This week the Los Angeles Auto Show had its 100th annual exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center. In his keynote address on 11-29, Rick Wagoner, the Chairman and CEO of General Motors, congratulated the producers when he said “you have ‘arrived’ this year as one of the industry’s top international shows.”
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JOINING CALIFORNIA & INDIA WITH COMMERCIAL SCALE HYBRID POWER PLANTS

Egypt, an ancient land along the fertile Nile,
awakens to solar technology. Why not build
solar/fossil fuel hybrid-design power plants?

Editor’s Note: Before we had hybrid cars we had hybrid power plants. Solar/thermal power relies on heat from two sources, the sun and fossil fuel, to [...]

First Solar, the first company to set up volume production of thin-film photovoltaics, has just gone public, and the market loves them. According to Morningstar, by mid-day on Monday 11-20, First Solar’s stock (FSLR) has rallied 24% after their IPO on Friday 11-17.
While the U.S. has fallen behind in production of crystalline silicon photovoltaics, [...]

There are many obstacles to creating an energy future reliant on hydrogen, but it is a mistake to think the hydrogen future must include fuel cells. In our posts critical of the hydrogen lobby we have oversimplified that point, because hydrogen can be used as fuel for an internal combustion engine. And even [...]

Since 1958, the observatory at Mauna Loa has
tracked concentrations of atmospheric CO2
(Photo: NOAA)

Editor’s Note: People who have abandoned all interest in questioning global warming theories and the facts behind them should beware. It is the duty of any environmentalist to leave their skepticism intact – skepticism is healthy, and is one of the primary [...]