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New Generation Biofuels Demonstrates Biofuel Technology in Power Generation

New Generation Biofuels Inc. announced today that it has entered into a Test Burn Agreement with FirstEnergy Corp. to demonstrate its proprietary biofuel technology in utility scale power generation applications.

2 Apr 2008

New Customer Financing Eliminates High-Cost Barriers to Solar Installations

SolarCity, a leading provider of solar energy systems, today announced a new financing program backed by Morgan Stanley that will change the way residential solar is purchased.

2 Apr 2008

Investing in Energy Efficiency can Increase Cash Flows and Reduce Carbon Footprints

Investing in energy efficiency can increase U.S. businesses' cash flows by $66 billion annually and reduce carbon footprints by 30 percent, according to the new book "Energy Budgets at Risk (EBaR) (R): A Risk Management Approach to Energy Purchase and Efficiency Choices," published by John Wiley and Sons.

2 Apr 2008

EMCORE Corporation Receives $4.6 Million Follow-on Order

EMCORE Corporation a leading provider of semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber-optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, announced today that it has been awarded a $4.6 million follow-on production order for solar cell receiver assemblies from Concentration Solar la Mancha of Manzanares (Ciudad Real), Spain.

2 Apr 2008

IFQC Ranks Countries Based on Sulfur Limits in Gasoline

The U.S. placed ninth overall in the recent global ranking of countries based on sulfur limits in their national clean gasoline standards.

2 Apr 2008

Leading Utilizer of Renewable Energy Among U.S. Universities

UC San Diego, a world leader in climate change research, is taking steps to become the leading utilizer of renewable energy among U.S. universities within the next few years.

2 Apr 2008

World's First Completely Green Sleep System

From packaging to bed frame and mattress materials, FloBeds of Fort Bragg, California has created the world's first completely green sleep system.

2 Apr 2008

Trina Solar Signs Long-Term Polysilicon Supply Agreement

Trina Solar Limited, a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, founded in 1997, today announced that the Company has signed a long-term polysilicon supply agreement with a subsidiary of GCL Silicon Technology Holdings Ltd.

2 Apr 2008

ET Solar Announces a 6.6MW Module Sales Contract

ET Solar Group Corp., a Nanjing-based integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products including ingot, wafer, module, and state-of-the-art dual-axis tracking systems with manufacturing facilities located in Taizhou, China, announced today a 6.6MW module sales contract with a leading Italian energy equipment provider.

2 Apr 2008

Energy Savings Solution to the HVAC Sector

Viconics Inc, is pleased to announce the release of the VT7000 series thermostats equipped with on-board Passive InfraRed Motion detector.

2 Apr 2008

Primary Lithium Battery Market Expects to Reach $1.77 Billion by 2014

Escalating defense budgets and spending on sophisticated, technologically advanced equipment is augmenting growth in the primary lithium batteries market worldwide. In particular, new battery chemistries developed for industrial, automotive and military applications make the battery market dynamic and vibrant.

2 Apr 2008

First Commercial Use of Diesel Particulate Filters in Hong Kong Buses

BASF is supplying diesel particulate filters for over 2,500 Hong Kong transit buses, marking the first large-scale commercial use of diesel particulate filters in the city as part of a diesel retrofit program. It also demonstrates BASF Catalysts' continued efforts to promote a cleaner environment in Hong Kong with its more than 7 million inhabitants.

2 Apr 2008

OSRAM's Unique Solar Project in Kenya

On Lake Victoria in Kenya OSRAM has launched a unique project for producing light away from a permanent power supply. At a specially constructed solar station (OSRAM Energy Hub) the local people can recharge batteries for energy-saving lamps, luminaires and other electrical appliances, such as mobile phones, at low cost and without damaging the environment.

2 Apr 2008

M-Com Order A TurboDisc System for Production of High-Efficiency Solar Cells

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that Millenium Communication Co. Ltd. (M-Com) of Hsinchu, Taiwan has ordered a TurboDisc(R) E450(TM) arsenic phosphide (As/P) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for production of high-efficiency III-V compound multi-junction solar cells.

2 Apr 2008

Building Business Through Conversion of Agricultural Products into Advanced Materials

The state of Ohio has appointed thirteen members, representing a wide range of expertise in the fields of chemicals, polymers and advanced materials, to serve on the Ohio Agriculture to Chemicals, Polymers, and Advanced Materials Task Force. The creation of the task force is aimed at accelerating the state business climate by maximizing ties between its No. 1 industry, agriculture, and its role as the nation's No. 1 polymer industry.

2 Apr 2008