DOE and Sweden to Advance Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles

DOE and the Swedish Energy Agency have agreed to work together to accelerate the commercialization of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and to prepare consumers for the coming technology. Alexander Karsner, DOE’s Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), and Tomas Kaberger, Director General of the Swedish Energy Agency, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on PHEVs on July 7. Under the MOU, DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory will work with Test Site Sweden to investigate PHEV instrumentation and smart charging systems, and how they interact with the electrical grid; track and evaluate consumer behavior while testing the vehicles in the field; quantify national, utility, and customer benefits; and plan and develop convenient public charging stations. The 1-year, $1 million cost-sharing arrangement will be funded equally by DOE and the Swedish Energy Agency. See the DOE press release.

This MOU builds on the agreement signed by Assistant Secretary Karsner and Swedish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson in June 2007, under which DOE and Sweden agreed to cooperate on biomass production; transportation and automotive research; reducing the cost of renewable energy; and improving energy efficiency. See information about the original MOU on the International page of the EERE Web site.

 

Apple, Nokia,Sony

吃苹果的人已经多于用Sony Walkman的人了。

吃苹果的人 Vs 用Nokia的人？

 

Globalization

I think that is the way we are going, and multinational is a must.

The world is smaller and smaller, we all are living in this small, small planet…

 

And there’s only one of ‘ our planet’, we cannot go Mars, you know.

 

California Gains its First Combined Hydrogen and Gasoline Station

Shell Hydrogen and General Motors Corporation (GM) opened a hydrogen fueling station at an existing Shell gasoline station in West Los Angeles in late June. The combined hydrogen and gasoline fueling station is a first for California, and only the second in the country: Shell and GM opened a similar station in Washington, D.C., back in 2004. The new station will generate hydrogen via electrolysis, using green power purchased from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. It is the third Shell Hydrogen refueling station in the United States and is part of DOE’s Hydrogen Vehicle and Infrastructure Demonstration and Validation Project.

Located on Santa Monica Boulevard, the new hydrogen fueling station will be used primarily by participants in Chevrolet’s Project Driveway, which is placing 100 Equinox fuel cell vehicles in the hands of customers in three cities to gain real-world experience with the vehicles. Operating in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, D.C., Project Driveway is placing the vehicles in the hands of celebrities, the media, public policy leaders (DOE has one), business partners, and last but not least, ordinary customers who have signed up online. See the GM press release.

City Councilman Bill Rosendahl hams it up as he fuels a Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell vehicle at the new hydrogen fueling station in Los Angeles.
Credit: Jamie Rector © GM Corp.

GM is also working with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to open another hydrogen fueling station near the Los Angeles International Airport. The station is expected to open in late summer or early fall, providing another refueling stop for Project Driveway participants. According to the National Hydrogen Association (NHA), there are now 61 hydrogen fueling stations operating in the United States, with another 37 planned. See the Clean Energy Fuels press release and the NHA’s newly upgraded Hydrogen Fueling Station Database.

 

Blist

From an Oracle employees blogs, I found a link to here:

www.blist.com

 

What is it? Need to do some digging one day..

http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/980795693

 

 

 

 

 

OPEC president blames ethanol for crude-price rise

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/opec-president-blames-oil-prices/story.aspx?guid=%7BE003D4C9-0739-4868-8F69-D9C51BB53CB5%7D&dist=msr_1

 

Blames ethanol, biofuel ?

 

"The price of oil will rise again in the coming weeks," Chakib Khelil — the Algerian energy minister and currently president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries — said in an interview with an Algerian newspaper. "We have to follow the evolution of the dollar, because a 1% fall in the dollar means $4 more on the price of oil."

 

……

Khelil said the weak dollar and geopolitical worries are responsible for 60% of the rise in crude prices, but also said that "the intrusion of bioethanol on the market" was alone responsible for the other 40%.

 

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/ethanol_myths_facts.html

 

 

10,000 BC

Back to a time that humans hunting Mammoth for food…

A good story, and a nice eye-catcher.

 

The history, the lengendary.

The war, the love.

The alliens, the pyramid.

Piles of mammoths, quite a tiger!

And, the blue-eyed girl…..

 

Check it out at :

http://www.10000bcmovie.com/

 

 

yeah, don’t forget review Disc-2, there’s something about historical climate change.

 

Welcome to Oracle Mix.

 

Welcome to Oracle Mix.

Mix is here to give everyone a voice and

help us to shape the future of Oracle together.

 

https://mix.oracle.com/

 

YouTube

Very good, now part of Google Inc.

 

 

How Does a Wind Turbine Work?

Wind turbines operate on a simple principle. The energy in the wind turns two or three propeller-like blades around a rotor. The rotor is connected to the main shaft, which spins a generator to create electricity.

Wind turbines are mounted on a tower to capture the most energy. At 100 feet (30 meters) or more above ground, they can take advantage of faster and less turbulent wind.

Wind turbines can be used to produce electricity for a single home or building, or they can be connected to an electricity grid (shown here) for more widespread electricity distribution.

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/wind_animation.html

 

From EERE