Shiny new electric vehicles, emitting only low-whirring sounds, glistened as they darted among the few sun breaks in Seattle outside a Cascadia Center conference titled Beyond Oil: The Sustainable Communities Initiative. The all-electric Ford Focus made its debut at the late-October event, co-sponsored by Idaho National Laboratory. Ford’s Focus...
Cyclone Power Technologies announced that Advent Power Systems has made its final base payment to Cyclone under its Technology License Agreement. The timely delivery of this license fee secures for Advent the continuing rights to pursue power and motive applications for the Cyclone Engine with the U.S., European and Israeli military establishments,...
Vanner Inc., a manufacturer of electrical power conversion products, has selected Maxwell Technologies’ BOOSTCAP® ultracapacitor modules to provide burst power for a retrofit diesel engine starter system that Vanner has won a contract to install in Chicago transit buses. David Schramm, Maxwell’s president and chief executive officer, said...
Per Sand has been appointed new Managing Director of the Morphic subsidiary Cell Impact AB. Per Sand previously held the posts of Vice President and Head of Sales and succeeds Martin Valfridsson, who has been appointed President and CEO of Morphic Technologies AB. Per Sand has worked at Cell Impact since March 2006. Together with Martin Valfridsson,...
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,...
Beacon Power Corporation, a company that designs and develops advanced products and services to support more stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid operation, has delivered the last of nearly 100 separate documents in its application for a loan guarantee to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program Office and moved into the next...
Representatives from three leading international solar companies and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) — Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Suntech’s Chairman and CEO, Jeremy Leggett, Executive Chairman of Solarcentury, Mike Ahearn, Chairman and CEO of First Solar, and Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director — gathered at the United Nations...
Schneider Power Inc., Canada’s leading renewable energy company and WINSO Company Ltd. of Nassau, today announced the joint-venture and launch of the Bahamas Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd.. BREC is the developer of three contemplated renewable power generation facilities totaling 24 MW, enough to power over 25,000 homes. The contemplated projects...
National Cheng Kung University, the second largest university in Taiwan, and Celxpert Energy Corp., the renowned Li-ion battery manufacturer, jointly established a platform for industry-academia cooperation, especially with a focus on fuel cell development. The kick-off party was held on the 1st December 2008, at the Department of Aeronautics &...
N-Viro International Corp.,, an environmental and materials handling company that owns patented technologies that convert various types of wastes into the renewable biofuel N-Viro Fuel(TM), has formed a joint venture with SouthSide Environmental Group, a subsidiary of Schimley’s Excavating, Inc., to jointly construct, manage and operate an N-Viro...