--- Republic of Ireland Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Launches Major New Ocean Energy Initiative. Over EUR 26 million ($38 million) in targeted funding will go to the sector over the next three years. (more)

--- Edmunds.com: New Fuel-Price Study Indicates Car Shoppers Consider More Fuel Efficient Vehicles When Gas Reaches $2.80 Per Gallon. The study correlates the relationship – “elasticity” – between gas prices and online consideration of specific vehicle models. (more)

--- Johnson Controls-Saft Open First in the World Production Facility for Lithium-Ion Hybrid Vehicle Batteries. The EUR 15 million ($22 million) plant, in Nersac, France, has been built to be scaleable, so that as demand increases it can increase production capacity to meet customer and market demands. (more)

--- International Energy: Continuous Bio-Oil Extraction Process from Microalgae. The breakthrough proprietary technology allows the microalgae to be processed for bio-oil separation and harvesting, while preserving the viability and vitality of the cells that produce them. (more)

--- UQM Technologies: Rock Legend Neil Young’s Bio-Hydro-Electric Series Hybrid Vehicle Conversion to be Powered by UQM Propulsion System. A 150 KW electric propulsion system will be powering a 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV dubbed “Linc Volt.” (more)

--- CALSTART: Five Major Fuel Cell Bus Projects Now Underway. The projects are a program with Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to push fuel cell technology toward faster commercialization in transit applications. (more)

--- Horizon Wind Orders 201 Turbines from GE Energy. In separate agreements GE will supply 1.5 MW wind turbines and two-year operations support, parts and maintenance for those units. (more)

--- KL Process Design Group Producing Ethanol From Waste Wood. The first American plant in production is the result of six years of development efforts between KL and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. (more)

--- Intel Becomes the Single- Largest Corporate Purchaser of Green Power in the United States. The company will purchase more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewable energy certificates (REC) as part of a multi-faceted approach to reduce its impact on the environment. (more)

--- Wal-Mart Stores and SunPower Complete First Solar Power Pilot Project in California. The project, a 390-kilowatt solar power system at the Sam's Club store in Chino, is the first of seven to use SunPower solar power systems. (more)

--- Electrovaya Launches Zero-Emission, Low-Speed Electric Vehicle. The all-weather Maya-300 will have an extended range of up to 120 miles. (more)

--- United Solar Ovonic to Supply South Korea's AirTec System Co. with 25MW Thin-film Laminates for Large-scale Solar Power Projects. Order is part of United Solar's continued penetration of the fast-growing South Korean solar market. (more)

--- Bonneville Power Administration (BPA): Wind Power on BPA Grid Exceeds 1000 Megawatts. Reaching the 1,000 MW milestone is significant because of the challenges involved with integrating wind power into the region's electrical grid. (more)

--- GE Energy to Supply 800 Megawatts of Wind Turbine Capacity to Invenergy. The more than $1 billion order marks one of the largest commitments for wind turbines to be delivered in a single year in the history of the global wind industry. (more)

--- Abu Dhabi's Masdar Initiative Launches Zayed Future Energy Prize. The $2.2 million annual award will be to honor individuals and organizations for their excellence in the innovation, development and implementation of sustainable energy solutions. (more)

--- Renault-Nissan and Project Better Place to Commercialize Electric Vehicles in Israel. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the car maker, electric vehicle infrastructure builder and Israel is in response to the Israeli State's challenge to migrate the country's transportation infrastructure to renewable sources of energy. (more)

--- American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Market Report: US Wind Power Capacity Surged 45 Percent in 2007. US wind energy industry installed 5,244 megawatts (MW) in 2007 injecting an investment of over $9 billion into the economy. (more)

--- Dakota Wind Energy: South Dakota's First Utility Scale Community-Owned Wind Project. When fully built out to its 750 MW potential, the project will be one of the world’s largest. (more)

--- Coal Moratorium NOW! and Rainforest Action Network: 59 Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plants Were Cancelled or Shelved During 2007. Both groups are calling for a moratorium on the construction of new coal-fired power plants. (more)

--- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO): UltraBattery Testing Reaches 100,000 Mile Mark. The UltraBattery combines a supercapacitor and a lead acid battery in a single unit. (more)

--- EDF Energies Nouvelles to Develop Wave Energy Technology. A partnership agreement with Renewable Energy Holdings plc (REH) covers the development and deployment of the innovative CETO wave energy process in electricity generation projects. (more)

--- Eaton Corporation Introduces Its First Commercially Available Hybrid Power Systems In China. The hydrid drives were installed in 30 buses built by Beiqi Foton Bus Company. (more)

--- SolFocus First to Install at Spanish Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) Project. The installation is the first 200kW of 500 kW that SolFocus will install at the 3 MW project being developed by Spain's Institute of Concentration Photovoltaics Systems (ISFOC) in Castilla-LaMancha. (more)

--- SCHOTT Solar to Build New Solar Energy Technology Production Facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The facility will initially produce photovoltaic modules and receivers for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plants. (more)

--- Nordex Returns to US Market. Nordex USA has entered into an agreement with the US developer Everpower Renewables, of New York, for the delivery of 62.5 megawatts of wind turbine capacity. (more)

--- Coskata Announces Next Generation Ethanol, Partnership With General Motors. Seen as breakthrough ethanol, the Coskata process can produce ethanol almost anywhere in the world, using a wide range of feedstock, for less than US $1.00 per gallon, say companies. (more)

--- SCHOTT Ships First Solar Modules from New Factory. The first palettes of thin-film modules have been shipped from its Jena, Germany facility. (more)

--- GE, Renewable Energy Systems Americas Partner on 166-Megawatt Texas Wind Farm. GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, is investing in the $350 million Hackberry wind farm project. (more)

--- Nova Scotia Department of Energy: Tidal Energy Facility Partners Announced. The Canadian Province is one step closer to building North America's first in-stream tidal technology center to host some of the world's leading devices to harness energy from the world's highest tides. (more)

--- Hydrogen Power Inc: Improvements to Hydrogen Generation Fuel Technology. The company has developed a new technology for mixing its proprietary AlumiFuel(TM) fuel which significantly improves performance and cost effectiveness in its target energy applications. (more)

--- Disenco Energy Chooses Autocraft Industries UK to Supply Engines for Home Energy Producing Appliance. The Stirling engine to be built by Autocraft is the powerhouse behind Disenco's dishwasher-sized appliance. (more)

--- GE Energy Financial Services, SunPower Corporation, Partner on Five California Solar Power Projects. GE to provide financing for projects totaling approximately eight megawatts of power. (more)

--- Vestas Receives Orders for Wind Turbines in China and US. The two orders together equal nearly 300 megawatts of clean renewable energy. (more)

--- UPC Wind: Stetson Wind Project in Washington County, Maine Approved. The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission final approval means construction of the 57 megawatt project will proceed. (more)

--- BCC Research Analysis: Global Market for Photovoltaics Expected to Reach $32.3 Billion by 2012. The newly released technical market research report shows a compound average annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.9 percent for PV solar. (more)

--- Altair Nanotechnologies Completes Battery Packs for Two Megawatt Battery System. The manufacturing of lithium-titanate battery packs to be used in a grid-connected energy storage system ordered by the AES Corporation was completed on schedule. (more)

--- Environmental Defense: Environmental Groups Join States in Legal Effort to Reduce Global Warming Pollution from Autos. Five nonprofit groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny California its request to implement its landmark law limiting greenhouse gases from new automobiles. (more)

--- HolidayLEDs.com Extends Incandescent Christmas Light Recycling Program. The online retailer of LED holiday and decorative lighting will extend the program through January 31, 2008. (more)

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