--- Mascoma Corporation and the University of Tennessee to Build Nation’s First Switchgrass Cellulosic Ethanol Plant. The five million gallon per year cellulosic biorefinery will be operational in 2009. (more)

--- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to Purchase 400 Hybrid Buses Over Four Years. SEPTA will have one of the largest hybrid bus fleets in nation by the end of 2011. (more)

--- Plug Power and Ballard Power Systems to Receive $3.5 Million in US DoD Funding for Fuel Cell Power Systems Development. This funding, for the second phase of the collaboration, will facilitate delivery of systems to customers for validation of product requirements. (more)

--- The Lemelson Foundation Pledges $2 Million to Support Green Energy Technologies at the Clinton Global Initiative. Energy projects will create hundreds of jobs, disseminate low-cost innovations and eliminate nearly 4,000 tons of carbon emissions in Asia, Latin America and Africa by 2010. (more)

--- Ice Energy Technology Included in PG&E Peak Demand Reduction Program. Ice Energy’s hybrid cooling technology fulfills PG&E’s program goals by permanently shifting up to 95 percent of air conditioning load while providing full cooling performance. (more)

--- Sun Run and REC Solar Offer Pay-As-You-Go Solar to California Homeowners. Installation fee and monthly service charge to bring solar power to customers without upfront investment. (more)

--- Acumentrics Installs 5kW Fuel Cell Power System in National Park. The solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio will run on natural gas. (more)

--- Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Approves 10-year Wood Bioenergy Purchase. SMUD Board of Directors have approved the extension of an 18-month contract with Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) for the purchase of renewable energy from a new wood biomass plant in Burlington, Washington. (more)

--- UQM Technologies Receives Contract from US Navy to Develop Advanced Electric Motor. The contract for $100,000 is under the Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. (more)

--- Axis Technologies -- US Coast Guard Facility to Use Axis Energy Saving Ballasts. The use of Axis Dimming/Daylight Harvesting (DDH) ballasts in fluorescent lighting a growing trend in government buildings. (more)

--- Nuvera Fuel Cells -- Three Nuvera Fuel Cell-Powered Fiat Panda Cars Delivered to the Municipality of Mantova, Italy. The three hydrogen Pandas were presented alongside an ENI multi-fuel refilling station offering pressurized hydrogen. (more)

--- Siemens to Supply Turbines for 500 MW UK Offshore Wind Project. Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds Ltd. will purchase 140, 3.6 megawatt turbines for installation begining in 2009. (more)

--- Green Building Studio V3.0 Carbon Neutral Building Design Tool Beta Release. The new release updates Green Building Studio web service with new capabilities for assessing carbon neutrality potential. (more)

--- GE to Invest in PrimeStar Solar. GE has reached an agreement to acquire a minority equity interest in the emerging solar thin-film technology and manufacturing company. (more)

--- Medical Discoveries, Inc. to Acquire Global Clean Energy Holdings, a Developer of Biodiesel Feedstock Jatropha Oil. The company will develop low-cost feedstock for the production of high-quality biodiesel in the United States. (more)

--- ZAP - Chile's Largest Power Company, CHILECTRA, to Allow Customers to Use Utility Bills to Finance Electric Vehicles. CHILECTRA has signed an exclusive agreement with ZAP to distribute its full-line of electric transportation in Chile. (more)

--- Constellation Energy Subsidiary to Build 870 Kilowatt Solar System for General Motors. The solar system will supply nearly half of the power requirements at GM's 300,000-square-foot Service and Parts Operations warehouse in Fontana, Calif. (more)

--- NanoLogix: First Energy Generation With On-Site Bioreactor-Produced Hydrogen. The historical first was at a prototype facility at a Welch Foods Inc. plant. (more)

--- BP, Clipper Windpower Begin Construction of Silver Star Wind Project. The 60-MW project will utilize 24, Clipper Windpower 2.5-MW Liberty turbines. (more)

--- Schuco International, E.ON AG Jointly Invest $135 Million in Building-Integrated Solar Products. The new photovoltaic (PV) modules will be based on thin-film technology and used as metal and glass building facades. (more)

--- Alcoa to Support Supercritical Geothermal Systems Research in Iceland. Supercritical (high-temperature) geothermal systems could potentially produce up to ten times more electricity than the geothermal wells typically in service around the world today. (more)

--- SunPower Partners with GRID Alternatives to Bring Solar Energy to Low-income Families in California. To celebrate this partnership, more than 60 employees from SunPower's Berkeley facility will donate their time on Friday, September 14th to install six solar-electric systems for low-income, first-time homebuyers in East Oakland, Calif. (more)

--- BP Solar Home Solutions Offer at Home Depot Stores Expanded to Colorado and Texas. Home improvement outlets in metropolitan Denver and Boulder areas in Colorado as well as stores in Austin, Texas now sell complete, installed solar electric home power systems. (more)

--- Konarka and Toppan Forms Co. Ltd Sign Agreement to Accelerate the Commercialization of Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) Product Applications. Agreement will focus on manufacturing OPV products in Japan and commercialization of Konarka's Power Plastic (R) technologies. (more)

--- SunEdison: First Phase of Alamosa Photovoltaic Solar Plant Now Operating. Grid-connected plant in Colorado now generating about 3.6 megawatts (MW), 44 percent of its capacity. (more)

--- National Wind Forms the Nation’s Largest Community Owned Wind Project. The 300 MW High Country Energy wind farm will be located in Minnesota’s eastern Dodge and western Olmsted counties. (more)

--- DTE Energy Signs Up 4000th Customer In Its Voluntary Renewable Energy Plan. An early milestone, the company’s GreenCurrents program was launched in April 2007. (more)

--- BrightSource Energy Files Application to Develop 400 MW Solar Power Plant in California. The Application For Construction (AFC) with the California Energy Commission (CEC) is the first AFC to be filed in the state since 1989 for the construction of solar power plants. (more)

--- ISE Corp. Gasoline Hybrid Drive Systems to Power NABI Buses for LA Metro. ISE Corporation has received an order six gasoline hybrid-electric drive systems to power transit buses to be built by North American Bus Industries. (more)

--- US Hybrid Delivers Hybrid Vans to Verizon. Thirteen GMC service vans were converted to hybrid technology by US Hybrid. (more)

--- Applied Materials Introduces Revolutionary Integrated Production Line for Manufacturing Ultra Large Format Solar Modules. Applied SunFab(tm) Thin Film Line is the world’s first and only integrated production line for manufacturing thin film silicon solar modules using 5.7 square meter (m2) glass panels. (more)

--- Exelon Generation to Purchase Power from Nation’s Fourth Largest Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Generation Project. The three megawatt project in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania will be will be the biggest array ever built on the East Coast. (more)

--- Constellation Energy Projects & Services Group Makes Initial Step in Solar Power Market. CEPS will own and operate a new photovoltaic solar power system it has built for Alcoa Building and Construction Systems. (more)

--- Hyundai to Unveil New i-Blue Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle at 2007 Frankfurt International Motor Show. Hyundai's first-ever model designed from the ground up to incorporate fuel cell technology. (more)

--- Progress Energy Florida Launches SolarWise for Schools(SM) Program. The program is expected to accelerate the installation of solar energy systems at schools throughout the Progress Energy Florida's 35-county service territory (more)

--- Finavera Renewables: Construction of AquaBuOY 2.0 Wave Energy Converter Completed. The device is being prepared for transport to Newport, Oregon to be deployed for ocean testing during the first week of September 2007. (more)

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