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California Gains its First Combined Hydrogen and Gasoline Station
By: Company - Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Source: Shell
Shell Hydrogen and General Motors Corporation (GM) opened a hydrogen fueling station at an existing Shell gasoline station in West Los Angeles in late June. The combined hydrogen and gasoline fueling station is a first for California, and only the second in the country: Shell and GM opened a similar station in Washington, D.C., back in 2004.
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DOE Web Site Helps You Find Alternative Fuel Stations
By: Company - Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Source: DOE
Automakers and truck manufacturers are selling and leasing an increasing number of vehicles that run on alternative fuels, including E85 (a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline), B20 (a diesel blend containing 20% biodiesel), natural gas, propane, electricity, and even hydrogen.
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U.S. Continues to Lead the World in Wind Power Growth
By: Pennwell - Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Source: Utility, Automation & Engineering
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the 2007 edition of its Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and Performance Trends, which provides an overview of developments in the evolving U.S. wind power market. Notably, the report finds that U.S. wind power capacity increased by 46 percent in 2007, with $9 billion invested in U.S. wind plants in 2007 alone, making the U.S. the fastest-growing wind power market in the world for the third straight year. The report also showed that wind is on a path to becoming a significant contributor to the U.S. power mix—wind projects accounted for 35 percent of all new U.S. electric generating capacity in 2007, and transmission facilities capable of generating a total of over 200 GW of wind power are in the early stages of development throughout the nation.
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Timberland Builds Green Mall Shops
By: Company - Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Source: Timberland
Two Timberland mall shops have earned LEED certification through the Retail Commercial Interiors pilot program, making them the first mall-based stores in two states to earn the LEED seal.
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State of California Creates Green Buildings Database
By: CDGS - Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Source: GreenerBuildings.com
The California Department of General Services has developed a directory of state-run buildings that have received or applied for LEED certification, or are undergoing energy efficiency retrofits.
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Toyota Doubles the Range of its Fuel Cell Vehicle
By: Company - Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Source: Toyota
Toyota Motor Corporation has developed a new version of its fuel cell hydrogen vehicle (FCHV) that can travel about 515 miles on a single refueling. Toyota doubled the pressure of its hydrogen storage tanks to 70 megapascals, or about 10,150 pounds per square inch, which accounts for most of the increase in range.
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New center to research ways to convert sunshine into low-cost electricity and fuels
By: National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Monday, April 21, 2008
Source: NREL
The newest research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory aims to find ways to directly convert the sun's energy to low-cost electricity and fuels. The Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion (CRSP), announced today by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar and the Collaboratory at the state Capitol in Denver, will be dedicated to basic and applied research at the Collaboratory's four member institutions, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Colorado State University (CSU) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder).
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Capstone Receives Order from Italian Hybrid Electric Bus Manufacturer
By: Company - Thursday, March 6, 2008
Source: Capstone
Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.microturbine.com) (NASDAQ:CPST - News), the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced that it received an order for 15 microturbines to be deployed in 12 hybrid electric buses in the Abruzzi region of Italy and 3 for the Ministry of the Protection of the Environment.
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DOE to Invest $34 Million in Enzymes for Cellulosic Ethanol Production
By: DOE - Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Source: DOE
DOE announced its selection of four projects to develop improved enzymes for breaking down cellulosic biomass material into sugars, which can then be fermented into ethanol. The DSM Innovation Center, Genencor, Novozymes, Inc., and Verenium Corporation were all chosen by DOE for their proven ability to reduce the cost of ethanol by improving the performance of the enzymes. Among the many partners on the projects are four DOE national laboratories: Los Alamos National Laboratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories. For all four projects, DOE intends to invest up to $33.8 million over the next four years, subject to congressional appropriations, and when combined with the cost sharing from industry, up to $70 million will be invested in the effort.
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