[Press release Gas2 by Charis Michelsen on January 10th, 2012]
What do you get when you cross a Nissan Leaf with a small commercial van? Well, you get more or less the bastard child of the NV200 and the Leaf, unimaginatively named the “eNV200,” on display at Detroit this week. Questions of naming aside, it actually ended …
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Leaf + Van = eNV200 – Zero Emissions When Hauling Stuff
Compressed Air Vehicle, miniCAT — Coming to India in 2012
[Press release Cleantechnica by Zachary Shahan, 17th December, 2011]
Electric cars? How quaint. Bio-fuel? How passé. Hydrogen fuel cells? That’s so last week…. No, the car of the future runs on air…that’s right, AIR…the invisible stuff that’s all around us and costs us barely anything (unless we pollute/heat it up too much).
Actually, the car of the future …
Adapting business for the green era
[Press release The Telegraph by Jim Woods, 8th of November, 2011]
We are living through perhaps the most important economic event since the Industrial Revolution, according to Boston investor Jeremy Grantham. He is referring not to the economic crisis, but the rise in commodity prices. Population growth, rising incomes in …
Nissan Aims To Be World Leader In Green Vehicles
[Press release Huffington Post by Yuri Kageyama, 24th of October, 2011]
TOKYO — Nissan Motor Co. is aiming to be the world’s No. 1 in green cars, targeting cumulative sales of 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles by 2017 with alliance partner Renault SA of France.
The Japanese maker of the Leaf electric car announced Monday its six-year strategy, …
Blackfriars Bridge, Victorian London Landmark, To Receive Solar Upgrade
[Press release Huffington Post from Earth Techling's Susan DeFreitas, 20th of October, 2011]
The Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames was constructed back in Victorian times, and now it’s getting a distinctly steampunk facelift with the addition of 4,400 photovoltaic panels. When complete, this installation is expected to be not only the largest solar power array …
Green Roads Construction: Are Contractors Our Roadblock? – USA
by Derek Singleton
ERP Analyst, Software Advice
Jul 07, 2011
The buzz of innovative ideas on how to build cheaper, greener roads is all around us. These ideas range from using scrap construction materials and rubber tires to using recycled glass to reduce our reliance on asphalt. While these brainstorms are laudable, they’ve yet to prove themselves in …
KLM Biofuel Flights: Dutch Airline To Use Recycled Cooking Oil To Power Planes
[Press release HUFFPOST GREEN filed by Travis Donovan on the 22nd of June, 2011]
AMSTERDAM — Dutch airline KLM plans to use recycled cooking oil as biofuel to power flights to and from France in a move aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
Starting in September, KLM will begin more than 200 flights between Paris and Amsterdam using …
Venture Firms Hope High Oil Prices Will Spur Cleantech Interest
by Amy Lee [HUFFINGTON POST]
It takes a special kind of optimist to see spiking oil prices as an opportunity.
But for venture capitalists placing their bets on renewable energy, the two-year high in oil prices is a chance to re-engage the public with the potential of emerging clean technologies. But increased attention doesn’t necessarily mean increased investment …
China minister warns pollution, waste imperil growth
By Reuters
BEIJING, February 28 (Reuters) – China faces acute environmental and resource strains that threaten to choke growth unless the world’s second-biggest economy cleans up, the nation’s environment minister said in an unusually blunt warning.
In an essay published on Monday, Zhou Shengxian also said his agency wants to make assessing projected greenhouse gas emissions a part …
The Next Hot Space for Solar: Landfills
When solar first began catching on, many residents and business-owners began realizing that their rooftops were an untapped asset. A similar transformation is occurring with solar development in “brownfields,” or property in the presence, or potential presence, of a hazardous substance (most commonly town landfills). Town managers and landfill directors are starting to catch on …
