All Posts Tagged With: "smart grid"
The Daily Five: Friday, 18 December, 2009
Toyota’s first hybrid; Smart Grid Market Projected to Double; Surge in Electric Cars; No Health Impact From Wind Turbines; Solar Air Purifier
Toyota’s first hybrid from 1977 This cute little sportscar had a gas turbine connected to a generator that fed an electric motor with two speeds. The concept was a one-off model built for the [...]
The Daily Five: Tuesday, 15 December, 2009
Plug-in Prius; Plastic Wrap from CO2; Geothermal waste into lithium; Green roofs suck CO2; “Smart” grid utility problems
Toyota aiming for a plug-in Prius in 2 years Toyota Motor said Monday that it plans to begin commercial sales of its first plug-in hybrid vehicle in about two years, aiming to meet growing demand for fuel-efficient cars. [...]
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: 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: Thursday, 15 October, 2009
Solar-powered AC Built Into Blinds; Microsoft eyes smart grid; Best Practices in Green Electronics; LG Cellphone has a solar charger built in; Schwarzenegger Wants to Buy Your Surplus Solar Power
Solar-powered AC Built Into Blinds Now this is a cool idea – an AC unit that doubles up as blinds and sources green power from the [...]
The Daily Five: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009
Mazda Kiyora Concept; Target Center Green Roof; Congestion Tax Boosts Alt-Fuel Vehicles; Smart Energy Dryers; First Fat-to-Fuel Plant
Mazda Unveils Kiyora Concept Mazda has unveiled the Kiyora, a lightweight concept car powered by a new 1.3 liter SKY-G direct injection engine that could achieve 75 miles per gallon on the U.S. test cycle.
Minnesota’s Target Center Completes [...]
The Daily Five: Friday, 25 September, 2009
Smart Grid Reduces Energy Use By At Least 15%; Fisker gets $528.7 million loan; Electric tandem bike; Fuel Cell Car and Experiment Kit; Self-Contained Portable Wastewater System
Smart Grid Reduces Energy Use By At Least 15% IBM has been testing a pilot project in Fayetteville, North Carolina, that aimed to find out what kind of energy [...]
The Daily Five: Tuesday, 15 September, 2009
First Smart Grid City Operational; LED bulbs shine for 19 years; Clock Powered by Dirt; Kawasaki Ninja 250 can get 100 mpg; First smart grid energy/home control module
World’s First Smart Grid City Operational Xcel Energy’s SmartGridCity project in Boulder CO is the first operational installation of a smart grid for electrical power in the world. [...]
The Daily Five: Monday, 07 September, 2009
Nissan Leaf Coming In 2011; Smart Grid in a Box; Duke Energy Leaves Clean-Coal Group; Solar-powered trip around the world in a catamaran; America Allergic to High-Speed Rail?
Nissan’s Fully-Electric Leaf Vehicle Coming In 2011 Regenerative breaking, laminated lithium-ion battery packs, and an an electric drive train gives the Leaf a maximum speed of 90 miles [...]
The Daily Five: Tuesday, 01 September, 2009
itHouse; Smart-grid access to EV batteries; Solar Roadways get funding; Installing Solar, One Panel at a Time; Using smart meters & twitter to monitor energy use
itHouse – off-grid prefab with style and substance The eco-friendly home is comprised of a series components manufactured off-site. The home, which is designed to be flat packed and [...]
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