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Helping Clients Finance Clean and Green Technologies

Conversion Consultants has been formed to provide funding for companies looking to expand their business in energy and environmentally focused industries utilizing new technologies. The initial concentration will be on the Chinese marketplace. Offices in North Carolina, Massachusetts, and China will provide a marketing and administrative foundation for the partnership.

28 Feb 2008

BP Provides Support for Energy and Science Education

BP Solar and Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) penned a partnership agreement today to deepen their relationship to support education in the Frederick community.

28 Feb 2008

Go Green, Go SEPTA

SEPTA announced today that it has launched a dedicated initiative to educate and encourage the Greater Philadelphia region to live green by riding public transportation.

28 Feb 2008

The Other Side Of Global Warming Sold Out

The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, scheduled for March 2-4 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, has been sold out.

28 Feb 2008

GE Energy Supplies RES with New Wind Energy Capacity

Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Americas Inc. of Austin, Texas, one of the leading wind developers in North America, has signed agreements exceeding $700 million to receive GE Energy 1.5-megawatt wind turbines for projects in 2009 and 2010.

28 Feb 2008

Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer in a Mobile Laboratory Operating on a Bus

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has completed a custom installation of its TSQ Quantum"! triple quadrupole mass spectrometer in a mobile laboratory operating on a bus.

28 Feb 2008

New Website Containing Frequent Local Content on Green Living

Celilo Group Media has launched a major new web platform at www.ecometro.com containing frequent local content on green living and the most complete and transparent directory available of local merchants selling green products and services in Portland, Seattle, Oakland/Berkeley and Minneapolis/St. Paul.

28 Feb 2008

Rain-Making Bacteria Could Have Implications for Climate and Global Warming

Brent Christner, LSU professor of biological sciences, in partnership with colleagues in Montana and France, recently found evidence that rain-making bacteria are widely distributed in the atmosphere.

28 Feb 2008

Finland Working Out Long Term Strategy for Climate Change Prevention

Commercializing of clean technologies is in stage of moving into global mainstream business. The driving forces are climate change, energy security and increasing energy prices. In the energy sector, these factors, are pushing clean technology markets of biomass, biofuels, solar, wind and fuel cells in the extent that cleantech is seen to be a next engine for economic growth.

28 Feb 2008

Funding Enables Bloo to Apply Materials to Advanced Solar Cell Architecture Reliably

Bloo Solar announced today that is has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

28 Feb 2008

Clean Diesel Technologies Wins Award for Excellence in Environmental Technology

Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc., a global company providing innovative technologies and solutions that reduce emissions, conserve fuel and improve engine performance, has received the CleanEquity Monaco 2008 Award for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Commercialization.

28 Feb 2008

Notebook Fuel-Cell Power Supplies

Delivering all-day runtime in a notebook PC is a Holy Grail for battery manufacturers, PC OEMs, and fuel cell developers. Today, portable fuel cell pioneer PolyFuel announced that it just completed the fourth milestone of a five-step, multi-year development plan intended to kick-start the commercial market for such power supplies.

28 Feb 2008

Initiative Expected to Annually Divert Two Million Pounds of Consumables from Landfills

Eastman Kodak Company and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. today announced the launch of a national program to recycle used materials from in-store picture kiosks.

28 Feb 2008

Canadian Solar Signs Supply Agreement with Four Suppliers

Canadian Solar Inc. today announced it signed solar wafer supply contracts with four suppliers, including Jiangsu Shunda Group Corporation.

28 Feb 2008

Annual Awards Spotlight Pivotal Work in Catalyzing Cleantech Industries

Last night, at the Cleantech Forum(R) XVI Gala Dinner in San Francisco, Cleantech Group, founder of the cleantech investment category, announced the winners of its annual cleantech awards, commending exceptional progress and actions that have advanced the growth of cleantech markets worldwide.

28 Feb 2008