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BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (NYSE: NWE) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking up to 45 MW of renewable generation that will qualify under Montana's community renewable resource statutory requirement. The RFP is intended to identify resources that can help NorthWestern Energy meet its obligations to procure cost-effective renewable energy from community-owned projects in Montana. Under current statutory...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As a result of its outstanding support for renewable energy in Michigan, Irwin Seating Company in Grand Rapids has been awarded the "Green Generation Customer of the Year" award from Consumers Energy. The Green Generation program provides utility customers an opportunity to voluntarily demonstrate their support for renewable energy in Michigan. Irwin Seating Company purchases nearly 700,000 kilowatt-hours annually of Michigan-based...
WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BenchMark Energy Corporation (OTC: BMRK) is pleased to announce that it has agreed to extend its research contract with the University of North Dakota ("UND") through July 2013. Originally signed on November 1, 2011, the contract calls for UND to study the impact of adding glycerin to coal upon combustion performance. The study will ascertain the benefits that could be obtained from the co-combustion of Benchmark Energy's glycerin...
LEESBURG, Ga., July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy Quest, Inc. ("EQI") (OTCQB: EQST) announces today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Quest Communications, has returned and canceled any and all agreements with Suncoast REI Holdings and Beach City Radio back to Bridgeport Entertainment and Beach City Entertainment as previously announced. This decision is due to contracts with the above mentioned parties not being in-line with Energy Quest's near-term financial targets....
TEL AVIV, Israel, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Israel's SDE Wave Power Plants company and El Salvador's El Esplendor Development Corp announced today an alliance to execute Wave Power Technology in El Salvador and California. SDE is a world leader in the planning, building and marketing of power stations that produce power from sea waves. SDE was recently selected by a team of international scientists in PESWIKI website, an extension of Wikipedia, as number one in the world in Sea...
Even small increases in area burned could have significant impacts on carbon storage Forests in the Pacific Northwest store more carbon than any other region in the United States, but our warming climate may undermine their storage potential. A new study conducted by the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station and the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington has found that, by 2040, parts of Washington State could lose as much as a third of their carbon...
MARIETTA, Ga., July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Markets: VSPC), and its subsidiary VIASPACE Green Energy Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VGREF) today provides the following update to shareholders. As detailed in joint VIASPACE and VIASPACE Green Energy (VGE) Press Releases on June 1, 2012, June 11, 2012 and July 5, 2012, VIASPACE agreed to embark on a series of negotiations with Mr. Sung Chang to separate VIASPACE and VGE. During this time, Mr. Chang has not declared in...
NEW YORK, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Corporate taxpayers that have invested in renewable energy or "green" equipment or systems may be overlooking an opportunity to receive significant government reimbursements in lieu of certain investment tax credits under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, according to Paul Lo, director with WTP Advisors' Global Business Incentives practice. "Companies that have placed renewable energy systems in service or have begun...
JACKSON, Mich., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Residential customer-initiated solar projects in 14 Michigan counties have been selected as participants in the next phase of Consumers Energy's Experimental Advanced Renewable Program. The program provides for the long-term purchase of renewable energy generated by solar energy systems owned by the utility's electric customers. The projects were recently selected during a random drawing of qualified applicants. The customer projects...
DEL MAR, Calif., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- iDiverse announced that it has discovered a yeast gene that when inserted into yeast and properly modulated can increase ethanol production yield by up to 34%. "The gene functions by protecting the yeast against some of the lethal stresses encountered in the bioproduction process," said John Serbin, Chief Business Officer at iDiverse. "In its current embodiment, it allows yeast to produce significantly more ethanol under the severe...
