Mitsubishi i-Miev in the city

CNET Car Tech spent some time with the Mitsubishi i-Miev in San Francisco.

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog

Energy Savers, Loan Losers – The New York Times

SAN FRANCISCO — The Obama administration is devoting $150 million in
stimulus money for programs that help homeowners install solar panels and
other energy improvements, which they pay for over time on their property tax
bills. At the same time, the two government-chartered agencies that buy

Mitsubishi i-Miev pioneers electric highway

CNET Car Tech drives a Mitsubishi i-Miev electric car from San Francisco to Sacramento, with a recharge stop in Vacaville.

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog

Junkestra symphony is pure garbage

Composition played with instruments made of objects scavenged from San Francisco Dump will appear in a classical venue that belies its trashy origins.

Originally posted at Crave

Solar Power to the People, With a Lot of Public Help – The New York Times

IT’S Earth Day, and among the many activities planned for students at
the Lagunitas school campus, about 30 miles north of San Francisco, is a
field trip to visit a solar power installation, where they will learn how
photovoltaic technology converts the sun’s energy to electricity. But they won’t

North America’s Concentrated Solar Power Industry to Convene in San Francisco This June

Over 650 Concentrated Solar Power industry leaders are set to meet in San Francisco this June 24-25 for the 4th Annual Concentrated Solar Power Summit. The largest industry event of it’s kind in North America.

Coal fuels much of Internet “cloud”, says Greenpeace

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The ‘cloud’ of data which is becoming the heart of the Internet is creating an all too real cloud of pollution as Facebook, Apple and others build data centers powered by coal, according to a new Greenpeace report.

German solar subsidy cut to spur price dip-iSuppli

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Germany’s decision to cut solar subsidies would result in a significant fall in both the price of and demand for photovoltaic panels in the second quarter, research firm iSuppli said on Thursday.

Revving up with the Zipcar iPhone app

Searching for a Zipcar with the company’s new iPhone app.

(Credit: Zipcar)

SAN FRANCISCO–It’s like the ultimate yuppie geek convergence: there’s finally an iPhone app for car-sharing company Zipcar. To put it in the most stereotypical of terms, you now no longer need a computer …

Originally posted at The Social

Engineering giants follow the money to green power

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A green power building spree is on the way, and much of it will be brought to you by the same people who built the nuclear and coal-fired power plants that keep the lights on now.