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REGINA, Saskatchewan, Dec. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Clean Power Concepts Inc. ('Clean Power' or the 'Company') (OTC Bulletin Board: CPOW), announced today it has created the 'Spirit of Health' brand under which it will launch a new line of natural consumer products. "The creation of the 'Spirit of Health' brand is another step in our diversification into consumer driven environmentally friendly health products," said CEO Michael Shenher. "The 'Spirit of Health' brand will include a line of...

By Ann Perry, ARSA common roadside plant could have the right stuff to become a new source of biofuel, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) studies. Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, have found that field pennycress yields impressive quantities of seeds whose oil could be used in biodiesel production.Field pennycress belongs to the Brassicaceae family, along with canola, camelina and mustard-other...

BOZEMAN, Mont., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Camelina growers across Montana, North Dakota and southern Canada are wrapping up the 2010 camelina harvest. Growers who planted proprietary seed varieties developed by Sustainable Oils are seeing strong yields and good harvest conditions. "We're seeing good product performance across all of our growing areas, with consistent yields from Sustainable Oils camelina varieties across the entire region," said Mike Waring, sales representative for Montana...

GREAT FALLS, Mont., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The North American Camelina Trade Association (NACTA) today announced the achievement of yet another milestone in its efforts to build camelina production and marketing opportunities for growers. The industry received a letter of no objection from the Center for Veterinary Medicine, a department of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, for the use of camelina meal in the diets of laying hens for up to 10 percent of the weight of the total...

BOZEMAN, Mont., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- A new, larger camelina research facility in Bozeman will allow Sustainable Oils to deliver improved camelina varieties to growers even more quickly. Sustainable Oils' research team moved into the new location in March and has already planted its 2010 research and breeding crop in the adjacent research fields. Sustainable Oils will be hosting an open house on Tuesday, June 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at the new location, 214 W. Shepherd Trail...

REGINA, Saskatchewan, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Clean Power Concepts Inc. ("Clean Power") (OTC Bulletin Board: CPOW) today announced plans for expansion of its 'green energy' manufacturing business. Mr. Michael Shenher, CEO of Clean Power and GBE commented, "Now that we have become a publicly traded company, it's our intention to aggressively move forward during the coming fiscal year, with expansion of our crushing capacity to a potential of 450 metric tonnes crushing capacity per...

DES PLAINES, Ill., April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel(TM) produced using Honeywell UOP's renewable jet fuel process technology powered a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet flight as part of the Navy's efforts to certify the use of alternative fuels in military aircraft. The F/A-18 Super Hornet, dubbed the Green Hornet by the Navy, was fueled with a 50/50 mixture of Green Jet Fuel made from camelina oil and...

MIAMI, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Biofuels market researchers at Biomass Advisors projected today that one billion gallons of Camelina biofuel would be produced for the aviation and biodiesel sectors by 2025, creating 25,000 new jobs - producing over $5.5 billion in new revenues and $3.5 billion in new agricultural income for U.S. and Canadian farmers. The projections are contained in "Camelina Aviation Biofuels Market Opportunity and Renewable Energy Strategy Report," released today by the...

CINCINNATI, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Camelina oil and domestic coal will soon be blended to create clean biojet fuel using coal-biomass-to-liquids technology (CBTL), thanks to an agreement between Accelergy Corporation and Great Plains - The Camelina Company. "This will be a great plus for Montana, and is another step on our way to energy independence," said Governor Brian Schweitzer. Montana has the potential for hundreds of thousands of acres of Camelina and the State has a coal reserve...

CINCINNATI, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Camelina oil and domestic coal will soon be blended to create clean biojet fuel using coal-biomass-to-liquid technology (CBTL), thanks to an agreement between Accelergy Corporation and Great Plains Oil & Exploration - The Camelina Company. "This teaming gives Great Plains the ability to significantly impact the jet fuel market with domestically sourced biojet fuel...and do it today," said Sam Huttenbauer, CEO of Great Plains - The Camelina Company....