Norway tries osmotic power; Smart Grid; Boston Common goes LED
DOE Invests $18M into Small Business Clean Energy Research The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $18 million in funding from the stimulus act to small businesses for the development and deployment of clean energy technologies and [...]
The Daily Five: Wednesday, 25 November, 2009
Recyclable Paper Laptop; LED Solar Powered Shed Light; Compressed Air Cars Less Efficient; Southern Taiwanese island going gasoline-car free; Sun Catalytix low-cost solar
Recyclable Paper Laptop Not sure how well it would work, but this Recyclable Paper Laptop is something new. This one designed by a certain Je Sung Park eliminates the use of aluminum or [...]
The Daily Five: Tuesday, 24 November, 2009
Solar-Powered Plane; Wind Power Investments Grow; Sugar Cane Waste to Replace Coal; Solar engine fits in a wine glass; Cost of Solar Power to Drop By Half
Solar-Powered Plane Makes Runway Debut Biofuels are often touted as the next big thing in airplane fuel technology, but solar power shouldn’t be discounted — as was recently proven [...]
The Daily Five: Monday, 23 November, 2009
Racing Green Endurance; Super Efficient Cooling for Servers; Tesla Motors plans to go public; India to Spend $900 Million on Solar; Better light bulb
Racing Green Endurance How fast can a battery-powered car travel the entire 16,000+ mile length of the Pan-American highway? We don’t really know but it looks like we’re going to find [...]
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