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World's largest solar powered boat reaches Cancun for climate change conference

National Green Transportation

The TÛRANOR PlanetSolar is a large 100% solar powered "multi-hull" catamaran boat that's on an around the world trip. Last week they arrived in Miami for a promotional stop, and they are now in Cancun for the UN Climate Change.

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World's largest solar powered boat reaches Cancun for climate change conference

National Green Transportation

The TÛRANOR PlanetSolar is a large 100% solar powered "multi-hull" catamaran boat that's on an around the world trip. Last week they arrived in Miami for a promotional stop, and they are now in Cancun for the UN Climate Change. Do you like this story?

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World's largest solar powered boat reaches Cancun for climate change conference

National Green Transportation

The TÛRANOR PlanetSolar is a large 100% solar powered "multi-hull" catamaran boat that's on an around the world trip. Last week they arrived in Miami for a promotional stop, and they are now in Cancun for the UN Climate Change. Do you like this story?

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Chemrec CEO Urges Serious Consideration for DME at Low-Carbon Biofuel for North America

Green Car Congress

Speaking at the 2009 World Methanol Conference in Miami, Richard J. Addressing methanol marketers at the conference, LeBlanc noted that converting methanol into DME offers the methanol industry a new market for its product. He noted that DME is more widely produced and accepted in Europe and Asia.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

These include Pacific Gas and Electric, Kansas City Power and Light and Edison Electric Institute , the trade association for IOUs (see quote below). The press conference will be at 3:00 pm at Austin City Hall. The list of supporters/partners now includes links to the members’ web sites along with a contact person. Mr. Woolsey and Ms.

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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The auto industry is now gearing up to hash out those standards at the SAE conference in Detroit next week — and GM has a major stake in getting them out swiftly. As we’ve noted before , a lower-power version of it was published back in 2001, specifying charging hardware interface and coupler system.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Following that, according Chryslers filings, will come electric-powered cars, SUVs and crossovers, some based on Fiat vehicles, according to the "viability plan" Chrysler submitted to the Treasury Department. Power will come from a 200 kilowatt, or 268 horsepower, electric motor.