Batteries
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Manufacturing Tax Credit, Natural Gas Drilling, Ener1 Chapter 11, Tier 3 Emissions
The White House has released more details about the manufacturing efficiency incentives that President Obama announced in his State of ...
Revend Launches Light Bulb Recycling Vending Machine
U.K. corporation Revend Recycling Limited has launched a "reverse vending" recycling machine for the collection and recycling of domestic light bulbs and batteries. Ikea will be ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL, Wyoming Aquifer, Alaska Energy Authority, EPA Enforcement 2011
Republicans expressed confidence that Congress will reach an agreement that extends the payroll tax cut, now in the Senate. The House bill contains a measure to ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Building Initiative, LEED, GRI, International Maritime Organization
The Green Building Initiative released its Guiding Principles Compliance certification program for existing buildings - a tool designed to help federal agencies comply with sustainability requirements ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: More EPA Delays, Solar Trade Dispute, Chevron Fined
The EPA said it will delay proposing the country's first-ever greenhouse gas limits on oil refineries, the latest setback for the agency that has struggled to ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: ANWR Drilling Push, Canada Reacts, EV Fire Probe
A jobs-related proposal from House Republicans to support new infrastructure spending is dominating by a plan to massively expand offshore oil and gas leasing and open ...
LED Lighting Sees Improvements with the Addition of Hybrid Capacitors
An influx of devices containing light emitting diodes, or LEDs, provides a greater opportunity for efficient and long-lasting technology in the solid-state lighting ...
Ultralife Announces GenSet Eliminator Mobile Battery
Ultralife Corporation has launched the GenSet Eliminator, a storage and power system for defense and commercial applications that is designed to reduce fuel consumption and maintenance ...
DOE Awards $175m for Advanced Vehicle Research, $7m for Fuel Cells and Storage
The Department of Energy yesterday awarded more than $175 million to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced vehicle technologies.
The funding, to be ...
Panasonic Launches Household-Level Energy Management Project in Singapore
Panasonic Corporation has launched a two-year pilot energy project with the government of the Republic of Singapore to collaborate on the development and testing of a ...
Walgreens to Host 800 EV Charge Points; GM to Launch Smart Grid Pilot
Pharmacy chain Walgreens plans to offer electric vehicle charging stations at about 800 locations across the country by the end of the year, making it the ...
Fleet Briefing: Ford, CNG Taxis, Coke, Renault-Nissan
Rather than fight for a share of a possibly resurgent minivan market, Ford Motor Company has scrapped plans to launch a ...
Environmental Enforcement: Battery Recycling Co. to Clean Up After Lead Found in Children
EPA Region 2 has reached an agreement with The Battery Recycling Company in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, requiring the company to take measures to prevent lead ...
The Future of the Green Car Industry
For many years car companies have brought out “green” cars which they claim are the big revolution, which will reduce our usage of ...
Global V2G Market to Reach $26.6 B by 2020
The global vehicle-to-grid (V2G) market is expected to reach $26.6 billion by 2020, according to a recent study by Zpryme and sponsored by the ...
EADS Signs Biofuel Deal With BioCombustibles
European Aeronautic Defence And Space (EADS) and its subsidiary, Eurocopter, have signed a deal with an Argentinean biofuels supplier to evaluate the potential for an ...
Tesla Sells Carbon Credits to Honda for $13.8m
Tesla Motors has sold $13.8 million in carbon credits to Honda Motor since 2008, despite not making a profit on its manufacturing business yet, according ...
Toyota Buys $50 Million Stake in Tesla
Toyota announced yesterday it has agreed to buy a $50 million stake in Tesla Motors. Under the agreement, the two car companies will work together on electric vehicles, parts, and ...
Energy Storage Project Aims to Extend Utility of Solar Power
International Battery, a U.S. manufacturer and developer of large-format lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, is partnering with system integrator HNU Energy to assess the effectiveness ...
Study Finds Battery Costs to Limit Adoption of Electric Cars
Electric-car battery costs are unlikely to drop enough over the next decade to drive widespread adoption of fully electric vehicles without a major breakthrough in ...
