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NRG Energy Plans New 30 MW Biomass Project at its Montville Generating Station

NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) is developing a new biomass project at its Montville Generating Station in Uncasville, CT. NRG is enhancing one of the station's existing units to use biomass as a fuel source for 30 megawatts (MW) of the unit's 82-MW generating capacity.

4 Dec 2008

Ascent Solar CIGS Modules Achieves Significant Efficiency Milestone

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, today announced that it has achieved greater than 9.5% efficiency for its flexible Copper, Indium, Gallium, Selenide (CIGS) monolithically integrated modules.

4 Dec 2008

Scientists and MBA Students Team Up to Commercialize Cleantech

Bringing clean tech innovations into the market place faster is the purpose of a new partnership launched this fall

3 Dec 2008

World's Largest CIGS Solar Cell Array Hits Full Operation

Global Solar Energy, a leading manufacturer of Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells, today announced the full operation of the largest solar electric array worldwide using CIGS photovoltaic (PV) technology

2 Dec 2008

Research Project from Konarka to Increase Lifespan of Organic Solar Cells

Konarka Technologies has announced a project to significantly increase the lifespan of organic solar cells (OSC) with the goal of yielding competitive organic photovoltaics (OPV) for potential commercial use

2 Dec 2008

New Desalination Process Needs Less Energy and Has Lower Environmental Impact

Centriforce Technology Corp.'s (Pink Sheets: CNFO) new desalination technology is designed to reduce the amount of energy needed to produce fresh water and reduce the environmental impact compared to existing technologies

2 Dec 2008

IBM Predicts Solar Cells to be Built into Walls, Streets and Sidewalks in Five Years

The third annual "IBM Next Five in Five" is a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years

2 Dec 2008

Largest Single Solar Photovoltaic Installation Now Powering Southern California

Southern California Edison (SCE) today announced completion of the first of its proposed 150 solar photovoltaic installations on Southern California commercial rooftops. The project could eventually cover two square miles of existing commercial roofs with 250 million watts of peak generating capacity

2 Dec 2008

Pocket Guide to Leading a Low Carbon Lifestyle Released

A consumer handbook on how individuals and families can reduce their carbon footprint and monthly outgoings has been published today by WWF

1 Dec 2008

Global Warming Greenhouse Gas Saved Ancient Earth From Becoming Ice Ball

The planet's present day greenhouse scourge, carbon dioxide, may have played a vital role in helping ancient Earth to escape from complete glaciation, say scientists

30 Nov 2008