Texas and Illinois, who earlier this year competed for the FutureGen clean coal prototype power plant are turning to other green energy solutions to help clean up their states. Last week I had talked about how wind farm technicians are needed in several states because turbines are popping up faster than employees. Now, General Electric […]
Continue ReadingThere’s a festival going on today that is celebrating a double dose of green. Not only is the St. Patrick’s Day festival in Holland celebrating leprechauns, the luck of the Irish and green beer, but they are also celebrating green energy as well. Sure, there will be a parade with the traditional floats, a grand […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked before about wave power being the wave of the future. This past January, I even talked about the Finavera AquaBuOYs bobbing up and down off the shores of Northern California. But, now Scotland has thrown their hat in the watery ring of wave power. In fact, Scotland is dead set on developing the […]
Continue ReadingPhase I of the Smoky Hills Wind Farm project has been completed by Enel North America about 140 miles west of Topeka, Kansas. The 101-megawatt wind farm (which may expand to 250 mw) is situated on a 10-mile stretch just off Interstate 70 on the border of Lincoln and Ellsworth counties. Currently, 56 wind turbines […]
Continue ReadingYou’ve seen the ads that say “Run your car on water” or the world famous “Water Car” but how does a person go about discerning fact from fallacy, truth from scams, shams and spam? The simple truth is that there is not such a simple way to do this. There are many do-it-yourself (DIY) systems […]
Continue ReadingWith 25,000 miles of highways and byways on the lower 48 states, Solar Roadways wants to use these heat collectors for reneable solar energy. But, you can’t drive an 18-wheeler on a solar panel! Or, can you? According to the folks at Solar Roadways, yes we can (with apologies to Barack Obama for using this […]
Continue ReadingThe Morgan LifeCar has finally made its world debut at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show. The two seat Morgan LifeCar is an oddity among future cars not because of its aluminum shell but because like other Morgan vehicles it was build upon a wooden frame. This can also be seen on the inside of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Tindo solar-powered electric bus is now cruising around in Adelaide, Australia. The 34-foot commercial bus will be powered by solar panels on the roof of the Adelaide Central Bus Station made by BP Solar plus 11 onboard Zebra 262 kw sodium/nickel batteries. Tindo, which is the aboriginal word for sun, is using the same […]
Continue ReadingThe Freeloader 8.0 iPhone charger has just been unveiled that will actually recharge just about every small electronic gadget under the sun. Made by UK company Solar Technology, the Freeloader 8.0 can charge iPhones, iPods, MP3 players, PSPs, PDAs, Nintendo DSL Lites and a whole host of other devices. The Freeloader 8.0 solar charger is […]
Continue ReadingAdams Electric Cooperative in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania has announced that it will be utilizing the world’s first plug-in hybrid utility bucket truck. The PHEV was developed by DUECO, Inc. and ODYNE, Inc. and will serve the counties of Cumberland, upper Franklin and parts of York. The utility truck will have a standard diesel engine and transmission […]
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