Originally published at Montara Energy Ventures. An interesting trend seems to be taking hold around vehicles like Toyota’s Prius, home-grown conversions from standard hybrid to plugin hybrid by adding battery power, a charger, and socket to plug the vehicle in for charging. The magazine GreenCar.com has an interesting article about this phenomena. It would seem […]
Originally published at Montara Energy Ventures. A leading technology company, Sun Microsystems, has released a community-based carbon footprint tracker today called OpenEco.org. It’s clearly just a start, but it’s interesting in that the point is to have folks measure their activity, set goals for improvement, and track them on the website. The theory is, if […]
Originally published at Montara Energy Ventures. Steam Flow Test at Polaris’ San Jacinto-Tizate Project Via CleanTech: Toronto’s Polaris Geothermal (TSX: GEO) announced yesterday that it signed a deal with Iceland’s Exorka International to develop and operate projects in Nicaragua. The two companies plan to swap units, shares and warrants as part of a deal granting […]
Originally published at Montara Energy Ventures. Click for larger image Via Yahoo News: VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(MARKET WIRE)–Sep 19, 2007 — Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (“NGP”) (CDNX:NGP.V – News)(OTC BB:NGLPF.OB – News), today announced Well 23-14, completed to a depth of 3415 feet (1041 metres), intersected a geothermal production zone similar to that intersected in Well […]
Originally posted at Montara Energy Ventures. The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) will hold its annual meeting at John Ascauga’s Nugget October 1-3. There are multiple field trips and pre-meeting sessions offered in the days leading up to the meeting as well. The draft agenda is beefy and it’s clear that this is the event you […]