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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Current consortium members include Accenture, Current Group, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and Ventyx. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

Revenge of the Electric Car

Here’s the scoop: Engineers drill a hole about 6,000 feet down where the magma has heated the surrounding area to about 400-500 degrees Farenheit. Another 5% comes from wind and 5% from hydro. The rest of Hawaii’s electricity is generated by burning oil. Hawaii's 30 megawatt geothermal control room.

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The Game-Changing Water Revolution: Interview with Stanley Weiner

Green Car Congress

Salttech is a think tank with brilliant engineers and scientists who are always asking how they can make it better. In Israel, for instance, there are contracts to build these permanent desalination plants, but now it looks like the permits aren’t going to come through.

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