Month: March 2012
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Regenerative Brakes To Power Airplane Taxiing?
A team of U.K. engineers envisions a much quieter, less polluted runway, with planes using energy recovered from their landing gear brakes to power taxiing.
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Mitsubishi i Hooks Up With AeroVironment Charger
Mitsubishi Motors has teamed up with AeroVironment to offer discounts on home charging systems to those who reserve their 2012 Mitsubishi i by April of this year.
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Solar Power Kicks In At Edwards Air Force Base
In California, Edwards Air Force Base will offset its electricity use in the high-demand season with a 3.4 MW solar system owned and operated by Borrego Solar.
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Renewable Energy Will Double by 2035, Supplying 16% of US Energy
And that’s without any federal tax credits. Geothermal is expected to triple.
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Illinois Will Be First Midwest State to Adopt Historic Green Building Code
The first national green building code, approved last year, requires new homes and buildings to be 30% more efficient than in 2006.