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Air NZ at Forefront of Testing Environmentally Sustainable Fuels for Use in Aviation

Air New Zealand announced today it expects to use at least one million barrels of environmentally sustainable fuel annually by 2013.

4 Jun 2008

Production and Efficiency Developments in Solar Cell Manufacturing from Evergreen Solar

Reuters is reporting on production and efficiency developments in solar cell manufacturing from Evergreen Solar.

4 Jun 2008

Smart Green Home Designers Earn LEED Gold Certification for Two Luxury Homes

Solaris Home Systems, a provider of green home automation and remodeling services, is pleased to announce their most recent achievement - dual LEED Gold certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for their Lucia and Aura model homes.

4 Jun 2008

Online Gateway to the Most Energy-Efficient and Environmentally-Friendly Buildings

The California Department of General Services today announced it has developed the nation's first statewide online database of "green" buildings that employs Geographic Information Systems mapping technology.

4 Jun 2008

New Study Names Seventh Generation A Top Ten Green Brand Overall

According to a report presented yesterday at the Sustainable Brands '08 Conference in Monterey, California, American consumers have named Seventh Generation the "greenest" household cleaning brand and the number six "greenest" brand across all categories.

4 Jun 2008

The Compute Appliance Company Is Now Delivering a Carbon Neutral Business

Carbonfund.org, one of the country's leading carbon offset organizations, announced today a new partnership with Azul Systems, the award-winning innovator behind server appliances that deliver compute and memory resources as shared network service.

4 Jun 2008

Spire Corporation to Provide Turnkey Photovoltaic Module Assembly Line in India

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic cells and modules worldwide, today announced that it has received a contract from PLG Power Limited (PLG Group) to provide a state-of-the-art, turnkey photovoltaic module assembly line in India.

4 Jun 2008

Instrument Will Help Customers Rapidly Develop and Optimize Designs for Fuel Cells

VIASPACE Inc., a company that transforms proven space and defense technologies from NASA and the Department of Defense into hardware and software solutions, announced today that it has entered into distribution agreements for its laser based HS-1000 VIASENSOR relative humidity instrument with WonATech of Korea. WonATech has already purchased their initial unit.

4 Jun 2008

Developing New Technologies and Models that leave a Lighter Carbon Footprint

HP today announced new research initiatives from HP Labs, the company's central research arm, aimed at developing new technologies and business models that leave a lighter carbon footprint.

4 Jun 2008

More than 3 Million Gallons of Biodiesel Produced

Nova Biosource Fuels, Inc., a refiner and marketer of ASTM quality biodiesel, announced today that it has commissioned its second 20 million gallon per year train at its biodiesel refinery in Seneca, Illinois and has produced more than 3 million gallons of ASTM 6751 standard biodiesel fuel from both the first and second 20 million gallon per year trains.

4 Jun 2008

Improving Energy Efficiency in Homes and Offices without Compromising on Comfort

The energy we use to heat our homes and offices consumes almost 40 per-cent of the total energy used across Europe.

4 Jun 2008

Centre is the First of its Kind in UK

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has welcomed a brand new centre for low carbon technology in buildings at London South Bank University (LSBU) which will help put London at the forefront of the fight to tackle climate change.

4 Jun 2008

ASU Expert Touts Solar- and Microorganism-Based Bioenergy as Best Approach

Perhaps there is no greater societal need for scientific know-how than in finding new ways to meet future energy demands. Skyrocketing gas prices, an uncertain oil supply, increasing demand from around the world, and the looming threat of climate change have made identifying and developing realistic energy alternatives a national priority.

4 Jun 2008

Novel Approach to Remove Harmful Microbes and Viruses from Drinking Water

A genetic tool used by medical researchers may also be used in a novel approach to remove harmful microbes and viruses from drinking water.

4 Jun 2008

Customers Now Receiving Wind Power

In addition, the company announced that wind turbines in Benton County, Ind., from which Vectren contracted to purchase 30 megawatts (MW) of power last year, are now online, and Vectren customers are officially receiving renewable energy.

4 Jun 2008