Credit: McIlvaine Company. (h/t to GlobalSpec) Not unpredictably, Japan’s ongoing nuclear problems are going to reshape how nations allocate their future energy investments, and a new report from McIlvaine Company estimates…
Read MoreOne of the projects ARPA-E is seeking to fund are alternatives to five key at-risk rare earth elements. Credit: DOE, “Critical Materials Strategy.” The DOE announced today that it is…
Read MoreHere’s what we are being told: Capital Refractories has new salesperson, Peruvian distributor The company is pleased to announce the employment of Mr. Anthony Day. Day brings with him a wealth…
Read MorePeugeot 308 e-HDi microhybrid, just put on the European market. Credit: Peugeot. Continuing on the theme of PHEVs versus microhybrid vehicles, it’s interesting to look at what two companies based in…
Read MoreE-bikes are growing in popularity in China’s urban areas, and many other countries. Credit: Vmenkov, Wikipedia. In contrast to DOE’s continuing efforts to accelerate the use of plug-in hybrid electric…
Read MoreCredit: DOE, GeoEVSE. The DOE’s conference-call news conference today was FUBAR’d, apparently for technical reasons, so some of the facts that follow might not be totally right. Thus forewarned, I…
Read MoreHow one markets an alternative to a total Gorilla Glass case for smartphones … (BTW, stick with this one. Besides being very clever, the explanation comes at the very end).…
Read MoreFour-point conductivity measurement of the new transparent conducting film developed by Cor Koning (left) and Paul van der Schoot (right). Credit: Bart van Overbeeke, TU/e. According to a news release,…
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