Obama’s Visit to Brazil Yields ‘Encouraging’ Renewable Fuels Cooperation, According to Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association

Two important announcements involving renewable energy made on the opening day of U.S. President Barack Obama’s official visit to Brazil, both directly relevant to Brazil’s successful sugarcane ethanol industry, are encouraging signs that Brazil and the U.S. are on a path to achieve free, unobstructed trade for clean, renewable biofuels.... 

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... 

Kalahari Greentech’s Tri-Brid Solar Collector Has a Revenue Potential of $973 Million

Kalahari Greentech, Inc. released a statement today discussing the company’s revenue projections for 2011. According to the American Housing Survey, there were 128,203,000 housing units in the United States in 2007 (Source: www.census.gov). If only one tenth of 1% of the approximately 128 million housing units were to purchase the Tri-Brid Solar... 

Vermilion Energy Inc. Announces $0.19 Cash Dividend for February 15, 2011 Payment Date

Vermilion Energy Inc. is pleased to announce a cash dividend of $0.19 per share payable on February 15, 2011 to all shareholders of record on January 31, 2011. The ex-dividend date for this payment is January 27, 2011. This dividend is an eligible dividend for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada). Vermilion Energy Inc. is an oil-leveraged producer... 

Donation Drives New Direction of Bioenergy Research at University of Idaho

A $25,000 donation from Texas entrepreneur Randy Hill and his company, APT Advanced Trailer and Equipment LP, to the University of Idaho has funded research focused on converting woody biomass to energy. The gift has allowed the university to install a pilot-scale pyrolysis unit at its steam plant. Pyrolysis is a type of incineration that uses almost... 

Yingli Green Energy Announces Redemption of Its Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Notes Due 2012

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited , a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand “Yingli Solar,” today announced that in December 2010, it re-purchased US$171.3 million aggregate principal amount of its zero coupon... 

SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc. and Consolidated Solar Technologies Inaugurate Photovoltaic Solar Installation at Belen High School

SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc. (SCHOTT Solar) and Consolidated Solar Technologies (CST) today inaugurated a 50kW photovoltaic (PV) solar power system at Belen High School. The system was funded through a grant system initiated last year by Governor Bill Richardson using funds from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Belen is one of 15 school... 

Can CA Economy Afford Climate Policies?

As political pressure mounts to delay California’s ambitious global warming policies, a new report from University of California researchers examines the economic impacts of putting the Governor’s climate program on hold. Energy Prices and California’s Economic Security, a project sponsored by Next 10, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization,... 

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... 

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...