SkyFuel Unveils the SkyTrough: the World’s Highest Performance, Lowest Cost Utility-Scale Solar Power System

SkyFuel, Inc. today secured its position as the leader in the rapidly growing concentrating solar power (CSP) industry by unveiling the SkyTrough(TM): the highest performance, lowest cost utility-scale solar power system of any kind for generating electricity. With glass-free mirrors, a highly engineered space frame that allows compact transportation... 

Rooftop Solar Power Now the Best Investment Under the Sun

With today’s passage of the Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 — which includes the best incentives for solar power in a generation — Akeena Solar, Inc., one of the nation’s leading designers and installers of solar power systems, believes the key elements are now in place for unprecedented growth in residential solar adoption. “Finally,... 

ProLogis to Participate in National Study on Energy-Saving Technologies and Design Solutions for Commercial Real Estate Buildings

ProLogis, the world’s largest owner, manager and developer of distribution facilities, announced today that it will participate in a new, national study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to speed market adoption of current technologies and design solutions that yield significant, measurable energy savings for commercial buildings. In... 

Wire-Free Power Energizes Mobile Consumer Electronic Devices in the UK

WildCharge Inc., a company that revolutionizes the charging and powering of mobile devices with its patented, environmentally-friendly, wire-free electric power technology, announced the availability of its charging pads and adapters for the popular BlackBerry Pearl and Curve smartphones in the UK beginning October 1st 2008. The company plans to offer... 

Capstone Turbine Signs Agreement to Supply Its Proprietary Air Bearing Technology to Barber-Nichols

Capstone Turbine Corporation, the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today that it has signed a supply agreement with Barber-Nichols, Inc. for Capstone’s air bearing technology for use in non-competitive equipment manufactured and sold by Barber-Nichols. Under the terms of the agreement Capstone... 

DCP Midstream Partners, Plains Exploration & Production, and Delta Petroleum to Expand Piceance Basin Gathering System for $150 Million

DCP Midstream Partners, LP, operator and 70 percent owner of Collbran Valley Gas Gathering, LLC (CVGG), today announced that CVGG has entered into definitive agreements to invest approximately $150 million over a multi-year period to construct approximately 20 miles of 24 inch diameter gathering pipeline, compression and liquids handling facilities... 

Horizon Wind Energy Opens Kansas City Development Office

Horizon Wind Energy LLC (Horizon), a leading wind project developer, owner, and operator, owned by EDP Renovaveis, has just opened the doors to its new office located in Overland Park, Kansas. Horizon is currently constructing the 201 megawatt (MW) Meridian Way Wind Farm in Concordia, Kansas, and has hundreds of megawatts under development across the... 

Arete Industries, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Oil & Gas Property

Arete Industries, Inc. announces that the Company received a letter of intent to purchase oil and gas properties in Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, and Montana from Denver based oil & gas and operating companies for $21,000,000 in cash. The wells being offered by the Denver based oil & gas company total 243 wells, including 46 operating wells (PDP)... 

Veeco Introduces High Throughput “FastFlex” Web Coating Platform For Production of Flexible Thin Film Solar Cells

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced the introduction of its FastFlex™ line of Web Coating Systems ideally suited for manufacturing CIGS solar cells (those using copper, indium, gallium and selenium). Veeco’s advanced FastFlex web deposition platform offers high throughput and excellent performance for flexible thin film solar cell production, contributing... 

Electric Vehicle Rolling Showcase to Demo Cars at the 2008 Democratic National Convention

Colorado Democratic Delegate, Nathan Vanderschaaf, will kickoff the weeklong Electric Vehicle Rolling Showcase, an exhibit of some of the world’s most impressive electric vehicles (EV’s), on Sunday, Aug. 24 at the 2008 Democratic National Convention at the New Energy Station near the intersection of Champa Street and Speer Boulevard in Denver. Ten...