Technology Review: Electric Cars Primer: “Electric Cars Primer
Hybrids, plug-ins, and extended-range electric cars are hitting the market. Use this interactive primer to learn how they work.”
(Via Technology Review: Electric Cars Primer.)
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Technology Review: High-Efficiency Generators for Hybrid Vehicles: “High-Efficiency Generators for Hybrid Vehicles
Free-piston engines could be used to generate electricity as efficiently as, and less expensively than, fuel cells.”
(Via Technology Review: High-Efficiency Generators for Hybrid Vehicles.)
Electric Vehicle ReCharging Information Project: ”
Continental US
Electric Vehicle Recharging Infrastructure
Information Project”
(Via Electric Vehicle ReCharging Information Project.)
THE SMART GRID: INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY FOR THE LOW CARBON SOCIETY: “To accomplish this portfolio, the US needs a distributed infrastructure
strategy, namely a Smart Grid. With such a platform, a more diverse portfolio of solutions
can aid any country that seeks some measure of energy independence through development
of its domestic resources. There are new technologies available today, and in the near future,
that make these domestic renewable and distributed resources affordable and sustainable”
(Via THE SMART GRID: INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY FOR THE LOW CARBON SOCIETY.)
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New Biomass Technology Dramatically Increases Ethanol Yield From Grasses And Yard Waste: “New Biomass Technology Dramatically Increases Ethanol Yield From Grasses And Yard Waste
ScienceDaily (July 29, 2008) — University of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available non-food crops, such as Bermudagrass, switchgrass, Napiergrass—and even yard waste.”
(Via New Biomass Technology Dramatically Increases Ethanol Yield From Grasses And Yard Waste.)
Turning Glare Into Watts – New York Times
…”After a decade of no activity, two prototype solar thermal plants were recently opened in the United States, with a capacity that could power several big hotels, neon included, on the Las Vegas Strip, about 20 miles north of here. Another 10 power plants are in advanced planning in California, Arizona and Nevada.
On sunny afternoons, those 10 plants would produce as much electricity as three nuclear reactors, but they can be built in as little as two years, compared with a decade or longer for a nuclear plant. Some of the new plants will feature systems that allow them to store heat and generate electricity for hours after sunset.”
(Via Turning Glare Into Watts – New York Times.)