A geological rupture at a geothermal plant in Australia has caused a setback for an alternative energy company called Geodynamics Ltd. There was an explosion recently at the remote Cooper Basin that caused the plant to shut down.
Nobody was injured and nothing toxic escaped. In fact the only thing currently spewing into the air and [...]

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It’s Earth Day and wind power is the subject of the talk as President Obama gives a speech in Iowa at a wind turbine plant. At a place where Maytag appliances used to be made (and apparently the Maytag Repairman slept), President Obama called upon Congress to pass $150 billion in spending on renewable energy [...]

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Well, I don’t usually simply copy and paste a company’s press release as I find this lazy and not really adding anything that a simple link couldn’t add. But in this one case, I’m simply going to lay out the press release of this PHEV underground vehicle and let you choose the merits of such [...]

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Now that the Obama Administration is in office and apparently he has an affection for developing plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) its time to head to our neighbors to the north to get this ball rolling.
So, PHEV ’09 is taking place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada September 28 to 30, 2009. The conference will heavily feature [...]

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With the Big 3 automakers in Detroit running on fumes and an over abundance of former auto workers eager to get busy again, wind turbines are a growth industry for manufacturing jobs. In fact, Global Wind Systems Inc. is going to add 250 wind turbine manufacturing jobs this year with 90-percent coming from the automotive [...]

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