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Lightweight Thermal Insulation Tile

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, today announced that the Company will be entering the commercial roof insulation market through the development of a lightweight thermal insulation tile for a major commercial roofing company.

10 Mar 2008

Providing A World Class Solar Platform

Trina Solar Limited, a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products, today announced that it has signed an agreement with GT Solar Incorporated to purchase primary converter and reactor systems for its planned polysilicon production project for a total consideration of approximately US$49 million.

9 Mar 2008

Atmospheric Airflows Follow Preferred Patterns

Interactions between the stratospheric ozone chemistry and atmospheric air flow lead to significant changes of airflow patterns from the ground up to the stratosphere. This is the result of climate simulations, which have just been published in the journal "Geophysical Research Letters" (Brand et al, Geophys. Res. Lett.).

8 Mar 2008

Yielding Larger Quantities of Biofuel

A newly defined biochemical pathway in plants may provide the scientific tools to design plants that will yield larger quantities of alternative transportation fuels than currently can be produced, according to Purdue University researchers.

8 Mar 2008

Australia and China Signs Formal Agreement for Clean Coal Research

In an important step towards a greener global future, Australia and China signed a formal international agreement for clean coal research today in Beijing.

8 Mar 2008

Coal Fired Utilities Embrace Method of Reducing Environmental Footprint

Acorn Energy, Inc. and its CoaLogix subsidiary today announced that in the first two months of 2008 they have secured eight new contracts from major U.S. companies representing over two times its entire 2007 sales.

8 Mar 2008

Utility's Sixth Renewable Energy Solicitation Since 2002.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company today announced it has issued a formal solicitation for new renewable energy on behalf of its five million electric customers. This is the utility's sixth renewable energy solicitation since 2002.

8 Mar 2008

Breathing Diesel Exhaust is Not Good for Anyone, Especially Children

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has awarded a $59,120 grant to the Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker School District in Pigeon, Huron County, Mich., for a project to cut diesel emissions from the district's school buses.

8 Mar 2008

Project to Cut Diesel Emissions from School Buses

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has awarded an $86,353 grant to the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District in Ontario, Wis., for a project to cut diesel emissions from the district's school buses.

8 Mar 2008

Website on Aluminum Beverage Can Recycling

Alcoa announced today that it has launched a new corporate recycling website detailing how aluminum recycling is part of the clean air solution.

8 Mar 2008

The Largest Buyer of Contracted Carbon Credits

Natsource, a leading environmental asset manager, today announced it was named the largest buyer of contracted carbon credits by New Energy Finance in its annual survey of activity in the renewable energy and low-carbon sectors.

7 Mar 2008

Ultra-Heavy Oil Into Clean-Burning Fuel

Chevron Corporation said today it plans to build a pre-commercial plant at its refinery in Pascagoula, Miss., to test the technical and economic viability of a breakthrough heavy-oil upgrading technology.

6 Mar 2008

Revolutionary Breakthrough in the Refrigerated Transportation Industry

Aura Systems, Inc. announced today that Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc. has announced the availability of an all-electric transport refrigeration unit powered by the AuraGen. This system eliminates the need for a diesel motor to run the compressor on refrigerated trucks.

6 Mar 2008

Microturbines to be Deployed in 12 Hybrid Electric Buses

Capstone Turbine Corporation, the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced that it received an order for 15 microturbines to be deployed in 12 hybrid electric buses in the Abruzzi region of Italy and 3 for the Ministry of the Protection of the Environment.

6 Mar 2008

Few are Willing to Pay More for an Environmentally Friendly Vehicle

Although many new-vehicle buyers may want to purchase an environmentally friendly vehicle, only 11 percent are "very willing" to pay more to do so, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Power Auto Offline Media Report(SM) - Spring Edition.

6 Mar 2008