HAWTHORNE, California (AP) — Tesla Motors Inc. unveiled a solar-powered charging station that it said will make refueling electric vehicles on long trips about as fast as stopping for gas and a bathroom break in a conventional car.
CEO Elon Musk said at a news conference Monday at Tesla's design studio that the company's roadside Supercharger has been installed at six highway rest stops in California.
According to a new industry survey, Mitt Romney supporters are more likely to have made green improvements to their homes than the president's supporters, The San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said that they had to remove authorizations and new efficiency standards from their energy-efficiency bill passed Saturday in order to give the bill a chance in the House, The Hill reports.
Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new thermoelectric material that is expected to convert 15 to 20 percent of waste heat into useful electricity for use in the auto and heavy manufacturing industries, Homeland Security News Wire reports.
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco awarded a $1 billion contract to build a solar power plant to a Saudi-led consortium on Monday, as part of this country's ambitious plans to harness the sun's energy and reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels.
The Moroccan Solar Energy Agency said that the consortium, led by Saudi International Company for Water and Power together with the Spanish Aries IS and TSK EE, would build a 160 megawatt solar power plant in the southern Moroccan town of Ouarzazate.
Critics are closely watching SoloPower, a solar panel start-up that shares many similarities with Solyndra, as it prepares to receive a loan from the Energy Deparment's controversial loan guarantee program, Reuters reports.
Mecca, Islam's most holy shrine, is advancing plans to operate the first utility-scale renewable energy plant in Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg reports. The plant would include 100 megawatts of solar capacity.
According to a study by the University of California, Riverside, a clean diesel-powered 18-wheeler emits the same amount of pollution as one charbroiled burger, FuelFix reports. By the end of 2011, about 30 percent of big rigs on the road had clean burning diesel engines.
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. is boosting its green vehicle lineup, with 21 new hybrids in the next three years, a new electric car later this year and a fuel cell vehicle by 2015.
Japan's top automaker outlined its green vehicle plans Monday amid growing concerns about global warming and surging gas prices.
The New York Times finds that online data centers waste massive amounts of energy and even appear on California's Toxic Air Contaminant Inventory, despite their "clean" image.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the Justice Department to join the European Union's probe of possible oil price manipulation, Reuters reports.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane said the NRC can't consider a public hearing on the San Onofre nuclear plant until June, when an appeal period of an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ruling ends.
Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., introduced a bill that would ensure that only domestically-made biofuels can be used to meet the Renewable Fuel Standard, The Chattanoogan reports.
A federal judge refused to reconsider a ruling that upheld the Interior Department's power to ban new hard rock mining projects on federal land, The Associated Press reports.
Tesla Motors increased the value of its stock and debt offerings 30 percent to $1.08 billion to gather reserves and pay back its Energy Department loans, Bloomberg reports.
Poland called on the European Union to end energy subsidies for fossil fuels and renewable sources and cut oil imports to better combat climate change, Bloomberg reports.
The first well reports from the Utica shale in Ohio show a significant supply of natural gas but not as much oil as some energy companies were expecting, Reuters reports.
