With a $109,000-plus sports car as its only vehicle on the market, Tesla Motors would appear to a niche player on the auto scene. Yet parties including the U.S. government and a fund in Abu Dhabi are counting on the company’s electric cars to one day go mainstream.
The Mississippi Energy Policy Institute held its first meeting Monday and Republican Gov. Haley Barbour says the group’s members stand almost unanimously against the federal climate change bill before Congress.
Twelve European businesses outlined an ambitious plan Monday to build a massive solar power facility in North Africa that they said could satisfy 15 percent of Europe’s energy needs.
Astonfield Solar (Gujarat) Private Limited, a special purpose vehicle floated by Kolkata-based Astonfield Renewable Resources Limited (ARRL), has approached the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) seeking determination of tariff for 25 Mw of solar power at Rs 19.92 per kWh (Kilowatt hour) for 25 years.
HOUSTON — Plans for the world’s largest wind farm in the Texas panhandle have been scrapped, energy baron T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday, and he’s looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines.
Mideast?investment fund that is Daimler’s largest shareholder has bought about 4 percent of electric car producer Tesla Motors, deepening oil-rich Arab state’s push into green technology.
Even as it bets big on the electric Chevy Volt, GM is looking at improving its hybrid technology for sedans, according to a report.
A fall in car use and a surge in public transport mark a turning point and a challenge for policymakers and politicians.
TOKYO, JAPAN – July 13, 2009: Honda’s new CEO, Takanobu Ito has today announced plans to begin sales in Japan of the CR-Z sports hybrid model in February 2010. The start date for EU sales of the new hybrid coupe will be released towards the end of 2009.
Hurdles remain, but Mediterranean countries should cooperate on economic development and environmental protection including a new solar power project, according to guest commentators Matthias Ruchser and Stefan Gaenzle.
