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Endeavor to Encourage Workforce to Become Energy Conscious

As homeowners we are becoming cannier about turning down the thermostat to save our pennies and the planet but are we as energy conscious when we get to work?

28 Nov 2012

Luminaries of Cleantech to Speak at 9th Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit

Members of the media wishing to cover the Clean Tech Investor Summit, or those interested in a press pass should contact Dilek Mir at [email protected] or 310-928-3288.

21 Nov 2012

Funding Approved for Vista International’s Waste-To-Energy Pilot Project

Vista International Technologies, Inc is pleased to announce that funding has been approved for the Company's previously announced Waste-To-Energy pilot project, which will use Vista's patented gasification technology -- the Thermal Gasifier.

17 Nov 2012

Surmont Energy Hunts for Acquisition Proposals for Wildwood Oil Sand Project

Surmont Energy (Surmont) has retained Western Divestments ("WD") to canvas the market for potential joint venture partners or acquisition proposals on its Wildwood oil sand project 70 kms south of Fort McMurray. Alternative proposals including financing may be considered. An application to build SAGD facilities for the first 12,000 bopd phase of the Wildwood SAGD project was submitted to the ERCB in October 2012.

15 Nov 2012

GM and ABB Show Reuse of Chevrolet Volt Battery to Power Homes

General Motors and ABB today showed the next stage in battery reuse, the repackaging of five used Chevrolet Volt batteries into a modular unit capable of providing two hours of electricity needed by three to five average American homes.

15 Nov 2012

Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Project Celebrates 10 Years of Funding Cutting-Edge Research

Stanford University engineer Shanhui Fan envisions a future where we don't just drive electric cars, we drive them on highways embedded with evenly spaced metal coils, generating electrical currents that charge the car wirelessly as it barrels down the road – car and coil never touch.

9 Nov 2012

Duke Energy Contributes $1 Million to Palmetto Clean Energy Program

As part of its continuing commitment to the communities it serves, Duke Energy has given the first half of a $2 million contribution to Palmetto Clean Energy (PaCE), a South Carolina non-profit program designed to improve the quality of the environment by promoting the development of renewable energy resources, such as solar, wind and water.

From Duke Energy 7 Nov 2012

Second Edition of Road to Natural Gas Released by Clean Energy

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. today released the second edition of “The Road to Natural Gas,” an update of truck companies, refuse haulers, fleet operators, airports, municipalities and other organizations which are making the switch to natural gas with transportation fuel, station construction and services provided by Clean Energy.

3 Nov 2012

GDT Tek Retains Nabors Group to Market Waste Heat to Green Power Generation Technology

GDT Tek today announced that it has retained the services of a public relations firm, The Nabors Group.

2 Nov 2012

Diesel-Powered Emergency Backup Generators Play a Vital Role during Hurricane Sandy

As communities throughout the East Coast and Mid-Atlantic continue to deal with the devastating winds and flooding from Hurricane Sandy, diesel-powered emergency backup generators are working to provide power to hospitals, nuclear power plants, emergency response centers, and other critical facilities.

2 Nov 2012