Quantum’s Affiliate, Fisker Automotive, Raises $65 Million Privately

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., a leader in the development and production of advanced propulsion systems, energy storage technologies, and alternative fuel vehicles, today announced that its affiliate, Fisker Automotive, Inc., a “green” American premium sports car company, has completed its Series C financing round. The... 

International Energy Announces Breakthrough Diagnostic Technology for Algae-Derived Biofuels

International Energy, Inc., a developer of leading-edge technologies for the renewable generation of photosynthetic biofuels, today announced that researchers have devised and instituted an important patent-pending technology capable of rapidly determining the accumulation of bio-oil and other high-value compounds in microalgae, an important advancement... 

EESTECH CCS Project Developments Strengthened by HTC, Doosan Babcock Agreement

EESTECH with facilities in Queensland, Australia is set to benefit from the strategic Licensing Agreement recently signed between HTC Canada, Doosan Babcock Energy, UK and Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction of South Korea. This agreement will further advance HTC as a world leader in the development and deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage... 

A123Systems IPO Taps into Multi-Billion-Dollar Electric Vehicle Opportunity

With gas prices at $3.70 per gallon and attention from Beijing to Belgium focused on carbon emissions, light electric vehicles (EVs) – from mass-market hybrids like the Toyota Prius to pure electric vehicles like the Tesla Roadster – are a hot topic with the auto and finance industries alike. Earlier this month, lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery manufacturer... 

TransAlta named to North American Dow Jones Sustainability Index for Third Consecutive Year

TransAlta Corporation announced it has been named to the North American Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for a third consecutive year. TransAlta is one of 22 Canadian companies on the index, and one of only two Canadian companies in the utility sector represented. This year, 125 companies were recognized on the North American DJSI. Inclusion in... 

Planar Energy Devices Acquires Revolutionary Cell & Separator Technology Enabling Highly Safe Lithium Ion Batteries

In a licensing agreement with Policell Technologies Inc. of Metuchen, N.J., Orlando, Florida-based Planar Energy Devices Inc. (Planar) has acquired technology and manufacturing rights for a new generation of safe large format lithium ion batteries based on a breakthrough bondable nano-composite separator technology. This new cell and separator technology... 

EESTech and Dagang Power, China Sign MOU for Carbon Capture Project

EESTech Inc. and Tianjin DaGang Huashi Power Generation Co. Ltd have signed an MOU to establish a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project using EESTech’s carbon management and storage technology. Dagang will use one of its two 330MW power units to demonstrate the capture of CO2 from its flue gas stream and then transport the CO2 for Geosequestration... 

Quantum Unites Business Segments to Increase Efficiencies

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., a leader in the development and production of advanced propulsion systems, energy storage technologies, and alternative fuel vehicles, today announced that it has completed the consolidation of its two California-based operational facilities into one location based in Lake Forest, California. The Lake... 

Agreement With Leading CO2 Capture Technology Firm, HTC Purenergy, Puts Doosan Babcock and the UK at Forefront of Carbon Capture Technology

Doosan Babcock jointly with Doosan Heavy Industries of Korea have announced a Global Technology Licensing Agreement with a leading Canadian CO2 management technology company, HTC Purenergy Inc. (“HTC”). In conjunction with the Licensing Agreement, Doosan Babcock and Doosan Heavy Industries will subscribe to a Private Placement for an approximate... 

Sunrise Solar Introduces Solar Building Brick

Sunrise Solar Corp. announced the introduction of a Solar Light Brick for the integration of solar technologies into traditional construction materials. This innovative technology includes advanced solar cells, an energy storage device and a crystal lighting system that surrounds the energy module in a square or rectangle. The imbedded solar cell generates...