Zenergy Power Inc., developer of commercial products based on high temperature superconductor (HTS) technology, announced the successful installation and implementation of the world’s first commercial full scale HTS induction heater for Weseralu GmbH & Co. KG (Weseralu), an aluminum profile extrusion company, at its manufacturing facility in Minden, Germany.
The HTS induction heater is based on [...]

Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) heralded Secretary of Environmental Protection Kathleen McGinty as a trailblazer for Pennsylvania’s environment and economy and a truly transformative leader. PennFuture’s comments came as McGinty announced her intention to leave office on July 18, 2008.
“Secretary McGinty has created a record of unparalleled achievement for the Keystone State’s environment and economy,” [...]

Energy company, S.D.E., which has developed an innovative technology for generating sea wave electricity, has signed an agreement for selling sea wave power plants throughout China. Construction of the power plants will be financed by investors from Hong Kong and China.
Two joint venture companies, formed in Hong Kong by S.D.E and the investors for the [...]

In a yearlong experiment aimed at reducing energy costs and commuters’ gasoline expenses, Utah will become the first state to switch to a four-day workweek for thousands of government employees.
They will put in 10-hour days, Monday through Thursday, have Fridays off and get paid the same as before.
The order issued by Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman [...]

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd., which makes solar products, received a contract from Belgium-based Enfinity Management BVBA to supply solar modules.
The agreement, financial terms of which were not disclosed, calls for China-based Yingli to supply 10 megawatts of solar modules, or packages of solar cells.
The contract, which runs from this month through the end [...]

The government is calling off a recently announced moratorium on applications to build solar plants on public lands.
The Bureau of Land Management decision came after public opposition to its original decision.
The BLM wanted to put new applications for solar plants on federal land on hold while reviewing potential environmental impacts from such plants.
That process could [...]

Utah’s Republican senators say Congress is set to extend a moratorium on commercial oil-shale development on federal land for another year.
Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett want to let the moratorium expire at the end of September and let companies develop shale as an alternative fuel.
Hatch and Bennett said deposits in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming [...]

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. signed a long-term agreement to purchase wind energy from the Arlington Wind Power Project LLC, a subsidiary of Horizon Wind Energy LLC. Horizon will deliver 240 gigawatt hours of renewable wind energy annually to PG&E customers in northern and central California.
The Rattlesnake Road Wind Power Project is currently under construction [...]

Canadian Solar Inc. signed a a 10-year supply contract with solar wafer maker LDK Solar Co., strengthening a two-year-old tie between the companies.
LDK is expected to ramp up production later this year.
The new supply deal, which is in addition to an agreement signed in October, calls for China-based LDK to supply 800 megawatts of solar [...]

Duke Energy Corp. will buy privately held Catamount Energy Corp. for $240 million, plus assumed debt, to bolster its wind energy generation capability.
Duke bought the Rutland, Vt.-based renewable energy company from private-equity firm Diamond Castle Holdings LLC.
Catamount currently operates facilities providing 300 megawatts of renewable energy.
In May 2007, Duke bought Austin, Texas-based Tierra Energy, which [...]