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World's Most Advanced Carbon Capture System Showcased at Conference in Australia

The world's most advanced carbon capture system was showcased at the recent Australian - Canadian Premier's Conference held in Adelaide, Australia.

26 Feb 2008

Providing Free Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs and Energy Efficiency Informations

Georgia Power and Senior Connections in DeKalb County will team up to provide free compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and energy efficiency information to seniors during visits to several neighborhood senior centers.

26 Feb 2008

Environmentally Responsible Personal Assistant Helps Companies Save Money

Rearden Commerce, creator of the first on-demand personal assistant and the first on-demand platform for services, today unveiled the new green-focused Rearden Personal Assistant to provide business travelers and organizations a first-of-its kind Total Green Travel Experience when booking travel and related services.

26 Feb 2008

Azure Dynamics Signs Agreement for Hybridization and Manufacturing of Vehicles

Azure Dynamics Corporation a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial vehicles, today announced that it has signed a supply agreement with Utilimaster Corporation, a leading builder of step vans, commercial truck bodies and utility vehicles, for the assembly, hybridization and manufacturing engineering of Azure's P1 hybrid electric commercial delivery vans and shuttle buses.

26 Feb 2008

Metals Replacement Reduces Weight and Aids Fuel Economy

In a breakthrough for structural automotive components, DuPont today announced that its reinforced DuPont(TM) Zytel(R) nylon resin has replaced steel in exhaust system parts on all Volkswagen vehicles built on the current Golf platform, cutting weight of the component by nearly 50 percent.

26 Feb 2008

Fuel Cells to Power Undersea Surveillance and Targeting Systems

Versa Power Systems, Inc., a leading developer of environmentally friendly Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) that generate clean electricity in compact form for both mobile and stationary applications, today announced its SOFC technology was successfully integrated into an experimental test bed representative of a propulsion system for stealth surveillance vehicles under development by the U.S. Navy.

26 Feb 2008

BTU Forms New Business Group for Alternative Energy

In a move that signals the company’s commitment to rapidly grow its solar energy business, BTU International, Inc. today announced several initiatives, including the formation of a new Business Group for its Alternative Energy equipment business, the addition of key talent, and the establishment of international solar research and process application centers.

26 Feb 2008

Insulated Siding Translates into Reduced Energy Consumption of Up to 20%

Third-party research demostrates that Insulated Siding with Fullback Technology helps consumers reduce heating costs by up to 20% with the highest insulation rating (wall system R-value*) of any exterior cladding product on the market -- 3.96.

26 Feb 2008

VeraSun's Branded E85 to be Offered at 20 Kroger Locations Near Dallas and Houston

VeraSun Energy Corp., one of the nation’s largest ethanol producers, and The Kroger Co. today announced the opening of 20 VE85 fueling locations at existing E85 Kroger convenience stores in Texas. Kroger will offer VeraSun’s branded E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, for flexible fuel vehicles at 20 different locations in and around the Dallas and Houston metro areas.

26 Feb 2008

Loss of Forest Ecosystems Affects the Environmental Health of the Entire Planet

Turning just one Sumatran province's forests and peat swamps into pulpwood and palm oil plantations is generating more annual greenhouse gas emissions than the Netherlands and rapidly driving the province's elephants into extinction, a new study by WWF and partners has found.

26 Feb 2008

New Material Eliminating Hydrocarbon Pollutants

A research team of the University of Granada has managed to produce the most useful material to date to eliminate pollutants such as benzene, toluene and xylene, organic solvents widely used in the hydrocarbon industry and generated by road traffic in cities.

26 Feb 2008

Climate Change Gets ESRC Research Funding

Today sees the latest new funding announcement by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), including funding for two new research centres and continuing support for another. These will make a significant contribution to the ESRC’s commitment to support high quality work with major economic and policy impacts in these important areas of research.

26 Feb 2008

ET Solar Announces Collaborative Agreement with Meca Solar

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 framework collaborative agreement with Spain-based Meca Solar, one of the largest global state-of-the-art manufacturers of solar tracker systems.

26 Feb 2008

Carrier Corp. Acquires Environmental and Green Building Consulting Company

Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp., has acquired Environmental Market Solutions, Inc. (EMSI), an environmental and green building consulting company with offices in Washington, D.C., Missouri, Beijing and Shanghai. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

26 Feb 2008

New Materials are The Key to PV

Materials for use in thin-film and organic photovoltaics (PV) will reach $3.8 billion by 2015, according to a new study by NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm.

25 Feb 2008