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a.. Toyota to Pursue Diesel Hybrid
Posted: 12 Dec 2006 01:13 AM CST
An article in Edmunds reports that following Toyota's announcement that it
will buy a 5.9 percent stake in Isuzu, the companies announced that they will
pursue a joint diesel development strategy. In the Toyota/Isuzu partnership,
Isuzu will take the lead in the areas of research and development for...
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b.. Why a Hydrogen Economy Doesn't Make Sense
Posted: 12 Dec 2006 12:49 AM CST
Another study, reported in PhysOrg.com reaffirms The Energy Blog's belief
that the hydrogen economy is not energy efficient. In a recent study, fuel cell
expert Ulf Bossel explains that a hydrogen economy is a wasteful economy. The
large amount of energy required to isolate hydrogen from natural...
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c.. Safer, Sustainable Energy Investigated
Posted: 12 Dec 2006 12:32 AM CST
PhysOrg.com reports that In the future a new generation of nuclear reactors
will create energy, while producing virtually no long-lasting nuclear waste,
according to research conducted by Wilfred van Rooijen, who will receive his
Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) PhD degree based on this...
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d.. Fuel Cell Industry Growing, but Still Relatively Small
Posted: 12 Dec 2006 12:14 AM CST
According to the 2006 Fuel Cell Industry Survey by PriceWaterhouseCoopers,
for the publicly traded companies in the global fuel cell sector:● Revenues
were up 20% to $266 million in 2005● There was a 6% decrease in RD expenditures
to $206 million ● Continuing a trend started in 2003, revenues...
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e.. PHEVs Have Little Impact on Electric Power System
Posted: 11 Dec 2006 05:12 PM CST
DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory released a report today, that
indicates that idle capacity in the existing electric power system could
generate most of the electricity consumed by plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
A new study for the Department of Energy finds that off-peak electricity...
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f.. German Biogas Project Recycles Wastewater to Grow Corn
Posted: 11 Dec 2006 04:25 PM CST
Biopact reports on the construction of a €10 million (US$13 million) biogas
complex in Germany that includes a dedicated field of corn watered by
wastewater, a pipeline and a combined heat-and-power plant. Corn will be raised
on a dedicated plot of 10 square kilometers (2471 acres). The entire...
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