Honeywell’s UOP and China National Petroleum Corp. to Collaborate on Biofuels Projects in China

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding with China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) under which the two companies will collaborate on a range of biofuels technologies and projects in China. Under the terms of the agreement, announced at the 20th meeting of the China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), the companies will collaborate to demonstrate existing biofuels technology to produce green... Read more..

U.S. Department of Energy Awards Momentive $4.5 Million Grant

Momentive Performance Materials will receive $4.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to continue the development of breakthrough technology for the low cost production of light emitting diodes (LEDs) used in solid state lighting (SSL) and for increased LED light source performance. LED lights can consume 75 percent less energy and have a longer lifetime than common lighting options, but LED-based lighting is currently more... Read more..

Magma Awarded $10 Million in Department of Energy Grants for Its Soda Lake and McCoy Properties in Nevada

Magma Energy Corp. announce that its US subsidiary, Magma Energy (US) Corp. (“Magma”), has been awarded $10 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for two of its Nevada geothermal exploration properties, Soda Lake and McCoy. The grants will reimburse 50 – 80% of Magma’s planned innovative exploration expenditures on those properties over the next 24 months. At Soda Lake, Magma will apply new oil and gas technology... Read more..

Hydrogen milestone could help lower fossil fuel refining costs

Hydrogen researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory have reached another milestone on the road to reducing carbon emissions and protecting the nation against the effects of peaking world oil production. Stephen Herring, laboratory fellow and technical director of the INL High Temperature Electrolysis team, today announced that the latest fuel cell modification has set a new mark in endurance. The group’s Integrated... Read more..

Can CA Economy Afford Climate Policies?

As political pressure mounts to delay California’s ambitious global warming policies, a new report from University of California researchers examines the economic impacts of putting the Governor’s climate program on hold. Energy Prices and California’s Economic Security, a project sponsored by Next 10, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, finds that if California remains primarily dependent upon fossil fuels, private electricity... 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..

Novaled Announces a Large Area OLED Device Fulfilling International Lighting Specifications

Novaled developed a 15×15 cm white OLED device with a thickness of less than 2 mm. Die Struktur der OLED stack allows for a natural and warm white light performing a very high color rendering index (CRI) of 90. The perception of this light is similar to sunlight or what is delivered by incandescent bulbs. The achieved color coordinates of (0.44, 0.41) are inside the US Department of Energy (DoE) quadrangles at Illuminant A and even meet the more... Read more..

Imara Corporation Introduces Advanced Lithium-Ion Battery Technology for High-Power Applications

Imara Corporation, a research, design and manufacturing company that has developed next generation lithium-ion battery technology, today officially launched and announced its plan to deliver U.S.-based energy storage solutions. Imara’s patented and proprietary battery technology breaks through current barriers of performance and energy capability, enabling new applications in power tools, outdoor power equipment, specialty applications, hybrid... Read more..

Ascent Solar Achieves Significant Efficiency Milestone

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, announced that it has achieved greater than 9.5% efficiency for its flexible Copper, Indium, Gallium, Selenide (CIGS) monolithically integrated modules. The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has independently verified that the modules measured as high as 9.64% in conversion efficiency. The modules tested at NREL... Read more..

Madison County Wind for Schools Project Brings Alternative Energy Education to Western N.C.

Winds blowing through the mountains of North Carolina will move more than leaves next year when the first rural wind power education program east of the Mississippi River is established in Madison County. A regional partnership will install small wind turbines at three schools in Madison County and develop a K-12 alternative-energy curriculum as part of an effort to introduce wind power to rural communities and initiate community discussions around... Read more..