Verenium Announces First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Project

Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, announced plans to build its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facility in Highlands County, Florida. The Company has entered into long-term agreements with Lykes Bros. Inc., a multi-generation Florida agri-business... 

Imara Corporation Introduces Advanced Lithium-Ion Battery Technology for High-Power Applications

Imara Corporation, a research, design and manufacturing company that has developed next generation lithium-ion battery technology, today officially launched and announced its plan to deliver U.S.-based energy storage solutions. Imara’s patented and proprietary battery technology breaks through current barriers of performance and energy capability,... 

Gainesville Regional Utilities Gives Away VendingMiser® Smart Technology

USA Technologies Inc. reported that Gainesville Regional Utilities in Florida was giving their customers free VendingMiser devices. This is part of the Utilities’’ objective to become a national leader in energy efficiency by targeting vending machines with the help of its EnergyMiser® smart technology. Gainesville, one of 57 energy utilities supporting... 

Beacon Power Moves into Next Stage of DOE Loan Guarantee Process for 20-MW Flywheel Regulation Plant

Beacon Power Corporation, a company that designs and develops advanced products and services to support more stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid operation, has delivered the last of nearly 100 separate documents in its application for a loan guarantee to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program Office and moved into the next... 

Ascent Solar Achieves Significant Efficiency Milestone

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, announced that it has achieved greater than 9.5% efficiency for its flexible Copper, Indium, Gallium, Selenide (CIGS) monolithically integrated modules. The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has independently verified... 

Metrolight Receives ‘Energy Innovator’ Honors by U.S. Department of Energy

Metrolight, Inc., a leader in energy management solutions focused on energy-efficient electronic High Intensity Discharge (HID) lighting, today announced it has received an Energy Innovator Award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). “We are happy to recognize Metrolight’s work... 

Commercial Permit to Treat Radioactive PCBs in the U.S. Issued to Perma-Fix Environmental Services

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. announced it has received its commercial permit in the U.S. from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 to commercially store and dispose of radioactive Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB’s) at the Company’s Diversified Scientific Services, Inc. (DSSI) subsidiary facility located in Tennessee. Perma-Fix’s... 

Madison County Wind for Schools Project Brings Alternative Energy Education to Western N.C.

Winds blowing through the mountains of North Carolina will move more than leaves next year when the first rural wind power education program east of the Mississippi River is established in Madison County. A regional partnership will install small wind turbines at three schools in Madison County and develop a K-12 alternative-energy curriculum as part... 

Plug Power Partners With National Grid for Combined Heat and Power Fuel Cell Field Trial

Plug Power Inc., a leader in providing clean, reliable energy solutions, and National Grid, an international natural gas and electric utility, today announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct the first field trial of Plug Power’s new micro-CHP (combined heat and power) GenSys(r) fuel cell system. Fueled by natural... 

Defense Energy Support Center Selects EnerNOC as an Approved Demand Response Provider

EnerNOC, Inc., a leading developer and provider of clean and intelligent energy solutions, announced today that it has been selected by the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) as an approved demand response provider, allowing EnerNOC to pursue federal and military facilities throughout the United States. “DESC encourages federal and military installations...