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Global Sustainability Initiative will Reduce Corporation’s Carbon Footprint

Millipore Corporation, a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today announced a global Sustainability Initiative - an ambitious effort aimed at reducing the company's environmental impacts and carbon footprint by 20 percent over five years.

7 May 2008

Converting Readily-Available Non-Food Biomass into Renewable Fuels

Terrabon, L.L.C. announced today that it has broken ground on a biofuels conversion facility in Bryan, Texas, that will test the scaled-up, commercial feasibility of its MixAlco(TM) technology, which converts readily-available, low-cost, non-food biomass into chemicals that can be processed into ethanol and renewable gasoline fuels.

7 May 2008

Value of Trading in Carbon Market More Than Doubled in 2007

The value of trading in the carbon market more than doubled in 2007 to $64 billion (euro 47 billion), according to the World Bank's annual report, "State and Trends of the Carbon Market."

7 May 2008

DCSEC's Commitment to Building a Green Ballpark

The DC Sports and Entertainment Commission (DCSEC) has offset 70 percent of the electricity use at Nationals Park, home of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Washington Nationals, with its purchase of 14,600,706 kWh of renewable energy credits (RECs), from Boulder, Colo.-based Renewable Choice Energy, helping the ballpark to achieve silver-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.

6 May 2008

82000-Square-Foot Facility Designed to Handle Increased Demand for Solar Inverters

Global solar technology giant SMA Technologie AG, the parent company of SMA America, Inc., has broken ground on an 82,000-square-foot solar inverter manufacturing plant in Kassel, Germany.

6 May 2008

New Research, Development and Production Facilities for Growing Solar Energy Market

DuPont today announced it will soon begin construction on a research center in Hong Kong and a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen to support the rapidly growing photovoltaic (PV) solar energy industry.

6 May 2008

Xantrex Announces Launch of Latest Innovative Product for the Off-Grid and Backup Power Markets

Xantrex Technology Inc. announces the launch of its latest innovative product for the off-grid and backup power markets. The Xantrex Trace Series Inverter/Charger is a durable, reliable, and economical power conversion solution for renewable energy and backup power applications.

5 May 2008

$300 Million US Investment in Solar, Wind and Single Stream Recycling Capacity

Houston-based Greenstar North America, the country's largest private processor of recyclables, today announced with its Irish parent company, NTR, continuing innovations in sustainable environmental services. The overall development program includes $300 million in investments in solar, wind and single stream recycling capabilities.

5 May 2008

Green Living Ideas Proudly Announces a New Sponsorship With SPG Solar

Green Living Ideas, the world's most comprehensive green living website, and SPG Solar, Inc., the industry's leading integrated developer, designer, and installer of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, announce SPG Solar's exclusive sponsorship of GreenLivingIdeas.com's Solar Energy/Photovoltaic education center.

5 May 2008

LDK Solar Signed Five-Year Contract to Supply Multicrystalline Solar Wafers

LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that it has signed a five-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Germany-based Qimonda AG (Qimonda).

5 May 2008