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Wind Farm Project Expected to be Online by 2011

Dominion announced today plans to develop a 300-megawatt wind generation facility in Central Illinois. Prairie Fork Wind Farm would feature 150 to 200 turbines constructed across approximately 25,000 acres in Christian and Montgomery counties, about 25 miles southeast of Springfield.

10 Apr 2008

EMC Corporation's Parking Facilities First to See Significant Energy Savings

Groom Energy Solutions today announced the availability of its GES Hybrid parking garage lighting fixture, a patent-pending retrofit kit that reduces by 50 percent, the energy consumed by typical parking garage lighting fixtures.

10 Apr 2008

Nexant to Develop and Install Energy Efficiency Management Information System at Utility Subsidiaries

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company has chosen Nexant, Inc. to develop and install a new integrated energy efficiency management information system at two of its utility subsidiaries, MidAmerican Energy Company and PacifiCorp.

9 Apr 2008

Ready Solar Announces Expansion of its Flagship Product, Solar in a Box

Ready Solar announces the expanded manufacturing/mass production of its flagship product, Solar in a BoxTM, the industry's first standardized pre-assembled solar electric appliance.

9 Apr 2008

GW2E Announces Distribution Agreements for Brazil, Dominican Republic and Kyrgyzstan

Global Waste-To-Energy, Corp (GW2E) announced today that it has signed an additional agreement with Freedom Renewable Energy Corporation (FREC) to be the sole distributor of the Biosphere Gasification System(TM) for the countries of Brazil, Dominican Republic and Kyrgyzstan.

9 Apr 2008

Mintel Finds More New Products Boasting Environmentally Friendly Claims

Americans increasingly express environmental concerns, so manufacturers are taking steps to convey the eco-friendliness of their products. According to Mintel Global New Products Database (GNPD), the number of new products with an environmentally friendly claim has grown substantially over the past five years.

9 Apr 2008

FIJI Water to Engage with Suppliers to Disclose their Emissions

FIJI(R) Water announced today that it had joined the Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration to fully disclose the carbon footprint of its products. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the world's largest investor coalition on climate change, will work with FIJI Water to engage with suppliers to disclose their emissions.

9 Apr 2008

Worldwide Demand for Transparent Conductive Films is Rapidly Increasing

Carbon nanotubes are promising materials for many high-technology applications due to their exceptional mechanical, thermal, chemical, optical and electrical properties.

9 Apr 2008

Company Experiences Exponential Growth as Market for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Solutions Surges

Standard Renewable Energy, a Houston-based provider of energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions, today announced it has received $7 million in Series B funding, adding to the $8 million it received less than 12 months ago in its Series A round.

9 Apr 2008

BlueFire's First Ethanol Bio-Refinery in California

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc., a leader in cellulosic ethanol production technology, has engaged Roeslein Associates, Inc. and PAC (Process Automation Concepts, Ltd.) to begin prefabricating modules for BlueFire's first ethanol bio-refinery in Lancaster, Calif.

9 Apr 2008