AmerenUE keeping options open regarding new nuke plant
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Archive for May 13th, 2009
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk: ‘Great Companies Are Built on Great Products’
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Entrepreneur Elon Musk has three passions: the Internet, space exploration and clean energy. The first paid off handsomely for him in 2002 when he sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion in stock. The second is fueled by SpaceX, a company that makes space launch vehicles. Musk’s third passion is Tesla Motors, which makes the Tesla Roadster, an electric sports car that claims to go 244 miles per …
Russia and Japan Sign Nuclear Deal
Wednesday, May 13th, 200913 May 2009 By Anatoly Medetsky / The Moscow Times Russia and Japan agreed on Tuesday to expand their cooperation in the nuclear industry as part of a visit to Tokyo by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who presided over a deal that will open the way for contracts worth billions of dollars between the world’s two leading nuclear technology powers.
Electric Bike Adds Style and Speed to Virtue
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009The Zero, an electric motorcycle from California, has enough speed to embarrass other vehicles at the traffic lights.
PG&E strikes huge solar power deal with BrightSource
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009In what is touted to be the largest solar deal in the world, Pacific Gas & Electric today announced that it has expanded a series of solar-power contracts with Oakland’s BrightSource Energy for a total of 1,310 megawatts of electricity ‘” enough to power 530,000 California homes during peak hours.
PG&E, BrightSource agree to world’s largest solar power deal
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Pacific Gas & Electric today announced that it has expanded a series of solar-power contracts with Oakland’s BrightSource Energy for a total of 1,310 megawatts of electricity — enough to power 530,000 California homes during peak hours. Green energy news | Green living
Tenn. to build solar power plant
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee will spend $62 million in federal stimulus money on a solar power generation facility near Brownsville and a proposed solar research institute at Oak Ridge, Gov. Phil Bredesen said Wednesday.
Tesla Motors Says It Has More Than 1,000 Reservations for Model S
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009SAN CARLOS, California — In an indication of how receptive the buying public seems to be when it comes to electric vehicles, Tesla Motors on Tuesday said that more than 1,000 consumers have plunked down a $5,000 reservation fee on its upcoming Model S sedan.
News In Brief: 1,000 orders for Tesla sedan; Calpine sells $1B in bonds; California export market sinks
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Tesla Motors on Tuesday announced that the San Carlos company surpassed 1,000 reservations for the Model S, an all-electric family sedan that carries up to seven people and travels up to 300 miles per charge.
What’s It Like to Drive Nissan’s Electric Car? [Pics]
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009On Tuesday, I took Nissan’s first and only electric vehicle, the EV-02, for a test-drive. The car–the only EV prototype Nissan has built to date–should be available to the public sometime in 2010, according to Nissan’s North American Director of EV, Mark Perry. So how’s the drive? Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR . The EV-02 is zippy, and feels eerily familiar. From the inside, you quickly …
