W2 Modifies the SunFilter 1 Reactor to Operate 300% More Efficiently on New Algae Strain

W2 Energy, Inc., a clean energy company is pleased to announce that as of March 1, it has converted the SunFilter 1 algae reactor to use Euglena Gracilis, a more efficient strain of algae. The Euglena Gracilis strain of algae grows in fresh water rather than saltwater, and can sequester 40% of the carbon dioxide dissolved in the water. The previously... 

W2 Succeeds in 2010 and Plans for 2011

W2 Energy, Inc. is pleased to announce that 2010 was a great year with many significant achievements, and 2011 promises to be another successful year. 2010 Highlights W2 Energy designed, built and filed patents for the SteamRay Rotary Engine, the SunFilter Algae Reactor and the NT Plasmatron Low Temperature Gasifier. W2 Energy completed the purchase... 

Varel International Announces the Acquisition of the Patented “Rotary Percussion System” from Renegade Tools LLC

Varel International, a leading manufacturer of drill bits and global supplier to the drilling industry, announces it has completed the acquisition of the Rotary Percussion System (RPS) product line and assets of Renegade Tools LLC. The line of high frequency, low impact percussion hammer tools complements the already robust suite of tools Varel supplies... 

Rotary Corporation, the World’s Largest Supplier of Outdoor Power Equipment Replacement Parts, Enters into the G-OIL(TM) Business with Green Earth Technologies

Green Earth Technologies, a leading green consumer goods manufacturer, has entered into an agreement with Rotary Corporation, the global leader in outdoor power equipment replacement parts, to offer G-OIL™ 2-Cycle Green Engine Oil for their customers. The 2-Cycle G-OIL™ is a “Green Solution” made with American-Grown Base Oils and meets the ASTM... 

Veeco Introduces High Throughput “FastFlex” Web Coating Platform For Production of Flexible Thin Film Solar Cells

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced the introduction of its FastFlex™ line of Web Coating Systems ideally suited for manufacturing CIGS solar cells (those using copper, indium, gallium and selenium). Veeco’s advanced FastFlex web deposition platform offers high throughput and excellent performance for flexible thin film solar cell production, contributing... 

Nexterra Biomass Gasification Ready to Displace Fossil Fuels in Lime Kilns and Boilers

After two years of biomass gasification testing at the company’s Product Development Centre in Kamloops, BC, Nexterra Energy Corp. has confirmed that renewable synthesis gas, or “syngas”, produced by its gasifier has the ability to displace at least 60 per cent of fossil fuels used in lime kilns. Depending on the biomass feedstock... 

AMSC Enters Power Market in Turkey with Wind Turbine License to Model Enerji Ltd.

American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, announced today that it has licensed its proprietary WT1650 wind turbine design to Model Enerji Ltd., Turkey’s first megawatt-class wind turbine manufacturer. Under the terms of the contract, Model Enerji has exclusive rights to manufacture, sell, install, operate and maintain...