Spire Introduces Large Area Solar Simulator for Thin Film Modules

Spire Corporation, an American global solar company providing capital equipment and turnkey production lines to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced the introduction of a 6 meter by 1.3 meter solar simulator with the first unit to be delivered to SoloPower, Inc. located in San Jose, California, for application to copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) modules. The SPI-Sun Simulator 6013SLP (6013) is based on Spire’s successful Single... Read more..

Green Energy Live Targets $154 Billion U.S. Livestock Industry for Sustainable Biomass-to-Energy Technology Development

Green Energy Live Inc. is focused on developing sustainable biomass-to-energy conversion technology to meet a critical need for the nation’s $154 billion livestock industry. Green Energy Live is utilizing proprietary gasification technology for the development of highly innovative, on-site manure-to-electricity conversion systems to enable America’s 1.2 million livestock farmers and ranchers to convert their animal waste into clean, renewable... Read more..

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 has been working with INL to develop a process model for the commercial production of algae for... Read more..

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..

Carbon Sciences Draws Interest From Oil Refineries at Istanbul CO2 Conference

Carbon Sciences Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into gasoline and other fuels, announced that representatives of oil refineries expressed a high level of interest in the company’s technology at the ACI Downstream CO2 & Energy Efficiency Forum held December 3-5 in Istanbul, Turkey. Derek McLeish, the company’s CEO and a featured speaker at the Conference, commented, “Our... Read more..

High-Efficiency Wind Turbine Generator Manufacturer Danotek Motion Technologies Powering the Wind With $14.5 Million From CMEA Ventures, StatoilHydro and GE

Bolstering its contribution of high-efficiency and cost-saving generators to the $37 billion wind industry, Danotek Motion Technologies has raised $14.5 million from CMEA Ventures, StatoilHydro unit StatoilHydro Venture and GE unit GE Energy Financial Services. Danotek’s generators can spur the wind equipment market by increasing wind turbines’ efficiency, while radically reducing their maintenance and operating costs. “The capital... Read more..

Axis Technologies Announces Order for $700,000 From Energy Innovation Group (EIG)

Axis Technologies Group, Inc., a green technology company that designs, manufactures and markets a proprietary line of energy saving and daylight harvesting electronic dimming ballasts for the commercial lighting industry, has received firm purchase orders in November 2008 valued in excess of $700,000 for the Axis ballast from Energy Innovation Group (EIG) www.energyinnovation.net to cover the indicated purchases of ballast needs for customers during... Read more..

SDE Receives a 25 Year Concession for Selling Electricity to an African Country

In the wake of the global financial crisis and the growing global awareness of green energy, SDE Energy Ltd., a developer of an innovative technology for sea wave power generation, has recently received a 25 year concession to build sea wave power plants with a total capacity of 100MW from a Moslem country in Africa. The cost of this project is US $100 million dollars and the expected revenues from the electricity sold are estimated to be approximately... Read more..

Orion Energy Systems Recognized for Manufacturing Excellence

The Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, in Green Bay, Wis., named Orion Energy Systems Inc. Manufacturer of Distinction for Industrial Technology during its annual awards dinner on Nov. 6, 2008. The award is given to recognize a manufacturer in Northeast Wisconsin for cutting-edge technological advancements and excellence in manufacturing. Jim Haney, president of the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Association, presented the award to Orion. Orion... Read more..

Chesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Marcellus Shale Joint Venture and International Unconventional Natural Gas Exploration Alliance with StatoilHydro

Chesapeake Energy Corporation announced the execution of an agreement for a joint venture with StatoilHydro whereby StatoilHydro will acquire a 32.5% interest in Chesapeake’s Marcellus Shale assets in Appalachia for $3.375 billion, leaving Chesapeake with a 67.5% working interest. The assets include approximately 1.8 million net acres of leasehold, of which StatoilHydro will own approximately 0.6 million net acres and Chesapeake will own approximately... Read more..