The 5th annual AltWheels Fleet Day will be held Monday, October 5, 2009 at Staples World Headquarters in Framingham, MA.
This is a don’t miss event for individuals wanting to understand the latest in alternative transportation technologies, costs, best practices, funding, and fuel options. This is the largest alternative transportation event of its kind in New England.
The day will consist of more than 30 leading experts, interactive workshops, more than 40 alternative vehicles of all sizes and types, half of which are available for ride and drives, as well as exhibits covering hybrids, electric vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles, CNG vehicles, hydrogen/fuel cell, and more efficient vehicle technologies. Fleet managers will speak on how they have switched their fleets to alternatives and about the real dollar savings and the learning process involved with this transition. A special panel this year will focus on the stimulus spending and new sources of funding for fleet and vehicle conversions. One can explore ways to reduce fuel costs while getting ahead of the next generation of regulations. This event is designed for corporate fleet managers, small business executives who want to understand vehicle options, municipal fleet and facilities managers, government officials, and interested individuals.
Visit the website at www.altwheels.org for more information and to pre-register.
During his confirmation process, ambassador nominee Thomas Shannon said that removing the tariff would be “beneficial,” however as the official voice of the United States in Brazil, Shannon also stated that he will support the position of the Obama Administration. 
The first blimp prototype will be propelled in two nontraditional ways. The outside of the ship will be covered with Cadmium-Indium-Germanium (CIG) photovoltaic cells, picked for their their light weight. The cells should generate enough power to move the blimp at around 40 mph in average conditions, or at around 70 horsepower. Meanwhile, a diesel drivetrain will generate the rest of the power, and ideally the designers will look to an adapted hybrid electric model for that. And because blimps fly at low altitudes, they don’t have to deal with problems that plague diesel engines at elevations over 30,000 ft.
A new report says that the world’s biofuels market is prepared to grow by an average of 12.3 percent a year between 2007 and 2017.
The U.S. wind energy sector has added 4,000 megawatts (MW) of capacity in the first six months of this year, outpacing the first half of 2008’s 2,900 MW.
According to the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest, thousands of flexible fuel and biodiesel vehicle drivers have received educational mailings, viewed newspaper ads, and attended promotional discount events in July. Yet, the summer is not over! Supporters of ethanol and biodiesel are holding additional promotions in the weeks ahead.
August 1: 9 am – 1 pm
Why are so many people in denial that the price of gas will rise again, and continue to go up? Why are businesses and towns who are already drowning under the weight of higher energy prices not doing more to wean themselves off of oil? Could the high cost of oil take out behemoth companies like Wal-Mart? The answer is yes, according to Christopher Steiner in his new book, 
The two offshore wind leases, for sites in the Gulf of Mexico, are the sixth and seventh leases for offshore wind farms signed by the General Land Office since 2005, the land office said in a statement. The third site is on state land in the Texas panhandle.