Points of Interest | Green Energy News

September 7, 2003 – Vol.8 No.24

POINTS OF INTEREST.

A weekly collection of websites worth visiting.

Whistler Investments has announced that it has completed a $4 million private placement for funding for a company known as NuPower LLC . NuPower, according to the Whistler press release, is developing battery electric vehicles with a patented technology that has allowed the company’s development team to test a new age electrical sports car at speeds of 125 miles per hour for over 250 miles. Also, the company has another patented technology for a recharging system that can recharge a car in the time it takes to eat lunch, as well as a Power System that cuts the weight of battery packs by up to 75 percent.

Bold claims that may be true, or not.

Whistler has also included a disclaimer regarding the information stated in the press release. Still, NuPower is worth a visit. http://www.nuageelectric.net/ .

A new entrant in the biodiesel business is Blue Sun Biodiesel based in Fort Collins, Colorado. The company was founded in 2001, and by June of 2003 began selling biodiesel fuel to nearby customers such the City of Boulder,Colorado, the University of Colorado, the Rocky Mountain National Park and others.

Now, the company has its first retail biodiesel pump open for business that is also the first retail biodiesel pump in the state. The directions to pump and helpful information about biodiesel are at the website. http://www.gobluesun.com/ .

As distasteful as it may seem, government money spent on weaponry can also lead to the advancement of products for use in more peaceful endeavors. Saft America has just been awarded an up-to-$20 million contract to provide state-of-the-art lithium ion batteries to the U.S. Air Force. That money might, in the long run, help Saft reduce the cost of the batteries that in turn would help commercialize the batteries for use in electric vehicles. Saft has been providing batteries for electric vehicles for 20 years.

And for what sinister task will the U.S. Air Force use the batteries for? Something called Directed Energy systems. http://www.saftbatteries.com/ .