'Green' Car News: Honda's Hydrogen, Toyota hybrids, PHEV Kits
Honda's FCX Clarity heads to the U.S. Toyota announces new hybrid models. Kit transforms Prius to plug-in.
Tax-Exempt Bonds for Coal Plants Questioned
New York City comptroller calls on feds to investigate how tax-exempt bonds are being used to fund high-risk coal-fired power plants.
Solar Could Provide 10% of U.S. Energy by 2025
New study shows how solar could reach 4 to 8 cents per kWh by 2025.
Iberdrola Renewables, Gamesa Sign Largest Ever Wind Turbine Contract
Gamesa will supply 4,500 MW capacity of wind turbines from 2010 to 2012. Two companies are also forming joint development companies.
Plug Power Restructuring Fuel Cell Business
Company is cutting positions and shifting focus to sales and marketing.
Timminco Subsidiary Signs Silicon Contract with CaliSolar
BSI will provide solar-grade silicon or upgraded metallurgical silicon to California-based PV company.
Tehachapi Wind Project To Be Sold
One of the largest wind developments in the U.S. is being sold for $350 million.
Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: June 18, 2008
DOE to Award $30 Million for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Demonstrations Chrysler to Begin Delivering Hybrid SUVs in August Honda Begins Production of the FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Vehicle BLM and Forest Service Consider Large-Scale Geothermal Leasing San Francisco Launches Nation’s Largest Municipal Solar Incentive More Studies Say Biofuels Have a Minor Impact on Food Costs Global Oil Production Fell by 0.2% in 2007 DOE to Award $30 Million for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Demonstrations DOE has selected three cost-shared projects to develop and demonstrate cost-competitive plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) that are capable of traveling up to 40 miles without recharging. DOE announced last week that General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and the General Electric Company (in a team with Chrysler LLC) will receive up to $30 million in funding over the next 3 years, subject to congressional appropriations. PHEVs are hybrid vehicles that can be driven in electric-only or hybrid modes and recharged from a standard electric outlet, and a 40-mile all-electric range would encompass most daily roundtrip commutes, satisfying 70% of the average daily travel in the United States without the use of gasoline. The three projects will aim to develop PHEVs that can be mass […]
Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: June 26, 2008
DOE Offers $90 Million for Enhanced Geothermal Systems Forty Teams Compete in Solar Boat Race in the Netherlands New Biodiesel Standard Allows Automaker Approval of 20% Blends DOE to Invest $1.3 Billion in Carbon Capture and Storage DOE Offers $90 Million for Enhanced Geothermal Systems DOE issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) last week for the research, development, and demonstration of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), an advanced geothermal technology that drills deep wells into hot rocks, fractures them, and circulates a fluid through the fractures to extract heat. EGS technologies can be used to create new geothermal reservoirs or to stimulate existing geothermal reservoirs that are underperforming. The FOA offers up to $90 million over four years, of which $40 million will go toward research and development (R&D) projects for the technologies needed to commercialize EGS and $50 million will go toward demonstration projects that stimulate existing unproductive geothermal reservoirs. The R&D projects will target the technologies needed to create reservoirs at temperatures up to 300 degrees Celsius (572 degrees Fahrenheit) and depths as great as 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). They will address specific needs identified in a recent DOE report, "An Evaluation of Enhanced Geothermal Systems Technology." According to […]
Mitsubishi, Peugeot To Collaborate on EVs
Two automakers conducting a feasibility study into joint development and manufacture of electric drivetrains.
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