Military Licensee Advent Power Systems Delivers Final License Fee to Cyclone Power

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, as well as large biomass applications. As Cyclone’s first licensee, Advent has been active over the... Read more..

Alenia Aeronautica Selects Fiper from SIMULIA for Enterprise-Wide Simulation Integration and Collaboration

Dassault Systèmes (DS), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Alenia Aeronautica, “a Finmeccanica Company”, a major commercial and defense aeronautics supplier, has chosen Fiper from SIMULIA as a key component of their enterprise-wide simulation process integration and collaboration framework to be developed under the Alenia Networked Enterprise Transformation (AleNET) initiative,... Read more..

Despatch Industries Realigns Corporate Business to Focus on Growth Markets

Despatch Industries, the leading process technology provider for the clean technology and thermal processing industries, announces that it has organized its business into three units: Despatch Solar, Despatch Carbon Fiber and Despatch Thermal Technology. The company has seen unparalleled growth in these markets and is now suitably aligned to focus on building strong partnerships with its customers, to expand its technology and process innovations... Read more..

Octillion Advances Development of Technologies Capable of Generating Electricity from Moving Vehicles

Octillion Corp., a next-generation alternative and renewable energy technology developer, today announced plans to further Octillion’s development of first-generation devices capable of generating electricity by harvesting energy from vehicles in motion. The Company has entered into an agreement with Veryst Engineering LLC, a respected Boston-based engineering firm with expertise in energy capture technologies. Working with the Office of Naval Research,... Read more..

ConocoPhillips Contributes $2 Million to The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas

ConocoPhillips announced that it will contribute $2 million over the next four years to the endowment fund for The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (the Academy). The Academy brings the state’s top scientific, academic and corporate minds together to further position Texas as a national research leader. The Academy also hopes to foster the next generation of scientists, and to increase the awareness and communication among... Read more..

Terrabon Dedicates Energy Independence I, an Advanced Biofuels Research Facility in Bryan, Texas

Terrabon, L.L.C. held dedication ceremonies Friday, November 7, for its new Advanced Biofuels Research Facility in Bryan, Texas. The event marked completion of the facility, christened Energy Independence I, which will confirm the scaled-up, commercial feasibility of the Company’s MixAlco(TM) technology. MixAlco converts readily-available, low-cost, non-food biomass into chemicals that can be processed into renewable gasoline. Speaking at the... Read more..

Merrick Engineering Tackles Climate Change, Participates in the Cool Planet Project

Merrick Engineering, Inc, one of the largest manufacturers of a wide variety of hangers and closet accessories in the United States, has achieved outstanding energy efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions, qualifying them to participate in the Cool Planet Project. Launched by Southern California Edison and The Climate Registry, Cool Planet is the first program of its kind to reward the installation of large energy-saving projects and promote... Read more..

Southern California Edison Announces Major Advance in Efforts to Offset the Environmental Impact of Coastal Power Generation

Southern California Edison (SCE) announced completion of the largest environmental project of its kind in the United States – a 175-acre artificial giant kelp reef off the coast here. With the placement of 120,000 tons of rock on the ocean floor, the project is expected to produce the nation’s first sustainable artificial kelp forest attracting many species of coastal fish and invertebrates dependent on such underwater habitats for shelter and... Read more..

FTL Solar Launches PromoMod Line of Power Generating Shelters to Strong Sales Interest

FTL Solar, the world’s leading manufacturer of lightweight, flexible, power generating fabrics and structures integrated with thin film solar cells, today unveiled the PromoMod, a line of 20′ x 20′ commercial quality energy generating shelters developed for the advertising, marketing and product placement industries. “The PromoMod’s 20′ x 20′ surface area is really a beautiful, power generating canvas that... Read more..

Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing USA Announces New Solar Module Manufacturing Plant in Ningbo

Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing USA, Inc., a U.S.-based China engineering and manufacturing company specializing in photovoltaic module technology and international contract manufacturing for products in the solar energy, aerospace, wireless telecommunications, medical equipment and automotive industries, today announced the establishment of a new solar module production and R&D facility. Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing has leased a 128,000-square-foot... Read more..