Salazar goal: craft ‘energy moon shot’
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Interior Secretary-designate Ken Salazar says he’ll play a key role with Obama’s energy policy.
Archive for January 15th, 2009
Masdar Plans First Grid-connected Solar Power Plant in MENA
Thursday, January 15th, 2009ABU DHABI - A 10 MW solar power plant considered to be the first and largest grid-connected solarphotovoltaic plant in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is fast coming up at the Masdar campus near Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Daniel Pinchbeck: Toward 2012
Thursday, January 15th, 2009In the late 50s and early 60s, psychiatrists considered mushrooms, LSD, DMT, and peyote to be astonishingly safe “wonder drugs,” and in the last few years, there has been a resurgence of research in psychedelics.
Electric-Powered Mindset Car May Be Harmed by Luxury Price Tag
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — A futuristic-styled electric car called Mindset, conceived by a former Volkswagen AG design chief, will likely remain out of the reach of most buyers with a luxury price tag of 75,000 francs ($67,000).
Graphene takes a step forward
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Emma Hughes the inquirer It bends and stretches
Xcel brings its first wind farm online
Thursday, January 15th, 2009GRAND MEADOW — Xcel Energy’s 67-turbine Grand Meadow Wind Farm is now adding to the company’s growing total of kilowatts produced by wind.
Obama and the Middle East, Part III
Thursday, January 15th, 2009The Nation — This is the third in a series of posts on Barack Obama’s Middle East dilemmas. The topic for Part I was the war on terror, and Part II was Afghanistan. Tomorrow, Part IV will cover the Israel-Palestine conflict, and Part V will be Iran. Today: Iraq.
Dutch government okays new 260-megawatt offshore wind turbine park
Thursday, January 15th, 2009AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Netherlands’ Transportation Ministry has granted a construction permit for a new wind turbine farm in the North Sea which would be the largest so far in Dutch waters.
Solar Power, Inc. Turns on STAPLES Center and Nokia Theatre Solar Electric Systems
Thursday, January 15th, 2009ROSEVILLE, Calif.—-Solar Power, Inc. today announced the new photovoltaic solar electric systems recently installed to provide solar power to STAPLES Center and NOKIA Theatre L.A.
T. Boone Pickens to speak in Helena
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, who is waging a campaign to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil, is scheduled to speak in Helena in late February.
