Archive for December 17th, 2009

Boris Johnson fleshes out London electric car ambitions

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Mayor of London says vehicles are a way of reducing harmful emissions without hair-shirt abstinence Boris Johnson today fleshed out his ambition to turn London into the electric car capital of Europe by promising that every Londoner would be within a one mile’s reach of an electric car charging point within five years. The mayor of London said today that electric cars were a way of reducing …

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

T. Boone Pickens to keynote Saturday ceremony

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Oil businessman T. Boone Pickens will be the keynote speaker at one of four commencement ceremonies to be held at Texas State University Friday and Saturday in Strahan Coliseum.

Source: www.sanmarcosrecord.com

DP&L Builds Solar Power Field

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Dayton Power and Light said construction of the largest solar power array in southwest Ohio begins this month in Washington Township.

Source: www.whiotv.com

India’s Nuclear Power Plans to Borrow $6.5 Billion

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) — Nuclear Power Corp. of India, the nation’s monopoly atomic generator, plans to borrow as much as $6.5 billion to fund six new reactors as the second fastest- growing major economy grapples with power shortages.

Source: www.bloomberg.com

UPDATE: Geely, SAIC Enlist US Firms In Electric Car Push

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

(Adds details about SAIC Motor’s joint venture with A123 systems, background on electric vehicles in China.)

Source: www.nasdaq.com

Thai EGCO, CLP in $271 mln solar power joint venture

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

BANGKOK, Dec 17 (Reuters) - CLP Power (Thailand) said on Thursday it had joined with Thai utility Electricity Generating PCL (EGCO) and Japan’s Mitsubishi Power Ltd to build a solar power plant in Thailand, worth 9 billion baht ($271 million).

Source: asia.news.yahoo.com

Tennessee GM workers are transferring to Lansing

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

About 425 General Motors Co. workers are transferring from a closed Tennessee plant to one west of Lansing.

Source: www.detnews.com

YEARENDER: Iraq poised to transform oil market in next decade

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Berlin/Baghdad - Political and security issues in war-torn Iraq have been the focus of the world’s attention for more than six years. Now, the country’s oil reserves are doing the talking….

Source: www.earthtimes.org

Denver Schools Could Get Solar Power

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Denver and its schools are teaming up to bring more sunshine into the classrooms by adding solar power to the schools.

Source: cbs4denver.com

Copenhagen deal

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Are talks on course for shipwreck or a safe arrival?

Source: www.bbc.co.uk