Teams Prepare for Round Two in the 2010-2011 Clean Energy Prize Competition

Ideas for new green-energy businesses ranging from a credit card bonus points program to fund renewable energy projects to a speed bump that generates electricity for roadside electronics will go head to head Jan. 21 in Round-2 competition for the 2010-2011 Clean Energy Prize. The competition, presented by DTE Energy and the University of Michigan... 

OriginOil Announces the Completion of Phase 1 Research Project with Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory

OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced the completion of Phase 1 of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL). OriginOil... 

Green Power EMC’s Renewable Energy Agreement Generates Jobs and Electricity

Green Power EMC (GPEMC), a partnership of 38 electric membership corporations (EMCs) in Georgia, today announced plans to purchase 17 MW of biomass energy from Multitrade Rabun Gap (MRG), LLC. The Rabun Gap project will use woody waste as the primary fuel in a conventional boiler for the generation of steam to power a steam turbine electric generator. The... 

State Recycling Organization Names Meg Morris a Top Recycler

At its recent Annual Meeting, the New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling (NYSAR3) named Meg Morris, Director for Environmental Science & Community Affairs at Covanta Energy, as Recycler of the Year for a Private Company. “Meg has worked tirelessly to support recycling and has brought credibility and professionalism... 

N-Viro International Corp. Forms Joint Venture to Operate N-Viro Fuel Facility in the Mahoning Valley in Ohio

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... 

PG&E Employees Receive Annual Environmental Leadership Award for Protecting Natural Resources, Raising Awareness About Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced the winners of its seventh annual Richard A. Clarke Environmental Leadership Award. The award acknowledges the top individual and team efforts for demonstrating PG&E’s ongoing environmental leadership, focusing on areas such as environmental protection, energy efficiency and renewable... 

Altira Demonstrates Its Commitment to Helping Meet Global Energy Demand by Investing in the Industry’s Leading Energy Recovery and Emission Control Provider

Altira Group LLC, a pioneer and leader in venture capital and private equity funding for energy technology companies, today announced a seven Million dollar investment in Eco Power Solutions (Eco Power), of Quincy, MA. Altira’s investment in Eco Power was made from its Altira Technology Fund V — a $176 Million fund focused on venture capital... 

Kerry Associates Inc. Announces Entering into Joint Venture discussions with Great Bay Logistics on behalf of W2 Energy Inc.

Kerry Associates, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into joint venture negotiations with Great Bay Logistics, a Cargo Freight, Logistics and Waste Management company based in Francestown, N.H. on behalf of W2 Energy, Inc.. Great Bay Logistics is a prime candidate for a joint venture with W2 Energy and its Plasma Reactor Technology (PRT)... 

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... 

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...