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Maryland adds $850000 for home performance rebate program; nearly 1000 have ...

Washington Post

By AP, ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland Energy Administration is adding $850000 to the state's home performance rebate program. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown made the announcement on Thursday. The program offers a 35 percent rebate on certain home energy ...
 
O'Malley appoints electric vehicle council

Annapolis Capital (blog)

Malvin Nolen Duncan Jr., sales manager for Holt Electrical Contractors. Frederick Hilton Hoover Jr., an attorney and former director of the Maryland Energy Administration. Marisa Shockley, president of the Maryland Automobile Dealers Association. ...
 
Philips Wins Prestigious Department of Energy L Prize

CleanTechnica

Unfortunately, this light source uses 10% of its energy output for light and wastes the other 90% as heat. The the US Department of Energy (DOE) recognized that energy efficient alternatives needed to be made readily available and become the new ...
 
Road Test: 2012 Chevrolet Volt

National Post

That said, the Volt competes in a segment — extended-range electric vehicles — that it alone occupies. It earns this unique (for now) designation by being powered by a 111-kilowatt (149-horsepower) primary electric motor fed, alternately, ...
 
Solar Power for Electric Vehicles

REVE

Solar energy powered electric car chargers are bound to appease critics who say that electric cars with lithium ion batteries are as clean as the energy that feeds them. SolarCity has teamed up with ClipperCreek to provide electric car chargers ...