Batteries
OfficeMax Launches New Recycling Program
OfficeMax has launched a new recycling program through its MaxPerks membership program. The system provides customers with a system to collect and redeem recyclable office items such as used ink and toner cartridges ...
Green Transportation News Roundup
Worldchanging has released its roundup of last week's news on sustainable mobility. The top story is the Senate's debate on the energy bill.
The bill and proposed amendments tackle a broad range of issues, ...
Motel 6 Launches National Fluorescent Light Bulb and Battery Recycling Program
Motel 6, with nearly 900 properties across the country, has rolled out what it says is the first national fluorescent light bulb and battery recycling program within the hospitality industry.
The program will be rolled out regionally ...
Trojan Battery Gets $576,000 For Energy Efficiency Improvements
Trojan Battery, which supplies batteries to the golf-car industry, has received a $576,627 energy rebate check to assist with its efforts to achieve long-term energy savings at its Santa Fe Springs, California manufacturing plant.
To date ...
Braun Floats ‘Green Grooming’ As Selling Point
Procter & Gambles' Braun Shavers says that its entire line of men's electric shaver chargers have received ENERGY STAR qualification, making Braun the world's first shaver brand with ENERGY STAR-qualified battery chargers.
Braun shavers ...
GM Sees Volt As iPod-Like Product To Take Down Prius
By 2005, GM's top executives were convinced it could get sales moving again by turning around its reputation on fuel economy and the environment, the Wall Street Journal reports.
To differentiate its ...
Nokia Tells Phone Users To Unplug
Nokia cell phones will soon prompt users to unplug phones when they're done charging. The company plans to roll out the initiative across its device range. The move, PC Magazine reports, could save enough electricity to ...
Recent RFPs
April 2007 (via CEEP)
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate U.S. & China Clean Water and Clean Energy
Climate Change, Land Use Change and Invasive Species
Photovoltaic Devices ...
Bush’s Budget Earmarks $24 Billion for Department of Energy
President Bush's $24.3-billion budget for the Department of Energy remains a tiny part of the overall $2.9-trillion budget plan for 2008. the Detroit Free Press reports.
The proposed budget for the Department of Energy includes $42 ...
Ford Plans Escape Hybrid E85 Demos, Unveils Edge with HySeries Drive
Ford is producing 20 demonstration Escape Hybrid E85 vehicles for use in fleets in six different states. Deliveries will begin this spring.
The demonstration vehicles use hybrid electric power and flex-fuel capability. Escape Hybrid E85 ...
Municipalities Place Pre-Sales Orders for Phoenix Motorcars’ EV Truck
Phoenix Motorcars has received (via The Energy Blog) 75 fleet orders from several municipalities and a utility company for its zero-emission, all-electric, freeway-ready sports utility truck. The company, which is on target ...
Wal-Mart, ArvinMeritor Developing Hybrid Tractor Drivetrain
Wal-Mart and ArvinMeritor are developing (via TreeHugger via Green Car Congress) a dual-mode, diesel-electric drivetrain for a Class 8 tractor. The vehicle, which is believed to be the first dual-mode diesel-electric ...
NEC, Carmanah Release Solar-Powered Monitor Batteries
NEC Display Solutions of America, working with Carmanah Technologies, has released a solar-powered system for use with all its monitors.
The solar-powered system produces approximately 293 kilowatt hours of electricity per year, or 800 ...
Peterbilt Hybrid Reduces Fuel Use Up To 40%
11 States to Receive First Hybrid School Buses
GE Partnership Aims For Zero Emissions Hybrid Fuel Cell Bus
NYC Yellow Cabs Go Green
After a unanimous New York City Council vote, Hybrid Technologies will now supply a lithium powered L-PT Cruiser for use as a NYC Yellow Cab. With a green light and approval, Hybrid Technologies ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
