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• Sapphire Energy gets $104.5 million in federal funding to build its algae biofuel plant

  —Alternative Energy Info

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  Earlier this month, the US Department of Energy announced almost $600 million in funding for advanced biofuel projects.     This money is intended to push forward next generation biofuels, since corn based ethanol plants have come under fire for increasing food costs.   One of the beneficiaries of the [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 10:51pm EST
  by MB-BigB

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• Report: Meaningful Numbers of Plug-In Hybrids Are Decades Away

  —Peak Oil News & Message Boards

  The mass-introduction of the plug-in hybrid electric car is still a few decades away, according to new analysis by the National Research Council.

  The study, released on Monday, also found that the next generation of plug-in hybrids could require hundreds of billions of dollars in government subsidies to take off. [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 12:34pm EST
  

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• Drumbeat: December 15, 2009

  —The Oil Drum

  
  Report: Meaningful Numbers of Plug-In Hybrids Are Decades Away The mass-introduction of the plug-in hybrid electric car is still a few decades away, according to new analysis by the National Research Council.

  The study, released on Monday, also found that the next generation of plug-in hybrids could require hundreds of billions [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 9:21am EST
  by Leanan

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• The Economist: Nuclear's next generation

  —Energy from Thorium

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  I was interviewed several months ago by the author for this article.
  
  The Economist: Nuclear's next generation
  One form of MSR, the liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR), has garnered particular enthusiasm among those who regard thorium as an attractive replacement for uranium and plutonium in the fuel cycle. [...]

  Posted: December 12, 2009, 9:44am EST
  by Kirk Sorensen

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• Solarmer Energy hits 7.9% efficiency with plastic organic photovoltaic solar cell – breaks record

  —Alternative Energy Info

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  Solarmer's flexible plastic solar cell Solarmer Energy has just announced that they have achieved a new certified by NREL record for efficiency of 7.9% with their plastic organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar cells. Solarmer feels that their plastic solar cells represent the next generation of solar cells, since they are flexible, transparent' [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 5:33pm EST
  by MB-BigB

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• Ford Teams with University of Detroit Mercy to Retrain Its Engineers for Electric Vehicle Era

  —Green Car Congress

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  Ford Motor Company is teaming with the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) to retrain its traditional automotive engineers, providing them with the skills and expertise to develop the next generation of advanced electric and hybrid vehicles.

  As vehicle electrification plans expand, the automotive industry’s need for electric vehicle-savvy engineers also [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:02am EST
  by Mike Millikin

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