Archive for February, 2010
Special duty concessions to promote clean environment – The Hindustan Times
New Delhi, Feb. 26 — Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on
Friday provided relief measures to promote clean environment. Mr. Mukherjee stated clean energy cess will be levied on coal produced in
India as well as on imported coal, at a rate of Rs. 50 per tonne. The measure,
he said is aimed
Solar-powered boat prepares to circumnavigate the globe – The Hindustan Times
London, Feb. 26 — The biggest solar-powered boat is all set to begin
preparations to circumnavigate the globe. According to a report in The Times, the 31m (100ft) by 15m catamaran,
PlanetSolar , has been developed to be silent and clean. The ship will be able to travel at a top speed of 15 knots
US-based Indian invents clean power device – The Hindustan Times
New York, Feb. 26 — A team of Silicon Valley based technocrats, led
by an Indian, KR Sridhar launched an energy server on Tuesday, which they
claimed could convert air and virtually any other fuel source into clean
electricity. Among the customers already lined up to buy the ‘Bloom Box’ as it is
Boca firm to install fueling stations – The Miami Herald
Protec Fuel, a Boca Raton firm that specializes in ethanol-fuel
management, was awarded $900,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy to install 30
E85 fueling stations. Eighteen stations will be in Florida, 10 will be in Georgia, and two will be
in Alabama. E85 fuel, which is 85 percent ethanol is
Hybrid planes are on the horizon – The Wichita Eagle
A former president of Cessna Aircraft is working on a project to use
electric hybrid propulsion instead of aviation fuel to power light general
aviation aircraft. Charlie Johnson, the former Cessna leader, is chief operating officer and
one of the founders of Bye Aerospace, and its subsidiary Bye
Ford engines – powered by nature – The Daily Telegraph
Ford manufactures more than two million engines in Britain each year – powering more than a quarter of the company’s new vehicles worldwide. These engines, feeding Ford vehicle assembly plants in Southampton and on the continent, are built in world-leading, wind and solar powered sites in
Google develops prototype mirror for solar energy; By Poornima Gupta – The Ottawa Citizen
Google Inc. has developed a prototype for a new mirror
technology that could cut by half the cost of building a solar
thermal plant, the company’s green energy czar said on Friday. Bill Weihl said that if development and testing go well, he could
see the product being ready in one to three
Biodiesel plant revs up – St. Thomas Times-Journal
A biodiesel facility, capable of producing up to 10 million
litres of fuel per year, is set to open its doors near Springfield
this spring. Located at the former EMCEA Transport site at 51830 Ron McNeil Line,
just east of Springfield, the facility is to be built by Noroxel
Energy Ltd. of
City well positioned for green business growth: KEDCO; – The Kingston Whig-Standard
With a municipal vision to become Canada’s most sustainable
city, there is a burgeoning green movement afoot in Kingston. Over
the past five years, this historic city has become a hotbed of
green-related industry initiatives. Kingston’s green energy future is well positioned to take advantage
of
Google develops prototype mirror for solar energy
New technology could cut by half the cost of building a solar thermal plant, the company’s green energy czar said on Friday.
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