Blogs

June 11, 2013. Trailblazing the renewable energy frontier, in 1983 Iowa became the first state to implement a renewable portfolio standard.  Though modest – the RPS only required MidAmerican and Alliant Energy to procure 105 megawatts of renewable generation capacity – the policy positioned Iowa to become a renewable energy leader.

Ten single-passenger electric vehicles built by high school students from Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC, will compete at the inaugural Washington DC Electric Vehicle Grand Prix at National Harbor on Saturday, June 8th from 8:30 to 4:00 PM.

The PEPCO sponsored event, believed to be the first of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic region, is organized by Global EEE (Education, Energy and Environment) in partnership with the Electric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington, DC (EVA/DC), the Baltimore-Washington EV Initiative (BEVI), and NuGen Mobility. Other co-sponsors include charging station provider SemaConnect, Spice 6 Indian Cuisine, Mom’s Organic Market, Autobahn Indoor Speedway and Clean Currents.

June 3, 2013. The Energy Department recognized this past week the nation’s first grid-connected offshore floating wind turbine prototype off the coast of Castine, Maine.

A wind tower manufacturer relatively new on the scene is not only up and running, it’s going full steam—and in many ways, the company’s story is emblematic of the entire U.S. wind energy industry.

In a first for American transportation, the U.S. plug-in car market will pass a significant milestone this month: the 100,000th plug-in vehicle sold since the introduction of the latest generation of highway-capable plug-in vehicles just over two years ago. Plug In America, the leading voice for consumer adoption of plug-in vehicles, is commemorating the historic moment with an award contest and by launching a counter on its website that tracks EV sales. The counter is updated using sales data from the most recent published reports.

Saturday, June 8, at National Harbor, our 11 high school teams from DC, Virginia and Maryland, will race their newly built electric vehicles.  They are one passenger race cars, sometimes called an aerodrome or electrathon vehicle.