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  Polaris Reports: Inside the Numbers

  04.04.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Polaris Reports: Inside the Numbers

  San Jacinto PlantPhoto Credit: Polaris Geothermal Polaris Geothermal recently reported full results for the year 2007. A detailed press release about the earnings is available here. The high points: The company got a full year of production from the Phase I of its plant in San Jacinto-Tizate, Nicaragua at around 7MWe of average output, the […]

• Energy

  US Geothermal Acquires Empire Plant

  04.03.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on US Geothermal Acquires Empire Plant

  Photo Credit: UNR US Geothermal, developer and operator of the Raft River project in Idaho, announced their intent to acquire the assets of Empire Geothermal consisting of a 4.8MW (nameplate) binary plant and over 28,000 acres of land for $16.6M. The transaction details are complex, the press release goes into detail about how the deal […]

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  Enertia Electric Motorcycle

  04.02.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Enertia Electric Motorcycle

  Photo Credit: Enertia Another electric motorcycle that has come to our attention is the Enertia, a 280lb vehicle with a range of 45 miles on a single charge. It’s estimated to cost around $0.01 per mile to operate in electric cost and if used 100% for commuting can reduce green house gas emission by an […]

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  PGE Secures up to 900MW Solar Thermal

  04.01.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on PGE Secures up to 900MW Solar Thermal

  Image Credit: BrightSource Energy Today, BrightSource Energy and PG&E signed an agreement for the utility to take delivery of and distribute 500MWe of electricity from 3 proposed solar thermal plants in California. Power delivery could begin as early as 2011 and when fully online, the project is anticipated to deliver up to 1.2GWh of power […]

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  One Hot Bike

  03.31.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on One Hot Bike

  Scotts Valley, California based Zero Motorcycles is now shipping an all-electric 250cc equivalent motorcycle for a list price of $7,450 complete. These nifty little bikes are available in on- and off-road configurations and really fly (check out the videos hosted at their website.) The standard configuration has a duration of 2 hours and/or range of […]

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