OCETA CleanTech e-News
March 2009
Biofuels and Bioenergy

Power to the people – with pellets
Although Canada is the world's No. 2 producer of wood pellets, it is an almost negligible consumer...[ Details ]

Energy - Generation

Solar energy giants discovering Ontario
A coming green-energy law and the promise of long-term incentives for producers of renewable power have put Ontario on the radar of some big-name solar companies looking for certainty in a volatile marketplace...[ Details ]

Catch the Wind launches trial program with the Nebraska Public Power District
Program will demonstrate wind sensing technology and the benefits of optimal turbine alignment...[ Details ]

Ontario Unveils North America's First Feed-In Tariff
Price Guarantees for Large and Small Renewable Energy Projects will Create Jobs...[ Details ]

Micro Hydro: A Hidden Source of Urban Megawatts
It won't cure global warming or make coal obsolete, but startup Rentricity says it has a way for municipal water agencies and others to generate power from the water they have...[ Details ]

Saltwater power
Dutch scientists generate electricity from mixing freshwater with saltwater...[ Details ]

Innovative Solar Technology Showcased in State-of-the-art Building
A combined solar electric and thermal system has been integrated into the daily operation of the new John Molson School of Business building at Concordia University in downtown Montréal, Canada...[ Details ]

Energy Management

The ups and downs of water power
Riverbank Power sees underground pump stations as key to large-scale energy storage...[ Details ]

Will Utilities Control Your TV?
The ZigBee Alliance and a consortium including Sony, Panasonic, Philips and Samsung have agreed on a ZigBee-based remote control standard. Home energy monitoring and control makers say that's a route into controlling TVs and other devices using their favorite wireless standard...[ Details ]

Intelligent heating controller cuts fuel bills
A Cambridgeshire company that usually specialises in 'clocking-on' technology and prison access systems has invented a controller that it says cuts 30 per cent or more of the fuel used by central heating systems...[ Details ]

Manufacturing/Industrial

A remedy for the operating room
The challenge: Persuading hospitals to buy Blue-Zone's anesthetic gas recovery and recycling service...[ Details ]

Event: Ventilation 2009, the 9th International Conference on Industrial Ventilation
Clean Industrial Air Technology Systems for Improved Products and Healthy Environments (October 18-21, 2009, ETH Zurich, Switzerland)...[ Details ]

Materials

Energy-Saving Insulation
An insulation material developed for NASA's space shuttles can save energy here on Earth...[ Details ]

Queen's gets green cash
Province gives $9 million for clean chemical research...[ Details ]

New system degrades discarded PET
A new method for breaking down the bottles is now offered by Planet Green Bottle...[ Details ]

Remediation

Treating Contaminated Water - With Vinegar
Engineers and environmental scientists at the University of Leeds are developing methods of helping contaminated water to clean itself by adding simple organic chemicals such as vinegar...[ Details ]

Stars align for PCB cleanup technology
Several U.S. groups have been working to develop "reactive caps" that combine sand with a material that will facilitate the chemical or biochemical degradation of PCBs...[ Details ]

Transportation

Wheel Motors to Drive Dutch Buses
The technology moves out of the lab and into commercial vehicles...[ Details ]

Reducing drag to improve gas mileage
Indian engineer develops actuators to reduce wind resistance by 18 percent and improve fuel economy...[ Details ]

Other News

Is green procurement right policy for Ontario?
Technology services giant Electronic Data Systems Corp. chose Fifth Light Technology Ltd. of Oakville when it wanted to automate the lighting at its Canadian and U.S. head offices...[ Details ]

Premier defends green plan
Ontario's leader explains bold proposal that stakes the province's economic future on renewable energy...[ Details ]

INVESTING IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Ontario Government Creates New Fund To Support Green Tech Companies and Jobs...[ Details ]

Sustainable Development Technology Canada funds 16 new projects
Government of Canada Investing in Green, Clean Economy...[ Details ]

In a Down Market, Green Building Is Soaring
For green building companies, the good times have just begun...[ Details ]



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