Tesla Motors to Unveil Home and Utility Batteries April 30. Tesla Motors Inc. will announce a home battery and a “very large” utility-scale battery on April 30, according to an e-mail sent to investors and analysts. The e-mail Tuesday from Jeffrey Evanson, Tesla’s head of investor relations, said the company “will explain the advantages of our solutions and why past battery options were not compelling.” Khobi Brooklyn, a Tesla spokeswoman, said that “we’ll share more information next week,” without confirming the e-mail. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk had tweeted on March 30 that Tesla would announce a “major new product line -- not a car -- will be unveiled” on April 30 at the company’s design studio in Hawthorne, California. The maker of luxury electric cars is using its lithium-ion battery technology to position itself as a front-runner in the emerging market for energy storage that supplements, and may ultimately threaten, the traditional electric grid.
The Most Incredible CO2 Sensor in the World : Environmental News. Image from lady_lbrty Detecting carbon dioxide emissions has always been a little hit and miss when it comes to larger areas: the sensor technology we currently have isn’t well-suited to Photo: Image from lady_lbrty Detecting carbon dioxide emissions has always been a little hit and miss when it comes to larger areas: the sensor technology we currently have isn’t well-suited to large areas, and it’s extremely expensive. This is, of course one of the multitudes of reasons why fossil fuels have been able to hold off the energy lobby for so long. This has left environmentalists searching for a better way to police the pollutant and now they may have found one. It’s so simple that it is almost confounding that this hasn’t existed all along: the Hemholtz Centre for Environmental Research has designed a simple carbon dioxide sensor based on the principle of diffusion.
This technology of course, has great implications far beyond industrial use. UK Companies: Consumers Essential Driver For Cutting Emissions · November 26, 2007 Eighteen top British companies – including BP, Tesco and BT Group – have published a report (summary, full report) today promising to develop new products and services that would allow customers to cut their carbon footprints, The International Herald Tribune reports. also said they would develop a standard for all companies involved in the initiative to regularly report their carbon emission levels, invest in technology and emission-saving projects, and promote “greener” behavior among their own employees.
Interestingly, the report said that responsibility to cut climate-changing emissions lies first with consumers, who through their purchases influence about 60 percent of British emissions. Purchasing decisions and political pressure will then drive change within companies, which can enable customers to act by offering greener products; and the government, which should use tax cuts as an incentive for consumers. China overtakes U.S. as top CO2 emitter: Dutch agency | Environm.