transport
ECOtality, a company focused on clean electric transportation and storage technologies, has begun installing its Blink Level 2 residential charging stations in the state of Washington. As project manager of The EV Project, the largest rollout of electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and EVs to date, ECOtality will install Blink EV
transport
Gruppo Torinese Trasporti has just inaugurated service on a third extension of its fully automated metro line in the city of Turin. The line uses automation systems and rolling stock from Siemens. There are now a total of 29 automatic trains from Siemens in operation serving 21 stations over a
transport
GE has announced it will host an electric vehicle experience tour in seven US cities to bring GE experts together with local businesses, industry leaders and public-sector stakeholders for educational workshops, test drives and dialogue on the business case for EV ecosystems. GE has already committed to purchase 25,000
transport
Siemens is launching a charging point on the European market that can charge electric cars with a normal battery capacity within an hour. The charging power has been doubled to 22 kW in the new CP700A series, which cuts the charging time in half. “When developing the new charging point,
transport
Germany can provide a useful example for other countries looking to create a more sustainable transport system, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution. Even though car use has grown in both Germany and the US, the report finds that Germany has done a much better job of
transport
Europe’s transport system is still nowhere near as green as it could — and should — be, according to a report released today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). “Transport at a crossroads” finds that, while pollution from newer vehicles is being reduced, greenhouse gas emissions, freight volumes and car ownership
climate
As environmental groups decry today’s OK for a third runway at Heathrow airport, others are cheering accompanying decisions — including £250 million to encourage a shift to more ultra low-carbon vehicles — by Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon. “The extra £250 million of funding announced to develop low-carbon vehicles will spur the
eco towns
The government’s Eco Towns Challenge Panel – a crack squad of 15 men and women handpicked by the Ministry of Housing to beat the proposals for 15 potential locations for environmentally friendly towns around Britain into shape – have bared their fangs, sharpened their claws and delivered a damning indictment of
department of energy
Greenbang is now officially scared by the US Department of Energy’s neverending stream grants for whichever renewable energy trend passes under their wonks’ noses. Are DoE grants like microbes? You leave one in a room an then when you comeback in an hour they’ve multiplied to eye-watering numbers?
leed
Pop quiz, ten points to the winner. What’s new about the “rest rooms” (or toilets to the less euphemism prone) at New York’s Penn Station? No? One last guess? Nope? OK, Greenbang will end this terrible suspense and let you know: they’re being redesigned at a cost
biofuels
The inventors are unknown, but some combinations are uncontroversial in their brilliance and universally approved. Gin and tonic. Cheese and pineapple, preferably on sticks. Curry and naan. Footballers and page three girls. Some mixes are just classic. Some mixes – well, not so much. Today one such mix has just been
coal
Just a quickie for you here: Defra has put out the latest results of its studies on the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by person, gas, industry and so on. Wondering how we’re doing? Read on, for Greenbang has picked the tastiest stats for your emission degustation… In 2007,