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Tesla Model S Electric Car Reservations Numbers More Than One Thousand

Tesla Motors surpassed 1,000 reservations for the Model S, an all-electric family sedan that carries up to seven people and travels up to 300 miles per charge

12 May 2009

Better BioFuels Is In the Genes

Acquiring cheap genome sequence data can improve the quality of feedstocks used to create biofuels, according to a new study published in The Plant Genome

12 May 2009

Solar Photovoltaics Market in Germany Enters New Era

Research Analysts’ new report on the German Solar Photovoltaic Market defines how recent changes in the global economic climate and national political support will see the dawn of a period of intense competition as the solar photovoltaic (PV) power industry nears grid parity

12 May 2009

Siemens Demonstrates Expertise in Energy Efficiency, Emission Protection, Waste Avoidance and Water Treatment

The Siemens appearance at Achema 2009 centers on sustainability. The exhibits show how the process industry can benefit from Siemens products, systems and solutions in such areas as energy efficiency, emission protection, waste avoidance and water treatment

12 May 2009

Rentech to Make Renewable Synthetic Diesel and Green Electric Power Using Urban Waste

Rentech, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: RTK) announced today a plan to build a plant in Rialto, California for the production of ultra-clean synthetic fuels and electric power from renewable waste biomass feedstocks

12 May 2009

Sacramento's Largest Privately Owned Solar Energy Array Installed and Activated by Perpetual Energy Systems and Siemens Transportation Systems

Perpetual Energy Systems (PES), comprehensive financier of solar-powered renewable energy systems, and Siemens Transportation Systems (STS), part of the Siemens Mobility Division, announces the activation of a 1.0 megawatt (MW) solar energy installation, the largest privately owned system of its size in the city of Sacramento

12 May 2009

Global Financial Crises Eclipse Solar Photovoltaic Market Fortunes

Despite early market growth predictions, the global financial crisis has cast a shadow over the solar power sector. Research Analysts’ new report, Global Market Review of Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation, predicts an eventful few years in this sector of the renewable energy industry

11 May 2009

China Based Company, Yingli Green Energy Joins PV CYCLE Photovoltaics Recycling Program

Yingli Green Energy, one of the world's leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers, today announced that it has become the first China-based company and the 40th member to join PV CYCLE, an organization based in Brussels, Belgium that promotes voluntary take-back and recycling of end-of-life PV modules

11 May 2009

CEMEX Makes Sustainability Progress and Reduces Carbon Emissions by 15.8%

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) today announced that it continues to make substantial progress toward its goals as a sustainable building materials company with the achievement of three of its sustainability targets ahead of schedule, as well as with significant reductions in its carbon emissions

11 May 2009

Alstom Claims Successful Demonstration of Carbon Capture Project

Alstom Power today released preliminary data on a carbon capture demonstration project. Alstom officials said that the Pleasant Prairie demonstration project has operated on a 24/7 basis for over 4600 hours, captured 88-90 percent of carbon dioxide emissions, and achieved 99-plus percent purity levels

11 May 2009