Energy Quest, Inc. Gasifcation Process Can Produce Biochar

Energy Quest, Inc. , an emerging leader in alternative energy and the development and production of hydrogen-enriched alternative fuels in an environmentally responsible manner, announced today its gasification process can produce Biochar from agricultural wastes and other biomass. Using Biochar as a soil amendment is an excellent way to enhance crop... 

Cetrel and Novozymes to Make Biogas and Electricity from Bagasse

Cetrel, the largest provider of environmental solutions for the manufacturing industry in Latin America, and Novozymes, the world’s leading producer of industrial enzymes, today announced a research partnership to turn sugarcane waste into green energy. Using Cetrel’s know-how in waste-stream treatment and Novozymes’ biotech expertise, the partners... 

RedShift Energy Acquires Superior Solar LLC

RedShift Energy LLC is pleased to announce the acquisition of Superior Solar Systems LLC on Monday, January 26, 2009. Superior Solar is a leading solar energy design and installation firm specializing in solar pool heaters, solar water heaters and photovoltaic systems used for producing solar electricity. Serving commercial, institutional and residential... 

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... 

GreenShift Receives Grant for Algae Bioreactor Technology

GreenShift Corporation announced that it has received a grant award of $375,000 to further the development of GreenShift’s patented and patent-pending algae bioreactor. The funding is provided through the Montana Board of Research and Commercialization, a unit of the Montana Department of Commerce. The objective of the grant award is to demonstrate... 

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... 

Integrated Solutions Required to Meet Energy Challenge, ExxonMobil Says in New Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030

An integrated series of solutions will be required to manage increases in global energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions that will result from population growth and economic expansion, Exxon Mobil Corporation said, releasing the corporation’s Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030. “The world needs to meet the ever-growing need for reliable and affordable... 

Lockheed Martin Solar Power Testbed Will Foster Technology and Production Innovation

Lockheed Martin broke ground for a solar power testbed to support its entry into the utility-scale renewable power generation market. The Solar System Test and Engineering Site (SolSTES) Array testbed in southern New Jersey will provide Lockheed Martin engineers the opportunity to integrate and test a variety of solar technologies and materials selected... 

Destiny, Florida Announces Florida’s First Green Energy Station

Destiny, Florida, America’s first eco-sustainable city, announced today that the first green E-station in Florida will be located at the Southeast corner of 441 and State Road 60 in southern Osceola County. The 6,000-square-foot energy refueling station will contain traditional and renewable fuels, electric automobile charging stations along with... 

CleanTech Biofuels Enters Into Alliance Discussions for Expansion Into France

CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. announces that it has begun exploring opportunities to implement its technology in France with the assistance of the French government economic development arm, the Invest in France Agency. This significant development signals CleanTech’s expansion into international markets, starting with France which is already recognized...