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Massive Solar Energy Project Designed to Bring Solar Panels into Every Town and Neighborhood in PSE and G's New Jersey Territory

Public Service Electric and Gas Company today asked New Jersey regulators to approve a $773-million proposal to bring the benefits of 120 megawatts of solar power directly to communities and customers throughout its service territory

11 Feb 2009

Electric Bus to Hit The Road in California

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced today that an EcoRide BE35 battery-electric transit bus, developed by Proterra LLC, Golden, Colorado, a leading innovator and manufacturer of clean commercial transit solutions, is being showcased on a four city California clean bus tour

11 Feb 2009

Bose Develops Efficient Sound System for Use in Chevrolet Volt

The Bose Energy Efficient Series sound system debuts next year in the Chevy Volt, the Extended-Range Electric Vehicle from General Motors

11 Feb 2009

MIT Students Develop Shock Absorber That Havests Energy From Bumos in the Road

A team of MIT undergraduate students has invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it smoothes the ride more effectively than conventional shocks

11 Feb 2009

Dow Corning Makes Big Investment in Renewable Energy

Dow Corning Corporation announced an agreement to purchase more than 14,000 megawatt hours of wind generated renewable energy through Consumers Energy's Green Generation program, making Dow Corning one of the largest private purchasers of renewable energy in the State of Michigan

11 Feb 2009

BTi Wins Australian Federal Government Climate Ready Program Grant

BTi was 1 of 32 winners of grants from the Australian federal government's Climate Ready program

10 Feb 2009

World Energy Summit Sees DuPont Showcase Renewable Energy Solutions

DuPont recently showcased a wide range of highly specialized solutions, products and services for the unique challenges of the renewable energy industry at the World Future Energy Summit

10 Feb 2009

University of Dayton Researcher Finds a Cheaper Way to Make Longer Lasting Fuel Cells

Liming Dai, the University of Dayton's Wright Brothers Institute endowed chair in nanomaterials, and fellow scientists have taken a step toward a more efficient fuel cell that can be affordably mass-produced

10 Feb 2009

Will Family Forests Owners Sell Wood or Will They Sell Real Estate

Scott P. Jones, Executive Vice President of the Forest Landowners Association (FLA), testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding the need for a broad definition of "wood" from private forestland as it should be included in any national Renewable Electricity Standard

10 Feb 2009

Goodyear Makes New Tire For a More Efficient Chevrolet Volt

With uncertainty around fluctuating fuel prices, Goodyear offers tire technology that helps provide drivers with an opportunity to save at the pump - or, in the case of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt - added driving efficiency even before they get to a gas pump

10 Feb 2009

Ingeo Biopolymer Now Environmentally Outperforms Every Major Petroleum Based Plastic

NatureWorks LLC has achieved a manufacturing breakthrough with its Ingeo plastics made from plants, not oil

10 Feb 2009

GE Energy to Support Chinese Coal Group Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

GE Energy today announced that two of its ecomagination-certified Jenbacher coal mine methane (CMM) gas engines will contribute to China's efforts to reduce the amount of methane-rich greenhouse gases that escape from the nation's coal mines

10 Feb 2009

Installing Energy Efficient Andersen Windows and Doors May Mean You Qualify for 2009 Federal Tax Credit

Renewal by Andersen, the start-to-finish window replacement subsidiary of Andersen Corporation, is pleased to announce that all standard glass options for its replacement windows and doors qualify for this tax credit to consumers, helping consumers save money, energy and be more comfortable in their homes

10 Feb 2009

Solar Power Boost For Scotland as Solar Panels Can Now Be Installed Without Planning Permission

The majority of householders in Scotland will be able to install solar panels and other energy generating equipment without planning permission from now on, although government ministers have yet to decide whether to exempt wind turbines and air-source heat pumps

10 Feb 2009

Greece Says Yes to Clean Energy and Rejects Coal and Nuclear Power

Greece yesterday outlined an energy future of strong support for renewable energy, with development minister Kostis Hatzidakis ruling out investment in new coal-fired of nuclear power plants

10 Feb 2009