And, wrapping up my wrap-ups for the week, here are a few wind energy stories and transportation stories we haven’t covered yet. Enjoy! Wind 1. First Wind gets go-ahead increase size of Oakfield Wind project in Aroostook County, Maine from 51 MW to 150 MW. The project will be able to create enough … [continued]
Better known for its strong winds and manufacturing centers than for its technological innovation, Gunma nonetheless showcased at least one electric vehicle exhibition. It included […]
Considering all of our present renewable energy generation there is enough clean electricity to power just a little over 100 million electric cars, today. Arguments like “the long tailpipe” would suggest that this goal is far off or even potentially unreachable.
Europe’s biggest network of fast-charge stations for electric cars will be built in Estonia by the end of 2012. The charging station model chosen for the project, the Terra 51 DC fast charger, can fill up an electric vehicle in 15-30 minutes. Estonia’s plan is to space these fast chargers … [continued]
Electric cars are pretty great, for a number of reasons. They’re also expensive and there isn’t a lot of infrastructure to support them (yet), but apparently a number of US transport industry stakeholders feel that the advantages are enough to kickstart a national electric vehicle […]
Most of you reading this are already inclined toward green-type technology, whether that’s clean power generation, electric transportation, or more efficient ways to do things. Today, I’m going to give you one more reason to stop supporting – or at least vocally dislike – big gas and big oil.
Kia has finally brought its first production electric vehicle to North America to debut at the 2012 consumer electronics show. It’s actually two cars we’re going to see – Kia’s Ray EV and their Naimo Zero Emissions concept car will both have their North American debut at the show today in Las Vegas […]
SolarChargedDriving.com recently created a list of the top 10 states in the U.S. for electric cars. It’s got a nice, long intro to the topic and a paragraph for each of the top states. Below, I’m just going to share their list and some of the key points they … [continued]
Job van de Kieft (@JobvandeKieft) was the driver of solar car Nuna3 in 2005 and crossed the World Solar Challenge finish line in record-breaking time — this record still holds. As a world champion solar car racer, Job wrote a book about what it takes to build a winning solar car in 2007. … [continued]
Move over Michigan, California may be U.S. car central of the future. California “took in $467 million in global EV venture capital (VC) investment (69 percent of total dollars) in the first half of 2011” and generated the same number of EV patents as Michigan from 2008-2010, according to a … [continued]
