MEMC subsidiary SunEdison wins approval to build largest solar power plant in Italy

March 11th, 2010

ST. PETERS, Mo. - MEMC Electronics Materials Inc. said Thursday that its solar power subsidiary SunEdison has received final approval from the Italian government to build Europe’s largest solar power plant near Rovigo in northeastern Italy.

Source: www.startribune.com

‘Balance Needed’ Say Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Leaders in US Senate Briefing

March 11th, 2010

On March 5th, 2010, hydrogen and fuel cell industry experts joined Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii to brief Senate staff on the balance needed between industry and government commitments as well as between different clean vehicle technologies. Daimler, General Motors, Linde and Dr. C.E. (Sandy) Thomas led the event on “Solving the Market’s Dilemmas-Energy Infrastructure for Fuel Cell Electric …

Source: www.renewableenergyworld.com

GM to launch electric car soon

March 11th, 2010

Kochi: General Motors India will launch its electric car by October this year. It will be the battery-operated version of Spark, the company’s mini car presently available in the market, GM India vice-president P. Balendran said here on Thursday.

Source: www.thehindu.com

Water oxidation advance boosts potential for solar fuel

March 11th, 2010

Emory University chemists have developed the most potent homogeneous catalyst known for water oxidation, considered a crucial component for generating clean hydrogen fuel using only water and sunlight. The breakthrough, published March 11 in the journal Science, was made in collaboration with the Paris Institute of Molecular Chemistry.

Source: www.physorg.com

Food shortages drive new foreign land grab in Africa

March 11th, 2010

More than 100 years after European powers carved up the continent, Africa is again being stripped of its natural resources — this time the target is fruit, vegetables and water.

Source: www.taipeitimes.com

Parched Cyprus ‘at war’ with nature

March 11th, 2010

Water has been rapidly disappearing in Cyprus since the 1970s, yet despite the warnings, Cypriots don’t seem to be taking the shortage as seriously as they should.

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Electric-car start-up aims to keep NUMMI open with zero-emission vehicles:

March 11th, 2010

Electric car hopeful Aurica Motors LLC is floating a plan to keep open a California joint venture between Toyota and General Motors by building zero emission vehicles there.

Source: www.autoweek.com

Electric car startup aims to keep NUMMI open with zero-emission vehicles:

March 11th, 2010

Electric car hopeful Aurica Motors LLC is floating a plan to keep open a California joint venture between Toyota and General Motors by building zero emission vehicles there.

Source: www.autoweek.com

GM Embraces Manufacturing Transformation with Apriso and HP at Chevrolet Volt Battery Assembly …

March 11th, 2010

New solution to provide flexibility for continuous improvement across battery assembly operations pioneering new processes for all of GM LONG BEACH, CA and PALO ALTO, CA) - Apriso®, a leading provider of adaptive software solutions for global manufacturing operations management, and HP today announced General Motors (NYSE: GM) has selected and is implementing an Apriso solution to expand …

Source: news.thomasnet.com

Parched island

March 11th, 2010

Politicians look away as Cyprus dies of drought

Source: news.bbc.co.uk