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NRG Energy Plans New 30 MW Biomass Project at its Montville Generating Station

NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) is developing a new biomass project at its Montville Generating Station in Uncasville, CT. NRG is enhancing one of the station's existing units to use biomass as a fuel source for 30 megawatts (MW) of the unit's 82-MW generating capacity.

4 Dec 2008

Ascent Solar CIGS Modules Achieves Significant Efficiency Milestone

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, today announced that it has achieved greater than 9.5% efficiency for its flexible Copper, Indium, Gallium, Selenide (CIGS) monolithically integrated modules.

4 Dec 2008

New Research Shows Cover Crops and Composting Can Offset Carbon Loss from Corn Stover Ethanol Production

As the United States continues to develop alternative energy methods and push towards energy independence, cellulosic-based ethanol has emerged as one of the most commercially viable technologies. Corn stover remains the most popular source available, but the loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) associated with the removal of corn fodder as a cellulosic ethanol feedstock is of agricultural and environmental conc

4 Dec 2008

The Tech Awards Announces Global Call for 2009 Nominations

The Tech Awards, presented by Applied Materials (Nasdaq:AMAT), and a signature program of The Tech Museum of Innovation today announced that nominations are open for The Tech Awards 2009.

3 Dec 2008

Scientists and MBA Students Team Up to Commercialize Cleantech

Bringing clean tech innovations into the market place faster is the purpose of a new partnership launched this fall

3 Dec 2008

Improving Carbon Footprint of Biofuels by Replacing Corn with Perennial Grasses

Converting forests or fields to biofuel crops can increase or decrease greenhouse gas emissions, depending on where – and which – biofuel crops are used

3 Dec 2008

Nuclear Science Being Used to Ensure Food Security

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for increased investment in a plant breeding technique that could bolster efforts aimed at pulling millions of people out of the hunger trap

3 Dec 2008

Self Powered Devices Not Far Away

Imagine a self-powering cell phone that never needs to be charged because it converts sound waves produced by the user into the energy it needs to keep running

3 Dec 2008

World's Largest CIGS Solar Cell Array Hits Full Operation

Global Solar Energy, a leading manufacturer of Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells, today announced the full operation of the largest solar electric array worldwide using CIGS photovoltaic (PV) technology

2 Dec 2008

Electric Drive Vehicles, Where to Now

Hundreds of leaders from the auto, energy, and government sectors began meeting in Washington this week to discuss ways to accelerate the development and adoption of fuel-efficient, electric drive vehicles during the Electric Drive Transportation Association's (EDTA) annual conference

2 Dec 2008