In the United States, traditional hydropower (dams) provides roughly 10% of the electricity. Traditional hydro plants, in many cases, are century+ old with embedded technology that is far from 21st century in terms of productivity for every gallon that passes by. Thus, opportunities exist for taking existing hydropower facilities and making them more productive with […]
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A quick fix to up hydro power globally?
March 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: electricity · Energy · energy cool · renewable energy
Energy COOL: An affordable PHEV? Available soon?
January 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments
AFS Trinity, a leading company in flywheel and other power storage systems, has just announced a 150 mile per gallon plug-in-hybrid variant of a Saturn VUE. “Extreme Hybrids™ don’t need high priced technology and don’t require new or expensive fuels, such as hydrogen, which, according to Argonne National Labs, will cost twice as much as […]
Tags: energy cool · fuel economy · hybrid · PHEV
Energy COOL: Shared Electric Cars
January 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Energy COOL: Shared Electric Cars
Since diving into the deep end when it comes to energy issues, almost every day sees new fascinating concepts, approaches, and technologies. Fascinating … exciting … even hope inspiring at times. And, as well, as the passion builds, so many of these are truly Energy COOL. One of the first Energy COOLs focused on bike-sharing programs as […]
Tags: automobiles · energy cool · PHEV
Energy COOL: Luxury will become mainstream
November 25th, 2007 · Comments Off on Energy COOL: Luxury will become mainstream
Since diving into the deep end when it comes to energy issues, almost every day sees new fascinating concepts, approaches, and technologies. Exciting. Hope inspring. Truly Energy COOL. And, well, there are others on the hunt for those Energy COOL opportunities for fostering a better future. When I win the lottery … When I win […]
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