Archive for April, 2009
Beyond Fossil Fuels: Lucien Bronicki on Geothermal Energy (Scientific American)
Editor's note: This Q&A is a part of a survey conducted by Scientific American of executives at companies engaged in developing and implementing non–fossil fuel energy technologies. Bronicki replied to the survey in a phone interview; what follows is an edited and [Read More]
Smart Electric Vehicle Recharger Defends the Grid While Saving You Money (Fast Company Magazine)
Electric vehicles are about to explode in popularity, with car companies as diverse as Ford, Tesla, Fisker, and Toyota working on bringing new models to market in the next few years. But with the growth of these vehicles comes a problem: how can everyone in, say, New York [Read More]
Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy Awards (Scoop.co.nz)
A vineyard producing premium quality wine, the largest geothermal development in 20 years and a felted carpet maker whose products are bought by Hollywood's A list are all finalists competing for top honours in the 2009 Awards for excellence and innovation in energy [Read More]
American Trim Technology Could Make Hydrogen Cars Possible – 4/30/2009 (WLIO NBC Lima)
Lima's American Trim demonstrated the latest technology that could make hydrogen cars a reality in the near future. American Trim's research and development team showed off a new piece of equipment that makes bipolar fuel cell plates. [Read More]
Evergreen Solar posts loss, shares dive (EETimes)
Evergreen Solar Inc. reported a quarterly net loss Thursday and said second-quarter production would be below targets as the economic downturn and weak credit markets have depressed demand for solar power, sending shares down percent. [Read More]
CAMP urges municipal utilities to be cautious; claims Excelsior offers ‘questionable information’ (Grand Rapids Herald-Review)
An advocacy group that opposes efforts to build a coal gasification power plant on the Iron Range says it is trying to caution municipal utilities about the risks of investing in the venture. [Read More]
Developer plans eco-energy park in Destiny (Orlando Business Journal)
A Virginia development firm signed a deal to create an industrial park focused on attracting businesses that develop and manufacture clean technologies in Osceola County. [Read More]
Evergreen Solar says it plans China expansion (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Evergreen Solar Inc., which makes silicon wafers for solar panels, said Thursday it plans to work with a Chinese company to expand a wafer-making plant in Wuhan, China. [Read More]
White House finishes review of ethanol draft rule (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The White House has finished a review of a rule that aims to cut emissions from alternative motor fuels like ethanol, federal environmental regulators said on Thursday. [Read More]
Evergreen Solar posts loss on big write-down (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Evergreen Solar Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter sales more than doubled from a year earlier but it lost $64.3 million after writing off a loan to a silicon supplier. [Read More]
US STOCKS-Dow, S&P dip on Chrysler bankruptcy, MetLife off late (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
* Stocks pull back after Chrysler bankruptcy [Read More]
April Best Month for Stocks in Nine Years (Indie Research via Yahoo! Finance)
Stocks sputtered on the last trading day of the month, giving up some nice earlier gains, but the S&P still had its best month since March 2000. [Read More]
First Solar Surges After Profit More Than Triples (Update2) (Bloomberg)
April 30 (Bloomberg) -- First Solar Inc. , the world’s largest manufacturer of thin-film solar power modules, jumped 23 percent after first-quarter profit more than tripled with production costs falling faster than analysts expected. [Read More]
Mazda Sends Hydrogen RX-8s to Norway (Wired News)
The Scandinavian country is rolling out a hydrogen highway, and Mazda's building the cars that will use it. [Read More]
Biofuel production: a drink-or-drive issue? (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Federal requirements to increase the production of ethanol has developed into a "drink-or-drive issue" in the Midwest as a result of biofuel production's impact on water supplies and water quality, says an environmental engineering researcher at Missouri [Read More]
