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GE Investing in Global Electrification of Transportation

GE announced it is ramping up its efforts to enable global electrification of transportation by investing in Norwegian electric car manufacturer Think, which unveiled a five-seat crossover concept car in Geneva today.

5 Mar 2008

Spire Receives Purchase Order for Solar Simulator from Renewable Energy Laboratory

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced that it has received a purchase order for its advanced Single Long Pulse Solar Simulator from the United States Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) located in Golden, Colorado.

5 Mar 2008

Fully Functional Green Home

All American Homes, LLC today continued its commitment to environmentally friendly systems-built housing with the delivery and assembly or "set" of the home for the exhibit Smart Home: Green + Wired, Powered by ComEd and Warmed by Peoples Gas.

5 Mar 2008

Photovoltaic Roof Tile Generates Energy Without Compromising the Look of Home

CertainTeed Corporation, a leading North American manufacturer of interior and exterior building products, announced today it has entered into a groundbreaking partnership with SRS Energy of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to advance the development of photovoltaic roofing products.

5 Mar 2008

Well Insulated House Saves a lot of Money and Energy

The LockPlate composite system provides efficient thermal insulation for the facades of buildings. A vacuum enclosed in special panels reduces the exchange of heat. LockPlate is easy to handle and much thinner than conventional heat insulation systems.

5 Mar 2008

The World's Largest Solar Industry Event

Solar Promotion International GmbH, Freiburg Management und Marketing International GmbH (FMMI) and Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) announce the debut of the Intersolar North America exhibition and conference, to take place from July 15-17 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

5 Mar 2008

Simon Earns Prestigious Award for Protecting the Environment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Simon Property Group, Inc. as a 2008 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for outstanding energy management and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions at its malls across the country.

5 Mar 2008

Fuel Cell System Reaches A Major Milestone

UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. company, announced today that its PureCell(R) Model 200 stationary fuel cell system at St. Agnes Hospital in Bocholt, Germany, has attained a major milestone: 10 million kilowatt-hours of generated power and more than 52,000 operating hours with its original fuel cell stack. The stack is the heart of any fuel cell power unit and key to its durability.

5 Mar 2008

Nationwide Effort to Promote the Expanded Availability and Use of E85

Enterprise Rent-A-Car and VeraSun Energy Corp., one of the nation's largest ethanol producers, today announced the first "VE85(TM)/FlexFuel" rental branch location in South Dakota.

5 Mar 2008

Printers are Rethinking the Products They Use

In recent years, the sustainability movement has heightened the awareness of green technology in virtually every industry, and the printing business is no exception. More than ever, printers are rethinking the products they use and the impact those products have on the environment.

5 Mar 2008

Taiwan's First Thin Film Solar Plant

Solar energy is moving into a new phase in Taiwan with the start-up of the country's first, large-scale thin film solar cell manufacturing plant. BOC Lien Hwa, Taiwan's leading electronic gases supplier, has been selected to supply NexPower in Taichung, central Taiwan, with a wide range of high purity gases used in the manufacturing process.

4 Mar 2008

Technology Enables Use of Lithium Ion Batteries in Automotive Applications

A123Systems, developer and producer of Nanophosphate(TM) lithium ion batteries, today announced that U.S. patent 7,338,734 entitled "Conductive Lithium Storage Electrode" has been granted, adding to one of the industry's most comprehensive high-power lithium ion patent portfolios.

4 Mar 2008