Greenbang logo

News you might have missed: 3 March, 2009

By Greenbang on Tuesday, 3rd March 2009

newspapersSkipped a few headlines yesterday? No problem: Greenbang is here with your daily roundup of cleantech news you might have missed:

  • The Solar Electric Vehicle Team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently unveiled its latest model: Eleanor. The team plans to race the solar-powered car in the World Solar Challenge in Australia this October;
  • Florida’s Gainesville Regional Utilities this week launched a feed-in tariff program — a first for the US — allowing customers to sell back to the utility surplus power they generate from solar energy;
  • Lotus Cars recently announced the debut of the “Omnivore,” a vehicle that can run on standard petrol, ethanol, diesel or other biofuels;
  • Nissan this week signed an agreement with Portugal to study an investment of €300 million to €400 million to build a battery production plant for electric cars (free subscription required);
  • European scientists have published a paper identifying potential health risks associated with nanomaterials in consumer products.

Tags:

READERS COMMENTS - Have your say...




Please note: Comment moderation is enabled and may delay your comment. There is no need to resubmit your comment.

Additional comments powered by BackType

RELATED NEWS

LATEST HEADLINES

One peak we should bring on faster: Peak plastics thumbnail

One peak we should bring on faster: Peak plastics

While most of the peaks we see looming today — peak oil, peak
Jurdy: To the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump thumbnail

Jurdy: To the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump

Jurdy finds another tough job to fill …
Finally: A plan to make clean energy a business opportunity thumbnail

Finally: A plan to make clean energy a business opportunity

Ensuring sustainable energy and resources in the future is all about how you
Perfect technology is impossible, but keep trying anyway thumbnail

Perfect technology is impossible, but keep trying anyway

“I guess I could be pretty pissed off about
Plan for a solar future means knowing when the sun won’t shine thumbnail

Plan for a solar future means knowing when the sun won’t shine

While energy experts elsewhere are looking for answers to
Wild warming or sulphur rain? Climate ‘party planners’ can’t decide thumbnail

Wild warming or sulphur rain? Climate ‘party planners’ can’t decide

Imagine you and your office mates are trying to