Japanese car maker Suzuki Motor Corp plans to develop cars that run completely on bioethanol fuel and release them in South America and the United States in around 2010, the Nikkei reported at the weekend, without citing sources.

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According to the Cleantech group, Swedish based IKEA is the latest company to create a “Green Fund” designed to spur development in the Alt Energy sector. The company will invest over 77 Million dollars in hopes of having an end result of affordable solar products (including solar panels) on their store shelves over the next five years.

Interesting Write Up Over At chron.com discussing Obama and McCain’s Energy Policies.

 Alternative Energy

If you were concerned about green fatigue hitting the masses, a new poll suggests Americans are still eco-conscious. [Read more →]

As the United States grapples for ways to break its dependence on foreign energy sources, one tiny town in Missouri seems to have it figured out. [Read more →]

EDMONTON, Alberta - A chunk of ice spreading across seven square miles has broken off a Canadian ice shelf in the Arctic, scientists said Tuesday.

Derek Mueller, a research at Trent University, was careful not to blame global warming, but said it the event was consistent with the theory that the current Arctic climate isn’t rebuilding ice sheets.

“We’re in a different climate now,” he said. “It’s not conducive to regrowing them. It’s a one-way process.”

Mueller said the sheet broke away last week from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf off the north coast of Ellesmere Island in Canada’s far north. He said a crack in the shelf was first spotted in 2002 and a survey this spring found a network of fissures. [Read more →]

Middlebury Animal Hospital, Tyrone Farm, Westport Wash & Wax and 2001 Company All Benefiting from Solar Energy

Rocky Hill, Conn., July 28, 2008 — The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) today announced that four of the solar photovoltaic (PV) projects that it funded through its On-Site Renewable Distributed Generation Program are now completed and successfully operating.  These installations include: [Read more →]

Did you know that FuelEconomy.gov has a nifty tool that lets you compare Hybrid vehicles side by side. Sortable by year, the site lets you view all aspects of the hybrids to help you decide which one best suits you. This informative site also features Energy Conservation Records and info about the North American Solar Challenge.

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/hybrid_sbs.shtml

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Great write up from cnn.com: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/17/solar.office/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Namaste Solar Electric in Colorado.