Marines testing personal solar panels

A company of U.S. Marines based in Afghanistan has been testing roll-up solar panels to see if they can replace hundreds of pounds of batteries. The Marines of India Company used the panels during a three week patrol through southern Afghanistan, and have been using the panels to recharge radios, GPS units, and other electronic Related posts: US Marines using solar thermal power at Camp Lejeune GM testing the Volt’s batteries UPS expands testing of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles

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Hybrid motorcycle heading to India

Eko Vehicles, a well known Bengladore based company that has been making electric scooters for years, is working with U.S. based Emerging Technologies, Inc, and coming out with a hybrid motorcycle aimed at the mass market in India. While its hardly a powerhouse (it’s top speed is about 40 mph), its rated to get No related posts.

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World’s Largest Solar Power Project Planned

Gujarat, a state of India, is quite eager to opt for alternative sources of energy. It started out as a small dream. The Gujarat government visualized only 500 MW of solar power generation by 2014. But this humble goal may now be increased to 3,000 MW. The Gujarat Government is undertaking a $10 billion Posted in: Future Energy , Industry , Solar Power

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Positive predictions for hydrogen vehicles

This post is brought to you by ? Curt Rosengren ~ Passion Catalyst TM ? ? “Love your work. Change your world.” Yesterday I posted about the prediction in India that hydrogen energy will be a viable alternative to fossil fuels for its transportation sector by 2020. In a story about efforts to develop hydrogen options, there are more glowing predictions for hydrogen fuel’s potential … Honda, BMW and General Motors Corp. report they are developing vehicles that will run on hydrogen, the simplest, lightest and most abundant of elements. GM predicts it could have cleanburning, hydrogenpowered fuel cell vehicles on the road within the next five or six years. The company estimates that fuel cell propulsion is about twice as efficient as that of an internal combustion engine. Earlier this year BMW presented its new hydrogen vehicle, the Hydrogen 7, as part of the company’s global clean energy promotional campaign. Not everybody has a rosy view though… Other major automakers do not predict mass production of hydrogen vehicles until at least a decade from now, citing the difficulty and cost of producing, storing and transporting the element in either its gaseous or liquid form. But even in that arena, some are decidedly bullish on the possibilities… The FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership, made up of the U.S. Department of Energy along with BP America, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Conoco Phillips, Shell Hydrogen LLC and a council of three major automakers, believes that by 2010 it can create the national hydrogen fuel infrastructure needed to support fuel cell vehicles. —

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