OCETA CleanTech e-News
October 2008
Biofuels and Bioenergy

Sanimax and StormFisher to Build Eight Biogas Plants
Sanimax and StormFisher Biogas announced today a strategic alliance to build eight biogas plants, for a total investment of over $160 million. These plants will transform organic by-products from the food processing industry, restaurants and institutions like schools into renewable energy and organic fertilizer...[ Details ]

Iogen ships cellulosic ethanol to Shell
Produced from wheat straw, this is the first 100,000 liters of an initial 180,000 liter order from Shell...[ Details ]

Energy - Generation

Solar Paint on Steel Could Generate Renewable Energy Soon
In three years, buildings covered in steel sheets could be generating large amounts of solar electricity, thanks to a new photovoltaic paint that is being developed in a commercial partnership between UK university researchers and the steel industry...[ Details ]

Fuelling Alternative Energy Research
Ontario Government Driving Innovation to Create Jobs, Fight Climate Change...[ Details ]

Energy Management

Providing muscle for a smart grid
The grid is beginning to get some love...[ Details ]

Materials

Nano-ceramic boosts fuel efficiency
Cermet Lab says new material coating reduces metal-on-metal friction and improves fuel economy and efficiency by 15 percent...[ Details ]

Genomatica develops novel bioplastic
Stealth company unveils an energy efficient process to make key plastic component without petrochemicals...[ Details ]

Remediation

Scientists develop pollution-spotting bacteria
Oil spills and other forms of environmental pollution could be quickly and easily spotted in the future using colour coded bacteria...[ Details ]

Transportation

Monash fuels the next generation of hybrid cars
Monash University scientists have revolutionised the design of fuel cells used in the latest generation of hybrid cars which could make the vehicles more reliable and cheaper to build. The breakthrough revolves around the design of a fuel cell in which a specially-coated form of popular hi tech outdoor and sporting clothing material Goretex® is the key component...[ Details ]

Waste Management

Deactivating Radioactive Waste
The required radioactive waste isolation time of several millions years could be decreased to 300 and up to 500 years. The technological progress made in the last decades has made the transmutation possible at the industrial level...[ Details ]

Water and Wastewater

Water - The Next Big Wave
Join industry leaders Deloitte, Ogilvy Renault and MaRS Discovery District for "Water - The Next Big Wave", in their continuing Cleantech in Canada seminar series, to hear from industry experts on key emerging opportunities...[ Details ]

Could Nanotechnology Solve The Water Crisis?
Nanotechnology could be the answer to ensuring a safe supply of drinking water for regions of the world stricken by periodic drought or where water contamination is rife...[ Details ]

Other News

2009 OCETA SDTC Cleantech Growth and Go-to-Market Report
OCETA is collaborating with The Russell-Mitchell Group to conduct an annual study and report to help Cleantech companies in Ontario improve their go-to-market strategies and competitiveness...[ Details ]

Will the Fiscal Crisis Hobble the Clean-Energy Industry?
Concern is growing that the credit market crisis, and the role governments are playing to bail out banks, could have a devastating effect on markets for carbon and on government support for renewable energy...[ Details ]

Cleantech Fuels Growing Client Base
Lawyers embrace the learning curve needed to serve emerging innovations...[ Details ]



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