World’s 2nd Largest Solar Power Plant Attached To Largest Fossil-Fuel Power Plant In U.S.?
Where do you put the world's second largest solar power plant? In Florida of course; but attached to the country's largest fossil-fuel power plant?!
World’s First LEED Platinum Certified Convention Center Goes To…Vancouver
Vancouver builds the world's first LEED platinum certified convention center complete with a 6-acre greenroof. This one LEED building that can actually live up to the certification.
Porsche Introduces The 918 Spyder Plug-In. Stunning, Sexy, And 78 MPG!?
The new Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in concept has got everything you'd expect from Porsche and even some things you wouldn't...like 78 mpg!
MoMA Exhibit Showcases Possible Solutions For NYC’s Impending Flood
5 design teams put forth their solutions to the New York City area's impending flood at the MoMA in "Rising Currents: Projects For New York Waterfront."
Avis And Hertz To Offer EV Rentals Starting in 2011
Hertz and Avis are the first two car rental companies who have publicly announced that they will be offering EVs as rental choices in 2011.
Eastern Europe Having A Go At Making Hybrids…That Split Into Two Smaller Hybrids
Hungarian and Croatian automakers throw their hats into the hybrid/EV arena...and boy are they some odd looking hats.
The Bloom Energy Server (Bloom Box): Clean(er), Abundant And Cheap Energy In Your Backyard
The Bloom Energy Server (aka Bloom Box) has the energy industry, as well as most everyone else, buzzing about the potential effect such a device could have on the way we produce, distribute, and pay for energy. Abundant, cheap, and clean energy for every household. Is it too good to be true?
New Carbon-Polymer Composite Could Act As Both Battery And Body For EVs
What if the body of your car was also the battery? A new nanoscale material utilizing a combination of carbon fiber and polymer resins may make such a vehicle possible.
- Production of the new Dodge Ram 1500 hybrid is scheduled to begin in late 2010. So line up all you macho dudes who up until now were to afraid to show your 'greener' side.
- Methane traps 30 times more heat in the atmosphere than CO2. Unfortunately for us, millions of tons of it may be coming to the surface faster than expected in the arctic; increasing the chances of runaway warming to occur.
- It really does seem like Japan has a strong aversion to anything roaming the seas. First, it has it's ongoing refusal to stop killing whales. Now, it is also refusing to recognize the ban on close to extinct bluefin tuna.
- Look, it's cold and is snowing a lot this winter; climate change must be false. This stance seems quite logical to a 2nd grader or perhaps a Fox news pundit, but in reality weather is not climate and these observable extremes this winter are exactly what climate change is all about.
- In yet another move to make themselves one of the greenest cities in the county, if not the world, San Francisco has just adopted building codes that require all newly constructed buildings, both home and office, to be pre-wired for electric vehicle charging stations.
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