Raser Technologies Inc. announced that it has begun taking delivery of the UTC Power geothermal power generating units ordered for the first commercial scale geothermal power plant to be built in the state of New Mexico. The New Mexico site is a well-studied, known geothermal resource that has provided direct use geothermal fluids to a local greenhouse operation for many years.

Colorado gained a wind research center Tuesday, helping recover from a loss on Monday as the state races toward a new energy economy.

Siemens Energy will establish its U.S. wind turbine research center in Boulder. The company, an arm of German giant Siemens, said the facility will employ 50 and focus on atmospheric science research, aerodynamic blade design, wind turbine dispatch prediction and reliability.

The Finns have been at it again, solar-wind energy fusion.
"The electric solar wind sail developed at the Finnish Meteorological Institute two years ago has moved rapidly from invention towards implementation. Electric sail propulsion might have a large impact on space research and space travel throughout the solar system." To read more....

Iowa has one of the most advanced programs in place when it comes to wind energy. Here is a little more of what they have to say. "Iowa is the third largest producer of wind energy in the US, just behind California and Texas. Our state's topography and electric transmission lines combine for a wind energy friendly environment.

Here is a informative resource that will guide you through, step by step the process to filtering and mixing your own bio-fuel. This is what they have to say "Anybody can make biodiesel. It's easy, you can make it in your kitchen -- and it's BETTER than the petro-diesel fuel the big oil companies sell you. Your diesel motor will run better and last longer on your home-made fuel, and it's much cleaner -- better for the environment and better for health. If you make it from used cooking oil it's not only cheap but you'll be recycling a troublesome waste product.

More and more it occurs to me that there is not one solution to the energy problems that we are faced with, but many smaller solutions working together. Green design or sustainable design fits right into the theme of freely renewable. If we combine all of the resoureces available we will make so much headway into,conscious energy practices, the protection of the environment as well as the preservation of natural resorces. What is sustainable design?

Man, this thing is about as cool as it gets. It's a sailboat that has a special design underneath to allow it to actually be propelled by the very water and waves it floats on. Using the sails in combo with the underwater wave propulsion technology this puppy will cruise along at about 5 knots top speed.

With a maximum speed of five knots, the Suntory will take two to three months to complete a voyage that diesel-powered craft accomplish in just one. But speed is not the point. The voyage aims to prove that wave propulsion can work under real-world conditions, opening up the technology for commercial applications such as cargo shipping. “Oil is a limited power source,” Horie says, “but there is no limit to waves.”

Ken-ichi Horie, the boat's inventor, is a true pioneer in renewable sailing and a Guinness Book of World Record holder:

In 1996 he set the world record for the fastest crossing of the Pacific Ocean in a solar-powered boat. And in 1999, he made a solo trip across the Pacific in a catamaran made from recycled beer barrels.

Now, using the Suntory Mermaid II, built of durable recycled-aluminum alloy, he plans to set another record: "the longest distance traveled by a wave-powered boat".

Read more about this adventure...

Best of luck and keep up the goods, Ken-ichi Horie!

I have recently left Grenada to take care of some loose ends and vist my family. So from Key Largo, Florida, USA I will spreading the word about all things renewable. My parents are proud owners of a F-250 Ford Diesel truck, with two gas tanks. I have been working on convincing them to start filtering waste veg oil, and switch over to a two tank bio-diesel method. I will let you know how the progress is coming in the weeks to come.

An interesting blog on renewable transportation innovation, the content is updated frequently. A nice daily exercise that gets you thinking about the smaller scale ways we can make a deference. When you stop and think about it there are allot of ways we can improve our energy problems without sacraficing the environment in the process.
Topics are mainly cycling related, which happens to be one of the oldest forms of renewable transportation. Cyclist Unite...Check the link here