Tom Gage is a patient man. As chief executive of AC Propulsion, he’s watched the ebb and flow of electric-car momentum for more than a decade. There was California Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate, and Chris Paine’s documentary, “Who Killed the Electric Car?
Wind farm developer Bluewater Wind says permitting for the Delaware offshore wind park is moving ahead and the project is squarely on schedule to produce power by 2012. The size of the wind farm has yet to be determined, and Bluewater Wind says it is unclear if power will be produced beyond 2037.
TOKYO, Dec. 26 (UPI) — Japan’s government has rekindled its efforts to expand solar power.
President-elect Barack Obama brings significant assets to the task of tackling the country’s economic and foreign policy challenges, but he will have to prioritize once he takes the oath of office.
In the race to make the lithium-ion batteries that will run the electric cars of the future, the United States is losing to Asian countries, and start-ups and big companies need to band together to build a lithium-ion battery industry in the United States, says Jim Greenberger.
Fresh concerns about global warming have everyone from Silicon Valley’s Tesla Motors to big automakers like GM and Toyota talking about the electrification of automobiles.
Opec ministers meet in Algeria today to agree a record cut in production to restore balance in the world oil market, as weakening global demand threatens to dampen prices. The Iraqi oil minister, Hussain al-Shahristani, said that a minimum of 2m barrels a day needs to be removed from the market to help prevent prices from collapsing as the global economy faces recession. This would be …
ENCINITAS —- Shifting to solar power can be a costly proposition, but the city of Encinitas is considering a way to make those start-up costs less onerous.
