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A Green Energy Team

The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has joined the American Council On Renewable Energy and the U.S. Green Building Council in an effort to better serve the needs of its commercial customers and support the development of the alternative energy marketplace.

1 Feb 2008

Applied Materials Acquires Leading Supplier of Photovoltaic Cells

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Baccini S.p.A., a leading supplier of automated metallization and test systems for manufacturing crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) cells.

1 Feb 2008

Alcoa Launches 2008 Sustainability Campaign

Alcoa announced today that its Kawneer business, the leading manufacturer of architectural aluminum building products and systems for commercial construction, has launched its 2008 sustainability campaign, reinforcing Kawneer’s commitment to the green movement and highlighting its range of sustainable products.

31 Jan 2008

Fundamental Changes to the Science Behind Water Planning and Policy

The past is no longer a reliable base on which to plan the future of water management. So says a new perspectives piece written by a prominent group of hydrologists and climatologists, to be published Feb. 1 in Science magazine, that calls for fundamental changes to the science behind water planning and policy.

31 Jan 2008

Water Management in the 21st Century

Climate change is making a central assumption of water management obsolete: Water-resource risk assessment and planning are currently based on the notion that factors such as precipitation and streamflow fluctuate within an unchanging envelope of variability.

31 Jan 2008

Efficient Production of Both Biodiesel And Ethanol Can Now Be Achieved

Today, Green Star Products, Inc., announced that it has acquired a license to utilize a breakthrough processing technology to convert algae biomass to feedstock oil and cellulose sugars for the production of biodiesel and cellulosic ethanol respectively.

31 Jan 2008

SNL Named Winner of Environmental Spirit Award

Sandia National Laboratories’ Livermore, Calif., site has been selected by the Livermore Chamber of Commerce as recipient of its inaugural Environmental Spirit Award.

31 Jan 2008

EPA Working with Communities to Reduce Ground-Level Ozone

EPA plans to designate 13 areas as attaining the 1997 8-hour ozone standard under Early Action Compact agreements. EPA is proposing this action because each of the areas has demonstrated that they attained the standard by Dec. 31, 2007.

31 Jan 2008

Construction Begins for Community-Owned Clean Energy Project

With a modest population of 2,500 located just miles from the Nebraska border, some may think Wray, Colorado is simply another sleepy agricultural town facing increasing economic challenges.

31 Jan 2008

Membranes to Support Water Conservation in Beijing

Dow Water Solutions, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, today announced that its FILMTEC™ reverse osmosis (RO) membranes will be installed at three wastewater reclamation and reuse facilities, in conjunction with the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

31 Jan 2008

Alcoa Raises UBC Recycling Rate to 75% by 2015

Alcoa announced today that it has established a goal to raise the industry’s used beverage can (UBC) recycling rate in North America from its current 52% rate to 75% by 2015.

31 Jan 2008

Air Products Introduces Series of Surfactants Based on Renewable Resources

Air Products introduced a series of Tomadol surfactants based on renewable or bio-based resources. Air Products natural Tomadol surfactants are derived from palm or coconut oil and provide formulators with a choice of alcohol ethoxylate surfactants to meet their customer s demands for bio-based solutions for the industrial and institutional (I&I) cleaning markets.

31 Jan 2008

Emcore to Supply Solar Power Systems for Utility Scale Projects

EMCORE Corporation announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of between 200 MW and 700 MW of solar power systems that are scheduled for deployment in utility scale solar power projects under development in the southwestern region of the United States.

31 Jan 2008

Making Larger Cells Using Radiant Heating Platens

Isopad, a specialist provider of customised heating solutions for industry, has developed radiant heating platens which offer manufacturers of thin-film photovoltaic cells the opportunity to make significantly larger cells - and lower the cost per watt of energy generated.

31 Jan 2008

North American Wind Energy Generator Market Attracts Foreign Investors

The booming North American wind energy generator market attracts foreign investors by the droves as a result of its increased focus on alternate energy sources, technology advances and tax break extensions. This compels domestic companies to compete more aggressively.

31 Jan 2008