This past weekend, Prometheus Solar founder Jim Corning demonstrated his proof-of-concept electric motorcycle at the Santa Monica AltCar Expo. The motorcycle is a reconstructed Ninja 250 that uses four solar panels which provide 800 watts of power.
Cool Earth Solar Constructing First Solar "Balloon" Prototype Plant
September 30, 2008 By 45 Comments
We’ve written about Livermore, CA-based startup Cool Earth Solar before. Now the company, which develops inflatable balloon-like solar concentrators, has announced that it is constructing a prototype plant in Livermore. Last week, I spoke to Cool Earth Solar CEO Rob Lamkin to get some more information on the upcoming project.
Traditional Medicinals Completes World's Largest Solar-Powered Tea Factory
September 30, 2008 By 3 Comments
I’m a huge fan of Traditional Medicinals tea, so I’m pleased to learn that the company has just completed the largest solar powered tea factory on the planet. Traditional Medicinals’ 70,000 square foot Sebastopol, CA headquarters will use 1450 solar panels that generate 430,000 KWh of power— that’s 75 percent of the company’s total energy [...]
Virgin Galactic to Help Monitor Climate
September 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Climate science is a little bit like me and books: I can never get enough of them, and appreciate lots and lots of them. For climate science though, it’s a case of getting more and more data, from as many possible sources as humanly possible. And now, thanks to Virgin Galactic, the US National Oceanic [...]
Severe Gas Shortage Continues to Cripple Atlanta
September 30, 2008 By 5 Comments
Motorists are cruising around Atlanta or waiting in long lines looking for gasoline. Many fueling stations have run dry, while others have extremely long lines. The result is fewer cars on the road and more carpooling. Many have unsettling feeling and are concerned as gas prices soar. Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and Ike caused many [...]
E.ON Opens 335 MW Wind Power Site in Roscoe, Texas
September 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Last week, E.ON Climate and Renewables officially opened its massive new wind farm in Roscoe, Texas. The site is now capable of generating an impressive 335.5 MW of electricity, a figure set to rise to 781.5 MW when the farm is completed in mid-2009. When finished, the Roscoe site will become one of the world’s [...]
GreenHeart Concept Phone Spotted in Copenhagen
September 29, 2008 By 5 Comments
GoodCleanTech reports that the Sony Ericsson Greenheart Concept phone was spotted at a Sony event last week in Copenhagen. The phone will be an amalgam of “green” factors, including a bio-plastic shell, HTML-based manuals, a recycled plastic keypad and an energy-efficient charger that uses only 3.5 mW of power during standby.
Magnetic Air Car Could Be Ready by 2010
September 29, 2008 By 181 Comments
Last week, I took a trip down to San Jose for West Coast Green, an environmentally-focused conference with an emphasis on sustainable building. One booth stood out from the crowd—Magnetic Air Cars, Inc.. The San Jose-based company claims that it is working on the world’s first fuel-less car (as opposed to the World’s Most Fuel [...]
