The Siemens Smart Chopper, Orange County Choppers’ first custom electric motorcycle, will be featured on this week’s episode of American Chopper on TLC, airing Thursday, November 5th at 9pm EST.
A 26-TURBINE wind farm 12 kilometres west of Glen Innes has been approved by the State Government.
At a Texas power plant, two men in head-to-toe yellow jumpsuits are perched above a pool filled with still, crystal-clear water — and nearly 20 years worth of nuclear waste.
The chief engineer for the Chevrolet Volt, Frank Weber, will transfer from General Motors to an as-yet-undisclosed senior position with Opel. Since March 2007, German-born Weber has served as the global vehicle line executive and chief vehicle engineer for GM’s electric vehicle development program.
President Barack Obama will travel to Asia from November 12 -19 to strengthen U.S. cooperation with this growing center of global power. A long list of issues crowds the U.S. policy agenda in the region: security, economic, environment, and energy among others.
A modification to commercial optical fibre could be a promising route to solar power without large arrays, say researchers.
Though much slimmed down after a disastrous 2008, legendary oilman T. Boone Pickens’ hedge fund portfolio has been faring well.
Energy Dept. charges electric car development
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently announced that it has contracted with subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources and Abengoa Solar for delivery of a total of 500 megawatts (MW) of clean solar power.
The electric car, which was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was phased out with the introduction of the gasoline car in the 1930’s. Now, faculty and students at the School of Engineering and Applied Science are working to bring it back. Engineering professor Karen Winey is developing electric car technology that uses fuel cells that harness electricity from chemical reactions …
