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Innovative, Environmentally-Friendly, High-Performance Bedding Solutions

Foamex International Inc. today announced the launch of several new high-performance, environmentally-friendly product lines for the bedding industry. Foamex will introduce these new product lines at Booth #2129 at the ISPA Expo 2008, the largest Bedding Supplies show in the United States, which opens March 12, 2008 in Baltimore, MD.

12 Mar 2008

Multiple TiO2 Breakthrough Applications in the Future

Today, IP2Biz LLC of Atlanta and International Speciality Chemicals Ltd. (ISC) of London, announced a joint-development agreement for the purpose of bringing titanium dioxide (TiO2)-based nanowires to market.

12 Mar 2008

Spire Receives Contract to Provide Photovoltaic Module Assembly Line in Portugal

Spire Corporation today announced it has received a contract from the solar division of Spanish renewable energy company Fluitecnik S.A., to provide a photovoltaic module assembly line for that company's operations in Portugal.

12 Mar 2008

New Carbon Research Center Works to Reduce the Planet's Carbon Footprint

Today the British Midlands Development Corporation announced the opening of Nottingham University's new Center for Innovation in Carbon Capture and Storage (CICCS).

12 Mar 2008

Market for Clean Energy Will Reach $254 Billion by 2017

Global clean-energy markets are expanding rapidly, with revenues in four benchmark sectors - biofuels, wind power, solar photovoltaics, and fuel cells - up 40 percent from $55 billion in 2006 to $77.3 billion in 2007, according to the Clean Energy Trends 2008 report released today.

12 Mar 2008

Council Chooses WorldWater to Build Largest Solar Installation

WorldWater and Solar Technologies Corp., developer and marketer of proprietary high-power solar systems, today announced that the City Council of Ocean City, NJ has awarded the Company a contract to build a $4 million solar system for the City which is expected to produce nearly 550,000 kilowatt hours of energy in its first year.

12 Mar 2008

Rentech Announces Initiative to Produce Synthetic Biofuels from Garbage

Rentech, Inc., announced today it is expanding its initiative to produce synthetic biofuels from garbage, often referred to as municipal solid waste (MSW).

12 Mar 2008

First Solar and LEED Certified Neighborhood

Pinn Bros. Fine Homes, a leading Bay Area homebuilder is making history by building San Jose's first solar powered and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified single-family neighborhoods. The new home communities, Orchard Heights and Falcon Place, will open to the public Saturday, March 15th.

12 Mar 2008

Options Available for Climate Legislation

The chairman of the US House Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee told a Platts Energy Podium event in Washington on Tuesday that he supports a greenhouse gases (GHG) cap-and-trade system that would provide nearly all emission credits for free to electric utilities, oil refineries and other industrial operations.

12 Mar 2008

Detecting Potentially Hazardous Chemicals in the Environment with Revolutionary Device

The U.S. Patent Office has awarded Dr. George Radziszewski a U.S. Patent (No. 7,342,664) for his revolutionary ChemiD Mini Lab, a miniature device that will identify chemical compounds on demand.

12 Mar 2008

Company Serves Its 10,000th Renewable Energy Customer

Verde Energy, a trusted source for competing offers from the nation’s largest network of experienced renewable energy professionals, announced today that the company has served its 10,000th renewable energy customer.

11 Mar 2008

Using Heat to Generate Electrical Energy

Micropelt GmbH, manufacturer of thin-film thermoelectric chip-like devices, announces the TE-Power-Bolt, a voltage adjustable thermal battery that uses excess heat to generate electrical energy for devices that consume only a few milliwatts (mW) of power, such as wireless sensor nodes.

11 Mar 2008

GT Solar Enters Contract to Supply Polysilicon Reactors and Converters

GT Solar Incorporated, announced today that it has entered into a contract to supply Trina Solar (Lianyungang) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Trina Solar, Ltd. with polysilicon reactors and converters worth $49 MM.

11 Mar 2008

New Diesel Particulate Filter Technology for Modern Diesel Vehicles

Modern diesel cars are not only quieter than their predecessors but also release considerably fewer exhaust fumes into the atmosphere. The filters for heavy-duty, construction and off-road vehicles are not yet state-of-the-art. A new diesel particulate filter technology will soon teach even these vehicles to give up smoking.

11 Mar 2008

Praxair Signs Exclusive Supply Agreement of Oxygen to Wastewater Treatment Plants

Beijing Praxair Inc., an affiliate of Praxair China, has signed an oxygen supply contract with Beijing Drainage Group Co., Ltd (BDG). Under the contract, Praxair China will be the exclusive supplier of oxygen to three wastewater treatment plants in Beijing that will supply the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

11 Mar 2008