Steven Chu of the Department of Energy has announced a collaboration with automotive industry partners to speed up the development of technologically advanced green vehicles, dubbed U.S. DRIVE. Formerly called the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership, U.S. DRIVE – Driving Research and Innovation for Vehicle efficiency and Energy sustainability – will bring leading tech experts from the DOE, the national laboratories, and industry partners together to…

New York has joined other coastal U.S. cities, including San Francisco, in utilizing light detection and ranging (lidar) technology to create the most comprehensive three-dimensional maps of the city to date. The new maps will be used to improve zoning and building codes, to assess the potential for flooding, and to evaluate rooftops for solar power installations. In a series of nine, six-hour, night flyovers at 3,500 feet from April 14-30, New York was “mowed” with lidar, which shoots out…

Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu urged attendees at a recent energy industry meeting to accept strategic regulation on carbon pollution and begin exploring objectives which will help to realize this critical goal. “Let’s get moving now,” he told conference…

As of late, President Barack Obama has received much criticism on his decision to invest in coal, with environmentalists puzzled as to the role it will play in America’s clean energy future. The president’s stance on the domestic…

Clean Fuels Ohio has announced that it has now obtained funds from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to begin its work with the Ohio Advanced Transportation Partnership (OATP) in implementing over $29 million in alternative fuel vehicle and infrastructure developments. The DOE approved 11 million…