Ecomobility is the company's shorthand for green technology, notably its Bluecar electric project, a joint endeavor with Bolloré, a French industrial combine.
The i3 began life as the Megacity electric project car, but the concept evolved into a purely electric runabout that would be configurable, when it went on sale in 2013, with a gasoline-burning, 3-cylinder range extender.
He caused a minor stir in 2003 with the RH Factor, an electric project trafficking in soul, gospel and R & B, along with a sprinkling of organic hip-hop; the group's debut, "Hard Groove" (Verve), featured guest turns by the singers D'Angelo and Erykah Badu and the rappers Q-Tip and Common.
A $140 million electric project, that would essentially be funded by the residents of southern Wisconsin.
He has also streamlined environmental-impact assessments for everything from mines and tar-sands developments to pipelines and hydro-electric projects.
The picture was less encouraging for biofuels, biomass and waste-to-energy, and small hydro-electric projects, which saw investment levels fall 7%, 10%and17%7%, respectively.
As it is, even though environmental-impact assessments for hydropower projects are required, they are never published, according to the United Nations Development Programme.One problem when officials have vested interests in hydro-electric projects is that they place generation capacity over the need to manage water for the benefit and safety of locals.
At that time, Father Edilberto's main concern was stemming the excesses of the soya bean trade which in his view was exacerbating the illegal felling of trees; now he is a sharp critic of the 18 hydro-electric projects which have been planned for the Tapajós river and its tributaries.
Scope for private-sector involvement is limited because building dams means turfing people out of their homes, so large-scale hydro-electric projects are undertaken only by governments.Biomass provides 10% of the world's primary energy needs, mostly in developing countries, where villagers burn cow dung on basic stoves.
Total investment in renewable energy (including small hydro-electric projects) was $244 billion in 2012, down 12% from 2011 mainly due to dramatically lower solar prices and weakened US and EU markets.
