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Wal-Mart gives $369,000 for ethanol research in Arkansas

Last month, the Wal-Mart Foundation gave $369,000 to the Arkansas Biosciences Institute for cellulosic ethanol research, specifically biomass-to-ethanol work. For comparison, Wal-Mart earned $351,139,000,000 last year. While most of the research done at ABI focuses on tobacco-related issues (the institute was formed thanks to the Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act of 2000), the Wal-Mart money will be used to try and get biofuel out of "the state's agriculture and forestry resources," according to Domestic Fuel, which means making ethanol from ... Read more →

Wal-Mart now using LNG trucks Xavier Navarro

Wal-Mart is going to introduce four liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled Peterbilt 386 trucks into service at their distribution center in Apple Valley, California using Westport Innovations HPDI ...

Will Wal-Mart get into the EV and PHEV retail business? Sam Abuelsamid

Back in the earlier years of this decade when rumblings about Chinese cars coming to America first started to appear, my colleagues and I came up with a business plan about how it might happen. Given ...

Wal-Mart gets ready to reduce emissions, waste and operating costs Sebastian Blanco

How serious is Wal-Mart about going green? Enough that their mission, according to GreenTech Media, is to "wean itself from fossil fuels and generate zero waste from its operations." A goal like that ...

Pump prices down, but so is consumer confidence Shane Addie

An article in from Automotive News tells us... what we already know. Even though gas prices have declined since their almost record-breaking highs on Memorial Day, consumer confidence is at a low. ...

Wal-Mart receives its first Peterbilt hybrid big rig 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/business_finance/Wal_Mart_gets_first_hybrid_big_rig_from_Peterbuilt'; Retail giant Wal-Mart has taken delivery of its (and the industry's) first hybrid Class 8 big rig. The Peterbilt Model 386 Hybrid is the result of a partnership between Peterbuilt and Eaton, latter ...

Consolidation in the fuel-cell industry - Plug Power buys Cellex 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Fuel-cell manufacturer Plug Power Inc. which produces backup power systems for the telecommunications industry is acquiring Cellex Power Products Inc. We've mentioned Cellex before as the fuel-cell manufacturer who partnered with Wal-Mart to undertake a trial of 12 hydrogen fuel-cell powered pallet ...

Peterbilt, Eaton and Wal-Mart partner on diesel-electric hybrid truck 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Wal-Mart has made its intentions very clear to reduce the fuel bill of its massive truck fleet by improving efficiency. We've talked a couple of times about their plans and the latest news is that advanced hybrid technologies jointly developed by Peterbilt Motors Company and Eaton Corporation have ...

Global clean energy markets to exceed $220 Billion by 2016 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The sixth annual Clean Energy Trends report has been released which predicts a four-fold increase in the global clean-energy market over the next decade from $55.4 billion in revenues in 2006 to more than $226.5 billion by 2016. Tracked by the report are four benchmark technologies which can all ...

Fluorescents to replace incandescents Down Under 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Australian federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced plans for a national switch from incandescent bulbs to more efficient technology such as compact fluorescent bulbs in a bid to save enormous amounts of electricity. Inefficient standard light bulbs use approximately five times as ...

Wal-Mart redesigning its trucks for greater efficiencies 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As part of Wal-Mart's program to double the fuel efficiency of its heavy-duty truck fleet in 10 yeas, not only have they just announced that they're investigating dual-mode, diesel-electric drivetrains, but other cutting edge truck technologies may be on the way as well. The Rocky Mountain ...

Hydrogen powered electric lift-trucks pass Wal-Mart tests 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Twelve rider pallet trucks worked in continuous operation, logging more than 18,500 hours of active work with over 2,100 indoor fueling occurrences by pallet truck operators. The fuel cells were provided by Vancouver based Cellex's CX-P150 fuel cell product. Johnnie Dobbs, Wal-Mart's e.v.p. of ...

Wal-mart's other green policies 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

As we reported earlier, supermarket chain giant Wal-mart is considering sellling ethanol at its various stores. But apparently that's only a part of the company's environmental policies. According to our sibling blog bloggingstocks, CEO H. Lee Scott outlined other plans like working with companies ...

Wal-Mart to dispense ethanol? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Wal-Mart is a U.S. retail giant, if not THE retail giant, selling almost anything inexpensively. Are Americans also ready to fuel up on biofuel at their local store as well? Well, they may soon have that option. Dow Jones reports that the company is considering selling the biofuel E85 (85 percent ...


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