The power company RWE Energy can now deliver electricity generated at decentralized plants more economically and with less waste by means of a “virtual power plant.” This is the term experts use to describe a group of small generating facilities linked together using information technology so that their operation is scheduled and optimized by a [...]
The Province will invest $10 million to support the production of liquid biofuels with demonstrated low greenhouse gas emissions in British Columbia. Technology, Trade and Economic Development Minister Ida Chong announced “This is an investment in technology and the ingenuity of British Columbians. By converting biomass into liquid fuels for transportation and home heating, we [...]
Dec 18, 2008 – Did you pick December 18, 2008 as the day that the closing price of oil would close at or below $40.00? No, you didn’t. Thus, there is no winner of the CFLs. Nobody entered the contest that started just 12 days ago. Remember you can’t win the lottery if you don’t [...]
Dec 8, 2008 – BioSolar, Inc. (OTC BB: BSRC.OB), the developer of biobased materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic solar cells, announced that it has filed for worldwide patent protection of its proprietary BioBacksheetTM. BioBacksheet is the world’s first solar cell backsheet made from renewable plant based materials, rather than [...]
Dec 18, 2008 – How can Bernie Madoff solve the US economic crisis affecting the automobile industry? The Detroit 3 CEOs have made 2 pilgrimages to Washington, DC to beg for $25 billion, then $34 billion and finally $14 billion. Well, Madoff stole $50 billion. So if Madoff repatriates that money from overseas accounts he [...]
Dec 18, 2008 – Most of the wind turbines that you have seen on this blog use 120 foot blades on 300 to 400 foot towers or several century old windmills in Holland. Popular Mechanics worked with Jay Leno last year to install a wind vertical-axis turbine that is much more compact on his massive [...]
Oil prices are the lowest since June 2004. U.S. Crude for January delivery traded as low as $37.71 today, even though the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries elected to cut production by 2.2 million barrels a day beginning in January. Investors are concerned that the slowing global economy will cause a decrease in demand for [...]
Dec 18, 2008 – • Sales up approximately 70% to EUR 482 million (previous year: EUR 283 million) • EBIT significantly increased to EUR 52 million (previous year: EUR 9 million) • Net profit rises to EUR 35 million (previous year: EUR 1 million) • Capacity expansion pushed ahead in both photovoltaics and CSP segments [...]
Dec 17, 2008 – On December 6, we set up a contest to win CFLs. One prize for the commenter that picked the day that oil closed at US$40.00 or lower and one prize for the commenter that picked the day that oil closed at US$35.00 or lower. Talking heads on TV are not eligible [...]
Dec 17, 2008 – Mercedes-Benz presented its Concept BlueZERO at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Based on a single vehicle architecture, this modular concept allows 3 models with different drive configurations: • the BlueZERO E-CELL with battery-electric drive and a range of up to 200 kilometres using electric drive alone • the [...]
Dec 17, 2008 – President-elect Barack Obama made 2 appointments today that will also be part of the energy team he is assembling. He has selected Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa as Secretary of Agriculture and Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado as Secretary of the Interior. Obama said, “How we harness our natural resources, from [...]
Dec 17, 2008 – There are currently 2 contests ongoing with the winner to get CFL bulbs to help save energy in their own home or business. You have a much better chance of winning either of these contests than your home state lottery. How can I be so sure of this? There have been [...]
Dec 16, 2008 – Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing USA, Inc. (OTC BB:WEMU.OB), a manufacturing company specializing in products for customers in the industries of solar energy, aerospace, wireless telecommunications, medical equipment and automotive, announced that its solar division, AmeriSolar, has signed 2 new solar module contracts valued at approximately US$13.7 million. “We continue to see [...]
Dec 16, 2008 – The New York Times reports on an article in The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry by scientists at the University of Nevada in Reno. Mano Misra, Professor of Engineering and his colleagues, Narasimharao Kondamudi and Susanta K. Mohapatra, showed that coffee grounds from Starbucks contained about 10-15% of oils that [...]
Dec 16, 2008 – Delray Beach, Florida has been erecting a 100-foot Christmas tree for 15 years decorated with 15,500 lights that in the past used 92,000 watts of power. Not this year. The tree was still erected, but Florida Power & Light [NYSE: FPL], the official “green” sponsor replaced the standard lights with 15,500 [...]
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