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Amyris Renewable Diesel Fuel Becomes First Plant Derived Fuel Registered For Commerical Sale

Amyris today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has officially registered Amyris’s renewable diesel fuel, making it the first time a hydrocarbon-based fuel made from plant-derived resources has been registered for commercial sale

20 Apr 2009

Funding Granted to QD Vision For Highly Efficient Lighting Development

QD Vision, developer of nanotechnology-based products for lighting and displays, today announced it has been selected by the Department of Energy (DoE) to receive more than $700,000 in funding for a project that will significantly contribute to the development of enhanced solid state lighting (SSL) technologies

20 Apr 2009

Hybrid Drivetrain Introduced for Offroad Vehicles

Dana Holding Corporation has introduced new hybrid drivetrain technology specifically engineered for off-highway vehicles

20 Apr 2009

Navistar To Develop and Deliver Efficient Plug In Hybrid School Buses

Continuing its leadership in the development of hybrid commercial vehicles, Navistar was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to participate in a project that will develop and deliver energy-efficient and environmentally friendly plug-in hybrid school buses

20 Apr 2009

Contract Given For New Environmentally Friendly NASA Buildings

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a contract to Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Baltimore, Md. , for the design and construction of an energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly and sustainable administration building at NASA's Langley Research Center

20 Apr 2009

Arizona State University and Advent Solar Team Up on Solar Panel Development

Arizona State University and Advent Solar today announced a development partnership to further the advancement of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology

20 Apr 2009

Will Anaheim University Become The World's First Paperless University?

Anaheim University, the nationally accredited California-based institution, who pioneered online education in the mid-nineties as one of the world's first entirely online universities to host live web-based classes taught by experts, has now committed to being paperless by 2010

20 Apr 2009

Green World Studios Announce Green World Energy Solutions Feature Length Documentary Film Series

Green World Studios; an innovative, environmentally conscious company that operates all equipment with clean, renewable, solar power. Green World Energy Solutions premieres on April 20, 2009 and has been created for network television distribution

20 Apr 2009

Carbene Catalyst Helps Strip CO2 From the Air

It's the reason why chemists envy green plants: by using photosynthesis, plants can easily fix the carbon dioxide that is so plentiful in air to make biomass, or organic compounds. Chemists would also like to be able to simply produce carbon compounds out of CO2 from air

20 Apr 2009

Diesel Brewing to Convert Biomass and Manure into Transportation Fuels and Help Oregon Achieve Energy Independence

Diesel Brewing announced the company has launched its initiative to manufacture cellulosic bio-butanol from Oregon’s ample supplies of biomass and dairy farm manure

20 Apr 2009