http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=hydrogen-house


"Mike Strizki has not paid an electric, oil or gas bill — nor has he spent a nickel to fill up his Mercury Sable — in nearly two years. Instead, the 51-year-old civil engineer makes all the fuel he needs using a system he built in the capacious garage of his home, which employs photovoltaic (PV) panels to turn sunlight into electricity that is harnessed in turn to extract hydrogen from tap water."

 

http://thehill.com/business--lobby/lack-of-power-lines-seen-as-obstacle-in-wind-development-2008-06-18.html 

"The United States has been called the Saudi Arabia of wind, but transmission line deficiencies might keep the nation from achieving its wind energy goals."

 

http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=52813&src=rss

"A new study from Clean Edge says that solar energy could reach cost parity with retail-electricity rates in most regions of the U.S. in less than a decade."

 

http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=52764&src=rss

"At the end of 2007, China's installed base of wind power totaled just over 6 gigawatts (GW), making China the fifth largest producer of wind power, after Germany, the U.S., Spain and India. As a consequence of the rapid build-out of wind power projects in China, in April 2008 the National Development and Reform Commission revised its 11th Five Year Plan Period plan for wind power development from 5 GW to 10 GW by 2010."

 

http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1098291.html


"With gasoline prices orbiting in the stratosphere, Jim Bartlett relies on a cheaper alternative to fuel his pickup truck: a standard wall outlet. Bartlett's truck is powered by electricity, not gasoline. Bartlett, a mechanical engineer who lives in Cary, juices up his truck by plugging in."