New "Vivace" System Draws Renewable Energy from Slow Water Currents
Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish to turn potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows into clean, renewable power...[ Details ]

A Design for Cheaper Wind Power
A design that draws on jet engine technology could halve the cost of generating electricity from wind...[ Details ]

Tapping America's Secret Power Source
It's been tough to capture lots of waste heat economically, but better machines and solid state electronics could accomplish the task...[ Details ]

Spain city sets up solar cemetery
A Spanish city has found an unusual place to generate renewable energy - the local cemetery...[ Details ]

Geothermal Energy Leaves the Window Open for Iceland's Economy
The isolated island country once imported all of its coal and oil for heat and electricity, putting it in a very vulnerable position. But now the country gets 99 percent of its electricity and 78 percent of its primary energy from hydro and geothermal resources...[ Details ]

Innovative start-ups catching the wind
How can we get more energy out of the wind and at the same time make it a more reliable source of electricity for the grid?...[ Details ]

A Current in Every Ceiling
The EMerge Alliance says low-voltage direct current built into interior spaces can power LED lights, sensors and other devices more efficiently that the AC wiring in use today...[ Details ]

SMUD & Energy Commission Demonstrate Microgrid Technology
With cost-sharing funds of US $1.5 million from the California Energy Commission, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) will begin demonstrating a new application for distributed energy resources known as a microgrid...[ Details ]

Demand Drives Home Green Technology
Market Grows for Environmental Building Products...[ Details ]

Beacon slows flywheel storage plans
Startup expects to begin earning commercial revenue next week from slowed rollout of flywheels for energy storage, generation and regulation...[ Details ]

Call for Applications for the 2009 CCME Pollution Prevention Awards
Applications for the 12th annual Pollution Prevention Awards, presented by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME), are now being accepted. These awards recognize businesses and organizations showing leadership and innovation in pollution prevention (P2) in up to seven categories...[ Details ]

OCETA, in collaboration with the Ontario FCSAP Interdepartmental Regional Working Group, is pleased to present this Innovative Remediation Solutions Workshop – Ontario Region, a unique day and a half workshop designed for custodians, innovative technology vendors, consultants and providers.

Please visit the Workshop Web site for more details on speakers, exhibitors, registration and more...

UPS to Roll Out Hydraulic Hybrids
Proving that brown can go green, UPS placed an order for seven hydraulic hybrid delivery vehicles to be introduced between 2009 and 2010. Wait, what's a hydraulic hybrid?...[ Details ]

City of Guelph cogeneration facility turns wastewater gas into energy
Wastewater Treatment Plant produces enough energy to power 469 homes each year...[ Details ]

California City To Turn Wastewater Into Energy And Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Via New Cogeneration Plant From Siemens
Plant will recycle methane produced by waste water treatment facilities...[ Details ]

Growing Your Business Breakfast Session 5: Intellectual Property - January 13th, 2008
OCETA and RIC Centre present the fifth of 10 consecutive monthly breakfast events to help entrepreneurs fast track commercialization...[ Details ]

Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) Pre-commercialization Business Development Fund
OGI is accepting applications for it's current round of investment funding. Applications are due January 12, 2009. Biofuels, bioproducts and environmental management are among the areas of consideration for the Pre-commercialization Business Development Fund (PBDF)...[ Details ]

Venture fund bets billion on cleantech
Alan Salzman was one of those bright young minds from Ontario, born and raised in Toronto, who went to California three decades ago and got captured by opportunity...[ Details ]

Crunch time for alternative-energy startups
With oil prices at four-year lows and financing hard to come by, the clean-tech sector faces a struggle for survival...[ Details ]

Chancellor Darling Unveils $811 Million 'Green Stimulus' in UK
UK Chancellor Alistair Darling has unveiled a $811 million "green stimulus" and committed to retaining the Renewable Obligation till 2037, in his Pre-Budget report presented to the House of Commons...[ Details ]

China to team up with Ontario on clean tech
Dalton McGuinty, Ontario Premier, has been visiting China promoting co-operation and knowledge sharing on environmental technologies...[ Details ]