PG&E to Keynote Greentech Media s Utility-Scale Solar Conference
Utilities and solar power experts gather for a day of debate at Intersolar North America....

Suncor Unveils New Wind Project
Suncor Energy Products Inc. s plan to develop the 88 megawatt (MW) Wintering Hills Wind Power Project has been approved by the Alber...

Virent Secures $46M in Third Round to Accelerate Catalytic Bio-hydrocarbon Fuels Scale-Up; Expansion into Renewable Diesel
Virent s BioForming concept. Source: Virent. Click to enlarge.Virent Energy Systems, Inc. has closed a $46.4-million third round of ...

OnStar Gets Directions From Google Maps
OnStar has struck a deal with Google to integrate Google Maps into all of its navigation systems. OnStar users can now use Google Maps ...

Renault 2010 Environment Workshop, Part 2: Electric Vehicles
Renault held a 2010 Environment Workshop last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles full lifecycle throug...

EADS Concept Diesel-Electric Hybrid Helicopter Features EcoMotors OPOC Engines; Up to 50% Less Fuel Consumption Than Conventional Twin-Turbine Helicopter
The hybrid helicopter concept. Click to enlarge.EADS Innovation Works is presenting a concept helicopter with a diesel-electric hybrid...

Largest Supercomputer Simulations Yet of Bio-Jetfuel Will Help Identify Optimal Mixtures
The simulation computed profiles of temperature (left) and black carbon (right) formation for a bio-jetfuel flame. Click to enlarge.Re...

VOFCC at UDRI Receives $10M in Air Force Funding to Advance Synthetic Jet Fuels and Combustion Technologies; Exploring Coal-Biomass Gasification
The von Ohain Fuels and Combustion Center (VOFCC) at the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) recently received $10 million f...

Linde Ionic Compression Hydrogen Technology to Fuel AC Transit buses
Linde has contracted with Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) in California to supply the ionic compression hydrogen fue...