New Generation Biofuels Awards Contract to Design Its First Full Production Biofuel Plant

New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc., a provider of renewable fuels, is pleased to announce it has awarded Chicago-based ECE Design, a design contract to develop the design for its first full production biofuel manufacturing plant, with expected capacity of 25 million gallons of second-generation biofuel a year. “ECE is pleased to be associated... 

PureSpectrum, Inc. Formally Files Patent Application for Dimmable CFL Bulb

PureSpectrum, Inc. has continued the expansion and strengthening of its intellectual property portfolio by filing a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for dimmable Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL). In addition to filing for full patent protection for the dimmable CFL bulb design, the company has also begun proceeding to upgrade... 

Investment Firm Allied Minds to Commercialize New University of Washington Algal Biofuel Technology

Allied Minds, a seed investment corporation specializing in early stage university business ventures, has partnered with the University of Washington to establish AXI, LLC to commercialize novel technology to develop and create commercially advantageous strains of algae for the production of biofuels. A number of factors have contributed to the increase... 

Raser Technologies Adds 20,000 Acres to Its Thermo Resource Portfolio

Raser Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed three new lease agreements covering more than 20,000 acres of geothermal, surface and other rights near its existing Thermo resource in Beaver County, Utah. The signing of these three leases increases Raser’s total holdings in the Thermo area to over 50,000 acres. Raser recently released the results... 

Global Water Technologies Files Patent Application for On Site Sulfuric Acid Generation Process

Global Water Technologies, Inc., a technology driven water purification and services provider to the $400 billion water industry, announced that it had filed a provisional patent application for its newly developed Sulfuric acid generation process. Sulfuric acid is the world’s most widely used chemical and has seen a substantial increase in demand... 

CB&I Finalizes Lending Arrangements

CB&I announced today that it has finalized amendments to its senior lending agreements, which had been out of compliance as a result of the company’s second quarter performance as previously announced. The amendments provide CB&I with continued access to the lending facilities for performance letters of credit, working capital and other... 

BP and Verenium Announce Significant Partnership to Accelerate the Commercialization of Cellulosic Ethanol

BP and Verenium Corporation announced the creation of a strategic partnership to accelerate the development and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. The partnership combines a broad technology platform and operational capabilities in an effort to advance the development of a portfolio of low-cost, environmentally sound cellulosic ethanol production...