MIT professor Daniel Nocera formed a company earlier this year to commercialize a new technology that can “split water” and store solar energy. The company’s key objective now: achieve a solar energy breakthrough.

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Xogen Technologies Inc. receives funding from SDTC for a pilot project of its pioneering wastewater treatment and renewable energy technology at the Water Pollution Control Plant in Orangeville, Ontario.  The technology treats raw wastewater using an electrolytic process that requires a much smaller footprint than conventional treatment approaches, thereby lowering capital costs. As a by [...]

Scientists in Michigan measure the impact of “green roofs” on carbon sequestration.  They found that replacing traditional roofing materials in an urban area the size of Detroit, with a population of about one-million, with green would be equivalent to eliminating a year’s worth of carbon dioxide emitted by 10,000 mid-sized SUVs and trucks.  (Go to [...]

Zenn Motor Co. of Toronto, ON shifts its strategy to supplying auto equipment makers with an electric car drivetrain, which generates and delivers power.  (Go to article in Reuters, 24.09.09)

According to the Canola Council of Canada, currently biodiesel remains only a small factor in the canola industry as a whole.  But there could be more biodiesel-related demand for canola if some of the projects in development move forward as planned.  (Go to article in the Country Guide, 23.09.09)

The Office of Naval Research is sponsoring the development of an innovative solution for generating potable water at twice the efficiency of current production.  (Go to article in Science Blog, 25.09.09)

General Motors India and Reva Electric Car Company partner in the development of electric vehicles for the India market.  The production will begin in 2010.  (Go to article in auto123, 25.09.09)

The redesigned Federal Building in Edmonton, AB will target a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold rating with features like a green roof, new, energy-efficient windows and a fully modern heating and cooling system.  (Go to News Release, Government of Alberta, 24.09.09)

According to the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association, total biofuel production in Canada will reach 2.5 billion litres (660 million gallons) annually by 2011, including 2 billion litres of ethanol and 500 million litres of biodiesel – a rise of 76 per cent in two years.  (Go to article in Reuters, 25.09.09)

Canadian Hydro Developers buys an offshore wind project in Ontario that expects to generate about 4,400 megawatts of power, enough to power more than 2 million homes.  (Go to article in the Financial Post, 28.09.09)