This past weekend, Prometheus Solar founder Jim Corning demonstrated his proof-of-concept electric motorcycle at the Santa Monica AltCar Expo. The motorcycle is a reconstructed Ninja 250 that uses four solar panels which provide 800 watts of power combined. Read more of this story »
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I don’t need to spell out how much some schools could use some extra change. While I daydream about whether the proposed renovation of my kid’s school will incorporate solar panels and have a LEED-certified architect? There are projects at DonorsChoose that will make you grip your kid’s sippy cup with white knuckles. Then there are some that will make your eyes mist with happiness, that there’s such a creative being standing in front of a couple dozen lucky little faces all day long. Cause that
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Green vehicles will soon become a regular fixture on the road and the solar-powered motorcycle by Jim Corning could lead the pack. This two-wheeler solar motorcycle features a lithium-ion phospate battery that gets its energy from sunshine. There are four 800-watt solar panels included in this modified 250cc Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle by Prometheus Solar LLC. Bike is said to reach 70 mph as top speed. [Link via Engadget ]
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Lignol and Weyerhaeuser Team for Cellulosic Products: Ethanol and biochemical producer Lignol is working with pulp and paper giant Weyerhaeuser on cellulose-based biochemicals. Weyerhaeuser has a separate JV with Chevron to develop cellulosic biofuels - Green Car Congress. South African Investment Firms Launches $48.6M Cleantech Fund: Inspired Revolution Investment Management closed the first round of what it says is South Africa’s first cleantech fund in July at ZAR400 million ($48.6 million)
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Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it.CEATEC 2008 is alive and kicking right now, this event being the perfect opportunity for great handset manufacturers to show off their concept phones. We’ve seen the neat design of Fujitsu and DoCoMo and now it’s time to check out KDDI’s booth. In there we find the music instrument-phones we loved when we first discovered them months ago plus a few new “space age” strange handsets. These can be admired in th
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