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REPORT: V-Vehicles waiting for DOE response, looking for future workers

V-Vehicle Co., the ambitious start-up that's received backing from T. Boone Pickens (among others), is moving forward with its plan to build a "fuel-efficient car for the U.S. market." The company has put in a request to the DOE for $250 million in low-interest Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program loans in order to re-open a facility in Monroe, Louisiana that was once a GM plant. The VVC plant would employ 1,400 people with an average salary of $40,000 once full production ramps up, something that will take many years. ... Read more →

T. Boone Pickens' wind farm plan dies out Sebastian Blanco

T. Boone Pickens has spent $60 million in the last year promoting the "Pickens Plan," an idea for a giant wind farm in Texas. Now, the billionaire oil man is saying he will postpone the project for at ...

Economic woes slow down the Pickens Plan West Texas wind farm Sebastian Blanco

The tumbling economy has certainly taken its toll on automakers, ethanol producers and everyone else, pretty much. Why should T. Boone Pickens escape the downfall? He hasn't. The huge west Texas ...

California renewable energy Proposition 10 (and T. Boone Pickens) defeated Sam Abuelsamid

We heard plenty about the results of some of the various races and ballot measures around the country over the past couple of days. However, there was one ballot proposal in California that didn't get ...

Join T. Boone Pickens for an "online rally" over the energy plan tonight Sebastian Blanco

The second U.S. presidential candidate debate is tonight, and it's likely that energy policy will come up in some fashion. Central casting's best-named oil man, T. Boone Pickens, wants to make sure ...


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