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Loans and Stimulus For Alternative Energy

This video with Steven Chu,  Energy Secretary, discusses the future demand for alternative energy.

The Lithium Chase

Mar 9, 2010 – Clifford Krauss reports in The New York Times on “The Lithium Chase.”
“For many years, few metals drew bigger yawns from mining executives than lithium, a lightweight element long associated mostly with mood-stabilizing drugs.  Suddenly, the yawns are being replaced by eurekas.  As awareness spreads that lithium is a crucial ingredient for [...]

New Charging Concepts for Electric Vehicles

Mar 4, 2010 – At the Geneva Motor Show (March 4 to 14) Siemens will present more key components for electric mobility.  The company will present an integrated charging system and, at the stand of Ruf Automobile GmbH, a “dual motor” concept in a new version of the eRuf Greenster electric sports car.  Electric mobility [...]

Daimler signs Memorandum of Understanding with BYD Company Ltd to Establish a Technology Partnership for Electric Vehicles in China

Mar 1, 2010

Technology partnership for a new electric vehicle suited to the Chinese market
New brand to be created by Daimler and BYD
Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG: “We continue to push ahead as a global leader in electric [...]

Bloom Energy Claims a New Fuel Cell Technology

Feb 25, 2010 – Todd Woody reports in The New York Times, “A Silicon Valley company is claiming a breakthrough in a decades-old quest to develop fuel cells that can supply affordable and relatively clean electricity.  Google, Bank of America, Wal-Mart and other large corporations have been testing the devices, which will be formally introduced [...]

Siemens Acquires Stake in Marine Current Turbines: Entry Into Promising Ocean Power Market

Feb 25, 2010 – Siemens Energy has acquired a minority stake in Britain’s Marine Current Turbines, a pioneer in the design and development of tidal current energy turbines. With the acquisition of a stake of just below 10 Percent in Marine Current Turbines, which is based in Bristol, England, Siemens is entering a new market [...]

Siemens awarded 2 Climate Innovation Prizes by German Environment Ministry

Feb 11, 2010 – Siemens Technologies took first place in 2 categories of the first Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment awarded by Germany’s Federal Environment Ministry and the Federation of German Industries (BDI).  German Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen and BDI Director General Werner Schnappauf presented the awards – totaling €125,000 – to winners in [...]

SunPower: Largest solar power plant in Colorado to begin production in 2010

Feb 24, 2010 – MetLife and John Hancock Financial Services will finance the construction and third-party ownership of a 19-mw (AC) solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant that SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) is contracted to build for Xcel Energy in Colorado’s Alamosa County, the companies announced today.  Construction on the plant, which will be the [...]

Alternative Energy ETF

Ads Continued: NRDC donated by Peter Morton

Feb 19, 2010 – Earlier this month the NRDC, “The Earth’s Best Defense” [Who are they?] of NYC had full page ads donated by Peter  Morton [Who is he?].  The NRDC is Natural Resources Defense Council & its Trustee’s include well-know actors, actresses, celebrities, wealthy businessman, etc. The ad was directed to US Senators & [...]

Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car

Feb 15, 2010 – Todd Woody and Clifford Krauss report in The New York Times, that “If electric cars have any future in the United States, San Francisco may be the city where they arrive first.
The first wave of electric car buying is expected to begin around December when Nissan introduces the five-passenger Leaf.   The [...]

Don Karner, CEO/eTec & Manager/The EV Project

Feb 10, 2010 – In the few months that have passed since the contracts were signed for The EV Project (US Department of Energy Grant DE-EE0002194) the forward momentum has been constant as we ramp up the largest–ever rollout of electric vehicle infrastructure. Through this five-state, 11-city pilot we are essentially creating five laboratories in [...]

SolarWorld Wins Independent Test Again; Modules Reach Highest Yields in International Competitive Comparison

Feb 10, 2010 – SolarWorld AG is again the winner of a quality study conducted by the Photon trade magazine. In the 2009 long-term test, SolarWorld’s solar power modules generated more electricity than all competitive products. In comparison with other modules, the SolarWorld modules produced up to 12% more power. On [...]

Longview Power Selects Siemens Energy to Conduct Carbon Capture Study

Feb 10, 2010 – Longview Power, LLC, owner of the state-of-the-art power generation facility currently under construction in Maidsville, WV, has selected Siemens Energy to conduct an innovative study analyzing the applicability of post-combustion carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technology.  The Longview Power project includes a new 695-MW rated (net) advanced supercritical pulverized coal power [...]

Toyoto Prius Problems with Brakes