Cleantech News

RSS

The First Climate-Neutral Dealership Facility

Volvo Trucks has inaugurated its first climate-neutral dealership facility. The inauguration took place in Verona, Italy. With the help of solar cells on the building's roof, more energy will be produced than is needed to heat up the offices and workshops.

15 Jun 2008

Project Aims to Reduce Deforestation and Lung Disease

In many villages throughout Tibet, there are two ways to cook a meal. There's the traditional open fire, fueled by yak dung or the region's increasingly scarce wood. And then there are solar cookers, concentrating mirrors made of two-inch-thick concrete and covered with a mosaic of small glass mirrors.

15 Jun 2008

Company Bringing Exhilaration of Sailing to a Road Near You

A family startup company hopes to bring the exhilaration of sailing to a road near you. With the price of gasoline increasing and the growing environmental awareness to the benefits of zero-emission vehicles, Pterosail Trike Systems, L.C. believes the timing couldn't be better.

14 Jun 2008

The Launch of a Large-Scale Solar Panel Manufacturing Company was Announced

The launch of Skypoint Solar, Inc. was announced, a large-scale, solar panel manufacturing company, whose business model includes the creation of solar power parks for utility-scale electricity generation. The Company was launched with seed capital from its founding management team, including senior executives from the thin film solar, semiconductor and high-tech manufacturing industries.

14 Jun 2008

Plans for a New Clean Coal Generating Unit are Back on Track

Seminole Electric Cooperative's plans for a new clean coal generating unit are back on track following this morning's Appeals Court order directing the state to issue a needed permit.

14 Jun 2008

DMEA Giving Consumers 100,000 Compact Fluorescent Lights

Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) announced at its annual meeting Friday, June 13, 2008, that the cooperative will give its membership 100,000 FREE compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) by the end of the year, with most being distributed this summer.

14 Jun 2008

Fuel Tech Announces Demonstration Order from Electric Utility Customer

Fuel Tech, Inc., a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems in utility and industrial applications, today announced a FUEL CHEM® demonstration order from an existing Canadian electric utility customer.

14 Jun 2008

Company's Commitment to the Clean Technology Industry

Beacon Power Corporation, announced today that it has received a commitment for up to $5 million in loans that will help fund expansion of its production facility and create new clean technology jobs. Through a collaborative agreement, MassDevelopment's Emerging Technology Fund and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) have each agreed to provide Beacon with $2.5 million.

14 Jun 2008

LDK Solar to Deliver Approximately 70 MW of Multicrystalline Solar Wafers to JSPV

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 China-based Jiangxi Solar PV Corporation (JSPV). Under the terms of the agreement, LDK Solar will deliver approximately 70 MW of multicrystalline solar wafers to JSPV, a new venture created by US-based Solar PV Corporation, over a five-year period commencing in 2009 through 2013. JSPV will make an advanced payment representing a portion of the contract value to LDK Solar.

14 Jun 2008

Coalition To Help Businesses Adopt Green Marketing Practices

Hacker Group, a full-service direct marketing agency, has created the Green Marketing Coalition (GMC). Realizing there were no industry-wide green marketing standards or guidelines, Hacker Group formed the GMC to provide tools to organizations interested in incorporating green marketing into their businesses practices. For Hacker Group, the green process began last year, and it has since changed the way it operates from top to bottom.

14 Jun 2008

Providing Meaningful Work Experience and Educational Opportunities for Dallas Students

The ExxonMobil Green Team today celebrated the start of its 27th year in Dallas with a day of environmental activities at ExxonMobil's corporate headquarters. Forty Green Team students participated in hands-on learning stations set up by the Dallas Zoo, environmental service projects benefiting partner nonprofit agencies, and a nature walk through ExxonMobil's grounds to learn about native plants and animals.

14 Jun 2008

Toyota to Display Prototype Plug-In Prius Hybrid During Field Hearing

Toyota will display a prototype plug-in Prius hybrid at Legislative Plaza on Monday, June 16, during a field hearing on electric drive vehicles called for by the Congressional TVA Caucus.

14 Jun 2008

The Only Flooring Option Available that is Completely Sustainable

It seems that everywhere you turn these days, someone is claiming that their product is green. The problem is that many of these claims can be misleading, and environmentalists have coined a new term to describe this process: "greenwashing." Greenwashing merges the words "green," representing environmental friendliness, and "whitewashing," representing the covering up of wrongdoing.

14 Jun 2008

Ongoing Efforts to Make New Yorkers More Energy Efficient

Mayan Metzler and Yoel Piotraut, owners of MyHome LLC, have introduced two new products today as part of their ongoing efforts to make New Yorkers more energy efficient. The products, called CoolWall and SuperCote by TEX.COTE, are textured exterior paints that reduce cooling costs by up to 21.9%. The product rollout is another step in MyHome's ongoing effort to help New Yorkers green their homes with simple--and affordable--green solutions.

14 Jun 2008

Greening of Leading Companies and Financial Institutions in India

Researcher in the Department of Geography at the University of Leicester is investigating the reasons why Indian banks have yet to commit to the Equator Principles; a set of environmental and social guidelines to which 62 banks and financial institutions worldwide have become signatories.

14 Jun 2008