Teams Prepare for Round Two in the 2010-2011 Clean Energy Prize Competition

Ideas for new green-energy businesses ranging from a credit card bonus points program to fund renewable energy projects to a speed bump that generates electricity for roadside electronics will go head to head Jan. 21 in Round-2 competition for the 2010-2011 Clean Energy Prize. The competition, presented by DTE Energy and the University of Michigan... 

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... 

Verenium Regains Compliance With Nasdaq Continued Listing Requirement

Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, announced that it has regained compliance with the continued listing requirements of The NASDAQ Global Market. NASDAQ previously notified Verenium that it had fallen out of compliance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4450(b)(1)(A),... 

Evogene and Biogemma Show Increased Corn Yield in Field Trials

Evogene Ltd. and Biogemma SAS announced results of field trials for corn hybrids containing a number of genes predicted by Evogene to increase yield and drought tolerance. The field trials, conducted in several sites in the United States and in Israel, demonstrate that corn hybrids containing certain of these genes displayed significant yield increases... 

SunPower BioDiesel Chooses Greenline’s Waterless Biodiesel Platform to Produce Renewable Fuel

Greenline Industries, provider of clean-tech energy platforms, announced today that SunPower BioDiesel of Cumberland, Wis. has chosen Greenline’s waterless biodiesel platform. Greenline’s biodiesel platform allows SunPower to produce biodiesel on a smaller scale, supplying local distributors in a 200 mile radius. Benefits to the community... 

Dynamotive Signs Agreement for Development of Plant in China

Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation announced that it had entered into a commercial agreement to support the development of a pyrolysis plant in China based on its proprietary technology. In accordance with the agreement, Dynamotive will provide process and engineering support for the development of a plant to be located in the Henan province in the... 

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,... 

Verenium Corporation to Speak at the Credit Suisse Alternative Energy Conference

Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, announced today that Carlos A. Riva, President and Chief Executive Officer, will speak at the upcoming Credit Suisse Alternative Energy Conference as part of a panel discussion on biofuels and the future of transportation.... 

China to Lead Way From Global Recession to Greener World Through Innovative Technologies, Declares Distinguished Scientist

At a Press & Investor Conference at The Geological Society of London on 30th October 2008, Professor Kenneth Hsu, Director of Kenneth Hsu Consulting (UK), announced the company’s technological inventions, to alleviate the global energy, water, environmental and economic crises, to an audience which included Chinese government officials, overseas... 

Progress Energy Carolinas Again Seeking Renewable Energy Projects

Progress Energy Carolinas is again seeking proposals for potential renewable energy projects and alternative energy providers, as part of the company’s balanced strategy for meeting the growing energy needs of 1.4 million households and businesses in the Carolinas. The company issued an open-ended request for renewable proposals in November 2007,...