Applied Materials has announced that it has been selected by Moser Baer India Limited to develop and install in New Delhi, India, the world's first Generation (Gen) 8.5 Thin Film Solar Module Production Line.
Catamount Energy has announced its acquisition of 50% of EPG Fuel Cell, a developer of power projects based on fuel cell technologies.
Santa Rosa CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2007 - After a positive response for its XEBRA XERO, electric car pioneer ZAP has designed a solar option for its truck design, a photovoltaic panel that ZAP says can offer short-distance driving on sunlight alone.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 20, 2007 - Purdue University chemical engineers have proposed a new environmentally friendly process for producing liquid fuels from plant matter - or biomass - potentially available from agricultural and forest waste, providing all of the fuel needed for the entire U.S. transportation sector.
WestLB's Global Energy Group has successfully closed a USD 325 million senior secured credit facility for Pacific Ethanol, Inc., the largest West Coast-based marketer and producer of ethanol and a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ Global Market.
United Solar Ovonic has announced that the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, has exercised an 18-month contractual option for…
Washington (AFP) March 18, 2007 - Coal, the dominant fuel for electric power in the US, China and elsewhere, faces an uncertain future amid growing concerns about global warming and a race for new ways to curb emissions. Some experts say coal can still play an important role with new technology being developed to capture and store carbon dioxide emissions underground.
Lausanne (UPI) Switzerland, March 12, 2007 - Swiss scientists have created a technology that might lead to development of more powerful lithium-ion batteries for use in a wide range of electronic gear. Michael Gratzel and colleagues at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne note in current lithium-ion batteries, large quantities of carbon black, graphite or other conductive materials must be added to improve cathode conductivity.
Madison, WI (SPX) Mar 08, 2007 - A collaborative research project between the U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) and the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute has advanced the quest for efficient conversion of plant biomass to fuels and chemicals.
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 08, 2007 - Although it was discovered more than 20 years ago, a particular type of high-temperature (Tc) superconductor - material that conducts electricity with almost zero resistance - is regaining the attention of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory. Copper-oxide compounds, called cuprates, operate at temperatures warmer than traditional superconductors but still far below freezing.
Washington, March 7, 2007 - While Russia's Gazprom dominates Central Asian natural gas exports through its pipeline monopoly, the leaders of the stans are unhappy about the arrangement, as Gazprom buys cheap and sells dear to European consumers. Seeking to break the deadlock, Uzbekistan has been investigating alternatives, and on Feb. 25 state-owned Uzbekneftegaz signed an agreement with a South Korean energy consortium led by state-run Korea Gas Corp. to develop a gas field in western Uzbekistan and construct a gas-chemical industrial complex.
Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2007 - China will no longer allow new coal-based power generators with a capacity below 300,000 kilowatts to be built, hoping to alleviate pressure on the environment, state media reported Wednesday. New coal power generators should be equipped with facilities to reduce sulphur and soot emissions, the China Business News reported, citing the National Development and Reform Commission, the top planning agency.
New Delhi (AFP) March 06, 2007 - Iran on Monday urged India to forge closer military ties, especially between their two navies, officials told AFP. Iranian naval chief Sajjad Kouchaki Badelani kicked off a five-day visit with talks with local military leaders including Defence Minister K.A. Antony, Indian navy spokesman Vinay Garg told AFP. The two sides spoke about (bilateral) maritime cooperation and about our energy needs and they called for closer cooperation, Commander Garg said.
Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 05, 2007 - New biofuels technology developed by North Carolina State University engineers has the potential to turn virtually any fat source - vegetable oils, oils from animal fat and even oils from algae - into fuel to power jet airplanes.
Rochester NY (SPX) Mar 05, 2007 - As the national push for alternative energy sources heats up, researchers at the University of Rochester have for the first time identified how genes responsible for biomass breakdown are turned on in a microorganism that produces valuable ethanol from materials like grass and cornstalks.
Fayetteville AR (SPX) Mar 05, 2007 - A University of Arkansas physics professor and his colleagues have created a nanoscale structure that contains both magnetic and superconducting properties at the same time, and they will be exploring the properties of this novel material this summer in Switzerland.
