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Archive for September 12th, 2007

Google Investing in Green Companies

Google.org is looking to fund a lot of companies that are looking to improve cars to run off of electrifying technologies. Google sees a lot of promise in getting people to use plug-in cars because it would greatly reduce energy consumption in the USA.
Today, Google.org has issued a request for investment proposals (RFP) to [...]

September 12th, 2007
Topic: Good Fact, Transportation Tags: , , ,

Solar Plane Soars Into Record Book

A solar plane that flew without a human to control it stayed aloft for 54 hours. That’s right a plane that relies on energy from the sun continued to operate overnight. The plane, the QinetiQ’s Zephyr, broke the previous record for a solar plane staying the air.
The Zephyr, developed by UK based QinetiQ, is [...]

September 12th, 2007
Topic: Energy, Technology, Transportation Tags: , , , ,