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    Urban Green Energy's Skypump lets you drive like with the wind
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    We doubt that charging your electric vehicles using solar will become passé any time soon, but when it does, at least we have options when comes to fossil fuel-free electrons. Urban Green Energy is teaming with General Electric to create charging stations that funnel power from the wind ...

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    Experts warn that UK wind farms may run out of... wind
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    According to the UK's government statistics, 13 of the past 16 months have been less windy than average – while 2010 was the "stillest" year of the decade. Furthermore, meteorologists warn that a shift in the Atlantic jet stream could alter wind patterns over the next 40 years, leaving many ...

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    Pew: Clean energy investments hit record-setting $243B globally in 2010
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    Worldwide, clean energy investments hit a record-setting $243 billion in 2010, a 30 percent increase over 2009's figures, according to research released by Pew Charitable Trusts. China, Germany and the United States ranked first, second and third in total clean energy investments, ...

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    Italian designers envision amazing Solar Wind bridge
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    Bridges and wind turbines seem to be a match made in heaven; most bridges are generally quite tall where wind speeds are much higher and are often in exposed mountainous areas where significant cross winds develop. Obvious, right? So why does something like the "Solar Wind" bridge not already ...

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    Are we running out of places to build wind farms?
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    It seems like a strange question, but have we run out of good places to build wind farms? On the face of it, one would think that a country as large at the U.S. is a long, long way from a time when we don't have the space to put up another turbine, but that's the question that Renewable Energy ...

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    AirRay concept scoops the competition with four turbines, solar panels and V2G
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    Fans of the normal-car-as-EV style of the Coda Sedan, you've been warned. What we have here is the AirRay, a totally unusual vehicle that (theoretically, at least) uses solar, wind and plug-in power to decrease gasoline consumption. It's also a little bit crazy. The giant air scoops on the hood ...

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    STUDY: Lots of local, green electricity possible for most of the U.S.
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    One of the reasons that a vehicle powered by something other than gasoline is such a popular idea in the U.S. is that it helps us become less reliant on other countries for our transportation needs. To this end, biofuels and electric vehicles offer great potential to use local sources of energy ...

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    Dale Vince's wind-powered car could be the Storm, the Zero or the Nemesis
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    click above and scroll down to watch the video
    When he's not taunting Tesla, Dale Vince is pretty focused on building his wind-powered car. The Zero Carbonista project (previous post) is moving along and the fourth (of six) video about the project is new ready for your viewing pleasure. The front ...

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    GM Centennial: How the Chevy Volt might affect the electric grid
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    Click above for high-res gallery of the 2011 Chevy Volt
    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Will_the_Chevy_Volt_affect_the_electric_grid'; Over at the RenCen yesterday, AutoblogGreen sat down with Britta Gross, GM's manager of Hydrogen and Electrical Infrastructure Development and Strategic ...

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    T. Boone Pickens unveils "The Plan" - big on wind power and natural gas
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    If you listened to or read our post on T. Boone Pickens speaking at the AFVI Expo in May, then you know that he's a big proponent of wind power and natural gas (some say he needs to learn more about hydrogen cars). Mr. Swift Boat is all over the media today because of an announcement regarding ...

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