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More Alternative Fuel Cars Sold in 2007

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Transportation - Wednesday Apr 23, 2008 09:44

Read the full story in Environmental Protection.

Newly released sales figures from R.L. Polk reveal a record number of Alternative Fuel Automobiles (AFAs) rolled off dealer lots in 2007. In total, close to 1.8 million AFAs were sold last year, roughly 250,000 more than were sold in 2006. Sales of E-85 capable/flexible fuel vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles were up significantly while clean diesel vehicle sales fell slightly.

Changing the Current

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Renewable Energy - Tuesday Apr 22, 2008 03:19

Read the full story in the Washington Post.

California is one of 25 states that have adopted laws that require electric utilities to use more renewable resources, and that has sent utilities scrambling to line up wind and solar projects across the country. Electric utilities that have long relied on coal, nuclear energy and natural gas to power their generating plants are buying into biomass projects from Minnesota to Virginia, solar plants in the deserts of California and Arizona, and wind farms from Maine to West Texas.

The latest from RenewableEnergyAccess.com

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Renewable Energy - Wednesday Apr 16, 2008 11:02

The latest issue of Renewable Energy Weekly is now available. Highlights include:

• WMU Researchers Create Biofuels from Waste Oil & Algae
• Testing PV in Israel’s Arava Valley
• Texas Study: Benefits of Wind Transmission Outweigh Costs
• The German FIT for Renewable Energy — A Bargain!
• Will Wind Power Make the Grid Less Reliable?
• Broadening Wind Energy Ownership by Changing Federal Incentives
• Land of giants: PV majors making waves

At Eco-marathon, teen driving team races to 2,843 mpg

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Environmental Awards, Schools, Transportation - Wednesday Apr 16, 2008 09:10

Read the full story at News. com.

The team from Mater Dei High School might be only months (or less) removed from driver’s ed, but it pulled off a nifty feat of driving over the weekend. One of its entries in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas won the grand prize for motoring to a record 2,843.4 miles per gallon.

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