NASA Installs Solar

NASAs John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), located on the East coast of Florida, this week began installation of a Sharp 79 kilowatt solar array on the new Propellants North Facility. The solar array will provide the facility with enough clean, renewable energy to completely power the facility with zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually.

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SportTruck.com road tests the 2009 Chevy Silverado Hybrid

If you need a pickup truck but are looking for much better gas mileage than you would normally get, you might be interested in getting one of the new 2009 Chevy Silverado Hybids. SportTruck.com has just road tested one of the Silverado Hybrids and had posted a very detailed review of it. The

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More info on Cash for Clunkers

The Cash for Clunkers bill was signed into law just last week, and its off to a bit of a slow start. Final details of what’s now being called the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) won’t be available until July 24th, so if you’re planning on taking advantage of the new law, you might

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World’s first floating wind turbine installed

Hywind floating turbine being towed out to sea The world’s first floating wind turbine has been installed by StatoilHydro and Siemens off the coast of Karmoy, Norway, and testing of the new turbine is about to begin. The floating turbine, which is anchored to the sea floor about 700 feet below, consists of a steel

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Hybrid price wars – great news for hybrid buyers!

It looks like Toyota is aggressively going after the new Honda Insight, which is great news for hybrid buyers. The new Insight, which has been a great seller so far in Japan, was being billed as a Prius killer by Honda, and so Toyota is reacting to the challenge. The new, third

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Hybrid news: Review of the 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid

If you’re looking to buy a hybrid this year, you might want to check out this Orlando Sentinel review of the new 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid. The hybrid Civic is considered a “partial” or mild hybrid, because it can’t move on electric power alone. Still, its rated at 40 mpg in the city,

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