If dreams of going offroad or driving along a beach include doing it in an ecofriendly and nearly silent 4×4, then this Tesla Toyota joint venture may set your heart racing.

After abandoning the project 7 years ago, when Toyota sold 328 of the RAV4 EVs they have brought it back with their new partner and there are big plans to make it ubiquitous.

Toyota, Tesla Resurrect the Electric RAV4 | Autopia | Wired.com.

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The city of Baltimore have begun an electric car sharing program, where Electrovaya is renting out the Maya 300 for as low as $7.50 per hour.

Car Sharing Goes Electric | Autopia | Wired.com.

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A hefty 4.5 megawatt will be generated by an array of solar panels to provide a Phoenix data center with a portion of its 80 megawatt demand. And even more interesting is its time shifting capability to save the company 50% of its energy bill by using onsite thermal storage.

Will Your Next Data Center Be Solar Powered? | Inside Green IT on GreenerComputing.

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There are many places where space that is being used for various public infrastructure projects is prime location for installing multi-purpose solar arrays.

A New Place for Solar Energy: Highway Right of Way : CleanTechnica.

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Give the gift of green this year, and help kids and others to get to work on solving out energy future.

Alternative energy and green gifts – Solar, fuel cells, biodiesel and more!.

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As Google’s Bloom Fades Will CEO Eric Schmidt Step Down: Tech Ticker, Yahoo! Finance.

I’m curious how Google will use their search product and related applications to solve world energy problems?  Use the search tool to identify energy resources and availability?  Stay tuned.

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10 Quick to Find ways of going green and impacting world energy usage and improving the environment at the same time!

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Library House has a database of innovative companies involved in the alternative energy sector, providing detailed analysis and big picture context.

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