Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is about to become the scene of a major experiment in car cannibalization. A new 500-kilowatt solar installation has just gone online, and the project includes a 50-kilowatt-hour facility demonstrating the potential for used electric vehicle batteries in energy storage.
How would you like to get a soda, a bag of chips, and charge your electric vehicle at the same time? Well, in Japan, you may soon be able to. Soon, vending machines in Japan will not only have your favorite refreshments and snacks, but will also be able to … [continued]
We’ve seen a number of polls showing that people like solar and wind energy, but here’s one more, which includes a few other interesting findings. A new poll by Pike Research has found that solar and wind were the most favorably-viewed concepts of a list of various energy and environment … [continued]
Is the Chevy Volt gonna save the planet? Probably not anything that dramatic, but it may save GM, and save a lot of tons of CO2 in the process. Here’s the message Chevy sent out to America during yesterday’s Super Bowl, which fits in rather nicely with President Obama’s call … [continued]
Along with earlier wrap-ups of cleantech politics news and solar and wind energy news, here’s a wrap-up of some other cleantech news of the past week or so. Cleantech a Major Reason Why Siemens is Making So Much Money Siemens has beating analysts’ projections of how much money they are … [continued]
Hydrogen fuel cells offer a zero-emission way to power vehicles, but until now there’s been at least one obvious catch: getting the hydrogen requires energy, and lots of it. Now researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found a way around it, by developing a pollution-free way to extract hydrogen … [continued]
Some of the best or biggest clean transportation news from the past week (other than what we covered): Road Trains This is actually an idea my dad had a few years ago. I figured at that time someone was probably working on it, but had never heard of such a … [continued]
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology are developing a reactor that can convert carbon dioxide and water into fuel using solar energy, and the whole thing is based on the same stuff that makes a self-cleaning oven work its magic. It’s a simple concept that could lead to low … [continued]
Next year, GM will introduce wireless charging cords in the Chevy Volt electric-gasoline vehicle along with other GM models. The new equipment, courtesy of wireless expert Powermat, will be capable of charging cell phones and other small devices, which means that the owners of these cars can eliminate at least … [continued]
I know, I’m one of the few people who actually waited until the beginning of 2011 to do a 2010 top 10 list. Hope that you haven’t seen enough of them by now. A top 10 list of clean tech stories is pretty hard to come up with these days, … [continued]
