Bio Fuel News - Bio Fuel Science and Technology - Bio Fuel Business and Industry - Bio Fuel and the Environment 29-MAY-09 en-us New York NY (SPX) May 29, 2009 - A French team of an engineer and two architects have won this year's prestigious Metropolis Next Generation Design Prize for "Wind-it," a design to place wind turbines inside existing high-voltage electricity pylons.]]> Ottawa (AFP) May 28, 2009 - Canada said Thursday it hoped to sell a stake in its nuclear agency to try to grow Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and boost its reactor sales, amid growing interest around the world in nuclear power.]]> Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 29, 2009 - At the Kennedy Space Center, Sen. Bill Nelson and Reps. Suzanne Kosmas and Bill Posey joined officials from Florida Power and Light Company and NASA to celebrate the groundbreaking of FPL's Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center.]]> Detroit MI (SPX) May 29, 2009 - Detroit Edison has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to identify potential partners interested in jointly developing wind energy projects with the company.]]> Minsk (AFP) May 28, 2009 - Belarus is seeking a 9.0-billion-dollar (6.5-billion-euro) loan from Russia to build a nuclear power station, Russia's finance minister was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies on Thursday.]]> Blacksburg VA (SPX) May 29, 2009 - A group of Virginia Tech students have produced more than 200 gallons of biodiesel as part of a senior design project for the department of mechanical engineering. The Virginia Tech Bio-Fuels group is putting the fuel to direct use, running two pickup trucks on the liquid in a bid to not only stave off the use of foreign-bought oil but also to be environmentally friendly.]]> Branchburg NJ (SPX) May 29, 2009 - Vanguard Energy Partners has announced the completion of a 578kW solar photovoltaic system at the Morristown Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project will be inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the facility grounds located at 80 East Hanover Avenue in Cedar Knolls.]]> Manila (AFP) May 28, 2009 - Manila's city council Thursday passed a law that officials said will allow oil companies to keep their depots in the city, defying a court order to relocate them on safety and environmental grounds.]]> Hemlock MI (SPX) May 29, 2009 - The Hemlock Semiconductor Group, which includes two Dow Corning joint ventures, has commenced operation of a new 8,500 metric tons polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon) production facility at its Hemlock, Mich. location.]]> Herzliya, Israel (SPX) May 29, 2009 - BP Solar and SolarEdge have announced a joint agreement to explore commercialization of a PV module-integrated power harvesting system embedded directly into BP Solar modules. The combined solution will maximize energy generation throughout the life of the solar power system while dramatically reducing complexities and costs.]]> Munich, Germany (SPX) May 29, 2009 - Amelio Solar has announced its latest innovation, the "PV Duo" tandem photovoltaic module. The PV Duo combines a thin-film amorphous silicon (a-Si) photovoltaic device and a thin-film copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaic device into one integrated module.]]> Toledo OH (SPX) May 29, 2009 - N-Viro International has announced its subsidiary, Florida N-Viro, has reached a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Toho Water Authority (TWA), located in Osceola County, Florida.]]> Lake Mary FL (SPX) May 29, 2009 - Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings has announced that it has signed a biofuel sales contract with the Tri Gas and Oil Co Inc of Federalsburg, Maryland, ("Tri Gas and Oil") to market and distribute NGB biofuel.]]>