Cyclone Power Technologies Successfully Completes R&D Project for Raytheon Company

Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. has successfully completed a third phase of performance tests of its heat-regenerative external combustion engine for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), a business of Raytheon Company. The tests verified by Raytheon demonstrated that Cyclone’s prototype, water-cooled “Stingray” engine achieved thermal efficiencies... 

ZBB Successfully Completes Advanced Electricity Storage Technologies Program

ZBB Energy Corporation, the leading developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms, announced today that their ZESS 500 has been deemed a fully operational and validated success. It is installed at CSIRO’s Energy Centre in Newcastle, Australia, as part of the Advanced Electricity Storage Technologies (AEST) program. This marks the... 

Imara Corporation Introduces Advanced Lithium-Ion Battery Technology for High-Power Applications

Imara Corporation, a research, design and manufacturing company that has developed next generation lithium-ion battery technology, today officially launched and announced its plan to deliver U.S.-based energy storage solutions. Imara’s patented and proprietary battery technology breaks through current barriers of performance and energy capability,... 

Verari Financial Services (VFS) Group Announces Green Leasing Program

Verari Systems, a premier developer of independent blade-based computing and storage platforms for the data center with the highest density, availability, and energy efficiency in the market, today announced its Green Leasing Program offered by its Verari Financial Services (VFS) Group. The VFS Green Leasing Program offers a comprehensive approach to... 

Saft and ABB : New High Voltage Li-ion Battery System

Saft and ABB have developed the world’s first high voltage Li-ion (lithium-ion) battery system designed to improve the stability of power distribution grids. The new system combines dynamic energy storage provided by Saft’s 5.2 kV battery, which will help respond to disruptions in the grid, with ABB’s SVC (Static Var Compensation)... 

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... 

SolFocus Announces Leading 25% Efficient Concentrator PV (CPV) Systems

SolFocus today announced its latest Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) solution — the SolFocus 1100S. This new CPV system achieves panel efficiencies of 25% resulting in systems which produce the highest energy density and highest energy yield of photovoltaic systems available today. SolFocus customer EMPE Solar will deploy the SolFocus 1100S in... 

Raser Technologies Inaugurates Utah Geothermal Plant with Advanced Technology That Can Make Geothermal a Major Source of the U.S. Energy Supply

Raser Technologies, Inc., a leader in geothermal power generation, inaugurated late yesterday its first commercial-scale power plant, in Beaver County, Utah, demonstrating the viability of advanced technology that can make geothermal a major price-competitive resource for this country’s energy supply. The plant’s output has already been committed... 

Multiserve SafePak(TM) Tops Leading Multi-Serve Beverage Packages in New Independent Sustainability Research

International Dispensing Corporation (IDC) released the results of a Life Cycle Analysis conducted by Allied Development Corporation, a leading packaging industry research and consulting firm, that measured energy use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and end-use environmental impacts of mainstream large-format packages for milk and juice. Among the... 

Prudential Capital Group Joins Syndicate in Raser’s Thermo Project Financing

Raser Technologies, Inc. announced that Prudential Capital Group, an institutional investment division of Prudential Financial, Inc., purchased the permanent debt financing for Raser’s 10 megawatt (MW) Thermo geothermal power project near Beaver, Utah, from the original project financier. The approximately $31 million of non-recourse debt financing...