Stuttgart / Kaprun – a car convoy, concerts, creative competitions, fun and joy of life: From 21 – 23 August 2009 the largest gathering of smart enthusiasts worldwide will take place. Over three days smart times attendees can look forward to a varied program with events focusing on the old airport site in Zell am [...]
July 16, 2009 – Nelson D. Schwartz reports in The New York Times on July 15, “To Shrink A U.S. Car, Chrysler Goes To Poland: Maker of Beefy Autos Ponders Fiat’s Lightweight Ways.” This article discusses the pilgrimage of Chrysler executives and manager to Tychy in Poland to see how Fiat of Italy manufactures the [...]
July 12, 2009 – Jim Tankersley of the Los Angeles Times recently wrote about this situation. Have you or your friends and relatives enrolled in renewable energy curricula? Prepare for a long term career. Vijay K. Dhir, Dean of the Engineering school at the University of California, Los Angeles, said, “We have a shortfall of [...]
July 12, 2009 – Earth Day Everyday Challenge. Grand Prize is a carbon-free national park vacation for four! First Prizes: Illuminate your home for years to come. 50 lucky winners receive SYLVANIA Compact Fluorescent ENERY STAR® qualified energy-efficient light bulbs. Go to http://www.OhRanger.com/GoGreen.
July 10, 2009 – Jennifer LaFleur writing for ProPublica points out that weatherization funds from the US government will range from $14.40 per eligible person in Hawaii to $138.00 per eligible person in North Dakota. Florida and Minnesota residents have approximately equal energy costs and consumption per resident, but Florida will is receiving $31.50 per [...]
July 10, 2009 – EV Innovations ran full page ads in USA Today a couple of months ago touting their 2010 Inizio EVS. Price: Starting at $139,000. It says ORDER ONLINE TODAY! Wait a minute. This is not Zappos. That is not $139.00, it is $139,000.00. They reported sales of $234,240 in sales in their [...]
July 10, 2009 – Nissan has said that it expects to market an electric car in the fall of 2010 that will have a range of 100 miles on a single charge. Where will we all plug in our electric vehicles. Will each car use a different plug as the cell phone makers do? Ford [...]
July 10, 2009 – How much energy are you using to power your must-have gadgets? The Paris-based International Energy Agency estimates that new electronic gadgets will triple their energy consumption to 1,700 terawatt hours by 2030. There would need to be an additional 200 new nuclear plants to power all the TV, iPods, PCs and [...]
July 9, 2009 – Two year old Nordic Windpower USA has announced its first sales to customers in both North & South America. The wind turbines will be installed in Minnesota, Uruguay, Indiana and Iowa. The headquarters are in Berkeley, California and the turbines will be built in Pocatello, Idaho.
July 9, 2009 – Samsung is introducing Samsung’s Blue Earth solar-powered mobile phone on which the whole back is a solar panel. The Blue Earth is constructed of PCM, a plastic of mostly recycled plastic bottles. It will be available in the UK in late 2009 with no date set for the US introduction.
July 9, 2009 – Are you still using the electric grid to power your mobile phone? The ZTE Coral 200 Solar is a solar-powered mobile phone. It provides 15 minutes of talk time per one hour of sunlight.
July 8, 2009 – Inc. Magazine points out that some energy tax incentives expire in a few years. Now is the time to act. Here are some pointers [get the magazine for full details]. 1. Change your habits. 2. Before you begin benchmark your energy consumption [Check out the government site http://www.EnergyStar.gov]. 3. Recommission the [...]
July 8, 2009 – OriginOil has a new photobioreactor that it claims lowers the energy cost of producing renewable oil from algae. The reactor provides light more efficiently at closely spaced intervals instead of just at the reactor surface.
July 8, 2009 – Susan Carpenter of Tribune Newspapers reports in, "Best Buy testing electric vehicles as new product line." Best Buy is testing selling electric vehicles on the West Coast. It has been testing selling electric bicycles, scooters and Segways at 21 West Coast stores. Now it is adding an electric [...]
CCM is investment-consulting company that develops project in the field of renewable energy source (RES), EU Structural funds and corporate finance. BGIF is newly registered closed Fund, focused on investments in photovoltaic projects.
Currently, BGIF is starting capital increase of 15.5 million EUR through initial private placement. Time frame for capital raising is May – September, [...]
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