The Next Big Thing In The Electric Vehicle World: Retrofits Of Gas Guzzlers

It doesn't make sense to tear down our city infrastructures to make way for new LEED-certified buildings; instead, property owners often opt to retrofit, making a building as efficient as possible within its existing shape. The same may soon be true for vehicle owners. Instead of buying a new Prius, they instead could opt for a hybrid retrofit.

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Obama: 'Long War in Iraq' Will Finish by End of 2011

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Another SunShot Success: GE to Make PrimeStar Solar Panels at New Colorado Plant

Yesterday, General Electric (GE) announced that it will build a new thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar panel manufacturing facility in Aurora, Colorado, to produce highly-efficient, low-cost panels that are based on innovative technology originally developed at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).

GE expects that the plant will produce enough solar panels annually to provide electricity to 80,000 homes and to create 355 jobs in Colorado over the next three to five years. The company expects that the factory’s manufacturing lines will be producing panels beginning next year and  that the panels will be available for sale starting in 2013.

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Republicans Walk Back Their Comments On Occupy Wall Street

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