EPRI Analysis estimates costs of fully developing US smart grid could reach $476B; benefits up to $2T
Total Smart Grid costs. Source: EPRI. Click to enlarge.
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has released a broad assessment of the costs and benefits to modernize the US electricity system and deploy the smart grid. Factoring a wide range …
Jobless Claims Decline for Week
Initial jobless claims fell by 10,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
GOP Puppet Group AAPS Moves to Block Ethanol and Biofuels
Every once in a while, I read something that doesn’t quite jive. Sometimes it’s a simple typo or a misplaced decimal point, and a quick double-take + common sense will straighten things out. Other times, like when I read a report on Autoblog Green…
GOP Puppet Group AAPS Moves to Block Ethanol and Biofuels
Every once in a while, I read something that doesn’t quite jive. Sometimes it’s a simple typo or a misplaced decimal point, and a quick double-take + common sense will straighten things out. Other times, like when I read a report on Autoblog Green…
Durham ordered to halfway house
From a mansion to a halfway house. That’s the transition indicted Indianapolis businessman Tim Durham faces for at least the next week.
Report: Europeans split over EV plug standard
Euractiv reports that French and Italian groups have misgivings over the German design of a plug for electric vehicles proposed as a common European standard. The tussle highlights “industrial jealousy”, the report says, as the EV sector at…
ALTe Powertrain Technologies and Manheim partner to retrofit ALTe range-extended electric powertrains in fleet vehicles
ALTe Powertrain Technologies, the Michigan-based developer of a Range Extended Electric Powertrain (earlier post), is forming a partnership with Manheim, the automotive industry’s leader in remarketing services, regarding the installation of ALTe…
Video: Spaceship Lands at San Francisco Airport
One of the first planes to dock at Virgin America’s new San Francisco International Airport terminal was a spaceship. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo arrived hitched between the twin fuselages of WhiteKnightTwo, its mothership and launch platform, and w…
NASA awards $16.5M to four teams for additional research into reducing aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise
NASA is awarding $16.5 million to four industry and academic teams for additional research into ideas to reduce aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise in aircraft that could enter service between 2030 and 2035. NASA refers to this time period a…
EPA Streamlines Process for Alt-Fuel Conversion Manufacturers
I’ve done a lot of research into converting a car to CNG or propane, and its slim pickin’s for EPA-approved conversion kits. That’s about to change as the EPA is “streamlining” the process through which conversion kit manufacturers can certif…