Sharp to Commercialize a Solar-Powered Mobile Phone SOLAR HYBRID SH6230C for the Chinese Market

Japanese Cutting-edge Technology Now Ready for the Overseas Markets. Sharp Corporation will commercialize a mobile phone equipped with a solar cell module for the Chinese market from this February. This will be the first solar-powered mobile phone by Sharp for the overseas markets.


Nexterra completes successful trials of syngas conditioning technology

Nexterra Systems Corp. (www.nexterra.ca) a leading developer and supplier of biomass gasification systems, announced that it has successfully completed performance testing of its proprietary syngas conditioning technology. This technology is a key component of Nexterra’s previously announced combined heat and power system (“CHP System”) that is being developed at Nexterra’s Product Development Centre in Kamloops.


Enel Green Power & Group Marcegaglia join forces to develop photovoltaic generation

The Enel Group company devoted to the development and management of renewables will install a 4 MW photovoltaic system on the roof-tops of the Marcegaglia Group’s industrial plant in Taranto. The system will be fully integrated into the existing architecture and will mostly rely on innovative flexible thin-film amorphous silicon technology.


Korean Companies Anchor Ontario’s Green Economy

CAD$7-Billion (£4.12 Billion) Investment Means Green Energy and 16,000 New Jobs For Ontario, Canada. The Ontario government has signed an agreement that will bring more green energy and new jobs to Ontario, Canada.


Government of Canada Supports Next-generation Biofuels Project

Waterdown, Ontario, January 12, 2010 – A technology that could allow biofuels producers to increase both their profitability and competitiveness has been given a boost today.
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has awarded a project led by SunOpta BioProcess Inc. up to $5.5M in funding for the construction of a facility to demonstrate its integrated process [...]


Milestone Project Demonstrates Innovative Mercury Emissions Reduction Technology

TOXECON Process Developed by NETL Could Help Coal Plants Comply with Stringent Requirements
Washington, D.C. — An innovative technology that could potentially help some coal-based power generation facilities comply with anticipated new mercury emissions standards was successfully demonstrated in a recently concluded milestone project at a Michigan power plant.


Renewable energy increasingly begins at home

Two years ago, after Stan Gelber had retired and started an Internet company out of his home in Santa Cruz, Calif., he took a good, long look at his $3,000-a-year utility bill and decided to make a change.
“My electric bill was skyrocketing,” he says. “I really needed to get a handle on what was going [...]