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ENERGIES...  week of March 3, 2002

    POLLUTION, HEALTH AND FUEL EFFICIENCY. The Journal of the American

Medical Association (JAMA) published a study this week - Lung Cancer,

Cardiopulmonary Mortality and Long Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Air

Pollution.

    J.D. Powers, a well known global marketing information services

firm, published a survey this week - The Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Consumer Acceptance Study.

    Thereıs a connection between the two.

    The JAMA study, which included more than 500,000 participants who

enrolled 20 years ago in an American Cancer Society survey on cancer

prevention, showed that long-term exposure to air pollution -living in

some of Americaıs largest cities - significantly raises the possibility

of dying from lung cancer. The risk for lung cancer is about the same as

a non-smoker living with a smoker.

    The J.D. Powers survey showed that 30 percent of new vehicle buyers

would definitely consider purchasing a hybrid-electric vehicle. Another

30 percent indicated a strong consideration for the purchase of the

technology. Overwhelmingly, vehicle buyers want the hybrid option in

their vehicle choice.

    Of the more 5200 new vehicle buyers in the survey, women leaned

towards hybrids more than men. Both wanted hybrids in their vehicle

segments (small car buyers wanted small hybrids, SUV buyers wanted

hybrid SUVıs for example). Men and women based their considerations on

the environment, fuel prices, U.S. dependency on imported oil and the

inclusion of tax incentives as part of a purchase.

    The connection? People seem willing to buy vehicles in large numbers

that saved fuel and reduced pollution if those vehicles were available.

In turn, their purchase would help save lives. Itıs that simple. Visit

JAMA at http://www.jama.ama-assn.org/ , J.D. Powers at

http://www.jdpa.com/ .

    WORLD PARTNERS?  Governments of the U.S. and Canada have agreed to

expand and intensify their existing bilateral efforts to address global

climate change. All nations could work in partnership on this effort. If

Canada and the U.S., why not everyone?

    Canada and the U.S. will cooperate on issues such as climate change

science and research, technology development, carbon sequestration,

emissions measurement and accounting, capacity building in developing

countries, carbon sinks, targeted measures to spur the uptake of cleaner

technology and market based approaches to the same.

    Mentioned as possible, specific areas of cooperation will be in the

development of clean coal (which would be more appropriately named

cleaner coal), carbon dioxide capture and storage, expanded use of

cogeneration and more renewable sources of energy and the use of

sustainable agriculture and forestry management to reduce net greenhouse

gas emissions.

    Canada will be considering ratification of the Kyoto Protocol later

this year. With ratification, Canada will have to reduce emissions

through government mandate.  But the U.S. has no plans to ratify Kyoto,

but wants industry to voluntarily reduce emissions. That voluntarism

would be spurred by government incentives - tax breaks, for instance.

Visit Environment Canada at http://www.ec.gc.ca/ (click Media Room, News

Releases)

    SOLAR POWER FOR EFFICIENT ENERGY. Letıs be honest. Photovoltaic

solar power has some faults. Itıs relatively expensive. Itıs not very

efficient. And for the amount of power output, it takes up a lot of real

estate.

    Certainly solar manufacturers and developers are working on many

ways to correct and work around these faults. One of them is to connect

solar panels only to highly energy-efficient devices. The more efficient

the device, the less solar electricity needs to be generated and overall

system cost and size goes down.

    This notion is now reality for one Whole Foods Market (tm) natural

and organic supermarket in Berkeley, California. A newly installed 33

kilowatt rooftop solar array is used only to power the storeıs DC

(direct current) fluorescent lighting.

    Fluorescent lighting in itself is efficient, but further

efficiencies are gained by using the solar panelıs DC current directly

to power the lighting.  (Typically solar power is converted - at a loss

of usable electricity - from DC to AC (alternating current) for use in

buildings. This loss is avoided with the Whole Foods installation.)

    Reflective roofing materials were also used and the PowerLight solar

panels provide additional insulation for the building. The DC lighting

system was provided by Nextek Power Systems. Visit PowerLight at

http://www.powerlight.com/ , Nextek at http://www.nextekpower.com/ .

    NEXT GENERATION LIGHT BULB?  Even more energy efficient than compact

fluorescent or conventional fluorescent lighting are light emitting

diodes (LEDıs).  LEDıs can use up to 90% less electricity than

incandescent light bulbs. They are also durable and can last up to

100,000 hours.

    LEDıs come in a variety of colors, but a white light that is

pleasing to the eye - and that consumers would accept - has been the big

challenge for LED manufacturers for a few years now.

    Lumileds is the first to develop an experimental white light

headlamp for use in cars. Though we wouldnıt want a car headlamp for our

bedside reading light, this development does show that LEDıs can be

powerful enough for general lighting.  Overall, considerable progress is

being made on the technology. (LED headlamps in cars would save a bit of

fuel too.)

    Lumileds is a joint venture of Agilent Technologies and Philips

Lighting. Visit them at http://www.lumileds.com/ .

    WORLD WIND WATCH.  Just as the U.S. economy is showing signs of

life, President Bush has signed an economic stimulus bill that includes

the reinstatement of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind power, and

other renewables.

    The extension of the PTC through 2007 means that companies like

Vestas Wind Systems will likely push forward with plans to build a

turbine plant in the U.S.- read new job creation.  Enron Wind, soon to

become part of GE Power Systems, could become a bigger player in the

wind turbine business. And NEG-Micon might reconsider plans to expand

their production capability in the U.S.

    If the U.S economy returns to growth, look for more wind power

facilities. Wind power developers are more likely to add capacity in a

growing economy that is willing and able to purchase the green

electricity.

    The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the European Wind

Energy Association (EWEA) and the Indian Wind Energy Association are

jointly reporting that wind turbine installations grew by 45 percent or

6500 megawatts in 2001. Worldwide the wind now supplies enough power for

the equivalent of more than 10 million homes. Visit the AWEA at

http://www.awea.org/ , the EWEA at http://www.ewea.org/ .

    Eurowind AB of Sweden has announced plans to build a 200 turbine

offshore wind farm on the Kriegers Flak shallows in the southern Baltic

Sea, about 35 miles south of Trelleborg and inside Swedenıs economic

zone. Completion date for the Kriegers is 2006-07. Visit Eurowind at

http://www.eurowind.com/ .

   Wind turbine company Gamesa and Spanish power company Union Fenosa

will work with Australian company TME to study wind projects in

Australia. The partnership could lead to 14 new wind farms in the

country with a combined capacity of 450 megawatts. Visit Gamesa at

http://www.gamesa.es/ .

 NEW! NEW! NEW! ... NewsLinks ...

--- Actor/Environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr. is First Retail Customer of a

Toyota RAV4-EV http://www.toyota.com/ (click About Toyota, News)

(3/4/02)

--- AstroPower Products Generate More Electricity Than Expected in Two

California Solar Electric Power Plants http://www.astropower.com/

(3/4/02)

--- Energy Storage Council Seeks National Goal for Electricity Storage

http://www.energystoragecouncil.org/ (click News Releases) (3/4/02)

--- Southwest Research Institute (tm) Releases Vehicle Simulation Tool

http://www.swri.com/ (click Whatıs New, News Releases) (3/4/02)

--- Altair Nanotechnologies Enters Into Agreement with Japanese

Conglomerate - Leading Exporter of International Goods and Services to

Introduce Altair Nanomaterials and Products to Battery Manufacturers as

well as the Japanese Automobile Industry

http://www.altairtechnologies.com/ (click Corporate Info) (3/5/02)

--- Magnetek Power Products Make Inroads in Transportation - UTC Fuel

Cellsı Power Plant for Ford Incorporates Magnetek Power Conditioner -

Magnetek Provides Advanced Power Supply for Segway (tm) Human

Transporter http://www.magnetek.com/  (3/5/02)

--- CO2SIM Announces Advisory Panel http://www.co2sim.com/ (click Media)

(3/5/02)

--- Electric Fuelıs Zinc-Air Bus Washington, DC Demonstration Slated for

March 13 http://www.electric-fuel.com/ (3/6/02)

--- Orbital Receives Clean Air Excellence Award From U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency http://www.orbeng.com.au/ (click Investor Relations,

News Releases) (3/6/02)

--- Altair Expands Battery Material Technologies

http://www.altairtechnologies.com/ (click Corporate Info) (3/7/02)

--- Global Solar Energy Completes 1.4 Mw Solar Power Station; Signs

Agreement to Enlarge System to 2.4 Mw http://www.globalsolar.com/ (click

Media Center) (3/7/02)

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