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
Tags: Solar
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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
Tags: energystorage, fuelcells, hydrogen
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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
Tags: cars, electriccars
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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
Tags: energystorage, fuelcells, hydrogen
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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
Tags: Oil, politics
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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
Tags: Oil, peakoil
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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
Tags: cars, electriccars
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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
Tags: cars, electriccars
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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
Tags: gm, Hybrids, volt
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March 11th, 2010
Politicians look away as Cyprus dies of drought
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Tags: Oil, peakoil
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