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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: Oct. 30, 2002

Provided by EREN Network News*News and Events DOE and EPA Release Fuel Economy Guide for Model Year 2003 Automotive Electronics Companies Advance Hybrid Technologies Automotive Companies Pave Way for LEDs and “Smart” Windows Five Agencies Save $100 Million and Earn Presidential Awards New Superconductor Wire Beats High Current-Carrying Goal Three California Wind Facilities Caught Up in Enron Scandal*Site NewsCold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC)*Energy Facts and TipsReport: U.S. Energy Use Dropped 2.4 Percent in 2001———————————————————————-NEWS AND EVENTS———————————————————————-DOE and EPA Release Fuel Economy Guide for Model Year 2003DOE and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released yesterday the estimated fuel efficiencies for all U.S. passenger vehicles for Model Year 2003. The “Fuel Economy Guide 2003” ranks the vehicles by fuel efficiency within each class, and the online version allows users to make side-by-side comparisons of vehicles. For 2003, hybrid electric vehicles continue to lead the list of fuel-efficient vehicles, with the manual and automatic versions of the Honda Insight, Honda Civic Hybrid, and Toyota Prius topping the list. Interestingly enough, diesel-fueled Volkswagens follow close behind the hybrids, and among conventional gasoline-fueled vehicles, only the Toyota Echo lands on the top-ten list. But if you own a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley, or Maserati, […]

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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: Oct. 23, 2002

Provided by EREN Network News*News and Events New Large Wind Plants Slated for New Mexico, California, Iowa, and ColoradoFacing Increasing Interest, BLM Announces New Wind Policy DOE National Laboratories Garner 24 “R&D 100” Awards DOE Secretary Abraham Hosts Renewable Forum in South Dakota Two Advanced Battery Technologies Show Commercial Promise Solar-Powered Aircraft Successfully Surveys Coffee Fields*Site NewsRenewable Energy Atlas of the West*Energy Facts and TipsArrest Proves Energy Trading Role in California Power Crisis———————————————————————-NEWS AND EVENTS———————————————————————-New Large Wind Plants Slated for New Mexico, California, Iowa, and ColoradoNew Mexico will gain its first large wind power plant late in 2003, announced Public Service of New Mexico (PNM) on Monday. The 204-megawatt New Mexico Wind Energy Center will be built, owned, and operated by FPL Energy, LLC, a leading wind plant developer. The project will feature 135 1.5-megawatt wind turbines and will span the borders of Quay and De Baca counties, about 50 miles west from the center of the state’s eastern border. PNM intends to sell some of the wind power to its customers through a green power program, selling any excess wind power on the wholesale power market. Construction will begin this year on the facility, which will generate enough electricity […]

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