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This section provides links to various energy production and storage systems as well as new transportation systems. So, for example, fuel cells are discussed as well as the vehicles that will use them.

Also, lots of links to new types of mass transit systems such as monorails are provided.

• Energy News & Info
  • Open Source Energy Network (OSEN)
  • Pure Energy Systems
  • Enviro & Energy in Science & Tech News List
    
• Emerging Green Careers: Job Options, Salaries, & Resources
• Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Power
• News
  • Fuel Cell Today
  • FuelCellCarNews
  • FuelCell.org - News
  • FuelCellMarkets.com
  • Future Energies
  • Hydrogen Guide
  • Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter
  • Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Investor
• Fuel Cell Powered Planes
• Hydrogen Powered Planes
• Fuel Cell Powered Cars (see below)
• General Info:
  • FuelCells.org
  • Fuel Cells Info Center
  • Fuel Cells DOE
  • NREL: Advanced Vehicles and Fuels Research - Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles
  • Collecting the History of Fuel Cells: A Smithsonian Research Project
  • Fuel Cells - Google Directory
• Companies:
  • Apollo Energy Systems
  • Arthur D. Little, Inc. Consulting
  • Ballard Power Systems Inc.
    • technology hat trick - 2004 - demo of high performance, durable fuel cell
    • Technology "road map" - the goals for energy density, durablity, and costs by 2010.
  • Directed Technologies Inc. - various hydrogen related projects
  • Dynetek Industries -.Advanced Lightweight Fuel Storage Systems
  • EaglePicher Technologies
  • ElectroChem
  • Energy Related Devices
  • EyeforFuelCells - The Business of Fuel Cells
    
  • FuelCell Energy Corp.
  • FuelCellWorks.com
  • Greenvolt - fuel cells
  • Hpower Corp
  • IdaTech | Advanced Fuel Cell Solutions
    
  • Intelligent Energy
  • Jadoo Power Systems -
  • Mechanical Technology, Inc. - several fuel cell subsidiaries
  • Millennium Cell - out of business as of 2008
  • Ovonic - Metal Hydride Fuel Cell
    
  • Polyfuel
    
  • Plug Power, L.L.C. - Fuel cells for home power
  • Proton Energy Systems
• Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC)
  • Solid Oxide Fuel Cells - review from April 2003
    
  • Bloom Energy | Be the solution
    
  • Franklin Fuel Cells
• Micro fuel cells
  • Smart Fuel Cell
    • Fuel Cells That Fit in a Laptop - Wired - Jan.23.02
  • MTI Micro
  • Manhattan Scientifics, Inc.
  • MEDIS Technologies: Clean Energy for the 21st Century
  • UltraCell
• Zinc/Metal Air Fuel Cells
  • Alchemy Enterprises, Ltd.
    • Alchemy Obtains Option To Acquire License To Technology Developed by NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratories Cal Tech Would Become an Eight Percent Shareholder - Alchemy Enterprises, Ltd. - May.25.06
      
    • Alchemy Obtains Option to Acquire License to Metal-Air Fuel-Cell Technology from Cal Tech - Green Car Congress - May.25.06
  • Electric Fuel
    • Electric Fuel Zinc-Air Battery System
  • Metallic Power, Inc. - Developing Efficient Power Through Zinc Air Fuel Cell Technology
  • Powerzinc
  • SOLZINC
    • SOLZINC: Storing Solar Energy in Zinc for Electricity or Hydrogen Production - Green Car Congress - June.26.05
      
  • Zinc Air fuel cell - Corrosion Doctors
  • Zinc Matrix Power
    
• Other types of non-Hydrogen powered fuel cells
  • Fuel Up With Banana Peels - Wired - Dec.2.05
• Fuel Cells for sale
  • FuelCellStore.com
  • AirGen specifications - Ballard - 10KW, 120V/60HZ AC, fuel cell for sale
  • Electric Fuel Corporation Home - Instant Power cellphone batteries and chargers, electric vehicle batteries and lifejacket lights
  • Greenvolt - Fuel Cell products for sale
  • Voller Energy Portable Fuel Cells
    
    • Shipments of new portable fuel cell commence - gizmag - May.25.05
• Fuel Cell Education & Hobbies
  • The Fuel Cell Store - Educational Materials
  • Heliocentris
• Hydrogen Economy
  • WaterCarOne Water Car Contest Water-Fuelled Car Sustainable Mobility
  • National Hydrogen Association
  • Hydrogen: The Perfect Fuel
  • EERE: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program
    
  • International Hydrogen Drive 2004 - actor Dennis Weaver's project
  • How Hydrogen Can Save America - Wired - April.03 issue
  • Japan Fuel Cell reforms won't Charge Up Platinum Market - Fuel Cell Today -Dec.15.02
  • H2PIA - World's first hydrogen city
  • Hydrotopia - Salon.com - Sept.24.02
  • The Phoenix Project: Shifting to Hydrogen from Oil
  • Articles:
    • SRNL Hits Milestone in Nuclear Hydrogen Production - Green Car Congress - July.6.07
    • Why a hydrogen economy doesn't make sense - Physorg.com - Dec.11.06
    • The Truth About Hydrogen: Wild promises abound, but can the simplest element in the universe really power our homes, fuel our cars and reduce our contribution to global warming? PM crunches the numbers on the real hydrogen economy. - Popular Mechanics - Nov.2006
    • The Hydrogen Economy - Physics Today - Dec.04
    • Iceland launches energy revolution - BBC - Dec.24.01
• Hydrogen Production & Storage:
  • HydrogenSource -- A fuel processor to provide hydrogen generation for fuel cells, an alternative energy source, reforming gasoline, natural gas, fossil fuels. Fuel reformer, processing.
  • AMMINEX
    • Hydrogen storage technology
  • Cella Energy - developed fine polymer powder of micro-beads that can hold "6wt% weight percentage of hydrogen"
  • Clean Hydrogen Producers Ltd. - solar concentrator to crack water into H and O.
  • Electro-Chem-Technic :: Mini Fuel Cell
    
    • Electro-Chem-Technic :: NaBH4 - Sodium tetrahydridoborate
  • Hydrogenics
  • Ovonic Hydrogen Systems - "safe metal hydride storage"
    
  • QuantumSphere
    • Nanoparticles could make hydrogen cheaper than gasoline - EETimes.com - Feb.27.08
  • SiGNa Chemistry
  • Gallium/Aluminum
    • Engineers perfecting hydrogen-generating technology - Purdue - Aug.27.07
  • Storage in solid materials
  • Ammonia borane
• Fuel Cell Cars
  • FCHV - Toyota
    • Toyota: Environmental Technology
    • Toyota develops new fuel cell hybrid - PhysOrg - June.6.08
    • Toyota Delivers First Two, Market-Ready Zero-Emission-Certified Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles - Toyota PR - Dec.2.02
    • Toyota Hopes to Be First to Market Fuel Cell Auto, Expects to Launch FCHV-4 Next Year - EyeforFuelCells - Feb.25.02
  • FCX - Honda
    • On the Brink of the Fuel Cell Future? - WorldChanging - Feb.8.06
      
      • Hydrogen-Powered Honda FCX to go Into Production - Cars - Blogs.ca - Feb.6.06
    • Honda's More Powerful Fuel Cell Concept with Home Hydrogen Refueling - Green Car Congress - Oct.19.05
    • Japan's Honda Test Drives Fuel Cell Car on Public Roads - Fuel Cell Today - Apr.5.02American Honda Unveils Fuel Cell Car at L.A. Auto Show - Autoweb - Jan.7.02
    • The Race is on, Honda Moves to Lead in U.S. Fuel Cell Auto Market - EyeforFuelCells - Mar.4.02
    • Honda Introduces New Fuel Cell-Powered Vehicle, FCX-V4 - Honda PR - Sep.4.01 (with photos & specs)
  • GM Hydrogen vehicles
    • More Details on GMs Sequel H2 Vehicle - Green Car Congress - Jan.12.05
      
    • GM Announces Drivable Version of Sequel Fuel-Cell Concept; Says Ramping Up Major Hybrid Assault - Green Car Congress - Aug.11.06
    • Hy-wire Concept - AutoIntell.net
    • GM Envisions Radical New Future Powered by Fuel-Cell Technology - Detroit Free Press/Fuel Cell Today - Dec.5.02
    • GM's Hy-Wire Brakes Driving Mold - Wired - Sept.26.02
    • Designing AUTOnomy - Scientific American - Sept.16.02
  • Morgan LifeCar
    • Green sports car set for launch - BBC - Mar.3.08
  • Nissan FCV
    • Fuel Cell Vehicle Unveiled by Nissan; X-Trail FCV powered by UTC Fuel Cells Plant - Fuel Cell Today - Dec.10.02
  • Riversimple
    • New hydrogen-powered city car takes to the road - New Scientist - June.15.09
      
  • Anuvu - fuel cell powered pickup truck and other vehicles
  • Formula Zero Racing for the Future
    
    • Formula Zero - Fuel Cell Go-Kart Series - gizmag Article - Aug.20.06
  • Articles
    • Another World Is Here: Fuel Cell Benz - WorldChanging - Mar.3.05
      
    • FreedomCAR: Will It Drive? - Technology Review - Jan.28.02
    • Feds Accelerate Fuel-Cell Cars - Wired - Jan.9.02
    • Hydrogen Car Fire Surprise - EV World - Jan.18.03
• Hydrogen vehicles (combustion, not fuel cells)
  • AQWON® - scooter
  • BMW to Display Liquid Hydrogen Storage System and Bi-fuel Engine at NHA 2006 - Green Car Congress - Mar.12.06
• Articles:
  • Carbon catalyst could herald cut-price fuel cells - New Scientist - Feb.6.09
  • Closed System Opens Way for More Practical Fuel Cell -- Using the water produced by a fuel cell to regulate the flow of hydrogen, researchers have made it act like an internal combustion engine--the more hydrogen you put in, the more power you get out - Scientific American - Jan.07
  • For fuel cell innovation, the tank is half full - Cnet News.com - May.13.05
  • First membrane-free alkaline fuel cell built - New Scientist - Mar.22.05
  • Fuel Cells in the Deep Freeze - NY Times - Dec.12.04
  • How It Works: Giving the Battery, That Stalwart, a Fuel-Cell Challenge - NY Times - Aug.26.04
  • Fuel cells turn to alcohol - PhysicsWeb - Feb.12.04
    
  • Patents: A Sweet Way to Fuel Cars - NY Times - June.21.04
  • New Honda Fuel Cell Stack Operates at Low Temperatures: Breakthrough Technology to be Tested in FCX on Public Roads - Honda - Oct.10.03
  • Analysis of stratospheric air resolves enigma of hydrogen balance in Earth's atmosphere - SpaceRef - Aug.29.03
  • Hydrogen Is No Gas, Yet - Wired - June.23.03
  • Rocks in your Gas Tank: Experiments onboard the International Space Station could accelerate the drive toward a hydrogen-based economy. - Science@NASA - Apr.17.03
  • Cool Fuel Cells - Science@NASA - Mar.18.03
  • EBARA BALLARD Unveils 1 kW Stationary Fuel Cell Generator with Total Efficiency of 92% - EyeForFuelCells - Jan.30.03
  • Businesses may rev up on sitting fuel cells - East Bay Business Times - Jan.24.03
  • Solid Oxide Fuel Cells can be as cheap as gas turbines, say researchers - Fuel Cell Today - Dec.20.02
  • Neutralizing Diesel's Idle Threat [with Fuel Cells] - Wired - Oct.10.02
  • New clean, quiet cars guzzle hydrogen - CNN.com - Oct.9.02
  • Fuel cell approved for use on planes - CNet - Oct.4.02
  • Fuel cells march toward the mainstream - EE Times - Aug.9.02
  • Fuel cell car gets environmental OKs / Honda expects it on road by year's end - SFGate - July.25.02
  • GM's Billion-Dollar Bet - Wired - July.02 - "The hydrogen car has been a long time coming. GM is betting $1 billion that the end of internal combustion is near."
  • GM to Test Fuel Cell Car on Japan Public Roads by End 2002; Mass Production to Start in 2008 - Fuel Cell Today - July.12.02
  • Fuel Cell Hold-up : Government's go-slow approach promises to keep the technology on the shelf - SF Gate - June.20.02
  • Fuel Cell Car Coasts Across U.S. - Wired - June.5.02
  • Power play over fuel cells - Economist.com - Mar.14.02
  • Florida Universities Solving NASA's Hydrogen Problem - Unisci - Apr.19.02
  • Japanese firms see future in fuel cells - CNET.com - Dec.28.01
  • NEC, Sony see promise in fuel cells - CNET.com - Sept.4.01
  • Salon Technology | Goodbye battery, hello fuel cell - Jan.31.00
  • Hydrogen aircraft research plans - Flug Revue - Sep.98:
• Lithium Batteries
  • Lithium-ion powered vehicles
  • Acumetrics - Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, Tubular SOFC, Emergency Power Generator
    • Breakthrough Fuel Cell, Twice as Efficient as Generators - EcoGeek - June.3.07
  • Altair Nanotechnologies
    • Altairnano Completes $750,000 Battery Pack Shipment For Phoenix Motorcars: Quality and performance of battery packs exceed expectations - Altair Nanotechnologies - Dec.28.06
    • Altair Batteries to be used in EV - The Energy Blog - July.5.06
    • Altair Nanotechnologies Receives Initial Order for Electric Car Batteries; Teams with Phoenix Motorcars and Boshart Engineering to Test EVs (updated) - Green Car Congress - July.5.06
      
    • Altair Nanotechnologies Receives Initial Order for Electric Car Batteries; Teams with Phoenix Motorcars and Boshart Engineering to Test EVs - Altair - July.5.06
    • Altair Nanotechnologies Achieves Milestone in Development of Nano-Powered Batteries for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles - Altair - May.23.06
    • Altair Nanotechnologies Begins Manufacturing Of High-Power Lithium Ion Battery Cells And Announces New Test Results - Altair Nanotechnologies - Feb.1.06
    • Altair Nanotechnologies Lithium Ion Battery Cells Exceed HEV Power Requirements Of U.S. Freedomcar - Altairnano - Jan.18.06
    • Charge a battery in just six minutes - New Scientist - Mar.7.05
    • Altair Nanotechnologies Achieves Breakthrough In Battery Materials:Altair's Developments Pave the Way for a New Generation of Rechargeable Batteries - Altair - Feb.10.05
  • A123 Systems
    • A123Systems Prismatic Cell Lineup: Up to 5,300 W/kg in High Power Cell, 20 Ah Cell for PHEVs - Green Car Congress - May.19.09
    • A New Battery Takes Off in a Race to Electric Cars - New York Times - Mar.11.07
    • High-flying with A123: Electric Car | Remote-Control Helicopter | Advanced Battery - EV World - Jan.16.07
      
    • Super Battery: The M1 stomps all over today's cells. - Wired - Mar.06
  • Amprius
    • More Energy in Batteries - Technology Review - Nov.6.09
  • Electrovaya - high density Lithium battery
    • Electrovaya to Use New MN Series Li-Ion Battery Technology in NYSERDA Plug-In Hybrid Conversion Contract - Green Car Congress - Jan.29.07
    • Electrovaya Introduces New Lithium-Ion Battery Technology with Higher Energy Density - Green Car Congress - Jan.18.07
  • Ener1 (previously EnerDel)
    • U.S. battery maker takes on Asian giants - CNN Money - June. 15.09
    • EnerDel to Market Automotive Li-Ion Battery by End of 2008 - Green Car Congress - Dec.12.07
  • Envia Systems
    • Battery breakthrough could bring electric cars to all — Cleantech News and Analysis - Feb.26.12
    • Envia Systems Achieves World Record Energy Density For Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries: Breakthrough 400 Watt-hour/kilogram Lithium-ion Battery Poised to Revolutionize Cost, Range and Safety in Electric Vehicles - Envia Systems - Feb.27.12 (pdf)
    • Startup Boasts Better Lithium Batteries : A new cathode design could result in batteries that can store double the amount possible with current electric car batteries. - Technology Review - Feb.7.11
  • E-One Moli Energy
  • Lithion Batteries - used on Mars rovers
  • Lithium Technology
    
    • Lithium Technology Corporation Introduces New High-Energy Lithium-Ion Battery Line; Targeting EVs and Commercial Vehicles - Green Car Congress - Feb.25.08.
    • LTC Developing 12 kWh Li-ion Battery for Plug-in Hybrids; Larger Battery for Submarines - Green Car Congress - Aug.15.06
  • LithiumTech.com
  • NanoEner Technologies
    • Ener1 Nanotech Unit Prepares to Commercialize Revolutionary Battery Electrodes - Chemie.DE - Feb.16.05
      
    • Ener1 Nanotech Unit Prepares to Commercialize Revolutionary Battery Electrodes: Will produce high discharge rate lithium-ion battery electrodes for hybrid electric vehicles, other uses - Ener1- Feb.14.05
  • Nexeon "Unique silicon anode technology for the next generation of li-ion batteries"
    • Startup ready to license silicon anode for battery - EETimes.com - Dec.1.09
  • Prieto Battery
    • Prieto Battery also cames price breakthrough and extraordinary power density claims - nextbigfuture.com - Sept.1.11
    • Cash needed to make innovative battery run at CSU - The Denver Post - July.22.11
  • Seeo
    • Better Lithium-ion Batteries: A startup says its solid polymer electrolytes will mean cheaper, more-reliable batteries. - Technology Review - Mar.27.09
  • Ultralife Battery
  • Valence - Spahion Technology - "Lithium-ion technology utilizes cobalt-oxide cathode material, Saphion® technology incorporates a phosphate based cathode material." Large cells.
    • Valence Ships New Lithium-Ion Batteries as Promised - Green Car Congress - June.2.06
  • Air-fueled Li-ion
    • PolyPlus Battery Co.
    • Improving batteries' energy storage - MIT/PhysOrg - July.25.11
    • A Solid-State, Rechargeable, Long Cycle Life Lithium--Air Battery, Kumar et al - J.Electrochem Soc. - Nov.13.09
    • Nickel Lithium Batteries from Japan and Lithium Air Batteries from IBM - Next Big Future - Oct.6.09
    • Lithium-Air Batteries Seen as Hope for Electric Cars - NYTimes.com -Sept.15.09
    • IBM Almaden Lab Exploring Lithium-Air Batteries for Next-Generation Energy Storage - Green Car Congress - June.24.09
    • IBM Invests in Battery Research - Technology Review - June.11.09
    • Breathing batteries could store 10 times the energy -New Scientist - May.19.09
    • Air-fuelled Battery Could Last Up to 10 Times Longer - EPSRC (UK) - May.18.09
  • Li and Nanotubes:
    • Nanotube-based Li-ion Batteries Can Charge to Near Maximum in Two Minutes - IEEE Spectrum - Oct.16.14
  • Lithium-Nickel
    • Nickel Lithium Batteries from Japan and Lithium Air Batteries from IBM - Next Big Future - Oct.6.09
  • Lithium Sulfer
    • Sion Power
      • BASF and Sion Power Collaborate on New Battery Technology - Sion Power - May.14.09 (pdf)
      • SION Power Lithium Sulfur Batteries Soar to New Heights - Sion Power (pdf)
    • Sulphur Breakthrough Significantly Boosts Lithium Battery Capacity - Technology Review - July.5.11
    • Revisiting Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Advances could at last make the high-energy batteries practical. - Technology Review - May.22.09
  • Toshiba Li-ion
    • Toshiba unveils new battery prototype - PC Authority - Oct.2.08
    • Toshiba Launches New Li-Ion Battery Business; Plans to Enter Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Market - Green Car Congress - Dec.11.07
    • Lithium ion battery recharges in one minute - EETimes.com - Mar.29.05
      
    • Toshiba's Fast-Charging, Long Life Li-Ion Battery - Green Car Congress - Apr.5.05
    • Toshiba's New Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Recharges in Only One Minute: New battery offers unsurpassed recharge performance and high energy density - Toshiba - Mar.29.05
  • Articles:
    • Fast-recharge '3D' lithium-ion battery prototype could be perfect for electric cars - Physorg/American Chemical Society - Mar.31.11
    • Researchers Develop Electrode Materials for High-Capacity Li-S Battery Cells - Green Car Congress - May.18.09
    • Hitachi develops automotive lithium-ion battery having the world's highest output; sampling set to start in the fall - Hitachi - May.19.09
    • Worldwide race to make better batteries: The US is a late entry, but new domestic projects are revving to go - csmonitor.com - Jan.22.09
    • Lithium Batteries On The Way For Hybrids: In just one year, the whens and wheres of lithium battery packs for hybrid and electric cars have come into much sharper focus - IEEE Spectrum - June.08
    • Stanford's nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones - Stanford Univ.
    • Prospects for Lithium-ion Batteries in Automotive Applications from AABC Week - Green Car Congress - May.17.07
      
    • GMs View on Battery Technologies for Hybrids, Plug-Ins and E-Flex - Green Car Congress - Mar.13.07
    • A Bit About Batteries - the Tesla blog - Nov.30.06 - mini-tutorial on the Li-Ion batteries in the Testla sports car
    • The Lithium Economy: Why hydrogen might not power future vehicles and lithium ion batteries might. - Technology Review - Nov.22.05
    • Battery Research: Too Little, Too Late? - Computerworld - Jan.10.05
    • Nanosized lithium to pack more into rechargeable batteries - EE Times - Apr.5.02
• NiMH Batteries
  • Nilar
  • Ovonics
  • Rayovac Rechargables
• Zinc-Air/Metal Air Batteries:
  • Zinc-air battery - Wikipedia
  • AER Research and tutorial
  • BAT International
  • Fluidic Energy
    • Betting on a Metal-Air Battery Breakthrough: A government-funded start-up claims it can make ionic liquid energy storage feasible - Technology Review - Nov.5.09
  • REVOLT Technology - rechargeable zinc-air battery technology
    • ReVolt aims to jumpstart electric car industry - Daily Journal of Commerce - May.5.10
    • High-Energy Batteries Coming to Market - Technology Review - Oct.28.09
      
  • Power Air Corp
    
• Sodium-Sulfur Battery
  • Ceramatec - Advanced Batteries
    • New battery could change world, one house at a time - Daily Herald - Apr.4.09
      
  • New battery packs powerful punch - USAToday.com - July.6.07
• Magnesium-ion
  • Toyota Has Solved a Problem that Could See Magnesium-Ion Batteries Replace Lithium-Ion Ones - MIT Technology Review - Nov.27.12
• Advanced Lead-Acid Batteries
  • Lead-Acid Battery Developers Targeting Hybrid Applications - Green ar Congress - May.30.07
  • Firefly Energy - spinoff from Caterpillar uses innovative materials for Lead-Acid
    • Firefly Energy Awarded Patent on New Foam Lead-Acid Technology; Targeting Hybrids and Plug-ins - Green Car Congress - Jan.18.06
    • Renaissance for Lead-Acid - Batteries & Energy - Spring 2005
    • Firefly battery technology earns powerful backing - Chicago Sun-Times - June.22.05
  • Axion Power
    • Axion Picks Up Another Patent for its Lead-Acid Battery - Supercapacitor Hybrid Cell - Green Car Congress - Apr.11.06
  • Hawker Energy Products - lead batteries
  • UltraBattery
    • UltraBattery: no ordinary battery - CSIRO - Australia
    • A Cheaper Battery for Hybrid Cars : New lead-acid batteries could achieve high performance - Technology Review - Jan.24.08
    • CSIRO UltraBattery Passes 100,000 Miles in HEV Track Testing - Green Car Congress - Jan.17.08
• Nuclear material batteries:
  • A 25-Year Battery: Long-lived nuclear batteries powered by hydrogen isotopes are in testing for military applications - Technology Review - Nov.17.09
  • Tiny Atomic Battery Could Run For Decades Unattended - ScienceDaily Magazine - Oct.18.02
• Other Batteries & Battery Related Technology
  • CompareEvBatteries
  • Liquid/Flow Batteries:
    • 24M Technologies - spinoff of A123 Systems is developing a battery based on "semi-solid flow" material.
      • New battery design could give electric vehicles a jolt - Physorg/MIT - June.6.11
    • Flow Batteries For Fast Electric Car Charging - Potential Energy/Technology Review - Oct.15.09
    • Liquid Battery - Technology Review - March/April.09
  • Plastic Battery at Johns Hopkins Univ.
  • Sion Power Corporation
    • Sion Power Unveils Li-S : Technology - MobileMag - May.13.04
      
  • ZPower - Silver-Zinc, Rechargeable Batteries
    • Will lithium ion get replaced? Longer lasting, recyclable batteries due in laptops this summer - VentureBeat - Apr.1.08
  • Posicharge - sophisticated fast charging system
  • Microbatteries buitl with viruses
    • MIT engineers work toward cell-sized batteries: Microbatteries could power tomorrow's miniature devices - MIT News - Aug.20.08
      
  • Spin Battery: Physicist Develops Battery Using New Source Of Energy - ScienceDaily - Mar.12.09
  • Why Intel Could Rock the Electric Vehicle Battery Market - Gigaom - Dec.16.08
• Battery Reviews:
• Ultimate Specific Energy for Batteries, Ultracapacitors - Next Big Future - June.11.09
• Batteries included - Sustainable Industries - Jan.4.08
• Next-Gen Car Batteries Promise Longer Life, More Power - Wired - July.5.07
• Power Shift: The battery, once considered low tech, is a new focus of innovation and investment as users demand more - like power that lasts all day - RED HERRING - May.16.05
• Carbon Pillars Power Microbatteries - Spectrum - Oct.9.04
• Technick.net - Batteries in a Portable World Handbook - huge set of pages on everything you could possibly want to know about rechargeable batteries of all types.
• Flywheels:
  • AFS Trinity Power
  • Beacon Power - Energy Storage Systems
  • Flybrid Systems
  • LaunchPoint
    • Power Ring maglev flywheel
  • Optimal Energy Systems - fixed power systems and also for satellites
  • Unique Mobility
  • Flywheel Energy Storage - Wikipedia
  • Articles:
    • Hybrid cars give flywheels a spin - New Scientist - June.16.11
    • DoE Invests In First Flywheel Power-Storage Plant - Popular Science - Aug.9.10
    • Getting All Revved Up - American Scientist - Jan/Feb 2007 issue
    • Researchers Focus on Spacecraft Power Storage: The Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate believes their experiment will demonstrate the innovative technology of combined attitude control and energy storage on a satellite - U.S. Department of Defense - Apr.28.06
    • Hybrid-Car Tinkerers Scoff at No-Plug-In Rule - NY Times - Apr.2.05
    • From Child's Toy to ISS: Flywheels Hold the Power Flywheel energy storage systems are under development to provide a more efficient and cost-effective alternative to electrochemical batteries in spacecraft, as well as in cars and other everyday applications - NASA - May.03
    • Re-Energizer - Wired May.00
• Ultracapacitors:
  • Sunvault Energy
    • Sunvault Energy and Edison Power Company Create Massive 10,000 Farad Graphene Supercapacitor - MarketWatch - May.6.2015
  • Maxwell Technologies: Ultracapacitors
  • Powercache: Ultracapacitors
  • UltraCapacitors.org
  • IEEE Spectrum: The Charge of the Ultra - Capacitors
  • EAMEX - high energy density supercapacitor
  • Nesscap
  • EnerG2
    • EnerG2 Kicks Off Fed-Backed Factory: First Ultracaps, Then the World - Earth2Tech.com - Aug.10.10
    • EnerG2 emerges from stealth with ultracapacitor material - Cleantech Group - Nov.19.08
      
  • Graphene Energy
    
    • Graphene Energy Inc., an Austin-Based Startup, Raises Seed Capital to Commercialize Graphene-Based Ultracapacitor Technology - Jan.12.09
  • NanoTune Technology
    • Ultracapacitors to Boost the Range of Electric Cars: New energy-storage technology could surpass today's batteries in capacity and durability - Technology Review - May.4.11
  • Reticle Carbon
    • supercapacitors - Reticle Carbon
  • Quantum battery - nano sized capacitor arrays
    • A Quantum Leap in Battery Design: Digital quantum batteries could exceed lithium-ion performance by orders of magnitude - Technology Review - Dec.21.09
    • Digital Quantum Batteries Theoretically Could Have Ten Times Energy Density of Lithium Ion Battery - Next Big Future- Dec.21.09
  • EEStor
    • EEstor - Wikipedia
    • EEStor - independent blog
    • TheEEStory.com
    • EEStor FAQ
    • Google News search on "EEStor"
    • LightEV - 2 and 3 wheeled vehicles. Agreement with EEStor
    • ZENN Cars - agreement with EEStor (Articles)
    • EEStor Lives! - New Energy and Fuel - Feb.11.13
    • Patents:
      • New EEStor Patent - TheEEStory.com - Dec.17.08
        • Patent US 07466536B1 - Weir et al. - EEStor EESU - Dec.16.08 (pdf)
      • Lockheed Martin Patent Application Includes EEStor EESU - bariumtitanate.blogspot.com - Dec.28.08
    • Q&A with Dick Weir, CEO of Eestor Inc. - Yahoo! Video - July.21.09
      • The audio was removed at EEStor's request but the info is available here:
        • Transcript - TheEEStory.com
        • EEStor Founder Dick Weir Confirms ESUs Presently Being Built, and Once Delivered to ZENN by the Fourth Quarter, - AllCarsElectric.com - July.24.09
          
  • JEOL:
    • Premlis® Supercapacitors - JEOL Ltd.- Oct.24.08
  • eP0d Solar
    • Hybrid Battery / Super Capacitor (in development) - ePod Inc.
    • Canadian Firm Develops Fast-Charge Ultra-Cap 'Battery' - EVWorld
  • Light for Life™ UC3.400™ - ultra capacitor powered flashlight
    • Light For Life Flashlight - The Future of Things - Dec.10.08
  • Capacitor tutorials:
    • The Charge of the Ultra - Capacitors - IEEE Spectrum - Nov.07 - good review of ultracapacitors
    • CapSite 2006 Introduction To Capacitors
    • An Introduction To Capacitors at Bucknell Univ
      
• Compressed Air
  • www.engineair.com.au
  • Zero Pollution Motors Inc. - compressed air powered car
  • MDI - The air car
    • How it works - The World's Cleanest Car
      
  • PHEV (Peumatic Hybrid Electric Vehicle) - ENERGINE
    • Car that runs on compressed air - CNN.com - Mar.30.05
      
  • Motor Development International, Guy Negre's Air-Powered Car
  • Howstuffworks "How Air-Powered Cars Will Work"
  • Compressed Air Vehicles... - SunWater
• Graphene based:
  • Graphite + water = the future of energy storage - Monash University - July.15.11
• Steam Engines
  • Cyclone Technologies, The Cyclone External Combustion Engine invented by Harry Schoell
    
    • Updating the Steam Engine: the Cyclone - Green Car Congress - Apr.4.06
  • Steam engines could be eco hope - BBC - Dec.28.04
• Hydraulic Hybrids:
  • SHEP - Stored Hydraulic Energy Propulsion
  • Permo-drive
    
  • Eaton Hyrbids
    
• Other power & energy systems:
  • Future Energies - news on all kinds of new energy technologies
  • CryoCar - Liquid nitrogen power
  • Encore Clean Energy - waste heat utilization
  • Microturbines
    • Microturbine Power Generators from Capstone Turbine Corporation
  • Varmaraf -Leader in thermoelectric generator development
    • Iceland invents energy-from-water machine - BBC - Oct.23.02
  • Improved internal combustion engine designs
    • www.quasiturbine.com
      • Howstuffworks "How Quasiturbine Engines Work"
    • Rotoblock
    • Rotapower - The engine of the future
    • Transonic Combustion - "Ultra-high Efficiency Fuel Injection Systems"
• Hobby Turbines
  • Turbine Corner
  • Garage Jet
  • Pulse Jet Engine - Bruce Simpson
  • The jet powered beer cooler
    • Turbocharger Gas Turbine
  • JETWEBB-Jet Powered Drag Racing
  • Introduction to Jet Engines
  • Gasturbines -Baumgart

Electric Cars and Electric Bikes

• Electric A!D - "EV news for the enthusiast by the enthusiasts"
• ElectricCars.com
• EV World
• Electric Auto Association
• Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas
• A Complete Guide To Driving Electric & Hybrid Cars in the 21st Century - Hendy Group
• The Beginners Guide to Driving Electric Cars
• AC Propulsion
• Aptera - offered in either hybrid or all electric mode.
• Azure Dynamics (formerly Solectra)
• American Electric Vehicle
• BAT International
• Bluebird Electric Project
• BMW:
• BYD Auto - China
• CODA Electric Vehicle
• Commuter Cars - Tango
• Detroit Electric
• Eliica - high performance electric sports car + 200 mi range on 1 hour charge.
• Faraday Future
• GM
  • GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Concept Site - independent site
  • Inside the Chevy Volt's Battery - Popular Science - Oct.08
  • Chevy Volt - GM
• Gravitron
• Green Vehicles
  
• Li-ion Motors - Electric cars, motorcycles & electric mopeds
  
• Lightning Car Company
• Luxury Electric - Luxury, Midrange and Economy All-Electric Cars
• Maya 100
  • Electrovaya
    
• Micro-Vett SPA electric vehicles
• Myers Motors - Sparrow EV
• Nissan LEAF Electric Car
• Obvio - lithium powered small car - 200+ mile range
• Phoenix Motorcars
• Pininfarina/Bolloré BlueCar, also called B0 (B Zero)
  • BlueCar at Pininfarina
• PML Design & Manufacture Electric Motors
• REVA - India's First Electric Car...
• Shelby Supercars
• Tazzari Zero
• Tesla Motors
  
• TH!NK - Norwegian electric commuter cars
• ThoRR - Electric Sports Car
• Toyota Rav4 EV
• Venturi - high performance sports car
• Volvo's New 3CC :: ConceptCar automotive & design news
• Wheelsity - OEM Electric Scooters & Electric Bikes
  • E-bike & E-scooter Blog - Wheelsity
• XP Vehicles
• ZAP Smart Car, 100% Electric EV, Hybrid, Fuel Cell, Alternative Vehicle, Portable Energy
• ZENN Cars (formerly Feel Good Cars)
  
• Zero
• Electric Scooters and Motorcycles
  • Electric Scooters Reviews
  • Aprilia - Electric Bicycle, Motor, Assisted
  • Brammo Eelectric Motorcycles
    • Brammo Impulse
  • Ecodrive Technology Group Inc - supplier of e-cycle Electric Vehicles.
  • Electrobike
  • electric-scooters-fun.com
  • Electric Scooters - all kinds of electric scooters for sale
  • Electric Scooters Outlet
  • LightEV - 2 and 3 wheeled vehicles. Agreement with EEStor
  • Mission Motors
  • Piaggio MP3
  • Segway - high tech scooter
  • Segway/GM PUMA
  • StreetStalker - electric scooters
  • ZAP Power Systems Electric Bikes
  • Neodymics™ bicycle-to-moped upgrade
  • Oxygen Cargoscooters
  • Zero Motorcycles
• EV Racing
  • NEDRA (National Electric Drag Racing Association)
  • Current Eliminator - world record holder for EV dragsters
  • GreenMotorsport - electric racers
  • KAZ Electric Car - 311.67 km/h top speed
• NESEA
• Voltage Vehicles! - dealer for many different electric cars, bikes,scooters,etc.
• Motors, chargers, etc.
  • WaveCrest Laboratories - innovative electric motors
  • Raser Technologies - high efficiency, high torque, low cost electric motors
  • PWP Web : EV Program - Charging Information -describes the different kinds of standard EV charging systems, including the fast, high power type (400amp, 240V)
  • Ultra Quick Battery Charge System Developed: 50% Full in 3 Minutes - Gas 2.0 - May.5.10
• Hybrids:
  • CompareHybridCars.net - All hybrid and electric cars
  • Hybrid Cars - "Great starting point for hybrid vehicle research".
  • Hybrid Cars - eartheasy.com
  • NREL: Advanced Vehicles and Fuels Research - Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles
  • Hybrid Consortium
  • GreenHybrid - Hybrid Electric Vehicles & Cars
  • Ford:
    • Escape Hybrid
    • Ford Fusion hybrid hypermiles, goes 1,445 miles on a single tank
  • Honda
    • Honda Civic Hybrid (available for 2003 model year)
    • Honda Insight
      • InsightCentral.net: Honda Insight hybrid electric car
      • Ars Technica Honda Insight Hybrid gasoline-electric car
  • Lightning Hybrids
    • Lightning Hybrids Develops Biodiesel-Hydraulic Hybrid - Inventorspot - Apr.12.09
  • Toyota:
    • Toyota Prius
    • Toyota's FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept: "Eco + Emotion" - Autopia - Dec.27.06
    • 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid Official World Premiere - Treehugger - Jan.10.06
    • Lexus Hybrid Luxury Sports Sedan announced - gizmag - Mar.24.05
  • Subaru B9 Scrambler - 2003 Tokyo Motor Show
  • L3 Research Inc - prototype hybrid sports car
    • e-Profiles: Summer 2001 - L3: The Ultimate Engineering School Odyssey
  • Sigma Automotive
    
    • Electrocharger / Retrofit Hybrid :: Sigma Automotive
  • Revealed: Volkswagen's 69.9 MPG Diesel Hybrid - Wired - Mar.3.08
  • Plug-in Hybrids
    • RechargeIT.org - Google.org Project
    • Hymotion - Tomorrow's Technology for Today's Vehicle
    • Reviews:
      • All About Plug-In Hybrids (PHEVs) - CalCars' Vehicles
      • Fly the Road - Venture Vehicles
        
        • Venture Vehicles Developing 3-Wheel, Tilting Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle - Green Car Congress - Feb.18.07
      • Plug-in Hybrids: Complete Coverage on the Real Future of Electric Cars - Popular Mechanics - Apr.07
    • BYD Auto
      • F3DM: The Second, Smaller, Plug-in Hybrid by China's BYD - TreeHugger - Mar.18.08
      • BYD displays plug-in hybrid F3DM at Geneva Auto Show-Company News-BYD AUT0- Mar.6.08
    • Fisker Automotive - plug-in hybrid technology
      • 2012 Fisker Karma Test Drive - Popular Mechanics - Oct.5.11
      • Fisker Unveils New Plug-in Hybrid Project: The government will loan Fisker $528 million to bring a luxury sedan and an upcoming family car to market - Potential Energy/Technology Review - Sept.22.09
      • Fisker Karma Plug-In Hybrid Hits the Track - Wired.com - Aug.17.09
      • Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing Fisker Reveals the Production Karma - Wired.com - Dec.3.08
      • Fisker Raids GM to Build His Hybrid - Wired.com - Nov.25.08
      • Electric Car Start-Up, Fisker, Opens Huge Center in Michigan - Gas 2.0 - Nov.11.08
      • Fisker's Still Testing Its $80K Hybrid But Already Considering a Sequel - Wired - May.13.08
      • First Pics! Fisker's $80K Hybrid Hits the Road - Wired - May.9.08
      • Fisker's $80K Plug-In Hybrid to Be Made in Detroit? - Wired.com - Jan.28.08
      • Detroit: Fisker Showcases the Sexiest Plug-In Hybrid Ever - Autopia from Wired.com - Jan.14.08
        
    • GM:
      • Volt plug-in hybrid - goal is production by late 2010
      • We'll See A Chevrolet Volt By June - Wired - Mar.27.09
      • The Chevy Volt Will Save GM (And Get The Girl) - Wired.com - Nov.6.08
      • GM engineer says 150 mpg electric car on schedule - al.com - Aug.15.08
      • Charge! GM gives update on Volt development, describes interior - Autoblog - Apr.4.08
      • Detroit 2008: Saturn shows off Vue hybrids, plug optional - Autoblog - Jan.15.08
      • GM and A123Systems to Co-Develop Lithium-Ion Battery Cell for Chevrolet Volt - Green Car Congress - Aug.9.07
      • GM Introduces E-Flex Electric Vehicle System; Chevrolet Volt the First Application - Green Car Congress - Aug.9.07
      • GM plans two very different plug-in electric vehicles - USATODAY.com - July.18.07
      • GM Plans Gas-Electric Car to Catch Up to Toyota, People Say - Bloomberg.com - June.23.06
    • Milner Motors
      • ElectriCar
    • Toyota
      • Toyota Announces Development of Plug-In Hybrid; First Manufacturer to Have PHEV Certified for Public Road Use in Japan - Green Car Congress - July.25.07
    • Volvo
      • Volvo To Show Flex-Fuel Plug-In Hybrid Concept at Frankfurt - Green Car Congress - Sept.6.07
        
    • VW
      • VW Rolls Out a Sweet Plug-In Hybrid - Wired.com - June.26.08
  • Articles
    • When will plug-ins pay off? - Cosmic Log/msnbc.com - Dec.15.09
    • A plug for your future car - Cosmic Log/msnbc.com - Apr.21.08
    • Ford Expects Hybrids To Start Turning Profit - FuturePundit - Jan.17.08
      
    • A car that could save the planet—fast - Business 2.0 - May. 5, 2006
    • Hybrids At The Crossroads - Popular Mechanics - Feb.06
    • Hybrid Cars Burning Gas in the Drive for Power - NY Times - July.17.05
    • Diesel Hybrids on the Fast Track - Wired - Mar.21.05
    • Why the future is hybrid - Economist/FuelCellWorks - Dec.17.04
      
    • Rivals Join To Develop Hybrid-Car Technology: DaimlerChrysler, GM Had Spurned Gas-Electric Idea - Washington Post - Dec.14.04
    • In Ford's Tomorrow, Fuel-Saving Hybrids And a Luxury Lincoln - NY Times - Apr.8.04
    • Hybrids' Rising Sun: Gas-electric cars are transforming the auto industry. Toyota's head start has Detroit scrambling to catch up. - Technology Review - Mar.15.04
    • Fuel Cell Hybrid Scoots To Market - Fuel Cell Today - Mar.4.04
  • High Performance Hybrids: pure electrics and the early hybrids can give the wrong impression that hybrids are inheritly whimpy. In fact, hybrids are actually ideal for providing max power over the whole speed range since electric motors provide full torque at low RPMs and gas engines provide power and high efficiencies at high RPMs.
    • The High-Performance Hybrids - New York Times - Sept.25.05
    • Hybrid Sports Cars - NY Times - Sept.14.04
    • Acura to unveil hybrid DN-X concept car at New York auto show - CanadianDriver.com - Mar.19.02 - includes pictures
• Fuel Cell Powered Plane
• Articles
  • High performance Electric Vehicle from the team that gave us the MINI (skirt that is) - gizmag - July.10.06
  • New Korean EV Mini-Car - Green Car Congress - May.30.05
  • Robot cars rally for desert race - CNET News - July.28.03
  • Car Makers Go Green With Hybrids - Wired - Apr.17.03
  • GM pulling plug on electric cars - CNN.com - Apr. 9, 2003
  • 10 Techno-Cool Cars : Spectrum picks the 10 most technically sophisticated cars for 2003 - IEEE Spectrum - Feb.21.03
  • UFE Means Ultra Fuel Economy (55km/liter, 130mgp) - EV World - Jan.25.02
  • Electric Cars Try to Turn Corner - Wired - Dec.14.01
  • Still Crazy Over Electric Cars - Wired - March.26.01
• Links
  • The Auto Channel
  • GreenerCars.com
  • just-auto.com

   

Other Innovative Vehicles and Vehicle Technology

• Loremo.de - Startseite
  
  • The 157 mpg Loremo (Low Resistance Mobility) LS - gizmag Article - Mar.2.06

Energy policy & General Info:

• The Cost of Energy - Lou Grinzo - "collaborative project is intended to help non-experts teach themselves about the issues and policies surrounding energy."
• www.fueleconomy.gov - DOE site about auto fuel effieciencies

Energy & Power Production

• Fusion Power - see Science Section
• Clean Coal / Carbon Sequestration / Air Capture
  • GreenFuel Technologies - algae bioreactor system mitigates NOx and CO2 and produces clean, high-quality biofuels as a by-product. GreenFuel is emissions to biofuels.
    • Algae like a breath mint for smokestacks - USATODAY.com - Jan.10.06
  • Carbon Sciences
    • Breakthrough Science: Turning CO2 into Fuels - Inhabitat - Oct.13.08
  • Get Ready for Air Capture Archives - Prometheus - Dec.15.05
  • Bush Administration Announces Plan to Build Zero-Emissions Power Plant - EyeforFuelCells - Mar.20.03
  • Carbon burial experiment works - BBC - Sept.10.02
  • Carbon sequestration: Fired up with ideas - Economist.com - July.4.02
  • DOE Fossil Energy - Carbon Sequestration
  • Carbon Sequestration in Coal - Coal-Seq.com
  • Clean Coal Technology Compendium
  • IEA Coal Research - The Clean Coal Centre
    • Technologies
  • Department of Energy - Fossil Energy
  • U.S. Seeking Cleaner Model of Coal Plant - NY Times - Feb.28.03
• Nuclear (Fission) Power
  • Inherently safe reactors:
    • World and I Magazine - Alternative Nuclear Power - nice review of nuclear reactors
    • Romawa BV - Small Nuclear Reactor
    • PEBBLE BED MODULAR REACTOR - Eskom - South Africa
      • Uranium Pebbles May Light the Way - Wired News - Nov.18.03
    • Pebble bed reactors - The Next Atomic Age: Can Safe Nuclear Power Work for America? - Popular Mechanics - Dec.07
    • China to pioneer "pebble bed" N-reactor - FInancial Times - Feb.7.05
    • Let a Thousand Reactors Bloom: Explosive growth has made the People's Republic of China the most power-hungry nation on earth. Get ready for the mass-produced, meltdown-proof future of nuclear energy. - Wired - Sept.04
  • MIT Study Sees Nuclear Power as Green Weapon Against Global Warming - Physics Today - Dec.03
  • Village invited to test cheap, clean nuclear power - Anchorage Daily - Oct.21.03
  • Oklo Fossil Reactors - natural nuclear reactors
    • Oklo: Ancient African Nuclear Reactors - APOD - Oct.16.02
  • Modular/Cartridge Reactors
    • Hyperion Power Generation
      • Nuke Notes: What's a small reactor like you doing in a market like this? - Idaho Samizdat - Sept.3.09
      • Mini Nuclear Power Plants Could Power 20,000 Homes - PhysOrg - Nov.10.08
    • Nuscale
    • Toshiba 4S - Wikipedia
    • A Proposed Factory Built Modular Light Water Reactor and Review of Other Types of Proposed Factory Built Reactors - Next Big Future - June.16.09
  • Thorium
    • Energy from Thorium - devoted to the issue of thorium as a future energy resource, with an emphasis on the liquid-fluoride nuclear reactor as the best means of implementing a thorium reactor
      • Blog - Energy from Thorium
      • Energy from Thorium: Introduction and Basic Principles
    • Thorium reactor - Wikipedia
    • Energy-amplifier design using accelerator
    • Laser Power Systems
      • 8 grams of thorium could replace gasoline in cars - Geek.com - Aug.12.11
      • U.S. Researcher Preparing Prototype Cars Powered by Heavy-Metal Thorium - WardsAuto.com - Aug.11.11
    • Thorium companies:
      • Lightbridge
      • ThoriumEenergy.com
      • Thorium Power
    • Videos:
      • The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor: What Fusion Wanted To Be - Lecture given at Google
      • YouTube - Energy From Thorium: A Nuclear Waste Burning Liquid Salt Thorium Reactor
    • Articles:
      • Smaller and Cheaper particle accelerator prototype could enable 600-megawatts thorium-fueled reactor - nextbigfuture.com - June.17.11
      • UK Telegraph supports new Thorium Energy Amplifier Subcritical Accelerator Driven Reactor Project - Next Big Future - Aug.31.10
      • Obama could kill fossil fuels overnight with a nuclear dash for thorium - Telegraph - Aug.29.10.
      • Special Report - Energy - Considering an Alternative Fuel for Nuclear Energy - NYTimes.com - Oct.19.09
      • Nuclear News: Dawning of the Age of Thorium, Six Reactors for India and Progress to Laser Enrichment - Next Big Future - Feb.4.09
        
  • Nuclear Batteries
    • Nanomaterial turns radiation directly into electricity - New Scientist - Mar.27.08
    • Silicon Solution Could Lead To A Truly Long-life Battery - ScienceDaily/NSF - May.28.05
    • New 'Nuclear Battery' Runs 10 Years, 10 Times More Powerful - PhysOrg - May.12.05
  • Accelerator Driven Reactors:
    • Molten-salt based accelerator-driven subcritical reactor - Next Big Future- Apr.2.10.
  • Other designs:
    • Traveling-Wave Reactor: A new reactor design could make nuclear power safer and cheaper, says John Gilleland - Technology Review: - March/Apr.09
  • Articles:
    • Nuclear Fusion and New Nuclear Fission Technology - Next Big Future - May.4.09
    • The Next Atomic Age: Can Safe Nuclear Power Work for America? - Popular Mechanics - Dec.07
    • Stronger Future for Nuclear Power - Physics Today - Feb.06
    • China Leaps Forward: The people's republic is embarking on the world's biggest nuclear building spree - Newsweek/MSNBC.com - Feb.6.06
    • Environmental Heresies By Stewart Brand - Technology Review - May.05
    • Why the U.S. Needs More Nuclear Power by Peter W. Huber, Mark P. Mills - City Journal - Winter 2005
    • A New Vision for Nuclear Waste: Storing nuclear waste underground at Yucca Mountain for 100,000 years is a terrible idea. A better approach may be to buy some time until new containment technologies mature. - Technology Review - Nov.15.04
    • The Witch of Yucca Mountain: More research on nuclear waste storage won't reassure the public - Technology Today - Mar.12.04
• Solar Power
  • Get Competing Quotes for Solar Panel Installations for Your Home | PowerScout
  • SolarIQ | Solar Cost Comparison Tool
  • The Solar Guide - your guide to solar and renewable energy
  • Going Solar - Resources Guide
  • Solar Power Information, Discussion and News
  • Solar Tribune » Solar Energy News, Analysis, Education
  • National Council for Solar Growth - Unbiased Home Solar Panel Advice
  • Andalay
    • DIY Solar Panel Installation - Are Cheap Solar Panels Finally Here? - Popular Mechanics - June.19.09
  • Advent Solar
  • Emcore PhotoVoltaics
    • Exfoliation produces lighter, cheaper solar cells - New Scientist - July.13.2007
  • DOE - Solar
  • Dow Chemical's solar roof tiles:
    • Solar Shingles See the Light of Day: Dow Chemical readies easy-to-install solar roofs. - Technology Review - Jan.22.10
    • DOW™ POWERHOUSE™ Solar Shingle Unveiled – Groundbreaking New Technology for Affordable Solar Power Building Integrated Photovoltaic Roofing Shingle Expected to Bring Affordable Renewable Energy to Consumers - Dow Chemical - Oct.5.09
  • Evergreen Solar
  • First Solar
    • Solar Panels Get Cheap, But Will the Trend Last? - Research says Silicon Solar Panels like First Solar Uses May Not Hold Up to Scale - Popular Mechanics - Feb.26.09
    • First Solar Passes $1 Per Watt Industry Milestone: Company Cuts Manufacturing Cost to 98 Cents Per Watt in Fourth Quarter - First Solar - Feb.24.09
    • IEEE Spectrum: First Solar: Quest for the $1 Watt: Within five years, this company's thin-film solar cells could compete with coal - Aug.08
    • First Solar: Quest for the $1 Watt - PhysOrg - July.23.08
  • GE Energy - Solar Power
  • Green Mountain
  • GreenStar
  • LightPath Technologies
  • Solar_Energy_Alliance
    • The History of Photovoltaics
      
  • 1366 Technologies
    • Making solar cheaper than coal - CNET News - Mar.6.09
    • 1366 Technologies is Bringing Solar Power Closer to $1/Watt - TreeHugger - Mar.27.08
  • MSK Corp. - PV systems
    • PV-TV: A Multifunctional, Eco-Friendly Building Material - Metropolis Magazine - July.27.04
  • QuantaSol
    
    • QuantaSol unveils 28.3% efficient single-junction solar cell World Record - QuantaSol - June.30.09
  • SUNIVA - A World Leader in PV Technology: providing high efficiency silicon photovoltaic cells to the solar power industry
    • Efficient, Cheap Solar Cells: New materials for high-performance cells could make solar power affordable - Technology Review - Sept.23.08
      
  • Renewable Energy Sources - Solar
  • V3Solar | The Most Efficient Solar Energy Under the Sun - rotating concentrator
  • Solar power cost:
    
    • Solar Cost FAQ
      
    • Solar Photovoltaic Industry Cost and Price Trends
    • Steep Price Drops For Solar Photovoltaics - FuturePundit - Aug.15.09
      
  • Tape/Thin Foil PV
    • Ascent Solar: ITN
    • AVA Solar
    • DayStar Technologies, Inc.
    • Global Solar
    • HelioVolt - Solar Power
    • Konarka - PV on plastic tape
      
    • Nanosolar - PV tapes
      • Advantages - table
        
    • Nanosys
    • PowerFilm Inc. - The worlds most lightweight and flexible solar panels
    • Solexant
      • Thin-Film Solar with High Efficiency: Solexant is printing inorganic solar cells with nanomaterials - Technology Review - Nov.19.09
    • Xunlight Corporation
      • Roll-Up Solar Panels - Technology Review - June.4.09
  • Concentrator/Solar Thermal Systems
    • Ausra
    • eSolar
    • GreenVolts
      
    • Infinia Solar System
      
    • Open Energy Corporation
    • Prism Solar Technologies, Inc.
    • Pyron Solar - Hydrogen Energy System
    • Semprius - gallium arsenide solar cells with concentrator achieve +30% efficiency
      • Products
    • Skyline Solar
    • Solaria Corporation
    • Soliant Energy
    • Solyndra - The New Shape of Solar
    • Sopogy - MicroCSP Distributed Solar Solutions
    • Stirling Energy Systems Inc.
      
    • Sunrgi :: Solar Energy Systems
    • Concentrating Solar Power/SunLab Home
    • Stellaris Corp. - Concentrating Photovoltaic Glazing (CPG)
    • Johnson Thermoelectric Energy Conversion System
  • Solar Power System Dealers:
    • AstroPower
    • Energy Tower - Solar Electricity, Anywhere - an "open source" inspired project
    • Solar Direct
    • Solardepot.com
    • Solar Home - Solar Panels, Power and Solar Kits
    • SkyBuilt Power's Mobile Power Station - compact, modular unit uses solar cells and wind generator to power to remote areas and for disaster relief.
    • Solarselect.nl - zonnepaneel
  • Utility PhotoVoltaic Group
  • Photovoltaics at NREL
  • Solar Sailor - large solar powered sail boat in Australia
  • Solar Ark - Sanyo Demo project for solar cells and LED Lighting
  • IAUS Bladeless Turbine
  • Stirling Energy Systems - mirrors heat up a Stirling engine
    • UNLVSolarSite at Univ. of Nevada
  • Solar Chimney / Power Towers
    • Spheral Solar Power
  • Space Solar
  • Light Piping / Hybrid Solar Lighting
    • All About SunPipe®
    • DayRay - Flexible Daylighting - previously FluroSolar
      
      • FluoroSolar - Bringing the Sunshine Inside - Treehugger - May.2.06
    • Parans
    • Solatube
    • Hybrid solar lighting - Google Search
  • Solar Lighting Stores:
    • Solar Lights Guide - "A solar lights guide on where to find and buy the best new or used solar lights made by name brand manufactuers all at discount prices."
    • SolarTown -- Solar panels for homes, Solar powered lights and Solar energy products
  • Solar powered applications
    • Introducing the Solar Tree
• Wave/Tide Power
  • Aquamarine Power
    
  • Ocean Power Delivery Limited
  • Ocean Power Technologies
  • wavegen.co.uk- electricity generation, wave energy, ocean power
• Wind Power
• Vertical Axis Generators
  • Enviro Energies
  • QuietRevolution
    
  • The Wind Energy Frontier: _Urban Retail Markets - Focus - July/Aug.2004
  • TMA WIND - Moya Terra Aqua
• Flying wind generators:
  • Sky WindPower Corp. - high altitude tethered wind generators
    
• Clipper Windpower, Inc.
• FloDesign Wind Turbine
• Selsam Wind Turbing - www.superturbine.net
• Wind Energy and Wind Turbines: Danish Wind Industry Association
• REpower 5M
• Windbelt
  • Windbelt Technology - HumdingerWind.com
• Home Windpower:
  • Wind Generator Authority - Hurricane Wind Generators
  • Southwest Windpower
  • Renewable Devices / Swift Turbines - small turbine that can be attached to the roof of a house.
    
• American Wind Energy Association 
• Energy from Waste Products
  • Changing World Technologies
  • Iogen - ethanol, bioethanol, enzymes, cellulose, biotechnology, renewable energy
    
• Waste Heat Energy Recovery:
  • Ener-G-Rotors
• Biofuels
  • Amyris Biotechnologies
  • Algae:
    • GreenFuel Technologies
    • Sapphire Energy
    • Solazyme
    • Solix Biofuels
• Self-Powered Systems
  • EnOcean:radio switches and sensors without batteries
  • Human Powered Radios, Flashlights, etc - Freeplay - windup mechanisms eliminate the need for batteries.
  • FreePlay
  • New Backpack Generates Its Own Electricity - National Geographic - Sept.8.05
• Home Independence
• Home Power Magazine, the hands-on journal of home-made power.
• design outlaws - ecological design
• Building a Home Power Monitoring System - Londra Systems

Advanced Mass Transit

• Monorail
  • Monorail News Briefs - Monorail Society
  • The Monorail Society
    • Las Vegas Monorail System - opens 2004
    • Niles Monorail - backyard monorail!
  • Las Vegas Monorail
  • American Maglev Techonlogy - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System
    • History
    • Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, Virginia - 3200ft track - AMT left the project in 2005
      • ODU's maglev train on track to future - VirginianPilot - June.14.02
      • Taking a maglev for a test drive - VirginianPilot - May.28.02
      • Maglev train bound for ODU takes shape in Florida - VirginianPilot - Mar.10.02
    • Current test track is in Powder Springs, Georgia
• Maglev
  • Transrapid - German maglev builder
  • Maglev trains - How Stuff Works
  • LaunchPoint
    • Magtube Transit System
  • SkyTrain MagLev
    • Unimodal, Inc
    • SkyTran - Wikipedia
• Personal Rapid Transit:
  • Raytheon Personal Rapid Transit
  • ULTra -  Advanced Transit Systems Inc
    • ULTra system at Heathrow Airport
      
  • Taxi 2000 Corporation - Personal Rapid Transit
• Automated electric advanced transit technologies
• Adtranz - a DaimlerChrysler division
• Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT)
• Supertram test to ease traffic - BBC - Jan.17.02
• Articles
  • China Awaits High-Speed 'Maglev' - Wired - Jan.20.03
  • High-Speed Trains Are Catching Up - Technology Review - Oct.11.01

Hoovercraft

• Hoverclub of America
  • Hovercraft Links
• Audi Shark Hovercraft Has Teeth - Wired - Mar.6.09

Submarines/Underwater habitats:

• Submarine for Sale, suitable for Tourism, Commercial, Personal & Research: ROVs New & Used
• U.S. Submarines : luxury submarines, manned submersibles, tourist submarines, habitats
• Gemini by Subeo - The worlds first two man recreational submarine
• Personal Submersibles Organization - PSUBS.ORG
• Deep Flight - H.O.T.
  • Soaring under the Bay / San Anselmo man builds cheaper, faster high-tech submarine - SF Gate - Jan.24.03
• NOVA | Underwater Dream Machine | A Lifelong Dream | PBS
• Poseidon Undersea Resorts
  
• Jules Underwater Hotel
  
• Hydropolis
  
• Ocean Base - JMS Naval Architects & Salvage Engineers
• Sub-Find - arrange for access to submarines and underwater habitats
  
  • Underwater Habitats - Trilobis 65 Floating Home
    
  • Cliff Top (and bottom) Living - gizmag
• Articles:
  • Winged luxury submarines 'fly' underwater - CNN.com - Mar.6.09

Watercraft:

• SkySails - sail tug for ships to lower fuel costs
  
  • Bremen's shipping company Beluga Shipping GmbH purchases the first SkySails system for cargo ships. - SkySails - Jan.26.06
• Gibbs Aquada - amphibious sports car
• Terra Wind - luxury amphibious motor coach / yacht
• M80 Stiletto - M Ship Co - M shaped hull reduces roll and the wake
  
  • M Ship Co. - Specializing in Next Generation Hull Technology
  • M80 High-speed No-wake landing craft- Murdoc Online - Jan.13.06
• Juliet Marine - supercavitation
  • Juliet Marine's "Ghost" Ship Emerges from Stealth Startup, Gears Up for War - Xconomy - June.21.12
• Human powered watercraft:
  • Pumpabike
    
    • Human-powered hydrofoil seeks jumpy riders - New Scientist - May.23.05
      Pumpabike
      
  • Decavitator - Human-Powered Hydrofoil - MIT
    
  • Human Powered Boats
• Articles:
  • Researchers want a submersible airplane - NetworkWorld.com - Oct.6.08
    

Other transport tech

• Hyperbike.info
  • HyperBike Has NASA Looking Twice - Hyperbike - Jan.22.07
• More power to pedal pushers?: Revolutionary crank could speed cycling. - Nature - Sept.27.02
• Plustech Walking technology - 6 legged vehicles used for logging (great videos)
• Strandbeest - wind driven walking machines

   

Architecture

• Green Roofs:
  • Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: WC Retro: Green Roofs - WorldChanging - July.5.06
    
  • Green Roofs - EarthPledge.com

• Science & Technology News
• Advanced Aviation
  
• More Cool Tech: 3D Displays, Robotics, etc.
• Technology for Developing Countries...
• General Science