MAGENN: Wind turbines go up and away

A Canadian company is developing turbines based on tethered, rotating balloons.


Article: EurekaMagazine.co.uk
13/02/2007 by Tom Shelley



Interview with Fred Ferguson: Treehugger.com
16/12/2005, by Lloyd Alter

Company: Magenn Power Inc.

SUNMACHINE: Wood-Pellets & Sterling engine

Now, as wood can be fuelled, the Stirling engine makes sense also in solid fuel boilers.

Company: Sunmachine Product Animation

Gridpoint: Making the Power Grid Smarter

A project is networking home appliances and thermostats to electricity grids, decreasing utility costs and electricity loads.

Article: Technology Review
May 12, 2006, By Kate Greene

Umbrella Project: Gridwise

Company: Gridpoint

Dow Jones VentureWire
September 27, 2006
Goldman Sachs Backs Smart Grid with $21M for GridPoint

AlgoDyne Ethanol’s Direct-Alcohol-Fuel-Cell Work Prototype Completed

AlgoDyne is actively developing cutting edge DAFC (Direct-Alcohol-Fuel-Cell) technology to be able to produce electricity from ethanol directly. DAFCs generate power from the direct oxidation of alcohol in conjunction with the reduction of oxygen.

Article: Businesswire
February 01, 2007

Company: AlgoDyne

AlgoDyne’s proprietary mico-algae-based (phytoplankton) technology provides a powerful means to produce clean,renewable energy from the continual harvest of bio-mass from Photo-Bioreactors. The end result is the production of ethanol, methanol, biodiesel, electricity, coal and animal feed all in a carbon dioxide neutral way.

Schmack Biogas AG is one of the pioneers in the German biogas sector.

The company has been setting the standard for high-utilisation biogas plants for more than 10 years now.

Company: Schmack Biogas AG

Beacon Power: Making Electrical Grids More Efficient

A new way to keep the juice flowing steadily.

Article: Technoloy Review
August 10, 2006, By Peter Fairley

Company: Beacon Power

Solix Biofuels & Live Fuels: Algae-Based Fuels Set to Bloom

Oil from microorganisms could help ease the nation's energy woes.

Article: Technology Review
February 05, 2007, By KevinBullis

Company:Solix Biofuels
Company:Live Fuels