Dominion Resources GreenTech Incubator to Grow Clean Technology Businesses, Jobs in Central Virginia

The Dominion Resources GreenTech Incubator, a center to assist new businesses focused on energy efficiency and other clean and green technologies, is scheduled to open early next year in Ashland, Va., with financial support from Dominion, one of the nation’s largest producers of energy. Modeled after other successful technology incubators, the... 

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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... 

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ZAP Alias Electric Car to Compete for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE

The Alias electric car from industry pioneer ZAP has been accepted to compete for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE. The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE (PIAXP) is a technology-neutral competition open to teams from around the world that can design and build production-capable 100 MPGe (miles per gallon energy equivalent) vehicles... 

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Solar Power, Inc. Receives Follow-on Order from German Solar Integrator

Solar Power, Inc., a vertically integrated designer, manufacturer, and installer of photovoltaic energy systems announced today that it has received an additional order from a German solar integrator for the company’s 200-watt solar modules. On January 6th, SPI announced that an initial supply of the modules was shipped to the integrator during December,... 

BrassCraft Patent Brings New Era of Safety to Natural Gas Use

BrassCraft’s patented Safety+PLUS® Excess Flow Valve promises to usher in a new standard of safety for natural gas. With more than 65 million homes in the United States alone utilizing natural gas for their water heaters, furnaces, boilers, heaters and other applications, the patented Safety+PLUS Excess Flow Valve from BrassCraft will be a welcome... 

Sierra Club Asks Federal Court to Cut Off Power to Holland, Michigan Community

The San Francisco-based Sierra Club has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court asking for a court-ordered shutdown of the community-owned electrical generating plant in Holland, Michigan. The complaint, filed against the City of Holland and the Holland Board of Public Works on December 15, alleges that normal maintenance and repair work done at the... 

PACCAR Australia and Westport to Produce Natural Gas Trucks

Westport Innovations Inc. and PACCAR Australia Pty Ltd. announced that the companies will develop and commercialise liquefied natural gas (LNG) Kenworth trucks for the Australian market. Australia’s Kenworth Trucks, a division of PACCAR, plan to begin factory-installed production in mid-2009 beginning with the T908, K108 and T408SAR truck chassis... 

Napa Valley Community College Greens Its Campus With Hybrid Cooling

Ice Energy®, the premier provider of hybrid cooling technologies, announced that Napa Valley Community College has installed the latest in green building innovation: six Ice Bear® hybrid cooling systems. Installed at the school’s Child Development Center, the Ice Bear systems reduce the daytime power consumption of the facility and lower greenhouse... 

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Perma-Fix Announces Eighth Annual Mixed Waste Treatment Forum

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. announced it will hold its eighth annual Mixed Waste Treatment Forum December 15-18, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. This year’s conference theme is “Real Innovators … Solving our Nation’s Waste Challenges,” which focuses on innovations in the nuclear waste management arena. The renewed... 

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Global Solar Leaders and UNEP Outline Central Role for Solar in Climate Solution at United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland

Representatives from three leading international solar companies and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) — Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Suntech’s Chairman and CEO, Jeremy Leggett, Executive Chairman of Solarcentury, Mike Ahearn, Chairman and CEO of First Solar, and Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director — gathered at the United Nations...