Support of Algae Biofuels as Viable Source of Green Energy Gains Momentum

In the world of biofuels, 2010 is officially the year of the autotrophic organism as dozens of companies and academic laboratories race to transform algae into a source of viable green energy, according to Algae Biofuels Production Technologies Worldwide by leading industrial market research firm SBI Energy. The endgame of these research efforts —... 

State and Local Regulatory Hurdles Can Slow Clean Energy Innovations

Complex pricing, expansive approval processes and lack of incentives to use low carbon energy sources are some of the unintended consequences of the highly regulated energy sector that inhibit “clean energy” innovations, according to a Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation review of state and local laws presented at an energy conference at the... 

Quicksilver Resources and Eni Form Strategic Alliance to Develop Unconventional Natural Gas Resources

Quicksilver Resources Inc. announced today that it has formed a strategic alliance with major integrated energy company Eni for acquisition, development and exploitation of unconventional natural gas resources in an area covering approximately 270,000 acres surrounding Quicksilver’s Alliance properties in the Fort Worth Basin. The parties have... 

Patriot Energy Corporation Acquires Exclusive License From Tectane Technologies Corporation

Patriot Energy Corporation announce the acquisition of an exclusive license to Tectane Technologies Corporation’s proprietary and patented technologies. According to the exclusive 99 year leased license agreement, Patriot Energy Corporation will market Tectane Technologies’ global warming solutions including but not limited to the patented... 

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... 

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... 

High-Efficiency Wind Turbine Generator Manufacturer Danotek Motion Technologies Powering the Wind With $14.5 Million From CMEA Ventures, StatoilHydro and GE

Bolstering its contribution of high-efficiency and cost-saving generators to the $37 billion wind industry, Danotek Motion Technologies has raised $14.5 million from CMEA Ventures, StatoilHydro unit StatoilHydro Venture and GE unit GE Energy Financial Services. Danotek’s generators can spur the wind equipment market by increasing wind turbines’... 

Axis Technologies Announces Order for $700,000 From Energy Innovation Group (EIG)

Axis Technologies Group, Inc., a green technology company that designs, manufactures and markets a proprietary line of energy saving and daylight harvesting electronic dimming ballasts for the commercial lighting industry, has received firm purchase orders in November 2008 valued in excess of $700,000 for the Axis ballast from Energy Innovation Group... 

SSTP Eliminates Need for Fossil Fuels for Production of Electricity

Sustainable Power Corp. outlines the important facts underlying SSTP’s vision and solution to solving the problem of utilizing fossil fuels for production of electricity and the benefits of employing SSTP’s revolutionary technology of converting solid municipal waste to natural gas which is used to power electric-producing generators. Every... 

Renewable Energy Thrust Nets GeneSiC Semiconductor $1.5M from US Department of Energy

The US Department of Energy has awarded GeneSiC Semiconductor two separate grants totaling $1.5M for the development of high-voltage silicon carbide (SiC) devices that will serve as key enablers for wind- and solar-power integration with the nation’s electricity grid. “These awards demonstrate the DOE’s confidence in GeneSiC’s...