Energy Recovery, Inc. PX Devices to Be Implemented at Southern Seawater Desalination Plant in Australia

Energy Recovery, Inc., a leader in the design and development of energy recovery devices for desalination, today announced that its PX Pressure Exchanger™ (PX™) devices will be implemented at the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant (SSDP) in Western Australia. To be constructed by the Southern Seawater Alliance (SSWA) — a joint venture between... 

Centriforce Technology’s Desalination Process Will Reduce Energy Requirements with Lower Environmental Impact

Centriforce Technology Corp.’s new desalination technology is designed to reduce the amount of energy needed to produce fresh water and reduce the environmental impact compared to existing technologies. Current desalination processes that convert salt or brackish water into fresh water require significant energy input and expense. Centriforce’s... 

WaterStyle Holdings, Inc. and UCLA Announce an Exclusive License for Certain Advanced Technology for Water Sustainability Invented at UCLAs Water Technology Research (WaTeR) Center

WaterStyle Holdings, Inc. (“WSH”) and UCLA jointly announce the licensing of certain key intellectual property for use in the water sector. The intellectual property focuses on advanced water systems, services and solutions for desalination, reclamation, reuse and sustainability. Under the terms of the License, WSH will have exclusive worldwide... 

Terrabon Dedicates Energy Independence I, an Advanced Biofuels Research Facility in Bryan, Texas

Terrabon, L.L.C. held dedication ceremonies Friday, November 7, for its new Advanced Biofuels Research Facility in Bryan, Texas. The event marked completion of the facility, christened Energy Independence I, which will confirm the scaled-up, commercial feasibility of the Company’s MixAlco(TM) technology. MixAlco converts readily-available, low-cost,... 

Aquatech Commissions FGD Wastewater Zero Liquid Discharge Systems for ENEL in Italy

A consortium led by Aquatech International Corporation successfully commissioned Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) facilities at four of ENEL’s coal-fired power plants throughout Italy. The feed for the plants is Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) purge wastewater. Aquatech’s integrated solution included a combination of physical/chemical, evaporation... 

Lux Research Introduces Water Technology Practice

Pressures on water availability are reaching new heights, with nearly half the world’s population facing severe water stress. Business leaders are seeking new opportunities to both meet these requirements and generate defensible profits, spending more than $220 billion in the last ten years on water deals. To assist them, Lux Research today introduced... 

Brodeur Partners Launches Clean Technology Practice

Brodeur Partners today launched its Clean Technology practice to help emerging and established companies attract public support for environmentally friendly technologies and sustainable “green” business initiatives. Brodeur Partners’ new practice draws on 23 years of experience in business and consumer technology and the firm’s... 

QuantumSphere Files Key Patent On Revolutionary Technology to Increase Lithium Ion (Li-ion) Battery Life

QuantumSphere, Inc., a leading developer of advanced catalyst materials, electrode devices, and related technologies and systems for portable power and clean-energy applications, today announced that it has filed a key patent for technology it has developed that extends the capacity of rechargeable lithium ion batteries up to five times. Next-generation... 

Construction Progresses on Terrabon’s New Semi-Works Biofuels Conversion Facility in Bryan, Texas

Terrabon, L.L.C. announced today that construction is progressing as scheduled on its new semi-works biofuels conversion facility in Bryan, Texas. Construction is set for completion in October 2008. The new facility, which broke ground in May of this year, will confirm the scaled-up, commercial feasibility of the Company’s MixAlco(TM) technology,...