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Sustainable Building Students From UC Irvine Tour The Gatsby Hollywood

University of California, Irvine students enrolled in "Developing Green and Sustainable Communities" recently toured The Gatsby Hollywood - metro L.A.'s first all solar, Certified California Green, Smarthome community

12 May 2009

ASME Pushes Government for Action on a National Energy Policy

Twenty-one engineering societies, representing over one million engineers, have endorsed the “National Energy Policy Goals Proclamation” of ASME and IEEE-USA, which emphasizes research and development in new technologies as part of a comprehensive strategy to protect U.S. economic and national security

11 May 2009

Maximum Efficiency Comes From Bioelectricity Not Ethanol For Powering Vehicles

How can we maximize our "miles per acre" from biomass? Researchers writing in the online edition of the May 7 Science magazine say the best bet is to convert the biomass to electricity, rather than ethanol

10 May 2009

Turning Biomass Into Electricity More Efficient Than Using Ethanol for Vehicles

A new study suggests that biomass used to generate electricity could be more efficient than converting the biomass to ethanol for internal combustion engines

10 May 2009

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Testing Wind Power and an Electric Vehicle

Aircraft propellers aren’t the only things spinning at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). The Metropolitan Airports Commission has installed 10 wind-powered electricity generators and purchased an electric-powered utility vehicle for use at the airport

10 May 2009

Argonne National Lab Researchs Win Award for New Battery System

Three scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have won an Excellence in Technology Transfer Award for a battery system expected to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as America's dependence of imported oil

10 May 2009

Ford To Spend $550 Million to Build New Global Small Cars, Electric Vehicle at Michigan Plant

Ford Motor Company said today it is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a lean, green and flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford's next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market

6 May 2009

Combustion Science to be Studied at Princeton University Energy Frontier Research Centers

Princeton University will be home to a new $20 million energy research center for combustion science, as part of a federal initiative to spur discoveries that lay the groundwork for an economy based on clean replacements for fossil fuels

5 May 2009

Consolidation in the Electric Motor Systems Market for Electric Vehicles

Electric Motors Corporation, a Colorado corporation formerly known as Optimax Industries, announced that it has acquired all Electric Motors Corporation, a California corporation, specializing in development and manufacture of electric power drive systems for electric and hybrid vehicles

5 May 2009

Glass With Extraordinary Electrical Properties Could Hold Charge to Power Electric Vehicles

Penn State materials researchers have reported the largest known energy storage capacity for a bulk glass, making it a potential new candidate for capacitors for electric vehicles and portable power applications

4 May 2009