Can CA Economy Afford Climate Policies?

As political pressure mounts to delay California’s ambitious global warming policies, a new report from University of California researchers examines the economic impacts of putting the Governor’s climate program on hold. Energy Prices and California’s Economic Security, a project sponsored by Next 10, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, finds that if California remains primarily... 

OriginOil Announces the Completion of Phase 1 Research Project with Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory

OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced the completion of Phase 1 of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL). OriginOil has been working with INL to develop a process... 

Energy Recovery, Inc. PX Devices to Be Implemented at Southern Seawater Desalination Plant in Australia

Energy Recovery, Inc., a leader in the design and development of energy recovery devices for desalination, today announced that its PX Pressure Exchanger™ (PX™) devices will be implemented at the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant (SSDP) in Western Australia. To be constructed by the Southern Seawater Alliance (SSWA) — a joint venture between Técnicas Reunidas Australia Pty Ltd, Valoriza Water... 

PA Coal Association Opposes Federal Climate Change Bill

The Pennsylvania Coal Association (PCA) unanimously voted at its annual board meeting to oppose the federal climate change legislation (H.R. 2454, the Waxman-Markey bill or the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009), which now is before the U.S. Senate. The statewide association of coal companies said the fundamental problem with Waxman-Markey is its intent to transform the country’s... 

Titan Energy Becomes MTU Onsite Energy Power Partner in Florida

Titan Energy Worldwide, Inc. a leader in the manufacturing, marketing and servicing of energy generation products and services, announced today that its subsidiary, Grove Power, Inc., has signed on to become a Power Partner distributor for MTU Onsite Energy, a member of the Tognum Group. “We are proud to be an official member of the MTU Onsite Energy team, representing their fine line of power... 

Mascoma Expanding Its Leadership Team as Company Accelerates Towards Commercialization

Mascoma Corporation announced several management reconfigurations, as the company moves into its commercial development phase. Mascoma has developed proprietary technology, called Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP), which enables the production of sustainable, low carbon cellulosic ethanol. This technology has been proven in Mascoma’s Rome, New York demonstration facility and will soon begin deployment... 

Novaled Announces a Large Area OLED Device Fulfilling International Lighting Specifications

Novaled developed a 15×15 cm white OLED device with a thickness of less than 2 mm. Die Struktur der OLED stack allows for a natural and warm white light performing a very high color rendering index (CRI) of 90. The perception of this light is similar to sunlight or what is delivered by incandescent bulbs. The achieved color coordinates of (0.44, 0.41) are inside the US Department of Energy (DoE)... 

Resource Group International, Inc. to Develop Several Wind Energy Projects

Resource Group International, Inc. announced that the Company has signed an agreement to develop several wind energy projects in South America beginning with Chile. Resource Group is partnering with ANPL G.P., through its Chilean subsidiary ANPL Latin America Limited, and has signed a “beneficial” agreement to construct several wind farms for a total capacity of 850 MW. At first, they plan... 

NF Energy Saving Corporation Obtains New $2 Million Energy Efficient Lighting Lamps Project

NF Energy Saving Corporation of America, a Chinese leader in energy efficient flow control systems and energy efficiency projects, today announced the company has successfully completed the sale of 500,000 energy efficient lighting lamps, and is starting up the 2nd batch of 2 million energy efficient lighting lamps in June 2009. Total contract value amounts to US$2.34 million and revenue to be recognized... 

SolarEdge to Unveil Revolutionary Power Harvesting System at Intersolar Munich 2009

SolarEdge Technologies, an innovative solar power harvesting start-up, today announced the company’s highly anticipated PV energy harvesting system will be revealed for the first time at Intersolar Munich 2009, taking place next week from May 27-29. Leading up to the conference, SolarEdge Chairman, CEO and Founder Guy Sella will give a featured presentation on May 26 on the topic of “Breakthroughs...