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For a century the petrol engine has remained largely unchallenged, seeing off all pretenders to its crown. But with dangerous climate change on the horizon and a host of contenders looming large in the rear view mirror, is the petrol engine about to be overtaken by a new fleet of cleaner, leaner rivals?
Washington, D.C.- New technologies will permit rapid decarbonization of the world energy economy in the next two decades, according to a new report from the Worldwatch Institute. These new energy sources will make it possible to retire hundreds of coal-fired power plants that now provide 40 percent of the world's power by 2030, eliminating up to one-third of global carbon dioxide emissions while ...
Updated: Dec 3, 2008 6:18pm The state is pushing for a new energy plan that would include solar power. Waco was one of six cities included in today's announcement; it was made in front of the city's green chamber building.
For a century the petrol engine has remained largely unchallenged, seeing off all pretenders to its crown. More
The electricity would come from renewable energy such as wind power
Solar companies called on the U.S. government to do more to help the stalling solar industry and to create jobs, in a conference call Wednesday.
Associated Press - December 3, 2008 2:25 PM ET RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The State Corporation Commission is allowing customers of Dominion Virginia Power and Appalachian Power to go green.
Dressed in white lab coats, a pair of 17-year-old aspiring engineers are helping the Birch Run Area Schools go green. Seniors Brent R. Hamilton of Taymouth Township and Dillon T. Fredenburg of Birch Run Township convert more than 400 gallons...
Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Monday unveiled an ambitious plan that calls for installing solar panels on residents' rooftops to meet 10 percent of the city's energy needs by the year 2020. "Our solar initiative is the largest of any kind anywhere in the world. When it takes full effect, L.A. will have 1,280 megawatts more capacity -- more than exists in the entire United States today," ...
Clean energy company Econcern will partner with China National Offshore Oil Corp and Sinohydro to invest 863 million euros ($1.09 billion) to build four Chinese wind farms, the companies said on Tuesday. Construction of the wind farms, which will generate around 720 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy, will begin in 2009, Netherlands-based Econcern said in a statement.
Barack Obama's upcoming presidency has infused a sense of hope in the current U.N. climate talks that the United States - one of the world's biggest polluters - may soon emerge as a global leader in saving the planet from environmental disaster. Yet his election has also brought paralysis to this massive U.N. climate conference in Poznan, because most countries don't see the point in talking to ...
Everybody – well, almost – loves green energy. It holds the promise of cutting our reliance on imported oil, making our environment cleaner and reducing global warming. But all colors of green are not the same, and a wind energy project being pushed in southeastern Oregon near Steens Mountain is a rather noxious shade. Actually, to be technical, it’s three wind energy projects, not one. Under ...
Wed, Dec 3, 2008 (10:39 a.m.) Nevada regulators have moved LS Power a step closer to building a 234-mile, $350 million transmission line that would directly link the state's electric utilities in southern and northern Nevada for the first time.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida's utility regulators will resume work on a proposed renewable energy rule after getting a report from consultants. Navigant Consulting Inc. is scheduled to present its report to the Public Service Commission at a workshop meeting Wednesday.
NEW YORK 11/26/08 - Gold prices were largely unchanged Tuesday, but other commodities, including energy and agriculture futures, declined as investors were hit with more discouraging economic news.
The CTA introduced the newest additions to its fleet: 150 hybrid buses . The buses, "60-foot-long New Flyer articulated buses", have been slowly worked in since mid-October and will all be on the road by next summer. The buses are 30 percent more fuel efficient than buses in the current fleet and can hold up to 125 riders. What really impressed us, though was the mileage. While the current ...
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