--- Power Air And National Research Council Of Canada To Collaborate On Key Fuel Cell Component. The R & D project with the National Research Council of Canada Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI) is to develop a proprietary Air Cathode suitable for use in Zinc Air-based energy systems. (more)

--- HelioVolt To Open Thin Film Solar Factory in Austin, Texas. This first manufacturing facility will begin production in 2008. (more)

--- Odyne Receives Purchase Order From DUECO for Twenty Five Plug-in Hybrid Aerial Lift Truck Systems. The systems will be installed by DUECO to power the first plug-in hybrid electric aerial lift trucks, "bucket trucks," used by utility companies to maintain electric, telephone and cable lines. (more)

--- Environmental Defense: EPA Denies State Climate Action. The US Environmental Protection Agency has denied California and 17 other states the right to proceed with regulations that would reduce global warming pollution from new automobiles. (more)

--- Oilsource Holdings and Greenline Industries to Build Largest Biodiesel Plant In The Southeastern U.S. The 60 million gallon per year plant is expected to be commissioned by the first quarter of 2009. (more)

--- EMCORE to Supply 20 Megawatts of Concentrating Solar Photovoltaic Systems For Projects In South Korea. The company has received an initial purchase order for 5.7 MW of CPV systems, well as a letter of intent for follow-on projects of 14.3 MW, expected to be released within the next 6 months. (more)

--- FPL and NASA To Explore Renewable Energy Projects In Florida. Both leaders in solar energy will combine experience to advance and deploy the use of large scale solar technology in Florida as early as 2008. (more)

--- Ausra To Open First US Solar Thermal Power Manufacturing Plant in Nevada. The developer of utility-scale solar thermal power, is building a 130,000-square-foot facility in Las Vegas. (more)

--- Acumentrics’ SOFC Fuel Cell Passes 50 Percent Efficiency Threshold. The tests in Japan opens the door for the possibility for of residential and large-scale units to be developed. (more)

--- Duke Energy To Purchase 150 Megawatts of Wind Turbines From GE Energy. The 100, 1.5 megawatt turbines will be used at yet to be determined sites in the western and southwestern United States (more)

--- BP Donates $1Million Solar System To Capital Area Food Bank’s(CAFB) New Home. The 121.8 kW solar system and related equipment will save more than 20 percent of CAFB’s annual electricity bill. (more)

--- Northern California Power Agency (NCPA), SPG Solar To Power Geothermal Pumping Station With Solar Energy. The 1-megawatt single-axis solar tracking system will provide renewable energy to an existing pump station that supplies the NCPA Geysers Geothermal Energy Plant near Middletown, California. (more)

--- GE Energy To Provide 333 Wind Turbines to Noble Environmental Power. The contract valued at approximately $650 million will add nearly 500 megawatts of wind power capacity to the renewable energy supply of the US. (more)

--- Aqua Society: Generating Electricity From Waste Heat. Industrial waste heat can save 14 million tons of CO2 annually in Europe. (more)

--- UK Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR): Major Offshore Wind Expansion Enough Power For The Equivalent Of All UK Homes By 2020. UK Energy Secretary John Hutton announced proposals to open up its seas to up to 33GW (gigawatts) of offshore wind energy. (more)

--- Acumentrics Canada To Investigate Ammonia As Hydrogen Source For Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. The fuel cell will convert ammonia to hydrogen and nitrogen internally and release only water vapor and nitrogen. (more)

--- Samsung Techwin And I Power Energy Systems To Develop, Distribute Packaged Cogeneration System. The joint program will develop a 365kW combined prime heat and power unit for industrial, institutional and commercial applications. (more)

--- SCHOTT Solar: New Surface Texture On Solar Cells Increases Performance. The new technology allows SCHOTT to manufacture solar cells with the same output using less silicon. (more)

--- Dynamotive Energy Systems To Build First Commercial Plant in US to Produce Liquid Biofuel from Wood Residues. Dynamotive will invest $24 million for the facility that will be located on a site in Willow Springs, approximately 180 miles southwest of St. Louis, Missouri. (more)

--- Parker Hannifin Corp. and FedEx Ground To Test Hydraulic Hybrid. The technology could improve fuel mileage by more than 50 percent and significantly reduce engine emissions. (more)

--- Spire Corp. Expands to Meet Global Demand for Turnkey Solar Factories. The company has expanded its solar equipment manufacturing space and has nearly doubled its staff. (more)

--- American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE): US House of Representatives Energy Bill Saves Three Times as Much as 2005 Act. Passed by a vote of 235 to 181 the bill would save more than five times as much as the Energy Policy Act of 1992, according to a preliminary analysis by the ACEEE. (more)

--- Honeywell Awarded Energy Saving Performance Contract That Includes Wood Chip Fired Boiler. The $4-million contract with Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, New York is guaranteed to save Arnot Ogden more than $535,000 in annual energy and operational costs. (more)

--- Appalachian Energy to Convert 33 Arby’s Restaurants to Solar Thermal Energy. Franchises owned by The Winning Team will switch from conventional natural gas hot water heaters to solar powered hot water heaters with no up-front capital cost. (more)

--- Hydrogen Power Inc (HPI) Advanced Hydrogen Fuel Technology Breakthrough. The company has announced that its research chemists have developed a new mixture of its proprietary AlumiFuel(TM) powder which significantly enhances hydrogen generation performance. (more)

--- Ford: First Escape Plug-in Hybrid Delivered to Southern California Edison (SCE). The PHEV with a lithium-ion battery achieves up to 120 mpg. (more)

--- Marubeni Corporation Of Japan To Purchase Controlling Interest In California Wind Developer Oak Creek Energy Systems. Oak Creek is one of the longest-running wind energy generators in the Tehachapi region of Southern California and currently has more than 5,000 MW of wind energy projects in its development pipeline in the US Southwest. (more)

--- Valence Technology Unveils New Large-format, Lithium-ion Battery Technology. The new generation phosphate-based lithium-ion battery is aimed at electric and hybrid electric vehicles and other motive and back-up energy storage applications. (more)

--- REpower Receives 50 MW Turbine Order from Cannon Power Corporation. Cannon is the second US customer for REpower. The 25 REpower MM92 two megawatt-class wind turbines will be delivered to Cannon affiliate Cascade Wind Holdings, LLC for for Cascade’s Windy Point, Phase I wind farm in Goldendale, Washington state. (more)

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