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Energy Efficient Lighting to be Retrofitted into Prisons

SERVIDYNE, a building performance efficiency and real estate company, announced today that it has entered into a contract for turnkey lighting retrofits at five prisons in the Southeast

17 Nov 2008

Grant Awarded for Research into Environmentally Friendly Electro Ceramics Coating

Zenergy Power, the specialist manufacturer and developer of commercial applications for high-temperature superconductive materials, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant in support of its research into the development of low-cost production techniques for 2G HTS wires

17 Nov 2008

Partial Capture of Emissions Making Coal Power Stations Cleaner

MIT research shows coal fired power plants could capture a significant fraction of carbon dioxide emissions with less costly changes in plant design and operation than if required to capture all emissions

17 Nov 2008

Wood Pellet Renewable Fuel Production Doubled

Intrinergy, a U.S.-based renewable energy company, announced today that its German subsidiary, CompacTec KG, is doubling its wood pellet production capacity

17 Nov 2008

Dell Optiplex Computer Systems Save Owners $3 Billion in Energy Costs

Dell has enabled customers using OptiPlex desktop systems since 2005 to save an estimated $3 billion in energy costs and avoid nearly 29 million tons of CO2 through power management and energy-efficiency

17 Nov 2008

Cleantech Biofuels Set to Expand into France

CleanTech Biofuels announces that it has begun exploring opportunities to implement its technology in France

17 Nov 2008

Kyocera to Build Large Solar Cell Manufacturing Plant

Kyocera Corporation has announced plans to build a new large-scale solar cell manufacturing facility

16 Nov 2008

Coca-Cola Launches New Recycling Program

Giant, Coke bottle-shaped recycling bins have been placed at Holiday stations throughout the metro area to offer consumers a convenient on-the-go recycling option

16 Nov 2008

How Growing Demand for Ethanol Production and Changes in Land Use

The amount of agricultural land required to produce 15 billion gallons of grain ethanol in the United States by 2015, as required by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), is likely to be less than 1 percent of total world cropland

16 Nov 2008

Methane from Sewage Being Used to Generate Electricity and Heat

Tests on an energy system for converting biogas from sewage into electricity and heat show that the system has lived up to its promise and Morphic has therefore decided to launch this combination of energy systems in a range of output categories on a wider front in Europe

16 Nov 2008