Additional volumes of ethanol are mandated to enter the U.S. gasoline pool in 2010 and 2011. These additional volumes cannot be blended into E-10 as regular gasoline and must marketed for flexible fuel vehicles. The high cost of moving these additional supplies of ethanol into the gasoline pool will likely raise gasoline prices by 10-25 [...]

Artificial Trees Designed to Harness the Power of the Sun and Wind. Biomimicry is an emerging science resolving human problems by adopting nature’s ingenious processes. Using biomimicry techniques,a SolarBotanic artificial tree, or plant structure, functions as a passive solar-wind harvester. Ultimately, energy is harvested then efficiently captured, concentrated, stored and/or converted to a high value [...]

Leonardo Academy announced today that the International Facility Management Association (IFMA)’s FM-3D conference, being held Feb. 23-25 in San Diego, Calif., has attained Cleaner and Greener Certification, meaning pollution contributing to climate change and human health problems caused by energy use for the event has been offset. Renewable Choice Energy donated 7,920 kWh of renewable [...]

BenZhou Group, one of the leading Scooter manufacturers of China, recently introduced 10 new models of High Speed Electric and Hybrid Scooters for export to over 100 countries. (PRWEB) February 21, 2009 — BenZhou Motorcycle Group, based in Taizhou, China, is one of the leading manufacturers of high quality scooters since over 12 years. Recently [...]

Bela Flor to pay solar and utility electricity costs for first five years of residency for next ten buyers Phoenix (Vocus/PRWEB) February 20, 2009 — Bela Flor and SolarCity, a national leader in solar power system design, financing, installation, monitoring and related services, are teaming up to offer five years of free electricity to buyers [...]

Arizona Power Save is well positioned to take advantage of President Obama’s push in the renewable energy sector. Mesa, AZ (PRWEB) February 19, 2009 — Arizona Power Save, L. C. in Mesa, Arizona has announced the sale of 10% of its PV Solar Sales and Installation business to Power Save energy Corp. of San Louis [...]

Namasté Solar CEO Blake Jones sees a bright future for renewable energy. The Colorado-based solar company featured by President Obama and Vice President Biden at the signing of the historic stimulus bill in Denver, is back to the business of designing and installing solar systems – although with some notable differences. Boulder, CO (PRWEB) February [...]

TOMRA’s machines offer high-quality ad space, product-specific coupons and video messages to reach consumers as they recycle containers, prior to doing their grocery shopping Shelton, CT (PRWEB) February 19, 2009 — Tomra of North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tomra Systems ASA (TOMRA) and leading global provider of advanced recycling solutions, today announced an [...]

Tackling the growing complexity faced by utilities with the arrival of distributed energy generation and storage, the Prosser Group, along with partners PG&E and ConEd of New York, present a vision of the management tools needed. Other key companies include CALM Energy and Sam Six. (PRWEB) February 18, 2009 — Energy storage and distributed energy [...]

The combination of rising oil prices and concern for climate change has accelerated interest in Algae Biofuel as a clean, carbon-neutral alternative energy source. According to the inaugural Algal Industry Survey, there are critical issues that must be addressed before production of Algae can reach its full potential. A new white paper from Dr. Mark [...]