Iraq’s future hinges on shielding oil
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009BAGHDAD, July 23 (UPI) — As Iraq struggles to stand on its own two feet amid a U.S. military pullback, the country’s future depends largely on protecting its formidable oil wealth.
Archive for July 23rd, 2009
Solar Power Partners Appoints G. Robert Powell President and CEO
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009MILL VALLEY, Calif.—-Solar Power Partners, Inc. today announced that G. Robert Powell, formerly the company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer.
From coal mine to wind farm
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009In the rolling hills of Wyoming, Rocky Mountain Power has reclaimed the land where one of its coal mines produced for years and turned it into an innovative wind farm powering more than 60,000 homes.
From coal mine to wind farm in four years
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009In the rolling hills of Wyoming, Rocky Mountain Power has reclaimed the land where one of its coal mines produced for years and turned it into an innovative wind farm powering more than 60,000 homes.
GM Pushing The Chevy Volt On eBay?
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009When General Motors reinvented itself (on paper, anyway), the company’s press release talked about selling GM vehicles on eBay. Unfortunately, that wasn’t a done deal — at least not from eBay’s perspective. However, GM is still hot for the idea, and Chevrolet’s Ed Peper has explored selling the Volt that way (likely to avoid tacking on high ..
First Completely Electric Formula Student Racing Car
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009The University of Hertfordshire’s Formula Student team raced the world’s first completely electric Formula Student car and won in this month’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers Formula Student competition.The car, which raced at Silverstone from 16-19 July and won the Low Carbon and
T. Boone’s mighty wind blows out
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009It’s hard to believe that it was less than a year ago that oilman T. Boone Pickens drew more than a 1,000 people to the Lancaster Event Center to tout wind energy and U.S. natural gas.
Landowners Advised To Be Careful’ With Wind Turbine Pacts
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009Citizens who might consider leasing their land to wind turbine companies were advised to get lawyers who are well-versed in the burgeoning industry that’s turning wind into electricity.
GM planning to sell the Chevrolet Volt on eBay
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009Expect bidding for the Chevrolet Volt petrol-electric hybrids to begin soon on eBay. A trial of the scheme will be conducted in California before it goes national.
Who do you think you are kidding…?
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009It is a humid July day in Strasbourg, and inside the Louise Weiss Building it feels like the start of school term.
