]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/alternative-energy Alternative Energy - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78686?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Porsche, Green DailyBack in the early 1970s when Volkswagen and Porsche collaborated to create the 914 sports car it's unlikely that either company imagined that the little roadster would someday become a popular platform for... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:38:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78686?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78689?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Miles Automotive, ChinaI was browsing through the website for AllGreenVehicles, Miles Electric's new EU distributer and I found a new picture of Javlon, a highly-anticipated electric car. From the tex... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:40:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78689?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78685?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc., EV/Plug-in, Green DailyThe kite-assisted cargo ships operated by MS Beluga SkySails are about to reach a milestone. For the first time, cargo is being commercially transported on one of these ships, according... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:20:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78685?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78778?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, Hybrid, ChevroletThe next stop for Chevrolet's green promotion tour will be coming up in Los Angeles on February 10th at the Staples Center. That's the location for the 2008 Grammy Awards. Chevrolet will be ponying ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:02:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78778?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78723?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Allison Transmission has received major orders from transit agencies in Washington DC, Philadelphia and Minneapolis/St. Paul for up to 1,732 GM-Allison hybrid-powered buses (earlier post). The hybrid technology is licensed by General Motors to Alliso... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:28:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78723?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78651?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Shanghai GM's newly announced Buick LaCrosse Eco-Hybrid.Shanghai General Motors officially inaugurated its Drive to Green strategy today, with China Environmental Protection Foundation President Qu Geping and representatives from across the com... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:09:30 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78651?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78722?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 The Soladiesel test car.Solazyme, Inc., a synthetic biology formed in 2003 to pursue biofuels from microalgae, is introducing Soladiesel, its first algal biodiesel, which has undergone road testing in a blend by powering a Mercedes-Benz sedan for lon... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:17:27 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78722?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78785?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Volvo, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, ZapIn an interview, Ichiro Sugioka, project leader of Volvo's Recharge electric car concept, says PML FlightLink is currently working exclusively for us. If that was no... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:25:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78785?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/78669?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 The maturity of an industrial sector can often be measured by a declining number of patents granted to researchers working in it. The other way around, fledgling industries often see a boom of creativity, new possibilities and consequently, invention... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:16:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/78669?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78580?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 California-based manufacturer Miles Electric Vehicles completed its first international distribution agreement in early January with AllGreenVehicles of the Netherlands, which will bring the Miles low speed, all electric vehicle line (earlier post) t... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:52:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78580?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/78670?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 This year's World Economic Forum (WEF), will once again discuss the vexed issue of how to end African poverty. The January 23-27 event in Davos, Switzerland, might look at how biofuels produced in Africa can offer an opportunity to boost African agri... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:11:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/78670?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/metaefficient/78682?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 The Energy Plus office building, to be located outside of Paris, is designed to produce all its own energy for heating, lighting and air conditioning. This zero-energy building, according to the designers, will be the greenest office building e... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:58:26 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/metaefficient/78682?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78581?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 The 2009 Escape.The new 2009 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner, announced this week at the Washington Auto Show, feature a new, larger 2.5-liter engine and a new 6-speed automatic transmission. The new powertrain is expected to improve the Escape and M... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:30:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78581?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/78623?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Florida Governor Charlie Crist (R) signed an executive order last summer to develop a carbon market in the state, and has been making other good strides in the renewable energy department. Now, the governor, lawmakers, and Florida-based companies are... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:34:06 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/78623?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/78606?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 I'm a fan of investing in electricitytransmission, both because the gridin the US is in a sad state of repair, and because considerable expansions tothe grid will be needed to take large scale renewable energy (especially concentrating solar and win... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:41:35 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/78606?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78684?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: Green Culture, BMW, Legislation and Policy In an interview with Automotive News, BMW sales and marketing director Stefan Krause says we cannot take the blue out of BMW and change it to green. ...Maybe we could add a fourth brand. The A... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:03:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78684?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78784?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Green DailySince there was such a big response to my update on Andrew Angellotti the other day, I think that even more news on what this Michigan teen has been up to in the home electric vehicle conversion fron... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:14:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78784?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/78667?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 A new study suggests that the addition of dried distillers' grain, an ethanol by-product, to cattle feed may contribute to the prevalence of E. coli O157 infection in cattle. The researchers from Kansas State University, Manhattan report their findin... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:52:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/78667?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/78645?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 OnOctober 4, 2007 I was at a trading conference hosted by Fidelity for activetraders in San Franciscowhen I decided to check on a new solar stock I had bought that morning, LDKSolar (LDK). ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:10:36 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/78645?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/78668?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Bioenergy company Environmental Power Corporation today announced that its Huckabay Ridge facility in Stephenville, Texas, has achieved full-capacity production levels of pipeline-quality biomethane and has now moved into full-scale commercial operat... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:05:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/78668?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78613?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Construction work has begun on Wales' first Renewable Hydrogen Research and Demonstration Center, at Baglan Energy Park. The 1.7 million (US$3.3 million) center is being developed by The University of Glamorgan in partnership with Neath Port Talbot... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:12:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78613?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78725?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Ethanol Statistics. Addressing some of the growing concerns (earlier post) about negative environmental impacts of first-generation biofuels, Peter Zuurbier, Associate Professor and Director of the Wageningen University Latin America Office and an ex... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:55:11 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78725?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78649?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Masdar, Abu Dhabi's initiative for renewable and alternative energy and clean technology, and Hydrogen Energy, the joint venture between BP Alternative Energy and Rio Tinto (earlier post), will work together on the front-end engineering design of an ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:52:33 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78649?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78779?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: Hybrid, Isuzu, USACorporate Express has announced that it will be one of the first U.S. companies to test an Isuzu hybrid delivery truck for its operations. The model will be a current Isuzu truck in which Enova Systems will retrofit the... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:22:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78779?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78783?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, Pacific Region, VectrixIt isn't all depressing news for Vectrix these days. I mean, colorful sailboats make everyone happy, right? If the electric scooter company can't sell (many) of the expensive rides, then ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:03:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78783?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/78756?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 In 2006 the charismatic British entrepreneur Richard Branson announced plans to reduce the environmental impacts of flying. He planned fuel-saving measures such as towing aircraft to the runway and the establishment of a Virgin Fuels division, funde... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:14:24 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/78756?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78650?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 The joint venture between ZAP and China Youngman Automotive Group (earlier post) has issued an RFQ (Request For Quotation) process for a three-wheel, two-seat highway all-electric vehicle called Alias. Rendering of the ZAP Alias.Joint venture Chairma... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:28:03 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78650?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/78610?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Stock price of buy-recommended Gazprom (OGZPY.PK) retains upward momentum toward estimated net present value [NPV] of $62 a share, that gives scant recognition to higher future natural gas prices. ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:24:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/78610?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/78735?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Six Degrees is the National Geographic Television program that flew me to Colorado to talk about cheeseburger footprints while wandering around a cattle ranch and a burger joint. The show now has a time and date: Sunday, February 10 at 8PM eastern an... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:02:50 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/78735?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/metaefficient/78775?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Foster + Partners have just been granted preliminary permission to start construction on this volcano-shaped superstructure in Moscow, which will be dubbed Crystal Island . In terms of efficiency monolithic buildings like this seem unnecessary, ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:40:15 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/metaefficient/78775?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78787?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: Etc., Green DailyThe last time we wrote about stupid-cheap gas, the frenzy was due to a mistake. In December, at a gas station in Wisconsin, an employee accidentally set the price of gas to 32.9 cents instead of $3.299. Over in South Cha... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:50:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78787?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/78759?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) reported last week record growth in wind power generation with 5,244 megawatts of capacity installed in 2007 a 45% increase reflecting $9 billion in investment and 30% of all new power generating capa... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:08:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/78759?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78688?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: Diesel, Ethanol, BMW, GM, Detroit Auto ShowIf all the AutoblogGreen coverage of the GM-Coskata cellulosic ethanol partnership wasn't enough to satisfy your curiosity about just how these two companies hope to make living green and going... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:19:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78688?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/78612?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 On the basis of a long-term oil price expectation of $80 a barrel, up from $66, we raiseestimated present value [PV] of world oil production and natural gas production outsideNorth America by 15%. ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:00:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/78612?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/78644?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 We're currently being provided with an uncomfortable reminder that the economy trumps all other issues, when it's doing badly. Energy has been a big part of this story, at least in terms of perception. However, in part because weak refining margins h... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/78644?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/78810?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Last month I ' target=_blank wrote about an innovative idea from SkySails of Hamburg Germany set to make shipping more energy efficient while reducing carbon emissions (merchant shipping accounts for some 800 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:33:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/78810?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-technology-forum/78761?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Scientists have created the blackest material on Earth that absorbs more than 99.9% of light and say it could one day be used to block defence signals or create highly efficient solar panels.The substance was created from carbon nanotubes by Professo... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:34:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-technology-forum/78761?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78570?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: Hydrogen, Chevrolet, GM, Washington DC Auto ShowAs General Motors prepares to start handing over the keys to fuel cell powered Equinoxes to the customer participants in Project Driveway, they announced the first Washington, DC-area dri... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:04:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78570?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78571?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: Hybrid, Ford, Mercury, Washington DC Auto ShowJust in time to better compete with the upcoming Saturn Vue Two-Mode hybrid, Ford is rolling out a series of updates to the Escape and Mariner (and likely the badge engineered Mazda Tribute) ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:03:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78571?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78572?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: Hybrid, GM, Washington DC Auto ShowThe pace of orders for GM's two-mode hybrid buses is picking steam. At the Washington DC Auto Show, General Motors has announced orders for an additional 1,732 GM-Allison diesel-electric transit buses. ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:02:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78572?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78573?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 Filed under: Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, Ford, Lincoln, Washington DC Auto ShowFor the 2009 model year, Ford is expanding flex-fuel capability on their big trucks. The humongous Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs and the E-Series vans will all be capable ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78573?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/78716?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34 The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Project Better Place recently announced a partnership to bring electric vehicles to Israel.... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/78716?rsstype=populararticles&cid=34