Green Energy Live Targets $154 Billion U.S. Livestock Industry for Sustainable Biomass-to-Energy Technology Development

Green Energy Live Inc. is focused on developing sustainable biomass-to-energy conversion technology to meet a critical need for the nation’s $154 billion livestock industry. Green Energy Live is utilizing proprietary gasification technology for the development of highly innovative, on-site manure-to-electricity conversion systems to enable America’s... 

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,... 

Foster Wheeler Awarded Coal-to-Liquids Feasibility Study in China

Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced that its subsidiaries, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited and Foster Wheeler International Engineering & Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., together with its consortium partner, Wuhuan Engineering Company, have been awarded contracts by Sasol Synfuels International (Proprietary) Limited (Sasol) and Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry... 

NEMI and Aviva to merge, creating a growth-oriented international coal and energy business.

NEMI Northern Energy & Mining Inc. and Aviva Corporation announce that they have entered into a merger implementation agreement to combine the businesses of the two companies to create a new growth-oriented international coal and energy group. The combined entity will provide investors with exposure to operating and development stage assets across... 

Sharp to Introduce 2nd Generation Thin Film Solar Cells in U.S.

Sharp, a world leader in solar cell production, announced today at Solar Power International 2008 that it will introduce next generation thin film solar cells in the U.S. market in the near future. With its thin film solar product, Sharp will be capable of handling multi-megawatt, large-scale utility projects that are best served by a thin film solar... 

Modine and Bloom Energy Reach Agreement On Licensing of Fuel Cell Technology

Modine Manufacturing Company, a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, today announced the company has reached a definitive agreement with Bloom Energy, a leading developer of fuel cell-based distributed energy systems, under which Bloom Energy will license certain Modine-developed thermal management technology. Leading... 

Emergency Stabilization Act Includes Incentives for Rentech and Other Alternative Energy Producers

Rentech, Inc. announced that the Company believes the enactment of the Emergency Stabilization Act is a positive step toward creating financial stability in the marketplace. The inclusion of several tax provisions in the Act will greatly benefit Rentech’s efforts in domestic alternative fuels production. Rentech has a commercial pipeline of both biomass... 

ZBB Energy Corporation to Co-Share State of Wisconsin Clean Energy Fund Grant

ZBB Energy Corporation (ZBB), a Milwaukee-based company that specializes in clean energy storage systems, has announced that it will co-share with Eaton Corporation (Eaton) a $229,000 grant from the State of Wisconsin to develop a power conversion and energy storage system that manages energy from renewable energy sources. The grant is part of $7.3... 

Fairchild Semiconductor’s Digital Power Controllers Deliver Highly Efficient and Flexible Point-of-Load Power Conversion Solutions

Fairchild Semiconductor addresses energy-efficiency specifications, such as Energy Star®, with its first point-of-load digital power control and management products for communication and computing applications. These products combine digital loop control with highly integrated power management capabilities to offer flexible, easy-to-design power delivery... 

UOP and Ensyn to Form Joint Venture to Offer Second-Generation Biomass Technology

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has signed a letter of intent with Ensyn Corp to form a joint venture to offer technology and equipment to convert second-generation biomass into oil for power generation, heating fuel and eventually for conversion into transportation fuels. UOP and Ensyn expect to finalize terms for the venture...