2009 Solar Decathlon Winners Announced
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman today announced the winners of the 2009 Department of Energy Solar Competition on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Team Germany, the student team from Darmstadt, Germany, won top honors by designing, building, and operating the most attractive and efficient solar-powered home. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign took second place followed by Team California in third place.
The active competition lasted for a week, with the prototype home designs open to the public through Sunday. Team Germany’s winning “Cube House” design produced a surplus of power even during three days of rain. This is the team’s second-straight Solar Decathlon victory, after winning the previous competition in 2007.
“This competition to build zero carbon homes has been a tremendous undertaking and we have seen terrific efforts by all the teams,” Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman said. “The ingenuity that comes from individual effort is the promise of our future.”
Over the past two weeks, the 2009 Solar Decathlon challenged 20 university-led teams from the United States and as far away as Spain, Germany, and Canada to compete in 10 contests, ranging from subjective elements such as architecture, market viability, communications, lighting design, and engineering, to technical measurements of how well the homes provided energy for space heating and cooling, hot water, home entertainment, appliances, and net metering.
New to this year’s competition, the Net Metering Contest was worth 150 points towards the final results and was the most heavily weighted contest. It challenged teams to generate surplus energy, above and beyond the power needed to run a house, which they fed into a power grid.
Team Germany earned 908.29 points out of a possible 1,000 to win the competition, followed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with 897.30 points, and Team California with 863.08 points.
Solar Decathlon Individual Contest Winners:
Appliances (Awarded Today) In the Appliances Contest, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned the most points based on keeping a refrigerators and freezer cold, washing and drying 10 loads of laundry during the contest week, and washing dishes in a dishwasher five times during the competition – all on electricity generated only from sunlight. The team scored 93.53 out of 100 possible points.
Architecture (Awarded Monday) Team California took first place in the Architecture contest and earned 98 points out of a possible 100. A jury of architects judged homes on the aesthetic and functional elements of the home’s design; ease of circulation among the public and private areas; integration of various spaces into a holistic design; generosity and sufficiency of space in the house; and the house’s design surprises meant to inspire visitors.
Comfort Zone (Awarded Today) Team Germany topped the contestants in the Comfort Zone contest, with 92 out of 100 points for maintaining indoor temperatures between 72 and 76 degrees Fahrenheit and relative humidity between 40 percent and 55 percent.
Communications (Awarded Tuesday)Team California’s communications efforts, including communications plans, student-led tours, and team Web site, were judged best by the jury of Web site and public relations experts with a score of 69.75 points out of a possible 75 points.
Engineering (Awarded Today) The University of Minnesota won the Engineering contest, which was evaluated by a group of prominent engineers, who determined which solar home best exemplified excellence in energy systems design, energy-efficiency savings, creative innovations in design, and reliability of energy systems. The University of Minnesota scored 96 out of a possible 100 points.
Home Entertainment (Awarded Today) The Home Entertainment contest required students to use electricity generated by their solar houses to run interior and exterior lights, a TV, a computer, and a kitchen appliance to boil water. Teams were also required to hold two dinner parties and a movie night for neighbors. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned 92.62 out of a possible 100 points.
Hot Water (Awarded Today) The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned the maximum 100 points in the Hot Water contest’s “shower tests,” which aimed to deliver 15 gallons of hot water in ten minutes or less. Of course, the water was heated by the sun.
Lighting Design (Awarded Thursday) The University of Minnesota was named the winner of the Lighting contest where teams earned points based on an evaluation by a jury of lighting design experts. Jurors toured each house to evaluate the aesthetics, innovations, energy efficiency, user-friendliness, flexibility, and performance of the teams’ lighting designs. The University of Minnesota earned 72 points out of a possible 75 points.
Market Viability (Awarded Monday) The University of Louisiana at Lafayette won the Market Viability contest, which evaluated whether the cost-effective construction and solar technology in a team’s design would create a viable product on the open market. Judges gauged market appeal based on three criteria: livability, feasibility of construction, and marketability. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette earned 97 points out of a possible 100 as judged by the professional jury.
Net Metering (Awarded Today) Team Germany took the top spot in the crucial, 150-point Net Metering contest. Teams were awarded 100 points if the energy supplied to their home’s two-way electrical meter registered zero or less after all of the energy demands of the contest week. Each house in the 2009 Solar Decathlon was connected to a power grid and equipped with a meter that measured both its consumption and production of energy. When a team’s meter showed a negative number, the home had generated surplus energy – worth up to 50 additional points. Team Germany scored a perfect 150 points in this contest.
The application process for the next Solar Decathlon, to be held in fall 2011, has already begun.
For full event information, current standings, high-resolution photos and videos, an event schedule, and updates, visit the Solar Decathlon website.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Solar News - Q-Cells Selects Camstar for New Malaysian Mega-Factory and Upgrade of German Production
Q-Cells Selects Camstar for New Malaysian Mega-Factory and Upgrade of German Production
Lines Largest Global Solar Cell Manufacturer Selects Camstar’s SolarSuite™ to Lower Cost per Watt and Drive Quality Output
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--Camstar Systems, Inc. announced today that Q-Cells SE (QCE; ISIN DE0005558662), the world’s largest solar cell manufacturer, has selected Camstar’s SolarSuite™, configured for the Solar industry on the Camstar Enterprise Platform, to drive down cost per watt through improved process quality and cell efficiency. Q-Cells will deploy the solution in two new production lines in Bitterfeld-Thalheim, Germany, and in its new factory in Malaysia where production will exceed 300MW (peak) by the end of 2010.
Q-Cells selected SolarSuite over competing options for its strong “out-of-the-box” functionality that is designed specifically for and widely used by Camstar’s global customers in the Solar and Semiconductor industries. In addition, in Q-Cells’ environment of rapid process improvement and frequent tool upgrades, the unique flexibility of Camstar’s platform enables rapid adaptation, global control and change enforcement – all critical to support Q-Cells’ growth and quality goals.
“We are very pleased to be a strategic partner for Q-Cells as they create the most modern, fully automated solar cell production lines in the world,” said Robert Rudder, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Camstar. “We have made significant investment in our enterprise platform as a seamless foundation for manufacturing execution, quality management, and manufacturing intelligence. That technology is delivering the ability not only to collect large volumes of data from automated tools, but to quickly analyze and immediately act upon that data for process improvement and increased equipment efficiency – driving real, measurable quality improvements faster.”
About Q-Cells SE
Founded in 1999, Q-Cells SE is today one of the world's biggest manufacturers of solar cells. In 2008 the company, which currently employs around 2,400 staff, produced mono- and multicrystalline solar cells with expected total power of 570 Megawatt peak (MWp) and supplied them to solar module producers around the world. More than 250 scientists and engineers at Q-Cells are working on further developing the technology in order to attain the company's objective of rapidly and permanently reducing the cost of photovoltaic and making the technology affordable and competitive. As well as core business activities, since mid-2008 several Q-Cells SE subsidiaries have been producing photovoltaic modules on the basis of various thin-film technologies. Q-Cells SE is building a production plant in Malaysia, has branches in Hong Kong, China and Japan, is quoted on the Frankfurt stock exchange (QCE; WKN 555866) and is listed in the German technology index, TecDAX. www.q-cells.com
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar software solutions include manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management, and manufacturing intelligence. Camstar has served customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE PMC, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Kodak, Life Technologies, MiaSole, NXP, Pacific Biosciences, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx and Zeiss. www.camstar.com
Contacts Camstar Systems, Inc.Dana Saylors, 704-227-6673, dsaylors@camstar.com
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Lines Largest Global Solar Cell Manufacturer Selects Camstar’s SolarSuite™ to Lower Cost per Watt and Drive Quality Output
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--Camstar Systems, Inc. announced today that Q-Cells SE (QCE; ISIN DE0005558662), the world’s largest solar cell manufacturer, has selected Camstar’s SolarSuite™, configured for the Solar industry on the Camstar Enterprise Platform, to drive down cost per watt through improved process quality and cell efficiency. Q-Cells will deploy the solution in two new production lines in Bitterfeld-Thalheim, Germany, and in its new factory in Malaysia where production will exceed 300MW (peak) by the end of 2010.
Q-Cells selected SolarSuite over competing options for its strong “out-of-the-box” functionality that is designed specifically for and widely used by Camstar’s global customers in the Solar and Semiconductor industries. In addition, in Q-Cells’ environment of rapid process improvement and frequent tool upgrades, the unique flexibility of Camstar’s platform enables rapid adaptation, global control and change enforcement – all critical to support Q-Cells’ growth and quality goals.
“We are very pleased to be a strategic partner for Q-Cells as they create the most modern, fully automated solar cell production lines in the world,” said Robert Rudder, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Camstar. “We have made significant investment in our enterprise platform as a seamless foundation for manufacturing execution, quality management, and manufacturing intelligence. That technology is delivering the ability not only to collect large volumes of data from automated tools, but to quickly analyze and immediately act upon that data for process improvement and increased equipment efficiency – driving real, measurable quality improvements faster.”
About Q-Cells SE
Founded in 1999, Q-Cells SE is today one of the world's biggest manufacturers of solar cells. In 2008 the company, which currently employs around 2,400 staff, produced mono- and multicrystalline solar cells with expected total power of 570 Megawatt peak (MWp) and supplied them to solar module producers around the world. More than 250 scientists and engineers at Q-Cells are working on further developing the technology in order to attain the company's objective of rapidly and permanently reducing the cost of photovoltaic and making the technology affordable and competitive. As well as core business activities, since mid-2008 several Q-Cells SE subsidiaries have been producing photovoltaic modules on the basis of various thin-film technologies. Q-Cells SE is building a production plant in Malaysia, has branches in Hong Kong, China and Japan, is quoted on the Frankfurt stock exchange (QCE; WKN 555866) and is listed in the German technology index, TecDAX. www.q-cells.com
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar software solutions include manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management, and manufacturing intelligence. Camstar has served customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE PMC, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Kodak, Life Technologies, MiaSole, NXP, Pacific Biosciences, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx and Zeiss. www.camstar.com
Contacts Camstar Systems, Inc.Dana Saylors, 704-227-6673, dsaylors@camstar.com
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Investorideas.com Green Investor News – Looking for the Green “Google”
Investorideas.com Green Investor News – Looking for the Green “Google”
Featured Green Stocks at Investorideas.com: Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE ), GWS Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: GWSC), Magnegas Corporation (OTCBB:MNGA)
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –October 20, 2009 - www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading global investor and industry portal for the renewable energy sector within www.Investorideas.com features new green investor content and commentary – ‘Looking for the green Google ‘ .
Looking for the Green Google
By Joyce Pellino Crane
With the successful initial price offering of A123 Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGM: AONE), the cleantech industry served up a plate of optimism for Wall Street last month, even though the lithium-ion battery maker is yet to show profitability.
But like a budding ingénue filled with promise, A123 Systems is drawing a lot of attention these days and that has helped to raise the visibility of the industry. Also helping are the government stimulus funds that are flowing to businesses and triggering the interest of venture capitalists.
Now investors are wondering if there’s a Green Google out there—a young business with the promise of magnificent returns.
But Tom Konrad, an analyst and blogger for AltEnergyStocks.com, said it’s unlikely that the cleantech industry will produce a Google, “because cleantech is extremely capital intensive.”
“It’s an explosive model,” Konrad said of Google, “because it has both network effects which lead to a natural monopoly situation, plus extremely low marginal costs.”
Konrad noted that Google benefits from a flourishing lattice of content providers and advertising forums that feed off each other, making it difficult for a competing search engine like Microsoft’s Bing to pull users away.
“There’s a chicken and egg problem,” he said.
Of all the cleantech sectors, only smart grid companies have the potential for the explosive network effect of Google, Konrad said. A smart grid delivers electricity to consumers using digital technology for greater efficiency and reliability. But growth prospects are hindered by a regulated and fragmented market, and therefore, not necessarily subject to market forces, he added.
“Right now we have a dumb and blind grid, so software could make the grid smarter,” he said. “But unless you give it vision, it won’t do you any good.”
Cleantech industry sectors include energy generation, such as wind, solar, and biofuels; energy storage, such as fuel cells, advanced batteries, and hybrid systems; energy infrastructure; energy efficiency, transportation, water and wastewater.
Konrad said he is not buying cleantech stocks at the moment because he views the stock market, as a whole, as “over-valued.”
“I like companies that are already profitable and can fund all business from cash flows,” he said.
A current favorite for Konrad is New Flyer Industries, a manufacturer of gasoline hybrid and natural gas powered buses.
But, he cautions, “They’re not going to be the next Google. It takes a lot of money to build a bus.”
In his blog on October 5, Konrad wrote that New Flyer’s combined interest and dividend yield of over 13 percent “continues to compensate well for the risk of any price fluctuations.”
At $13.50 per share, the initial price offering of A123 Systems boosted the company’s market valuation to $1.99 billion by day’s end on September 24. The company, based in Watertown, Mass., has raised more than $350 million in private investment funds since its 2001 inception, and in August it was awarded a $249 million grant from the US Department of Energy to build manufacturing facilities domestically. The first will be located in Livonia, Michigan. A123 is working with Chrysler to produce battery modules and battery packs for range-extended electric vehicles and battery-only electric vehicles. While the energy storage space is considered highly promising, the battery-maker has a long way to go before it shows solid fundamentals for retail investors. The company earned only $42.9 million in revenues between January1 and June 30, and posted a net loss of $40.6 million.
Energy is a massive piece of the country’s gross domestic product, noted Neal M. Dikeman, a partner at San Francisco-based Jane Capital Partners, so it’s not necessary to have a category killer like Google for a company to be successful.
“A123 is not a category killer,” Dikeman said, “but it doesn’t mean they won’t be a great business.”
If the auto industry shifts to lithium-ion batteries, even a two percent market share will be “a heck of a business,” said Dikeman, who authors the Cleantech Blog.
However, a sector newcomer such as A123 Systems will be competing with many older, more established battery manufacturers such as Sony Corp., GS-YUASA Corp., and Sanyo Energy Corp.
“For any of these new guys to break in, they’ve got to beat out the old guys,” Dikeman said. “…It’s more of a changing of the guard than it is the erection of a new category.”
There are several cleantech startups waiting to go public, said Dikeman.
“We’ll see what happens in the solar area,” he said. “There are a whole bunch of guys like Tesla that would come out if they could, but I don’t know if they’re ready.”
Tesla Motors, of San Carlos, Calif., has produced a lightweight sports car powered by lithium-ion batteries. The company will begin selling an electric sedan in 2011.
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), a manufacturer of low-cost solar modules, is a promising cleantech company, according to Dikeman. “It’s as close to a category killer as you get,” Dikeman said, but even so, the company has just under 10 percent of the total solar modules market.
First Solar’s stock price has ranged from about $85 to $207 per share over the past 52 weeks, and has been trending toward $160 per share since the early part of this month.
According to the San Francisco-based CleanTech Group, the industry rebounded in the second and third quarters of this year, after significant declines in the previous two quarters.
“Many governments have put money aside to grow Cleantech jobs,” said Dallas Kachan, managing director of the Cleantech Group, “and we believe that will give venture capitalists the confidence they need to put large amounts of private capital to work in the sector.”
The terms green tech and cleantech, vary slightly in meaning, but both refer to investing in emerging technologies to improve the environment.
Last month the Cleantech group identified 100 top emerging companies out of 3,500 with commercial promise and the highest likelihood of achieving high growth.
In addition to Tesla, the top three following A123 on the Cleantech list were:
Bridgelux, a manufacturer of light-emitting diode, focused on energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness; BrightSource Energy, a solar thermal power plant which uses multiple mirrors to reflect sunlight to a steam-producing boiler; and Trilliant, a supplier of advanced metering products for more efficient utility service.
Dikeman, who agrees with Konrad that smart grid companies have the greatest potential for revenue growth said he favors Landis Gyr, a manufacturer of advanced electricity meters, Silver Spring Networks, a smart grid provider of software and hardware metering solutions, and IBM Corp., which is currently testing electric monitoring devices.
But as for finding the Google of the cleantech industry, Konrad puts things in perspective.
“Looking for the next Google in any sector is not a good way to invest,” he said. “There was one Google…Look for companies that are likely to be profitable and undervalued. Don’t look for the next Google.”
Joyce Pellino Crane writes at wordtrope.com/blog, and can be reached at joycepellinocrane@gmail.com.
Disclosure: The author owns shares of A123 Systems, Inc., and invests in stocks and mutual funds.
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POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –October 20, 2009 - www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading global investor and industry portal for the renewable energy sector within www.Investorideas.com features new green investor content and commentary – ‘Looking for the green Google ‘ .
Looking for the Green Google
By Joyce Pellino Crane
With the successful initial price offering of A123 Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGM: AONE), the cleantech industry served up a plate of optimism for Wall Street last month, even though the lithium-ion battery maker is yet to show profitability.
But like a budding ingénue filled with promise, A123 Systems is drawing a lot of attention these days and that has helped to raise the visibility of the industry. Also helping are the government stimulus funds that are flowing to businesses and triggering the interest of venture capitalists.
Now investors are wondering if there’s a Green Google out there—a young business with the promise of magnificent returns.
But Tom Konrad, an analyst and blogger for AltEnergyStocks.com, said it’s unlikely that the cleantech industry will produce a Google, “because cleantech is extremely capital intensive.”
“It’s an explosive model,” Konrad said of Google, “because it has both network effects which lead to a natural monopoly situation, plus extremely low marginal costs.”
Konrad noted that Google benefits from a flourishing lattice of content providers and advertising forums that feed off each other, making it difficult for a competing search engine like Microsoft’s Bing to pull users away.
“There’s a chicken and egg problem,” he said.
Of all the cleantech sectors, only smart grid companies have the potential for the explosive network effect of Google, Konrad said. A smart grid delivers electricity to consumers using digital technology for greater efficiency and reliability. But growth prospects are hindered by a regulated and fragmented market, and therefore, not necessarily subject to market forces, he added.
“Right now we have a dumb and blind grid, so software could make the grid smarter,” he said. “But unless you give it vision, it won’t do you any good.”
Cleantech industry sectors include energy generation, such as wind, solar, and biofuels; energy storage, such as fuel cells, advanced batteries, and hybrid systems; energy infrastructure; energy efficiency, transportation, water and wastewater.
Konrad said he is not buying cleantech stocks at the moment because he views the stock market, as a whole, as “over-valued.”
“I like companies that are already profitable and can fund all business from cash flows,” he said.
A current favorite for Konrad is New Flyer Industries, a manufacturer of gasoline hybrid and natural gas powered buses.
But, he cautions, “They’re not going to be the next Google. It takes a lot of money to build a bus.”
In his blog on October 5, Konrad wrote that New Flyer’s combined interest and dividend yield of over 13 percent “continues to compensate well for the risk of any price fluctuations.”
At $13.50 per share, the initial price offering of A123 Systems boosted the company’s market valuation to $1.99 billion by day’s end on September 24. The company, based in Watertown, Mass., has raised more than $350 million in private investment funds since its 2001 inception, and in August it was awarded a $249 million grant from the US Department of Energy to build manufacturing facilities domestically. The first will be located in Livonia, Michigan. A123 is working with Chrysler to produce battery modules and battery packs for range-extended electric vehicles and battery-only electric vehicles. While the energy storage space is considered highly promising, the battery-maker has a long way to go before it shows solid fundamentals for retail investors. The company earned only $42.9 million in revenues between January1 and June 30, and posted a net loss of $40.6 million.
Energy is a massive piece of the country’s gross domestic product, noted Neal M. Dikeman, a partner at San Francisco-based Jane Capital Partners, so it’s not necessary to have a category killer like Google for a company to be successful.
“A123 is not a category killer,” Dikeman said, “but it doesn’t mean they won’t be a great business.”
If the auto industry shifts to lithium-ion batteries, even a two percent market share will be “a heck of a business,” said Dikeman, who authors the Cleantech Blog.
However, a sector newcomer such as A123 Systems will be competing with many older, more established battery manufacturers such as Sony Corp., GS-YUASA Corp., and Sanyo Energy Corp.
“For any of these new guys to break in, they’ve got to beat out the old guys,” Dikeman said. “…It’s more of a changing of the guard than it is the erection of a new category.”
There are several cleantech startups waiting to go public, said Dikeman.
“We’ll see what happens in the solar area,” he said. “There are a whole bunch of guys like Tesla that would come out if they could, but I don’t know if they’re ready.”
Tesla Motors, of San Carlos, Calif., has produced a lightweight sports car powered by lithium-ion batteries. The company will begin selling an electric sedan in 2011.
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), a manufacturer of low-cost solar modules, is a promising cleantech company, according to Dikeman. “It’s as close to a category killer as you get,” Dikeman said, but even so, the company has just under 10 percent of the total solar modules market.
First Solar’s stock price has ranged from about $85 to $207 per share over the past 52 weeks, and has been trending toward $160 per share since the early part of this month.
According to the San Francisco-based CleanTech Group, the industry rebounded in the second and third quarters of this year, after significant declines in the previous two quarters.
“Many governments have put money aside to grow Cleantech jobs,” said Dallas Kachan, managing director of the Cleantech Group, “and we believe that will give venture capitalists the confidence they need to put large amounts of private capital to work in the sector.”
The terms green tech and cleantech, vary slightly in meaning, but both refer to investing in emerging technologies to improve the environment.
Last month the Cleantech group identified 100 top emerging companies out of 3,500 with commercial promise and the highest likelihood of achieving high growth.
In addition to Tesla, the top three following A123 on the Cleantech list were:
Bridgelux, a manufacturer of light-emitting diode, focused on energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness; BrightSource Energy, a solar thermal power plant which uses multiple mirrors to reflect sunlight to a steam-producing boiler; and Trilliant, a supplier of advanced metering products for more efficient utility service.
Dikeman, who agrees with Konrad that smart grid companies have the greatest potential for revenue growth said he favors Landis Gyr, a manufacturer of advanced electricity meters, Silver Spring Networks, a smart grid provider of software and hardware metering solutions, and IBM Corp., which is currently testing electric monitoring devices.
But as for finding the Google of the cleantech industry, Konrad puts things in perspective.
“Looking for the next Google in any sector is not a good way to invest,” he said. “There was one Google…Look for companies that are likely to be profitable and undervalued. Don’t look for the next Google.”
Joyce Pellino Crane writes at wordtrope.com/blog, and can be reached at joycepellinocrane@gmail.com.
Disclosure: The author owns shares of A123 Systems, Inc., and invests in stocks and mutual funds.
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Millipore Advances Sustainability Strategy with Solar Energy Project
Millipore Advances Sustainability Strategy with Solar Energy Project
State and local dignitaries attend ribbon-cutting ceremonies in Bedford, Massachusetts
BILLERICA, Mass- Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL), a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today announced the completion of a $2 million solar panel installation project at its Bedford, Massachusetts, facility. Millipore Chairman and CEO Martin Madaus was joined by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and other dignitaries at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the system, which will provide renewable energy for Millipore’s Bedford and Billerica, Mass. facilities.
“Millipore’s investment in solar energy reflects our commitment to reducing our environmental impact and developing the industry’s leading sustainability program,” said Madaus. “Our solar panel project would not have been possible without the support of the Governor and the State of Massachusetts. We look forward to a continued partnership with the State and hope other companies will implement sustainability initiatives to reduce their environmental impact, lower their costs, and make themselves more desirable business partners.”
Millipore’s solar panel project is one of the largest solar photovoltaic projects ever completed in Massachusetts and is the first renewable energy project the company has implemented in the U.S.
“Millipore is not only a leading employer in Massachusetts, but also a leader in creating our clean energy future,” said Governor Patrick. “Millipore is setting an impressive standard for energy efficiency and renewable energy, and showing other companies how to save energy and reduce their emissions through the Governor’s Clean Energy Challenge. Martin Madaus, who serves as co-chair of the state’s Climate Protection and Green Economy Advisory Committee, deserves to be commended for his leadership on climate change.”
Over the past six months, Millipore worked with several vendors to design and install the solar panel system, which includes 1383 Sharp panels and 4 Solectria inverters. It will produce about 352,000 KWH/yr or, approximately 35 homes worth of electricity, which will be used to augment the electricity purchased from the grid to run Millipore’s facilities.
“The primary focus of our sustainability program has been on reducing our environmental impacts—particularly waste, water and climate change,” said David Newman, Director of Sustainability for Millipore. “The changes we are implementing not only make sense for the environment, but they also have a considerable positive impact on our business. We are excited about completing the solar panel project, which marks an important continuation of our efforts to embrace renewable energy throughout the company.”
MILLIPORE’S SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE:
Launched in 2008, Millipore’s sustainability initiative is sponsored by the company’s CEO, Martin Madaus, PhD. It is focused on reducing the Company’s impact on climate change, reducing waste, and changing employee behaviors. Millipore has set a goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent between 2006 and 2011, and has already cut its emissions by 14 percent just two years into the program.
The company’s energy programs involve a multi-pronged approach, including intensive energy auditing, upgrades to boilers, compressors and lighting. In addition, demand response programs and installations of alternative energy complement our existing efficiency projects. At the Bedford campus alone, the company has cut its electricity consumption by 12 percent in the last year through energy efficiency measures alone. This is equivalent to 200 homes’ worth of energy.
About Millipore:
Millipore (NYSE: MIL) is a Life Science leader providing cutting-edge technologies, tools, and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. As a strategic partner, we collaborate with customers to confront the world’s challenging human health issues. From research to development to production, our scientific expertise and innovative solutions help customers tackle their most complex problems and achieve their goals. Millipore Corporation is an S&P 500 company with more than 5,900 employees worldwide. For more information, please contact Millipore Tech Service at 1-800-548-7853 or 951-676-8080 or visit www.millipore.com.
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Research. Development. Production.
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Certain of the matters discussed herein, as well as in future oral and written statements by management of Millipore Corporation that are forward-looking statements, are based on current management expectations that involve substantial risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements.
Potential risks and uncertainties that could affect Millipore's future operating results include, without limitation, failure to achieve design wins into our pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers’ manufacturing design phase for a particular drug or vaccine; delay, suspension or termination of a customer’s volume production; fluctuations in the timing of customers’ orders; lack of availability of raw materials or component products on a timely basis; regulatory delay in the approval of new therapeutics; limitations on cash flow for operations and investment due to debt service obligations; the inability to establish and maintain necessary product and process quality levels; reduced demand for cell culture products using bovine serum; the inability to realize the expected benefits of development, marketing, licensing and other alliances; competitive factors such as new membrane or chromatography technology; risks relating to our concentration of principal manufacturing operations; the inability to successfully integrate acquired businesses; the inability to utilize technology in current or planned products due to overriding rights by third parties; potential environmental liabilities; conditions in the economy in general and in the bioscience and bioprocess markets in particular; foreign exchange fluctuations; reduced private and government research funding; exposure to product liability claims; and difficulties inherent in transferring or outsourcing of manufacturing operations. Please refer to our filings with the SEC, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, for more information on these and other risks that could cause actual results to differ.
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State and local dignitaries attend ribbon-cutting ceremonies in Bedford, Massachusetts
BILLERICA, Mass- Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL), a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today announced the completion of a $2 million solar panel installation project at its Bedford, Massachusetts, facility. Millipore Chairman and CEO Martin Madaus was joined by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and other dignitaries at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the system, which will provide renewable energy for Millipore’s Bedford and Billerica, Mass. facilities.
“Millipore’s investment in solar energy reflects our commitment to reducing our environmental impact and developing the industry’s leading sustainability program,” said Madaus. “Our solar panel project would not have been possible without the support of the Governor and the State of Massachusetts. We look forward to a continued partnership with the State and hope other companies will implement sustainability initiatives to reduce their environmental impact, lower their costs, and make themselves more desirable business partners.”
Millipore’s solar panel project is one of the largest solar photovoltaic projects ever completed in Massachusetts and is the first renewable energy project the company has implemented in the U.S.
“Millipore is not only a leading employer in Massachusetts, but also a leader in creating our clean energy future,” said Governor Patrick. “Millipore is setting an impressive standard for energy efficiency and renewable energy, and showing other companies how to save energy and reduce their emissions through the Governor’s Clean Energy Challenge. Martin Madaus, who serves as co-chair of the state’s Climate Protection and Green Economy Advisory Committee, deserves to be commended for his leadership on climate change.”
Over the past six months, Millipore worked with several vendors to design and install the solar panel system, which includes 1383 Sharp panels and 4 Solectria inverters. It will produce about 352,000 KWH/yr or, approximately 35 homes worth of electricity, which will be used to augment the electricity purchased from the grid to run Millipore’s facilities.
“The primary focus of our sustainability program has been on reducing our environmental impacts—particularly waste, water and climate change,” said David Newman, Director of Sustainability for Millipore. “The changes we are implementing not only make sense for the environment, but they also have a considerable positive impact on our business. We are excited about completing the solar panel project, which marks an important continuation of our efforts to embrace renewable energy throughout the company.”
MILLIPORE’S SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE:
Launched in 2008, Millipore’s sustainability initiative is sponsored by the company’s CEO, Martin Madaus, PhD. It is focused on reducing the Company’s impact on climate change, reducing waste, and changing employee behaviors. Millipore has set a goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent between 2006 and 2011, and has already cut its emissions by 14 percent just two years into the program.
The company’s energy programs involve a multi-pronged approach, including intensive energy auditing, upgrades to boilers, compressors and lighting. In addition, demand response programs and installations of alternative energy complement our existing efficiency projects. At the Bedford campus alone, the company has cut its electricity consumption by 12 percent in the last year through energy efficiency measures alone. This is equivalent to 200 homes’ worth of energy.
About Millipore:
Millipore (NYSE: MIL) is a Life Science leader providing cutting-edge technologies, tools, and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. As a strategic partner, we collaborate with customers to confront the world’s challenging human health issues. From research to development to production, our scientific expertise and innovative solutions help customers tackle their most complex problems and achieve their goals. Millipore Corporation is an S&P 500 company with more than 5,900 employees worldwide. For more information, please contact Millipore Tech Service at 1-800-548-7853 or 951-676-8080 or visit www.millipore.com.
ADVANCING LIFE SCIENCE TOGETHERTM
Research. Development. Production.
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain of the matters discussed herein, as well as in future oral and written statements by management of Millipore Corporation that are forward-looking statements, are based on current management expectations that involve substantial risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements.
Potential risks and uncertainties that could affect Millipore's future operating results include, without limitation, failure to achieve design wins into our pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers’ manufacturing design phase for a particular drug or vaccine; delay, suspension or termination of a customer’s volume production; fluctuations in the timing of customers’ orders; lack of availability of raw materials or component products on a timely basis; regulatory delay in the approval of new therapeutics; limitations on cash flow for operations and investment due to debt service obligations; the inability to establish and maintain necessary product and process quality levels; reduced demand for cell culture products using bovine serum; the inability to realize the expected benefits of development, marketing, licensing and other alliances; competitive factors such as new membrane or chromatography technology; risks relating to our concentration of principal manufacturing operations; the inability to successfully integrate acquired businesses; the inability to utilize technology in current or planned products due to overriding rights by third parties; potential environmental liabilities; conditions in the economy in general and in the bioscience and bioprocess markets in particular; foreign exchange fluctuations; reduced private and government research funding; exposure to product liability claims; and difficulties inherent in transferring or outsourcing of manufacturing operations. Please refer to our filings with the SEC, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, for more information on these and other risks that could cause actual results to differ.
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Canada's Largest Solar Farm Opens in Ontario Stone Mills Project Helps Province Become North American Solar Leader
Canada's Largest Solar Farm Opens in Ontario Stone Mills Project Helps Province Become North American Solar Leader
TORONTO-- October 19 2009 - Canada's largest solar farm is now producing power in the township of Stone Mills, near Napanee - paving the way for Ontario to become a solar power leader in North America.
This new green energy supply will help support Ontario's elimination of dirty, coal-fired generation, which is Canada's single largest climate change initiative. With two more large solar projects expected to come on line by the end of 2009, Ontario will join the elite ranks of North America's leaders in installed solar capacity.
First Light Solar Park - currently the largest-scale commercial solar farm operation in Canada - is a joint venture between SkyPower Corp. and SunEdison Canada. With more than 126,000 solar panels spanning across 90 acres, this farm is expected to generate more than 10 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable electricity in its first year -- enough to power 10,000 households.
Since October 2003, Ontario has added more than 1,200 megawatts of new, renewable generation, including more than 150 solar projects of varying sizes, including residential systems and small arrays on commercial buildings, institutions and schools.
"Ontario is proud of this milestone project and we look forward to more solar success stories because of the Green Energy Act. We are committed to getting more green energy online and bringing more green collar jobs to communities across the province," said George Smitherman, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure.
"We are grateful for the support of the Government of Ontario, the local community, the Ontario Power Authority and Hydro One, which have all helped make First Light a reality. Working together, we have developed a progressive model for the delivery of clean, renewable energy in Ontario and look forward to many more exciting projects like this," said Kerry Adler, Chief Executive Officer of SkyPower.
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•First Light employed more than 100 people during construction. The facility has a 20-year contract with the Ontario Power Authority for 9 megawatts of capacity. •The First Light facility is using inverters supplied by Burlington, Ontario-based SatCon. •If projects come online as expected, Ontario is on pace to increase its solar capacity nearly 25-fold in the last four months of this year alone.
Contacts BlissPRRebecca Neufeld, (718) 725-7357Account Executiverebecca@blisspr.comorMinistry of Economic Development and TradeRay Lancashire, (416) 326-1608Media Relations, Invest Ontarioray.lancashire@ontario.ca
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TORONTO-- October 19 2009 - Canada's largest solar farm is now producing power in the township of Stone Mills, near Napanee - paving the way for Ontario to become a solar power leader in North America.
This new green energy supply will help support Ontario's elimination of dirty, coal-fired generation, which is Canada's single largest climate change initiative. With two more large solar projects expected to come on line by the end of 2009, Ontario will join the elite ranks of North America's leaders in installed solar capacity.
First Light Solar Park - currently the largest-scale commercial solar farm operation in Canada - is a joint venture between SkyPower Corp. and SunEdison Canada. With more than 126,000 solar panels spanning across 90 acres, this farm is expected to generate more than 10 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable electricity in its first year -- enough to power 10,000 households.
Since October 2003, Ontario has added more than 1,200 megawatts of new, renewable generation, including more than 150 solar projects of varying sizes, including residential systems and small arrays on commercial buildings, institutions and schools.
"Ontario is proud of this milestone project and we look forward to more solar success stories because of the Green Energy Act. We are committed to getting more green energy online and bringing more green collar jobs to communities across the province," said George Smitherman, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure.
"We are grateful for the support of the Government of Ontario, the local community, the Ontario Power Authority and Hydro One, which have all helped make First Light a reality. Working together, we have developed a progressive model for the delivery of clean, renewable energy in Ontario and look forward to many more exciting projects like this," said Kerry Adler, Chief Executive Officer of SkyPower.
QUICK FACTS
•First Light employed more than 100 people during construction. The facility has a 20-year contract with the Ontario Power Authority for 9 megawatts of capacity. •The First Light facility is using inverters supplied by Burlington, Ontario-based SatCon. •If projects come online as expected, Ontario is on pace to increase its solar capacity nearly 25-fold in the last four months of this year alone.
Contacts BlissPRRebecca Neufeld, (718) 725-7357Account Executiverebecca@blisspr.comorMinistry of Economic Development and TradeRay Lancashire, (416) 326-1608Media Relations, Invest Ontarioray.lancashire@ontario.ca
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Solar News - Ormat Signs (NYSE: ORA) Joint Venture Agreement for Solar (PV) Power Systems
Solar News - Ormat Signs (NYSE: ORA) Joint Venture Agreement for Solar (PV) Power Systems
RENO, Nevada, Oct. 19 2009 -- Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA), announced today that its Israeli subsidiary, Ormat Systems Ltd., has signed a Joint Venture Agreement ("JVA") with Sunday Energy Ltd. ("Sunday"), an Israeli private company to develop, construct and operate solar-photovoltaic ("PV") energy systems in Israel with a total capacity of 36 MW.
Under the JVA, Sunday will contribute the rights to all of its property and roofs required to develop solar energy systems above 1 MW to special purpose entities ("SPEs"). Ormat will own 70% of each SPE and will also have control of it. Under the terms of the agreement, Ormat and Sunday will act, jointly, as the EPC contractor and the operator of each project in accordance with each company share in the SPEs .
The estimated capital expenditure for 36 MW of solar power systems is approximately $195 million. The electricity generated from the projects will be sold to Israel Electric Corporation Ltd. under long-term power purchase agreements (20 years) and will generate approximately $30 million in annual revenues. The SPEs expect to finance their capital expenditure with 80% Non-Recourse project finance debt.
Ormat has more than four decades of experience in the development, construction, financing and operation of hundreds of megawatts of renewable energy projects world-wide, while Sunday is one of the leading developers in the Israeli solar PV market has the know-how in the design of solar systems using photovoltaic modules from various suppliers and the capabilities to obtain the necessary regulatory permits for construction and interconnection to the local grid.
Prior to entering into this JVA, Ormat has entered into an agreement with Sunday for the construction of a solar system for up to 1 MW on the roofs of its manufacturing facilities located in Israel. The first system with a capacity of 50 kW has been installed and connected to the grid since August 2009.
The joint venture represents Ormat's commercial entry into the solar energy market and its first major devotement in the solar photovoltaic market in Israel.
Lucien Y. Bronicki, Chairman of the Board and Chief Technology Officer of Ormat Technologies, said, "Ormat's commercial activity in the solar energy market is part of a strategic plan to be a leading player in renewable energy. We have a long, rich history in renewable energy that includes activity in solar energy that we believe we can leverage to bring unique benefits to this project. Our connection to solar energy goes back over 30 years to the solar pond project that we developed between 1977 and 1984. Our work on the solar pond created the technological foundation for our geothermal technology, which today positions Ormat as the industry leader. We are pleased to finally add an Israeli solar installation, to the current 1,200 MW of Geothermal and Recovered Energy power plants that Ormat has installed throughout the years. We are looking at this joint venture as an attractive business opportunity derived by the reduction in solar PV modules prices and the increase in their supply on one hand and the expected Israeli feed-in tariff for large solar PV systems on the other hand."
About Ormat Technologies
Ormat Technologies, Inc. is the only vertically-integrated company primarily engaged in the geothermal and recovered energy power business. The Company designs, develops, owns and operates geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants around the world. Additionally, the Company designs, manufactures and sells geothermal and recovered energy power units and other power-generating equipment, and provides related services. The Company has more than four decades of experience in the development of environmentally-sound power, primarily in geothermal and recovered-energy generation. Ormat products and systems are covered by 75 U.S. patents. Ormat has built over approximately 1,200 MW of plants half for its own account and half as supplies to utilities and developers. Ormat's current generating portfolio includes the following geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants: in the United States - Brady, Heber, Mammoth, Ormesa, Puna, Steamboat, OREG 1, OREG 2 and Peetz; in Guatemala - Zunil and Amatitlan; in Kenya - Olkaria; in Nicaragua - Momotombo and in New Zealand - GDL.
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Information provided in this press release may contain statements relating to current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about future events that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally relate to Ormat's plans, objectives and expectations for future operations and are based upon its management's current estimates and projections of future results or trends. Actual future results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see "Risk Factors" as described in Ormat Technologies, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2009.
These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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RENO, Nevada, Oct. 19 2009 -- Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA), announced today that its Israeli subsidiary, Ormat Systems Ltd., has signed a Joint Venture Agreement ("JVA") with Sunday Energy Ltd. ("Sunday"), an Israeli private company to develop, construct and operate solar-photovoltaic ("PV") energy systems in Israel with a total capacity of 36 MW.
Under the JVA, Sunday will contribute the rights to all of its property and roofs required to develop solar energy systems above 1 MW to special purpose entities ("SPEs"). Ormat will own 70% of each SPE and will also have control of it. Under the terms of the agreement, Ormat and Sunday will act, jointly, as the EPC contractor and the operator of each project in accordance with each company share in the SPEs .
The estimated capital expenditure for 36 MW of solar power systems is approximately $195 million. The electricity generated from the projects will be sold to Israel Electric Corporation Ltd. under long-term power purchase agreements (20 years) and will generate approximately $30 million in annual revenues. The SPEs expect to finance their capital expenditure with 80% Non-Recourse project finance debt.
Ormat has more than four decades of experience in the development, construction, financing and operation of hundreds of megawatts of renewable energy projects world-wide, while Sunday is one of the leading developers in the Israeli solar PV market has the know-how in the design of solar systems using photovoltaic modules from various suppliers and the capabilities to obtain the necessary regulatory permits for construction and interconnection to the local grid.
Prior to entering into this JVA, Ormat has entered into an agreement with Sunday for the construction of a solar system for up to 1 MW on the roofs of its manufacturing facilities located in Israel. The first system with a capacity of 50 kW has been installed and connected to the grid since August 2009.
The joint venture represents Ormat's commercial entry into the solar energy market and its first major devotement in the solar photovoltaic market in Israel.
Lucien Y. Bronicki, Chairman of the Board and Chief Technology Officer of Ormat Technologies, said, "Ormat's commercial activity in the solar energy market is part of a strategic plan to be a leading player in renewable energy. We have a long, rich history in renewable energy that includes activity in solar energy that we believe we can leverage to bring unique benefits to this project. Our connection to solar energy goes back over 30 years to the solar pond project that we developed between 1977 and 1984. Our work on the solar pond created the technological foundation for our geothermal technology, which today positions Ormat as the industry leader. We are pleased to finally add an Israeli solar installation, to the current 1,200 MW of Geothermal and Recovered Energy power plants that Ormat has installed throughout the years. We are looking at this joint venture as an attractive business opportunity derived by the reduction in solar PV modules prices and the increase in their supply on one hand and the expected Israeli feed-in tariff for large solar PV systems on the other hand."
About Ormat Technologies
Ormat Technologies, Inc. is the only vertically-integrated company primarily engaged in the geothermal and recovered energy power business. The Company designs, develops, owns and operates geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants around the world. Additionally, the Company designs, manufactures and sells geothermal and recovered energy power units and other power-generating equipment, and provides related services. The Company has more than four decades of experience in the development of environmentally-sound power, primarily in geothermal and recovered-energy generation. Ormat products and systems are covered by 75 U.S. patents. Ormat has built over approximately 1,200 MW of plants half for its own account and half as supplies to utilities and developers. Ormat's current generating portfolio includes the following geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants: in the United States - Brady, Heber, Mammoth, Ormesa, Puna, Steamboat, OREG 1, OREG 2 and Peetz; in Guatemala - Zunil and Amatitlan; in Kenya - Olkaria; in Nicaragua - Momotombo and in New Zealand - GDL.
Ormat's Safe Harbor Statement
Information provided in this press release may contain statements relating to current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about future events that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally relate to Ormat's plans, objectives and expectations for future operations and are based upon its management's current estimates and projections of future results or trends. Actual future results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see "Risk Factors" as described in Ormat Technologies, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2009.
These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) Announces New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) Announces New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal
WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 13, 2009 Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is continuing its commitment to sustainability and the environment this Energy Awareness Month by announcing a new greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goal.
As an industry partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's voluntary Climate Leaders program, Raytheon pledges to reduce its absolute U.S. emissions by 10 percent between 2008 and 2015. Climate Leaders is the country's largest GHG goal-setting program.
This new goal builds upon Raytheon having successfully achieved its first GHG goal. In 2002, as a charter Climate Leaders partner, Raytheon pledged to reduce GHG emissions from its U.S. operations by 33 percent between 2002 and 2009, normalized for revenue and adjusted for inflation. Raytheon not only met but exceeded its reduction goal one year ahead of schedule. By the end of 2008, the company had reduced its emissions by 38 percent normalized for revenue and adjusted for inflation. This reduction equates to 275,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions avoided cumulatively between 2002 and 2008, equivalent to the emissions from electricity use of 36,400 homes for a year.
To achieve the goal, Raytheon implemented an aggressive energy conservation program, because approximately 90 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions are energy-related. Raytheon completed hundreds of energy conservation-efficiency projects such as upgrading chillers, boilers, and heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) systems; installing high-efficiency and sensor-controlled lighting; converting to variable-speed drives for motors, pumps and fans; improving the efficiency of computing operations both in data centers and throughout the workplace; and upgrading to state-of-the-art automated energy management and control systems.
Raytheon's energy reduction program has been recognized by EPA's ENERGY STAR Program five times in the last nine years, including the prestigious award for "Sustained Excellence in Energy Management" in 2008 and 2009.
Raytheon employees have also contributed significantly to the energy conservation efforts. The company has established a network of Energy Champions who help identify reduction opportunities and encourage other employees to shut down equipment when not in use. Complementing these efforts is the enterprise-wide Energy Citizens campaign, which engages employees in the company's energy conservation efforts. More than 24,000 Raytheon employees have already qualified as Energy Citizens this year.
Raytheon Company, with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 87 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide.
Contact: Rashi Ratan 703.284.4328
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WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 13, 2009 Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is continuing its commitment to sustainability and the environment this Energy Awareness Month by announcing a new greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goal.
As an industry partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's voluntary Climate Leaders program, Raytheon pledges to reduce its absolute U.S. emissions by 10 percent between 2008 and 2015. Climate Leaders is the country's largest GHG goal-setting program.
This new goal builds upon Raytheon having successfully achieved its first GHG goal. In 2002, as a charter Climate Leaders partner, Raytheon pledged to reduce GHG emissions from its U.S. operations by 33 percent between 2002 and 2009, normalized for revenue and adjusted for inflation. Raytheon not only met but exceeded its reduction goal one year ahead of schedule. By the end of 2008, the company had reduced its emissions by 38 percent normalized for revenue and adjusted for inflation. This reduction equates to 275,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions avoided cumulatively between 2002 and 2008, equivalent to the emissions from electricity use of 36,400 homes for a year.
To achieve the goal, Raytheon implemented an aggressive energy conservation program, because approximately 90 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions are energy-related. Raytheon completed hundreds of energy conservation-efficiency projects such as upgrading chillers, boilers, and heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) systems; installing high-efficiency and sensor-controlled lighting; converting to variable-speed drives for motors, pumps and fans; improving the efficiency of computing operations both in data centers and throughout the workplace; and upgrading to state-of-the-art automated energy management and control systems.
Raytheon's energy reduction program has been recognized by EPA's ENERGY STAR Program five times in the last nine years, including the prestigious award for "Sustained Excellence in Energy Management" in 2008 and 2009.
Raytheon employees have also contributed significantly to the energy conservation efforts. The company has established a network of Energy Champions who help identify reduction opportunities and encourage other employees to shut down equipment when not in use. Complementing these efforts is the enterprise-wide Energy Citizens campaign, which engages employees in the company's energy conservation efforts. More than 24,000 Raytheon employees have already qualified as Energy Citizens this year.
Raytheon Company, with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 87 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide.
Contact: Rashi Ratan 703.284.4328
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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Monday, October 12, 2009
Solar Stock XsunX Inc (OTCBB:XSNX) .: Rated 'Speculative Buy,' Target Price $2.90 by Beacon Equity Research
XsunX Inc.: Rated 'Speculative Buy,' Target Price $2.90 by Beacon Equity Research
XSUNX Inc. DALLAS-XsunX Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX - News) has been rated Speculative Buy with a price target of $2.90 by Beacon Analyst, Lisa Springer, CFA.
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In the report, the analyst writes, “The Company is currently focusing its development efforts on designing an efficient evaporation source for use in commercial-scale manufacturing of CIGS layers. These design and engineering efforts began in April 2009. XSNX anticipates performing tests of evaporation source designs and adapting these sources to HDD equipment over the next nine to 10 months.
“XSNX’s new technology may produce a replacement for silicon wafers – roughly 80% of solar panels are silicon-based – at half the cost. The Company’s CIGS wafers could be integrated into solar panels, adapted to a variety of building materials and even used in consumer products.”
Other comparable companies involved in solar module manufacturing and technology include: DayStar Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: DSTI - News), Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP - News), JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (Nasdaq: JASO - News) and First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR - News).
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The analysts contributing to this report certify that the views expressed herein accurately reflect the analysts' personal views as to the subject securities and issuers. BeaconEquity.com is not a registered investment advisor and nothing contained in any materials should be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any securities. BlueWave Advisors LLC has been compensated nine hundred thousand Restricted Rule 144 shares directly from XsunX as a marketing budget to manage a comprehensive investor awareness program including the creation and distribution of this report as well as other investor relations efforts; BlueWave Advisors has been previously compensated a total of seventy five thousand dollars for contracts, which have expired. This report is based on data obtained from sources we believe to be reliable, but is not guaranteed as to accuracy and does not purport to be complete. Please read our report and visit our Web site, BeaconEquity.com, for complete disclosures.
Contact:BeaconEquity.comJeff Bishop, 469-252-3505press@beaconequity.comwww.BeaconEquity.comorXsunX Inc.
Vanessa Watkin, 888-797-4527investors@xsunx.com
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XSUNX Inc. DALLAS-XsunX Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX - News) has been rated Speculative Buy with a price target of $2.90 by Beacon Analyst, Lisa Springer, CFA.
The full report is available at www.beaconequity.com
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In the report, the analyst writes, “The Company is currently focusing its development efforts on designing an efficient evaporation source for use in commercial-scale manufacturing of CIGS layers. These design and engineering efforts began in April 2009. XSNX anticipates performing tests of evaporation source designs and adapting these sources to HDD equipment over the next nine to 10 months.
“XSNX’s new technology may produce a replacement for silicon wafers – roughly 80% of solar panels are silicon-based – at half the cost. The Company’s CIGS wafers could be integrated into solar panels, adapted to a variety of building materials and even used in consumer products.”
Other comparable companies involved in solar module manufacturing and technology include: DayStar Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: DSTI - News), Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP - News), JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (Nasdaq: JASO - News) and First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR - News).
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The analysts contributing to this report certify that the views expressed herein accurately reflect the analysts' personal views as to the subject securities and issuers. BeaconEquity.com is not a registered investment advisor and nothing contained in any materials should be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any securities. BlueWave Advisors LLC has been compensated nine hundred thousand Restricted Rule 144 shares directly from XsunX as a marketing budget to manage a comprehensive investor awareness program including the creation and distribution of this report as well as other investor relations efforts; BlueWave Advisors has been previously compensated a total of seventy five thousand dollars for contracts, which have expired. This report is based on data obtained from sources we believe to be reliable, but is not guaranteed as to accuracy and does not purport to be complete. Please read our report and visit our Web site, BeaconEquity.com, for complete disclosures.
Contact:BeaconEquity.comJeff Bishop, 469-252-3505press@beaconequity.comwww.BeaconEquity.comorXsunX Inc.
Vanessa Watkin, 888-797-4527investors@xsunx.com
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Friday, October 09, 2009
How to Get your Green Business Funded
How to Get your Green Business Funded
POINT ROBERTS, Wash., Delta B.C., October 9, 2009 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a leading online global investor resource, with a primary focus on environment and water provides tips and resources for green and cleantech companies seeking funding.
A recent report on funding from the The Cleantech Group at the beginning of October announced preliminary 3Q09 results for clean technology venture investments in North America, Europe, China and India totaling $1.59 billion across 134 companies.
Government funding and tax incentives were key to enabling growth in the sector.
Read full cleantech funding report:
The Investor Ideas Marketplace is fast becoming a global meeting place and exchange for businesses and investors, with a primary focus on green and cleantech. Based on feedback and insight from both perspectives, Investorideas.com shares the following feedback to achieve stronger results:
Recent Feedback and Comments:
“ Make sure the executive summary is specific to the company and compelling – not just a bunch of general market data and statistics”
“ Companies with existing revenue or contracts have preference “
“ We are looking for disruptive technology plays”
“ Have a realistic valuation on your company based on today’s market”
“ Be clear about what differentiates you in the marketplace “
“ Shovel ready projects with permits in place have stronger funding ability”
Investorideas.com also notes that several of the funding groups are looking for companies that are pre-IPO with going public as a possible exit strategy.
For green businesses seeking funding Investor Ideas has created tools to help and accelerate the process internally with the Global Green Fund and Venture Capital Directory .The green funding directory, available in PDF has close to 500 contacts including global green funds, VC, Private Equity, Investors and Investment Banking firms. The directory will be updated and added to each month as new companies enter the sector.
The Investor Ideas Marketplace is another option for companies seeking funding or strategic partners to invest in their business. Companies can gain exposure by online advertising starting as little as $100 with a text link or more publicity by publishing company news and press releases. If the right company reads your press releases it can result in investment inquiries.
Accredited Investors and Companies seeking funding can register and request info online. Approved accredited investors can view the secure marketplace pages featuring executive summaries of each company. Approved companies can be added to the growing list of companies. Register and sign up to view the private access link or to have your company added:
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www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com is one of several green investor portals within Investorideas.com and provides investors with stock news, exclusive articles and financial columnists, audio interviews, investor conferences, Blogs, and a directory of stocks within the renewable energy sector.
Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured companies, news submissions and online advertising.
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POINT ROBERTS, Wash., Delta B.C., October 9, 2009 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a leading online global investor resource, with a primary focus on environment and water provides tips and resources for green and cleantech companies seeking funding.
A recent report on funding from the The Cleantech Group at the beginning of October announced preliminary 3Q09 results for clean technology venture investments in North America, Europe, China and India totaling $1.59 billion across 134 companies.
Government funding and tax incentives were key to enabling growth in the sector.
Read full cleantech funding report:
The Investor Ideas Marketplace is fast becoming a global meeting place and exchange for businesses and investors, with a primary focus on green and cleantech. Based on feedback and insight from both perspectives, Investorideas.com shares the following feedback to achieve stronger results:
Recent Feedback and Comments:
“ Make sure the executive summary is specific to the company and compelling – not just a bunch of general market data and statistics”
“ Companies with existing revenue or contracts have preference “
“ We are looking for disruptive technology plays”
“ Have a realistic valuation on your company based on today’s market”
“ Be clear about what differentiates you in the marketplace “
“ Shovel ready projects with permits in place have stronger funding ability”
Investorideas.com also notes that several of the funding groups are looking for companies that are pre-IPO with going public as a possible exit strategy.
For green businesses seeking funding Investor Ideas has created tools to help and accelerate the process internally with the Global Green Fund and Venture Capital Directory .The green funding directory, available in PDF has close to 500 contacts including global green funds, VC, Private Equity, Investors and Investment Banking firms. The directory will be updated and added to each month as new companies enter the sector.
The Investor Ideas Marketplace is another option for companies seeking funding or strategic partners to invest in their business. Companies can gain exposure by online advertising starting as little as $100 with a text link or more publicity by publishing company news and press releases. If the right company reads your press releases it can result in investment inquiries.
Accredited Investors and Companies seeking funding can register and request info online. Approved accredited investors can view the secure marketplace pages featuring executive summaries of each company. Approved companies can be added to the growing list of companies. Register and sign up to view the private access link or to have your company added:
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www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com is one of several green investor portals within Investorideas.com and provides investors with stock news, exclusive articles and financial columnists, audio interviews, investor conferences, Blogs, and a directory of stocks within the renewable energy sector.
Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured companies, news submissions and online advertising.
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
Investorideas.com Water Stocks Index Published on Socially Responsible Website, Investinwhoyouare.com
Water Stocks Sector Close –Up on Publicly Traded Water Stocks from the Investorideas.com Water Stocks Index
Investorideas.com Water Stocks Index Published on Socially Responsible Website, Investinwhoyouare.com
Featured Water Stocks Showcase Company: Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE )
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –October 8, 2009 www.Water-Stocks.com, an investor and industry portal for the water sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up on publicly traded water stocks from the Investorideas.com Water Index, created and published on the socially responsible investor website, www.investinwhoyouare.com.
Investorideas.com Water Stocks Index
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Index based on 9 water stocks from the global water stocks directory at www.Investorideas.com and www.water-stocks.com
Water Stocks Index Components Trading as of October 8th 2009
American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) trading at $19.6, up $ 0.07 (0.36%) 10:39am ET
Ameron International Corporation (NYSE: AMN) trading at $ 73.23, up$ 0.47 (0.65)
American States Water Company (NYSE:AWR) trading at $36.73, up $ 0.22 (0.60)
Aqua America (NYSE: WTR) trading at $16.87 0.01 (0.06%)
ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) trading at $49.80, up $ 0.27 (0.55%) 10:45am ET
Middlesex Water Company (NasdaqGS: MSEX) trading at $15.5, up 0.07 (0.45%) 10:38am ET
Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) trading at #30.37 0.84 (2.84%) 10:47am ET
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS ) trading at $30.44, up $0.44 (1.47%)
Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE ) trading at $0.26 - 0.28
Featured Water Stock Showcase Company: Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE )
Wescorp Energy Inc Showcase Profile Page
Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE) is an Oil and Gas solutions provider focused on deploying its water remediation and environmental technologies that overcome tough operational challenges facing oil and gas operators today on a global basis. Virtually anywhere in the world oil is produced contaminated water is produced, this includes associated formation water in conventional oil and gas production and potable water used in unconventional oil production such as the massive Oil Sands development in Alberta Canada.
Using conventional oil/water/solids separation technology, between 0.05% - 5% (500 ppm - 50,000 ppm) residual oil content remains in the water, Wescorp's patented, proven and highly scalable H2Omaxx microscopic aeration technology addresses this crisis by being able to increase the recovery of oil and reduce the amount of hydrocarbons in the contaminated water to less than 0.001% or 10 ppm. Wescorp's H2Omaxx is extremely economical and environmentally friendly eliminating the use of chemicals, filtration systems, high temperature systems and high pressure vessels.
Wescorp Energy Inc Company Website: http://www.wescorpenergy.com/
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Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured showcase companies including Wescorp Energy (WSCE), news submissions and online advertising. Read our Compensation Disclosure and disclaimers.
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Featured Water Stocks Showcase Company: Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE )
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –October 8, 2009 www.Water-Stocks.com, an investor and industry portal for the water sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up on publicly traded water stocks from the Investorideas.com Water Index, created and published on the socially responsible investor website, www.investinwhoyouare.com.
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Water Stocks Index Components Trading as of October 8th 2009
American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) trading at $19.6, up $ 0.07 (0.36%) 10:39am ET
Ameron International Corporation (NYSE: AMN) trading at $ 73.23, up$ 0.47 (0.65)
American States Water Company (NYSE:AWR) trading at $36.73, up $ 0.22 (0.60)
Aqua America (NYSE: WTR) trading at $16.87 0.01 (0.06%)
ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) trading at $49.80, up $ 0.27 (0.55%) 10:45am ET
Middlesex Water Company (NasdaqGS: MSEX) trading at $15.5, up 0.07 (0.45%) 10:38am ET
Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) trading at #30.37 0.84 (2.84%) 10:47am ET
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS ) trading at $30.44, up $0.44 (1.47%)
Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE ) trading at $0.26 - 0.28
Featured Water Stock Showcase Company: Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE )
Wescorp Energy Inc Showcase Profile Page
Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE) is an Oil and Gas solutions provider focused on deploying its water remediation and environmental technologies that overcome tough operational challenges facing oil and gas operators today on a global basis. Virtually anywhere in the world oil is produced contaminated water is produced, this includes associated formation water in conventional oil and gas production and potable water used in unconventional oil production such as the massive Oil Sands development in Alberta Canada.
Using conventional oil/water/solids separation technology, between 0.05% - 5% (500 ppm - 50,000 ppm) residual oil content remains in the water, Wescorp's patented, proven and highly scalable H2Omaxx microscopic aeration technology addresses this crisis by being able to increase the recovery of oil and reduce the amount of hydrocarbons in the contaminated water to less than 0.001% or 10 ppm. Wescorp's H2Omaxx is extremely economical and environmentally friendly eliminating the use of chemicals, filtration systems, high temperature systems and high pressure vessels.
Wescorp Energy Inc Company Website: http://www.wescorpenergy.com/
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Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured showcase companies including Wescorp Energy (WSCE), news submissions and online advertising. Read our Compensation Disclosure and disclaimers.
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Monday, October 05, 2009
Green Investor News - Secretary Chu Announces First Awards from $1.4 Billion for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects
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Washington, DC - Oct 2 2009 - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the first round of funding from $1.4 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the selection of 12 projects that will capture carbon dioxide from industrial sources for storage or beneficial use. The first phase of these projects will include $21.6 million in Recovery Act funding and $22.5 million in private funding for a total initial investment of $44.1 million. The remaining Recovery Act funding will be awarded to the most promising projects during a competitive phase two selection process.
"This is a major step forward in the fight to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from industrial plants. These new technologies will not only help fight climate change, they will create jobs now and help position the United States to lead the world in carbon dioxide capture technologies, which will only increase in demand in the years ahead," said Secretary Chu.
The successful development of advanced technologies and innovative concepts that reduce emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is a key objective of the Obama Administration's effort to help mitigate the effects of climate change. Carbon dioxide is a major greenhouse gas and contributor to global climate change.
Projects announced today include large-scale industrial carbon capture and storage projects that capture carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources—such as cement plants, chemical plants, refineries, paper mills, and manufacturing facilities—and store the carbon dioxide in deep saline formations and other geologic systems.
The initial duration of each project selected is approximately seven months. Projects will be subject to further competitive evaluation in 2010 after successful completion of their Phase 1 activities. Projects that best demonstrate the ability to address theirmission needs will be in the final portfolio that will receive additional funding for design, construction, and operation.
Large-scale industrial carbon capture and storage selections announced today include:
•Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Allentown, Pa.) - A state-of-the-art system to concentrate CO2 from two steam methane reformer waste streams will be designed, constructed, and demonstrated at Port Arthur, Texas. More than 1 million tons of CO2 will be delivered per year via pipeline for sequestration into the Oyster Bayou oilfield for enhanced oil recovery by Denbury Onshore LLC. (DOE Share: $961,499)•Archer Daniels Midland Corporation (Decatur, Ill.) - Archer Daniels Midland Company, a member of DOE's Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium, will partner with other research organizations to demonstrate Dow ALSTOM’s advanced amine process to capture CO2 from industrial flue gases and sequester the CO2 in the Mt. Simon Sandstone reservoir. (DOE Share: $1,480,656)•Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division (Richland, Wash.) - Battelle researchers will partner with Boise White Paper LLC and Fluor Corporation to demonstrate geologic CO2 storage in deep flood basalt formations in the State of Washington. Fluor Corporation will design a customized version of its Econamine Plus™ carbon capture technology for operation with the specialized chemical composition of exhaust gases produced from combustion of black liquor fuels. (DOE Share: $500,000)•C6 Resources (Salno, California) - Objective is to capture and transport by pipeline approximately 1 million tons per year of CO2 streams from facilities located in the Bay Area, Calif., to be injected more than 2 miles underground into a saline formation. C6 Resources, an affiliate of Shell Oil Company, will conduct the project in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (DOE Share: $3,000,000)•CEMEX Inc. (Houston, Texas) - CEMEX USA will partner with RTI International to demonstrate a dry sorbent CO2 capture technology at one of its cement plants in the United States. CEMEX will design and construct a dry sorbent CO2 capture and compression system, pipeline (if necessary), and injection station. This commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration demonstration project will remove up to 1 million tons of CO2. (DOE Share: $1,137,885)•ConocoPhillips (Houston, Texas) - ConocoPhillips will demonstrate new advancements that improve conversion efficiency and economies of scale for carbon capture systems at a petcoke-based 683-megawatt integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant adjacent to its existing refinery in Sweeny, Texas. About 85 percent of the CO2 from the process stream will be captured and over 5 million tons sequestered into a depleted oil or gas field. (DOE Share: $3,014,666)•Leucadia Energy LLC (New York, N.Y.) - Partnered with Denbury Onshore, Leucadia Energy will demonstrate advanced technologies that capture and sequester more than 4 million tons of CO2 emissions at the Lake Charles co-generation petroleum coke-to-chemicals (methanol) project to be located near Lake Charles, La. The project will transport compressed CO2 through a 12-mile pipeline that connects to Denbury's Green Line pipeline system in Louisiana so that it can be used for enhanced oil recovery in the Hastings and Oyster Bayou oilfields in Texas. (DOE Share: $540,000)•Leucadia Energy LLC (New York, N.Y.) - Leucadia Energy and Denbury Onshore will demonstrate advanced technologies that capture and sequester CO2 emissions from an industrial source. Mississippi Gasification LLC, a Leucadia affiliate, is building a petcoke-to-substitute natural gas plant in Moss Point, Miss., to demonstrate large-scale recovery, purification and compression of 4 million tons per year of CO2. (DOE Share: $840,000)•Praxair Inc. (Danbury, Conn.) - Praxair will partner with BP Products North America, Denbury Resources, and Gulf Coast Carbon Center to demonstrate capture and sequestration of CO2 emissions from an existing hydrogen-production facility in an oil refinery into underground formations for CO2 enhanced oil recovery. This demonstration will be performed at the BP refinery, and a lateral pipeline will be built to connect to Denbury’s Green Pipeline to transport 1 million tons of CO2 per year. (DOE Share: $1,719,464)•Shell Chemical Capital Company (Houston, Texas) - The objective of this project is to capture, condition, and transport by pipeline approximately 1 million tons per year of by-product and off-gas CO2 streams from facilities located along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans for geologic storage. (DOE Share: $3,000,000)•University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) - More than 1 million tons of CO2 per year will be captured from various industrial sources, compressed, and transported via two new intra-state pipelines for CO2 enhanced oil recovery and deep saline sequestration research in Kansas. Beneath each enhanced oil recovery target, a major saline aquifer spanning most of the State of Kansas will be used for CO2 injection. (DOE Share: $2,696,556)•Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative Inc. (Cadillac, Mich.) - Investigators will demonstrate advanced amines and additives supplied by Hitachi and Dow to capture 300,000 tons of CO2 per year. Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative will be building a 600-megawatt circulating fluidized bed power plant near Rogers City, Mich. (DOE Share: $2,723,512)
Additionally, the Department has also made conditional selections of 16 projects that demonstrate innovative concepts for beneficial carbon dioxide use. These conditional selections are subject to additional merit reviews and technical evaluation.
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Washington, DC - Oct 2 2009 - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the first round of funding from $1.4 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the selection of 12 projects that will capture carbon dioxide from industrial sources for storage or beneficial use. The first phase of these projects will include $21.6 million in Recovery Act funding and $22.5 million in private funding for a total initial investment of $44.1 million. The remaining Recovery Act funding will be awarded to the most promising projects during a competitive phase two selection process.
"This is a major step forward in the fight to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from industrial plants. These new technologies will not only help fight climate change, they will create jobs now and help position the United States to lead the world in carbon dioxide capture technologies, which will only increase in demand in the years ahead," said Secretary Chu.
The successful development of advanced technologies and innovative concepts that reduce emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is a key objective of the Obama Administration's effort to help mitigate the effects of climate change. Carbon dioxide is a major greenhouse gas and contributor to global climate change.
Projects announced today include large-scale industrial carbon capture and storage projects that capture carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources—such as cement plants, chemical plants, refineries, paper mills, and manufacturing facilities—and store the carbon dioxide in deep saline formations and other geologic systems.
The initial duration of each project selected is approximately seven months. Projects will be subject to further competitive evaluation in 2010 after successful completion of their Phase 1 activities. Projects that best demonstrate the ability to address theirmission needs will be in the final portfolio that will receive additional funding for design, construction, and operation.
Large-scale industrial carbon capture and storage selections announced today include:
•Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Allentown, Pa.) - A state-of-the-art system to concentrate CO2 from two steam methane reformer waste streams will be designed, constructed, and demonstrated at Port Arthur, Texas. More than 1 million tons of CO2 will be delivered per year via pipeline for sequestration into the Oyster Bayou oilfield for enhanced oil recovery by Denbury Onshore LLC. (DOE Share: $961,499)•Archer Daniels Midland Corporation (Decatur, Ill.) - Archer Daniels Midland Company, a member of DOE's Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium, will partner with other research organizations to demonstrate Dow ALSTOM’s advanced amine process to capture CO2 from industrial flue gases and sequester the CO2 in the Mt. Simon Sandstone reservoir. (DOE Share: $1,480,656)•Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division (Richland, Wash.) - Battelle researchers will partner with Boise White Paper LLC and Fluor Corporation to demonstrate geologic CO2 storage in deep flood basalt formations in the State of Washington. Fluor Corporation will design a customized version of its Econamine Plus™ carbon capture technology for operation with the specialized chemical composition of exhaust gases produced from combustion of black liquor fuels. (DOE Share: $500,000)•C6 Resources (Salno, California) - Objective is to capture and transport by pipeline approximately 1 million tons per year of CO2 streams from facilities located in the Bay Area, Calif., to be injected more than 2 miles underground into a saline formation. C6 Resources, an affiliate of Shell Oil Company, will conduct the project in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (DOE Share: $3,000,000)•CEMEX Inc. (Houston, Texas) - CEMEX USA will partner with RTI International to demonstrate a dry sorbent CO2 capture technology at one of its cement plants in the United States. CEMEX will design and construct a dry sorbent CO2 capture and compression system, pipeline (if necessary), and injection station. This commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration demonstration project will remove up to 1 million tons of CO2. (DOE Share: $1,137,885)•ConocoPhillips (Houston, Texas) - ConocoPhillips will demonstrate new advancements that improve conversion efficiency and economies of scale for carbon capture systems at a petcoke-based 683-megawatt integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant adjacent to its existing refinery in Sweeny, Texas. About 85 percent of the CO2 from the process stream will be captured and over 5 million tons sequestered into a depleted oil or gas field. (DOE Share: $3,014,666)•Leucadia Energy LLC (New York, N.Y.) - Partnered with Denbury Onshore, Leucadia Energy will demonstrate advanced technologies that capture and sequester more than 4 million tons of CO2 emissions at the Lake Charles co-generation petroleum coke-to-chemicals (methanol) project to be located near Lake Charles, La. The project will transport compressed CO2 through a 12-mile pipeline that connects to Denbury's Green Line pipeline system in Louisiana so that it can be used for enhanced oil recovery in the Hastings and Oyster Bayou oilfields in Texas. (DOE Share: $540,000)•Leucadia Energy LLC (New York, N.Y.) - Leucadia Energy and Denbury Onshore will demonstrate advanced technologies that capture and sequester CO2 emissions from an industrial source. Mississippi Gasification LLC, a Leucadia affiliate, is building a petcoke-to-substitute natural gas plant in Moss Point, Miss., to demonstrate large-scale recovery, purification and compression of 4 million tons per year of CO2. (DOE Share: $840,000)•Praxair Inc. (Danbury, Conn.) - Praxair will partner with BP Products North America, Denbury Resources, and Gulf Coast Carbon Center to demonstrate capture and sequestration of CO2 emissions from an existing hydrogen-production facility in an oil refinery into underground formations for CO2 enhanced oil recovery. This demonstration will be performed at the BP refinery, and a lateral pipeline will be built to connect to Denbury’s Green Pipeline to transport 1 million tons of CO2 per year. (DOE Share: $1,719,464)•Shell Chemical Capital Company (Houston, Texas) - The objective of this project is to capture, condition, and transport by pipeline approximately 1 million tons per year of by-product and off-gas CO2 streams from facilities located along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans for geologic storage. (DOE Share: $3,000,000)•University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) - More than 1 million tons of CO2 per year will be captured from various industrial sources, compressed, and transported via two new intra-state pipelines for CO2 enhanced oil recovery and deep saline sequestration research in Kansas. Beneath each enhanced oil recovery target, a major saline aquifer spanning most of the State of Kansas will be used for CO2 injection. (DOE Share: $2,696,556)•Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative Inc. (Cadillac, Mich.) - Investigators will demonstrate advanced amines and additives supplied by Hitachi and Dow to capture 300,000 tons of CO2 per year. Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative will be building a 600-megawatt circulating fluidized bed power plant near Rogers City, Mich. (DOE Share: $2,723,512)
Additionally, the Department has also made conditional selections of 16 projects that demonstrate innovative concepts for beneficial carbon dioxide use. These conditional selections are subject to additional merit reviews and technical evaluation.
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Friday, October 02, 2009
How to Find the Next Green Stock Win; A123 Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGM: AONE) up Again Today
How to Find the Next Green Stock Win; A123 Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGM: AONE) up Again Today
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –October 2, 2009 - www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading global investor and industry portal for the renewable energy sector within www.Investorideas.com and its renewable energy and green energy stocks directory provide investors the research tools to find global green stocks to invest in and trade . The recent success of the A123 Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGM: AONE) IPO at $13.50, currently trading at, $ 25.77, up $ 3.16 (13.98%) reminds investors there is still “green” in the sector.
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A123 Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGM: AONE) develops and manufactures advanced lithium-ion batteries and battery systems for the transportation, electric grid services and consumer markets. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Massachusetts, A123 Systems' proprietary nanoscale electrode technology is built on initial developments from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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GWS Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: GWSC), an alternative energy company developing renewable energy solutions. GWS stands for GreenWindSolar. Our products and solutions are part of the new "microgeneration" movement that is transforming the way everyday people provide for their energy needs. Through a growing line of solar and wind-powered products ranging from handheld devices that can recharge an iPod to wind turbines for point-of-use alternative energy generation, GWS is leading the way in the emerging microgeneration marketplace. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Magnegas Corporation (OTCBB:MNGA) is the producer of MagneGas(TM), a natural gas alternative and metal cutting fuel made from liquid waste such as sewage, sludge, manure and certain industrial and oil based liquid wastes. The Company's patented Plasma Arc Flow(TM) process gasifies liquid waste, creating a clean burning fuel that is essentially interchangeable with natural gas, but with lower green house gas emissions. MagneGas(TM) can be used for metal cutting, cooking, and heating or powering bi fuel automobiles.
Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE ) is an Oil and Gas solutions provider focused on deploying its water remediation and environmental technologies that overcome tough operational challenges facing oil and gas operators today on a global basis. Virtually anywhere in the world oil is produced contaminated water is produced, this includes associated formation water in conventional oil and gas production and potable water used in unconventional oil production such as the massive Oil Sands development in Alberta Canada.
Using conventional oil/water/solids separation technology, between 0.05% - 5% (500 ppm - 50,000 ppm) residual oil content remains in the water, Wescorp's patented, proven and highly scalable H2Omaxx microscopic aeration technology addresses this crisis by being able to increase the recovery of oil and reduce the amount of hydrocarbons in the contaminated water to less than 0.001% or 10 ppm. Wescorp's H2Omaxx is extremely economical and environmentally friendly eliminating the use of chemicals, filtration systems, high temperature systems and high pressure vessels.
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POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –October 2, 2009 - www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading global investor and industry portal for the renewable energy sector within www.Investorideas.com and its renewable energy and green energy stocks directory provide investors the research tools to find global green stocks to invest in and trade . The recent success of the A123 Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGM: AONE) IPO at $13.50, currently trading at, $ 25.77, up $ 3.16 (13.98%) reminds investors there is still “green” in the sector.
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A123 Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGM: AONE) develops and manufactures advanced lithium-ion batteries and battery systems for the transportation, electric grid services and consumer markets. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Massachusetts, A123 Systems' proprietary nanoscale electrode technology is built on initial developments from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Green Energy investors can research stocks with the Renewable Energy Stocks Directory, one of the most comprehensive directories online. The directory has close to 900 stocks and new stocks are added each month for investors following the sector. The complete renewable energy stocks directory features stocks listed on the TSX, OTC, NASDAQ, NYSE, AMEX, ASX, AIM markets and other leading exchanges. The directory includes info and links on Alternative Energy Funds, Biogas and Ethanol Stocks, Energy Efficiency Stocks, Flywheel Stocks, Fuel Cell Stocks, Geothermal Stocks, Hydrogen Production, Micro Turbine Stocks, Solar Stocks, Green Transportation, Wind Power and Wind Energy Stocks and Green Infrastructure Stocks.
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GWS Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: GWSC), an alternative energy company developing renewable energy solutions. GWS stands for GreenWindSolar. Our products and solutions are part of the new "microgeneration" movement that is transforming the way everyday people provide for their energy needs. Through a growing line of solar and wind-powered products ranging from handheld devices that can recharge an iPod to wind turbines for point-of-use alternative energy generation, GWS is leading the way in the emerging microgeneration marketplace. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Magnegas Corporation (OTCBB:MNGA) is the producer of MagneGas(TM), a natural gas alternative and metal cutting fuel made from liquid waste such as sewage, sludge, manure and certain industrial and oil based liquid wastes. The Company's patented Plasma Arc Flow(TM) process gasifies liquid waste, creating a clean burning fuel that is essentially interchangeable with natural gas, but with lower green house gas emissions. MagneGas(TM) can be used for metal cutting, cooking, and heating or powering bi fuel automobiles.
Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE ) is an Oil and Gas solutions provider focused on deploying its water remediation and environmental technologies that overcome tough operational challenges facing oil and gas operators today on a global basis. Virtually anywhere in the world oil is produced contaminated water is produced, this includes associated formation water in conventional oil and gas production and potable water used in unconventional oil production such as the massive Oil Sands development in Alberta Canada.
Using conventional oil/water/solids separation technology, between 0.05% - 5% (500 ppm - 50,000 ppm) residual oil content remains in the water, Wescorp's patented, proven and highly scalable H2Omaxx microscopic aeration technology addresses this crisis by being able to increase the recovery of oil and reduce the amount of hydrocarbons in the contaminated water to less than 0.001% or 10 ppm. Wescorp's H2Omaxx is extremely economical and environmentally friendly eliminating the use of chemicals, filtration systems, high temperature systems and high pressure vessels.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Clean technology venture investment continued recovering in 3Q09 spurred by economic stimulus investment
Clean technology venture investment continued recovering in 3Q09 spurred by economic stimulus investment
Landmark IPO and new funds also signal broadening confidence in clean technology, now the leading venture investment category
October 1, 2009 – The Cleantech Group™, providers of leading global market research, events and advisory services for the clean technology (cleantech) ecosystem, along with Deloitte, which provides audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services to cleantech companies, today released preliminary 3Q09 results for clean technology venture investments in North America, Europe, China and India totaling $1.59 billion across 134 companies.
Cleantech venture investment continued its recovery in the third quarter of 2009, after significant declines in 4Q08 and 1Q09 paralleling the global economic downturn. Following a rebound in 2Q09, the 3Q09 total is up a further 10 percent compared to the previous quarter, yet down 42 percent from the same period a year ago.
“The billions in government funding being allocated globally in clean technology have begun emboldening private capital, which has in turn helped propel clean technology to the leading venture investment sector, now eclipsing biotech and IT,” said Dallas Kachan, Managing Director, Cleantech Group. “The two largest venture deals (Solyndra and Tesla Motors) and the largest IPO (A123Systems) this quarter were all recipients of U.S. government funding. Hundreds of millions of dollars in new venture funds this quarter are also evidence of investor confidence and momentum, including $1.1 billion in two new funds by Khosla Ventures alone.”
“The extension of tax credits for renewable-based power generation along with government stimulus and regulatory requirements to meet renewable portfolio standards are helping to drive continued investment on the part of VCs and utilities into the cleantech sector,” said Scott Smith, U.S. leader of Deloitte’s Clean Tech practice. “Utilities are increasingly bringing their access to capital to the sector through direct investment and power purchase agreements, driving new projects and increased capacity. We continue to see utilities investing in wind and solar and expect this trend to continue as cleantech projects become more economically viable and desirable for utilities.”
BY TECHNOLOGY SECTORThe leading clean technology investment sector was solar, which rose from the previous quarter’s 13 percent to 28 percent of venture investment, but still only received $451 million, down from a high of $1.2 billion invested in 3Q08. The second highest area of investment was transportation—subsectors of which include vehicles, biofuels and advanced batteries- which received $383 million. Green buildings—including energy efficient buildings, glass and lighting subsectors—had a strong quarter, with investment of $110 million. The largest transactions in each technology sector were:
•Solar - $451 millionDeals included: California-based thin film company Solyndra, which raised $198 million from a group of investors led by Argonaut Private Equity; California-based SolFocus, a developer of concentrating PV systems, which closed its Series C fundraising on $77.6 million from investors including Apex Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, NGEN, Yellowstone Capital, Demeter Partners, and affiliates of Advanced Equities; and California-based SunRun, a residential power purchase agreement (PPA) provider, which raised $18 million from Accel Partners and Foundation Capital.•Transportation (including Vehicles, Advanced Batteries & Biofuels) - $383 millionDeals included: Tesla Motors, the California-based electric car manufacturer, which raised $82.5 million in funding from a group of investors led by London-based Fjord Capital Management; Think Global, the Norwegian electric car manufacturer, which officially announced a $46 million round; and Amyris Biotechnologies, the California-based developer of a synthetic platform to create renewable fuels and chemicals, which secured $24.8 million as part of an ongoing $62 million Series C funding round.•Green Buildings (including Energy Efficient Buildings, Glass & Lighting) - $110 millionDeals included: Serious Materials, the California-based developer of a range of green building materials, which raised $60 million in Series C funding from Mesirow Financial, Enertech Capital, Cheyenne Partners, Saints Capital, as well as existing investors; and iControl Networks the California-based developer of broadband home management systems for controlling energy usage, which raised $23 million in Series C funding from Tyco International’s ADT Security Services, Cisco, Comcast Interactive Capital, GE Security, and existing venture capital backers.
M&As AND IPOsClean technology M&A dropped in 3Q09 from the previous quarter, totaling an estimated 98 deals, of which totals were disclosed for $5.9 billion.
In the leading cleantech IPO of the quarter, and one of the most significant cleantech exits to date, A123Systems made its long awaited debut on the NASDAQ Global Market, in which the company raised $380 million at a company valuation of $1.3 billion (which rose to $1.9 billion by the close of day one trading). Other clean technology IPOs recorded in 3Q09 were wind farm developer Indian Energy, which began trading on London’s AIM, raising $16.2 million, and India-based Euro Multivision, which raised $13.5 million on the Bombay Stock Exchange for the company's photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing unit.
BY GEOGRAPHYNorth America continued to attract the largest percentage of clean technology venture capital, with Europe and Israel in 3Q09 in second place at 29 percent.
•NORTH AMERICA: North America accounted for 67 percent of the total, raising USD $1.1 billion in 73 disclosed rounds, up 8 percent from 2Q09 and down 42 percent from 3Q08. As the most significant region for VC investment, the sector trends broadly match those described globally. The region accounted for the four largest venture deals (Solyndra, Tesla Motors, SolFocus and Serious Materials) as well as the largest IPO (A123 Systems). California led the way, with $655 million (61 percent total share) in investment, followed by Colorado ($47 million, 4 percent).•EUROPE AND ISRAEL: Europe and Israel received 29 percent of the total, raising USD $457 million in 53 disclosed rounds, up 61 percent from 2Q09 yet down 42 percent from 3Q08. Energy generation ($246 million, 21 deals) received the most investment, followed by vehicles ($51 million, three deals). The largest deal was Norwegian electric car maker Think Global, which emerged from bankruptcy and announced a $47 million round, part of which had been announced in Q209. There were also large deals for Irish bio-energy company Imperative Energy, which raised $43 million, and UK-based fuel cell company Intelligent Energy, which raised $30 million. The UK led with $125 million in 17 deals, with France in second position with $72 million in 10 deals.•CHINA: China received 3 percent of the total VC investment, raising USD $41.8 million in three clean technology VC deals: Nobao Renewable Energy attracted USD $25 million from Tsing Capital to develop geothermal heating and cooling technology; Nanjing City Control Information Technology raised USD $14.6 million to develop smart transportation control systems; and thin film solar and building integrated photovoltaic company Wuhan Rixin Technology attracted USD $2.2 million. Four private equity deals were tracked, totaling USD $886 million. Three M&A deals were tracked totaling more than USD $146 million. Two of the deals involved solar companies and one involved waste to energy companies.•INDIA: Indian cleantech companies raised USD $21.5 million in five investment rounds (of which one deal amount was not disclosed). The amount invested in 3Q09 was significantly lower than the previous quarter (USD $134 million) and 3Q08 (USD $185 million). Five M&A deals were tracked with a total value of USD $142 million (of which two deals amount were not disclosed). Energy generation attracted most interest and in particular the wind sector. Companies involved in M&A deals this quarter were Schneider Electric India, Techno Electric & Engineering, Chloride Group, Luminous Power Technologies and IDFC Private Equity. Mumbai-based Euro Multivision had an IPO in September in to raise capital and consolidate its solar photovoltaic manufacturing unit in Gujarat. Chennai-based industrial water solution provider VA Tech Wabag announced plans to raise USD $100 million via an IPO next year.
TOP INVESTORS 3Q09 Most Active Cleantech Venture Funds Venture Capital Firm # of rounds Companies Intel Capital 6 Ozmo Devices, Powervation, CPower, Grid Net, iControl Networks, Convey Computer Corporation Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 5 Amyris Biotechnologies, Applied Process Technology, Hara Environmental and Energy Management, iControl Networks, Solasta New Enterprise Associates 4 Glacier Bay, Liquidia Technologies, RT Outsourcing Services, SolFocus Braemar Energy Ventures 4 General Fusion, Grid Net, Convey Computer Corporation, Solicore
Source: Cleantech Group (cleantech.com)Key takeaways reviewed in webinar next weekThe Cleantech Group and Deloitte will review key findings of their 3Q09 data in a live webinar on October 6, 2009 at 11AM EST / 8AM PST / 16:00 GMT, exclusively for members of the Cleantech Group’s Cleantech Network. Network members may join the live meeting at http://cleantech.acrobat.com/research/ a few minutes before the event, and will need their email address and Cleantech Network password to log in. Members unsure of their passwords can contact Cleantech Group at +1 810-224-4310 x.7151 or can retrieve their password at http://cleantech.com/memberpassword.cfm.
This press release is not a research report and nothing herein is intended to be nor should be construed as investment advice. Neither Cleantech Group, LLC nor Deloitte recommends that any financial product should be bought, sold or held by any individual or entity, and nothing in this press release should be construed as an offer, or the solicitation of an offer, to buy or sell securities by Cleantech Group, LLC or Deloitte. Investors should not make any investment decision without consulting a fully qualified financial adviser.
About the Cleantech Group, LLCThe Cleantech Group pioneered the clean technology investment category in 2002. Today, it accelerates the development and market adoption of clean technologies globally. The company’s worldwide network of investors, entrepreneurs, enterprises, service providers and others—representing trillions of dollars in assets—receives access to capital, investment deal flow, networking, market leading research and data, sales leads and promotional opportunities. The Cleantech Group also provides advisory services for large corporations and governments, publishes leading cleantech sector industry news coverage and produces the premier Cleantech Forum® events worldwide. Details are available at http://www.cleantech.com.
About DeloitteAs used in this document, “Deloitte” means Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries.News & Stories Published at Clean Energy Stocks Blog.
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Landmark IPO and new funds also signal broadening confidence in clean technology, now the leading venture investment category
October 1, 2009 – The Cleantech Group™, providers of leading global market research, events and advisory services for the clean technology (cleantech) ecosystem, along with Deloitte, which provides audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services to cleantech companies, today released preliminary 3Q09 results for clean technology venture investments in North America, Europe, China and India totaling $1.59 billion across 134 companies.
Cleantech venture investment continued its recovery in the third quarter of 2009, after significant declines in 4Q08 and 1Q09 paralleling the global economic downturn. Following a rebound in 2Q09, the 3Q09 total is up a further 10 percent compared to the previous quarter, yet down 42 percent from the same period a year ago.
“The billions in government funding being allocated globally in clean technology have begun emboldening private capital, which has in turn helped propel clean technology to the leading venture investment sector, now eclipsing biotech and IT,” said Dallas Kachan, Managing Director, Cleantech Group. “The two largest venture deals (Solyndra and Tesla Motors) and the largest IPO (A123Systems) this quarter were all recipients of U.S. government funding. Hundreds of millions of dollars in new venture funds this quarter are also evidence of investor confidence and momentum, including $1.1 billion in two new funds by Khosla Ventures alone.”
“The extension of tax credits for renewable-based power generation along with government stimulus and regulatory requirements to meet renewable portfolio standards are helping to drive continued investment on the part of VCs and utilities into the cleantech sector,” said Scott Smith, U.S. leader of Deloitte’s Clean Tech practice. “Utilities are increasingly bringing their access to capital to the sector through direct investment and power purchase agreements, driving new projects and increased capacity. We continue to see utilities investing in wind and solar and expect this trend to continue as cleantech projects become more economically viable and desirable for utilities.”
BY TECHNOLOGY SECTORThe leading clean technology investment sector was solar, which rose from the previous quarter’s 13 percent to 28 percent of venture investment, but still only received $451 million, down from a high of $1.2 billion invested in 3Q08. The second highest area of investment was transportation—subsectors of which include vehicles, biofuels and advanced batteries- which received $383 million. Green buildings—including energy efficient buildings, glass and lighting subsectors—had a strong quarter, with investment of $110 million. The largest transactions in each technology sector were:
•Solar - $451 millionDeals included: California-based thin film company Solyndra, which raised $198 million from a group of investors led by Argonaut Private Equity; California-based SolFocus, a developer of concentrating PV systems, which closed its Series C fundraising on $77.6 million from investors including Apex Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, NGEN, Yellowstone Capital, Demeter Partners, and affiliates of Advanced Equities; and California-based SunRun, a residential power purchase agreement (PPA) provider, which raised $18 million from Accel Partners and Foundation Capital.•Transportation (including Vehicles, Advanced Batteries & Biofuels) - $383 millionDeals included: Tesla Motors, the California-based electric car manufacturer, which raised $82.5 million in funding from a group of investors led by London-based Fjord Capital Management; Think Global, the Norwegian electric car manufacturer, which officially announced a $46 million round; and Amyris Biotechnologies, the California-based developer of a synthetic platform to create renewable fuels and chemicals, which secured $24.8 million as part of an ongoing $62 million Series C funding round.•Green Buildings (including Energy Efficient Buildings, Glass & Lighting) - $110 millionDeals included: Serious Materials, the California-based developer of a range of green building materials, which raised $60 million in Series C funding from Mesirow Financial, Enertech Capital, Cheyenne Partners, Saints Capital, as well as existing investors; and iControl Networks the California-based developer of broadband home management systems for controlling energy usage, which raised $23 million in Series C funding from Tyco International’s ADT Security Services, Cisco, Comcast Interactive Capital, GE Security, and existing venture capital backers.
M&As AND IPOsClean technology M&A dropped in 3Q09 from the previous quarter, totaling an estimated 98 deals, of which totals were disclosed for $5.9 billion.
In the leading cleantech IPO of the quarter, and one of the most significant cleantech exits to date, A123Systems made its long awaited debut on the NASDAQ Global Market, in which the company raised $380 million at a company valuation of $1.3 billion (which rose to $1.9 billion by the close of day one trading). Other clean technology IPOs recorded in 3Q09 were wind farm developer Indian Energy, which began trading on London’s AIM, raising $16.2 million, and India-based Euro Multivision, which raised $13.5 million on the Bombay Stock Exchange for the company's photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing unit.
BY GEOGRAPHYNorth America continued to attract the largest percentage of clean technology venture capital, with Europe and Israel in 3Q09 in second place at 29 percent.
•NORTH AMERICA: North America accounted for 67 percent of the total, raising USD $1.1 billion in 73 disclosed rounds, up 8 percent from 2Q09 and down 42 percent from 3Q08. As the most significant region for VC investment, the sector trends broadly match those described globally. The region accounted for the four largest venture deals (Solyndra, Tesla Motors, SolFocus and Serious Materials) as well as the largest IPO (A123 Systems). California led the way, with $655 million (61 percent total share) in investment, followed by Colorado ($47 million, 4 percent).•EUROPE AND ISRAEL: Europe and Israel received 29 percent of the total, raising USD $457 million in 53 disclosed rounds, up 61 percent from 2Q09 yet down 42 percent from 3Q08. Energy generation ($246 million, 21 deals) received the most investment, followed by vehicles ($51 million, three deals). The largest deal was Norwegian electric car maker Think Global, which emerged from bankruptcy and announced a $47 million round, part of which had been announced in Q209. There were also large deals for Irish bio-energy company Imperative Energy, which raised $43 million, and UK-based fuel cell company Intelligent Energy, which raised $30 million. The UK led with $125 million in 17 deals, with France in second position with $72 million in 10 deals.•CHINA: China received 3 percent of the total VC investment, raising USD $41.8 million in three clean technology VC deals: Nobao Renewable Energy attracted USD $25 million from Tsing Capital to develop geothermal heating and cooling technology; Nanjing City Control Information Technology raised USD $14.6 million to develop smart transportation control systems; and thin film solar and building integrated photovoltaic company Wuhan Rixin Technology attracted USD $2.2 million. Four private equity deals were tracked, totaling USD $886 million. Three M&A deals were tracked totaling more than USD $146 million. Two of the deals involved solar companies and one involved waste to energy companies.•INDIA: Indian cleantech companies raised USD $21.5 million in five investment rounds (of which one deal amount was not disclosed). The amount invested in 3Q09 was significantly lower than the previous quarter (USD $134 million) and 3Q08 (USD $185 million). Five M&A deals were tracked with a total value of USD $142 million (of which two deals amount were not disclosed). Energy generation attracted most interest and in particular the wind sector. Companies involved in M&A deals this quarter were Schneider Electric India, Techno Electric & Engineering, Chloride Group, Luminous Power Technologies and IDFC Private Equity. Mumbai-based Euro Multivision had an IPO in September in to raise capital and consolidate its solar photovoltaic manufacturing unit in Gujarat. Chennai-based industrial water solution provider VA Tech Wabag announced plans to raise USD $100 million via an IPO next year.
TOP INVESTORS 3Q09 Most Active Cleantech Venture Funds Venture Capital Firm # of rounds Companies Intel Capital 6 Ozmo Devices, Powervation, CPower, Grid Net, iControl Networks, Convey Computer Corporation Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 5 Amyris Biotechnologies, Applied Process Technology, Hara Environmental and Energy Management, iControl Networks, Solasta New Enterprise Associates 4 Glacier Bay, Liquidia Technologies, RT Outsourcing Services, SolFocus Braemar Energy Ventures 4 General Fusion, Grid Net, Convey Computer Corporation, Solicore
Source: Cleantech Group (cleantech.com)Key takeaways reviewed in webinar next weekThe Cleantech Group and Deloitte will review key findings of their 3Q09 data in a live webinar on October 6, 2009 at 11AM EST / 8AM PST / 16:00 GMT, exclusively for members of the Cleantech Group’s Cleantech Network. Network members may join the live meeting at http://cleantech.acrobat.com/research/ a few minutes before the event, and will need their email address and Cleantech Network password to log in. Members unsure of their passwords can contact Cleantech Group at +1 810-224-4310 x.7151 or can retrieve their password at http://cleantech.com/memberpassword.cfm.
This press release is not a research report and nothing herein is intended to be nor should be construed as investment advice. Neither Cleantech Group, LLC nor Deloitte recommends that any financial product should be bought, sold or held by any individual or entity, and nothing in this press release should be construed as an offer, or the solicitation of an offer, to buy or sell securities by Cleantech Group, LLC or Deloitte. Investors should not make any investment decision without consulting a fully qualified financial adviser.
About the Cleantech Group, LLCThe Cleantech Group pioneered the clean technology investment category in 2002. Today, it accelerates the development and market adoption of clean technologies globally. The company’s worldwide network of investors, entrepreneurs, enterprises, service providers and others—representing trillions of dollars in assets—receives access to capital, investment deal flow, networking, market leading research and data, sales leads and promotional opportunities. The Cleantech Group also provides advisory services for large corporations and governments, publishes leading cleantech sector industry news coverage and produces the premier Cleantech Forum® events worldwide. Details are available at http://www.cleantech.com.
About DeloitteAs used in this document, “Deloitte” means Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries.News & Stories Published at Clean Energy Stocks Blog.
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