Posted on February 27th, 2009 by admin
There is an article on the CNN online website that has gotten me excited. It talks about the surge of green jobs imminent now that the Obama stimulus package has been approved. About $20 billion is going into creating green jobs, and some of those are in the fuel cell industry.
According to John D. Sutter [...]
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Posted on February 25th, 2009 by admin
It’s no secret that President Obama’s new stimulus program offers major incentives for the solar and wind industries. Also included in the package are plans to conserve energy at government offices throughout the nation by adding insulation, CFL bulbs and hybrid vehicles.
And, District of Columbia officials have just announced that they will be offering as [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by admin
About a year ago, I talked about Solar Roadways and how they were going to revolutionize not only the solar panel industry but the road construction industry as well. The idea behind having solar roadways is to replace a portion of our existing 25,000 square miles of existing pavement with tough and efficient photovoltaic panels.
In [...]
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Posted on February 20th, 2009 by admin
The Chery S18 is the second Chinese-build PHEV that will take a bite out of the Chevy Volt and Toyota Prius plug-in pie. Yesterday Chery announced its S18 (pictured) that can run 93 miles on all battery power alone.
Compare this to the Chevy Volt that rolls out in 2010 that promises only the first 40 [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2009 by admin
I watched President Obama signing the U. S. stimulus package yesterday on CNN, while taking a break from other green tech matters. I was delighted to hear Blake Jones talk about how his solar company has gone from 3 employees to over 60 in 3 years time and how now (brown cow) that the stimulus [...]
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