There is an inevitable conflict between economic growth and environmental protection, and balancing these necessities is never easy.  But as environmental regulations continue to increase in scope and degree, there are also new and improved tools for companies to use to monitor and report their performance.
For 15 years, ESS (Environmental Support Solutions), based in Tempe, [...]

In 2004, in mid-career, already having grown and sold two companies, and after an extensive investigation into the energy-related applications of nanotechnology, Matt Trevithick joined the Venrock team.  Venrock was started in the 1930’s by Laurance Rockefeller, with their first big hit being an investment in McDonnell Aircraft Company.  Since then, Venrock has scored again and again, making [...]

Is an affordable EV mini-roadster almost here?  PML Flightlink’s EW Series of roadworthy in-wheel motors includes the EW 30/60.  Each of these motors weighs just under 40 pounds, or 18 kilograms, and each motor runs up to 14.4 kilowatts, or 19.3 horsepower.

PML Flightlink’s EW Series 30/60,
14.4 kW in-wheel motor.
(Photo: PML Flightlink)

With “internal tapered heavy duty roller bearings [...]

Everyone tends to agree that 100% battery powered cars need batteries with energy densities only achieved with lithium ion technology, but virtually all hybrid cars still get by with nickel metal hydride batteries.  No more.
Today in Geneva, Switzerland, at the 78th International Motor Show, General Motors announced that by 2010 they will be using lithium ion batteries for their entire [...]

Innovative business models and innovative technology are both necessary to usher in the electric age.  Imagine the gigawatt-hours we’ll need just to power the commuter miles for millions of new electric cars.  But along with new sources of electricity, we can increase the supply of electricity from existing sources by retrofitting our grid to the lighter and far more energy efficient [...]

We constantly hear about new ways to reuse and recycle waste, but not so often does our waste get the opportunity to play a direct role in creating new life.  Such is the case, however, with the products about to be shipped from Fiberwood, a new company in Sacramento, California, that converts cardboard into mulch.

Material for hydroseeding often uses
mulch [...]

Well thanks to small quantities of dihydrogen monoxide, otherwise known as H2O, being injected into the hot mixture, it is now possible to mix asphalt at a dramatically lower temperature.  When I spoke with Don Brock, CEO of Astec Industries, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of equipment used to make asphalt, he said this new [...]