Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:July 29, 2003

*News and Events University of Missouri-Rolla Wins American Solar Challenge Massive New Wind Power Plants Planned for Texas and Wyoming Ten Northeast States to Cooperate to Lower Carbon Emissions Research Advances Show Promise for Solid-State Lighting AstroPower Accounting Crisis Leads to Delisting from NASDAQ*Energy ConnectionsEIA Maps Out U.S. Household Energy Use by RegionUniversity of Missouri-Rolla Wins American Solar ChallengeThe University of Missouri-Rolla took first place last week in the American Solar Challenge, the 2,300-mile solar car race from Chicago to Los Angeles. Missouri-Rolla took the lead on the fourth day and never let it go, averaging nearly 43.3 miles per hour overall and beating the record time from the 2001 race by more than four hours.The University of Minnesota came in second, nearly five hours behind Missouri-Rolla, while the University of Waterloo took third place. The race is sponsored by DOE, DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory,BP Solar, and EDS. See the July 23rd press release from DOE at:[sorry this link is no longer available]See also the American Solar Challenge Web site:[sorry this link is no longer available]Meanwhile, the Houston Solar Car Team won the Dell-Winston Solar Challenge last week. The high-school team from Houston, Mississippi, logged 689.2 miles on the […]

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