In January 2008, I had talked about how Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) in Northern California was working with Finavera to deploy an offshore wave farm. The AquaBuoys were to be placed out to sea a little north of San Francisco in Humboldt County.
Well, now the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has stricken this deal [...]

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While some people are wringing their hands, quietly waiting for the Chevy Volt or another plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to hit the showrooms in the next couple of years, a Fisher PHEV transit bus has already shown itself to the public.
Funded mainly by the U. S. Department of Energy, Fisher Coachworks put the time, [...]

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Since I’ve talked about wind turbines large and small over the past year, I thought it was about time I put out a wind power generators guide for those who want to know the top resources in this area.
I’ve selected four categories within the wind power generators industry to profile including Large Scale, Large Residential, [...]

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Great Britain and Australia are bent on giving this world a better plan by rolling out recharging infrastructure to support future electric cars. Both countries believe the immediate zero emissions future lay in encouraging consumers to buy electric cars when they first become widely available in the next 2 or 3 years.
On Monday, the UK is [...]

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Even though many would argue that the U. S. economy is already in recession, green jobs may just be one of the pathways out. I’ve talked about green collar jobs in the past as a growing segment of the employment market for years to come.
Now, there’s some historical proof that green really pays, well, green. [...]

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