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GE Energy Supplies RES with New Wind Energy Capacity

Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Americas Inc. of Austin, Texas, one of the leading wind developers in North America, has signed agreements exceeding $700 million to receive GE Energy 1.5-megawatt wind turbines for projects in 2009 and 2010.

28 Feb 2008

Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer in a Mobile Laboratory Operating on a Bus

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has completed a custom installation of its TSQ Quantum"! triple quadrupole mass spectrometer in a mobile laboratory operating on a bus.

28 Feb 2008

New Website Containing Frequent Local Content on Green Living

Celilo Group Media has launched a major new web platform at www.ecometro.com containing frequent local content on green living and the most complete and transparent directory available of local merchants selling green products and services in Portland, Seattle, Oakland/Berkeley and Minneapolis/St. Paul.

28 Feb 2008

Rain-Making Bacteria Could Have Implications for Climate and Global Warming

Brent Christner, LSU professor of biological sciences, in partnership with colleagues in Montana and France, recently found evidence that rain-making bacteria are widely distributed in the atmosphere.

28 Feb 2008

Finland Working Out Long Term Strategy for Climate Change Prevention

Commercializing of clean technologies is in stage of moving into global mainstream business. The driving forces are climate change, energy security and increasing energy prices. In the energy sector, these factors, are pushing clean technology markets of biomass, biofuels, solar, wind and fuel cells in the extent that cleantech is seen to be a next engine for economic growth.

28 Feb 2008

Funding Enables Bloo to Apply Materials to Advanced Solar Cell Architecture Reliably

Bloo Solar announced today that is has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

28 Feb 2008

Clean Diesel Technologies Wins Award for Excellence in Environmental Technology

Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc., a global company providing innovative technologies and solutions that reduce emissions, conserve fuel and improve engine performance, has received the CleanEquity Monaco 2008 Award for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Commercialization.

28 Feb 2008

Notebook Fuel-Cell Power Supplies

Delivering all-day runtime in a notebook PC is a Holy Grail for battery manufacturers, PC OEMs, and fuel cell developers. Today, portable fuel cell pioneer PolyFuel announced that it just completed the fourth milestone of a five-step, multi-year development plan intended to kick-start the commercial market for such power supplies.

28 Feb 2008

Initiative Expected to Annually Divert Two Million Pounds of Consumables from Landfills

Eastman Kodak Company and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. today announced the launch of a national program to recycle used materials from in-store picture kiosks.

28 Feb 2008

Canadian Solar Signs Supply Agreement with Four Suppliers

Canadian Solar Inc. today announced it signed solar wafer supply contracts with four suppliers, including Jiangsu Shunda Group Corporation.

28 Feb 2008

Annual Awards Spotlight Pivotal Work in Catalyzing Cleantech Industries

Last night, at the Cleantech Forum(R) XVI Gala Dinner in San Francisco, Cleantech Group, founder of the cleantech investment category, announced the winners of its annual cleantech awards, commending exceptional progress and actions that have advanced the growth of cleantech markets worldwide.

28 Feb 2008

Loy Yang Power Signs Agreement to Undertake Carbon Capture Study

Loy Yang Power, which operates a 2200 MW brown coal fired power station in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, has signed an agreement to undertake a site specific feasibility study into carbon capture using the world's most advanced technology.

28 Feb 2008

Colleges and Universities Offer Programs and Training to Meet Growing Demand

Ohio is pioneering the development of "green collar" workers, a growing number of skilled professionals who use their talents to improve the emerging advanced energy industry.

28 Feb 2008

EMCORE's Solar Cell Receiver Assembly Line Commences High-Volume Production

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber-optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, announces today that it has been awarded a follow-on production order of $39 million for additional solar cell receiver assemblies.

28 Feb 2008

Flywheel Energy System at the Forefront of Move to Reduce Emissions

VYCON, the designer and manufacturer of high-speed flywheel based, environmentally friendly, energy storage systems, today announced that it was pleased to host Assemblyman Mike Duvall on a tour of the VYCON headquarters and manufacturing facility in Yorba Linda, California on December 4, 2007.

28 Feb 2008