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IEC gives SolFocus CPV panels a stamp of approval
May 27, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
Now on its second generation product, California-based company is still first and only to achieve California Energy Commission approval.
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Zenn to increase stake in EEStor after test verifies ultracapacitor technology
May 21, 2009 - by Emma Ritch -
Third party testing supports EEStor's energy storage claims, triggering a final milestone payment before production.
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Echelon tapped for smart street light pilot in San Jose
April 21, 2009 - by Emma Ritch -
LED lamps with networking technology expected to reduce power usage by 40 percent.
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Grain ethanol strikes back
April 1, 2009 - by Lizette Wilson Chapman -
Criticisms are not all accurate, the ethanol industry retorted
today, issuing a report forecasting ethanol, among other things, to produce 55 percent fewer GHG emissions than gas by 2015.
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You say Calera, I say Caldeira
It's more than a battle of namesake between Vinod Khosla investment Calera (not to be confused with Caldera, which bought parts of Linux vendor SCO) and scientist Ken Caldeira; it's an accusation of fraud and misrepresentation… to children!
Sparked by a new exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences detailing the controversial Calera process, the conveniently confusingly-named Caldeira, a Carnegie Institution scientist who has studied this exact process, started a Google Groups discussion challenging the scientific claims of the exhibit.
Valero eyes cellulosic ethanol with $477M VeraSun buy
March 18, 2009 - by Emma Ritch -
Refining company handpicks seven corn-based ethanol plants in VeraSun’s bankruptcy proceedings with an eye for incorporating clean technologies.
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Windation eyes commercial buildings for enclosed turbines
February 11, 2009 - by Emma Ritch -
Rooftop units generate power with winds starting at 7 miles per hour—opening up a potential market in 70 percent of the U.S.
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Jettin' around with my friend Camelina
NOT camelina.
No, camelina isn't my pretty little baby pet camel from Spain (my, but there's an image.)
Camelina is, in fact, a crop alternatively known as wild flax, German sesame or Siberian oilseed, and she was approved, today, by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for use as feed for broiler chickens, i.e. chickens intended to be cooked and eaten. Seriously.
SOMS inks deal with NY for engine oil filters
January 27, 2009 - by Emma Ritch -
N.Y.-based technology startup promises that new filters can reduce the consumption of oil by 70 percent and reduce engine oil maintenance by 65 percent.
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