Altairnano Branding Supports New Corporate Focus in Energy Storage

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., a leading provider of advanced materials and products for power and energy systems, announced the unveiling of its new corporate brand identity. Supporting the company’s new focus on energy storage in the transportation, stationary power and military markets, the brand identity includes a new logo, tagline, website... 

The Linde Group acquires the remaining 50 percent of the shares in the Australian LPG company Elgas

The technology group The Linde Group has acquired the remaining 50 percent of the shares in the Australian LPG-company Elgas, Sydney, at an equity value of 126 million euro. Elgas, established in 1984, was a 50/50 Joint Venture between BOC Limited, a member of the Linde Group, and AGL Energy (AGL). Elgas is the biggest marketer of LPG (Liquefied Propane... 

World Energy Solutions, Inc. Acquires H-Hybrid Technologies, Inc. from UTEK Corporation

UTEK Corporation, an innovation services company, and World Energy Solutions, Inc, an energy services company and electronics manufacturer, are pleased to announce that World Energy Solutions, Inc. has acquired H-Hybrid Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UTEK, in a stock transaction. H-Hybrid Technologies contains the H-Hybrid (trademark... 

Alberta Saline Aquifer Project Awards Key Contracts to Launch Carbon Sequestration Pilot in Early 2009

Industry, government, and academic participants in the 35-member Alberta Saline Aquifer Project (ASAP) announced today that five companies have been awarded contracts for the engineering, design and environmental-related work that is needed to support the first phase of ASAP’s initiative to store carbon dioxide in deep underground saline aquifers. With... 

Beacon Power Announces Testing of First Megawatt of Flywheel Energy Storage

Beacon Power Corporation, a company that designs and develops advanced products and services to support more stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid operation, announced that it has built and tested an integrated matrix of ten high-power flywheels that operated together to absorb and supply a full megawatt of electricity. The system, located... 

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... 

Quantum and Asola Announce Solar Expansion into Korea – Signs JV Agreement With Q&Tech/Yongsan to Build a 30 MW Solar Production Facility

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. announced that its German solar photovoltaic partner, Asola has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a joint venture manufacturing plant in South Korea, to enable production and distribution of high quality, German-designed solar modules in South Korea. The Korean partner Q&Tech / Yongsan... 

Fluxite Research Facility in Edmonton

The Fluxite Research Facility, designed to be one of Canada’s most advanced alternative energy research facilities, is opening on October 1st, 2008. Located in Edmonton, Alberta, the Fluxite Research Facility is wholly owned by Canadian Entrepreneurs that fund the research and development of alternative energy sources. The group has secured Mr.... 

Nexterra Receives Order from Johnson Controls for a Multi-million Dollar Biomass Gasification System at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Nexterra Energy Corp. announced that it has received an order from Johnson Controls Inc. for a multi-million dollar biomass gasification system at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Nexterra biomass gasification system is the cornerstone of an $89 million contract for Johnson... 

Panasas Parallel Storage Drives Completion of Seismic Processing Jobs Up to Six Times Faster for Geofizyka Krakow

Panasas, Inc., the global leader in parallel storage solutions, today announced that, through the deployment of a Panasas AS3000 parallel storage solution, Geofizyka Krakow is completing seismic processing jobs up to six times faster. This performance boost positively impacts its geophysicists’ productivity by providing faster results and the...