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Executive Summary Update
MPI is developing breakthrough magnetic energy technologies. Based upon proprietary discoveries in MPI's labs, generators are being designed that operate continuously, without fuel, extracting electricity by converting an abundant, renewable, extremely dense, energy source that has never before been commercialized. The process will create no pollution. Variations will provide a permanent power supply that can eventually replace the need for batteries of all sizes. Conventional power costs are rising. The cost of electricity from these technologies promises to be less than any competing form of power generation. This technology is expected to give electric cars unlimited range, as well as turn them into power plants. When appropriately parked, up to 150 kW can, without the need for any wire connection, be sold to cooperating local electric utilities.

Trilogy By Shea Homes Teams With BP Solar To Offer Free Solar Power On New Homes
Trilogy™ by Shea Homes, the first builder to roll out a national solar offering, has chosen to work with BP Solar, a global leader in solar energy. Trilogy will offer free solar power systems on new homes as part of its ongoing commitment to reducing the carbon footprint of homes in all of its Shea Homes Active Lifestyle™ Communities across four states.

CSU-Pueblo, BP Solar, and Black Hills Energy Team Up to Install One of the La...
Colorado State University-Pueblo soon will be the home of a solar electric system in excess of one megawatt, one of the largest such systems for an education facility in the United States. Under this innovative arrangement with Black Hills Energy (formerly Aquila) and BP Solar, the system is estimated to contribute more than 10 percent of the University's electricity needs. Installation of the ground-based solar array will begin in July with full operation scheduled for late this fall.

POET applauds objective ruling from EPA on the renewable fuel standard
POET, the world's largest ethanol producer, praised the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for their objective ruling on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Geothermal Energy Growth Continues, Industry Survey Reports
A survey released by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) shows continued growth in the number of new geothermal power projects under development in the United States, a 20% increase since January of this year. The report identified 103 projects underway in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. When developed, these projects could provide nearly 4,000 MW of new electric power, enough electricity to meet the needs of roughly 4 million homes.

Mexico & Agaves: Moving from Tequila to Ethanol
With a history that stretches well back into pre-Columbian times, certain varieties of the Agave family are beginning to capture the attention of investors and researchers interested in indigenous plants and trees in countries around the world that are not used to produce food and have attributes that make them prospective sources of ethanol.

Suniva & Solon Announce US $500M Supply Deal
Suniva Inc. has signed a long-term customer agreement with Solon AG, which extends through 2012, during which time Suniva will deliver more than US $500 million worth of high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cells to Solon.

HSH Nordbank Invests in Belgium Wind Farm
HSH Nordbank AG has announced that it will structure a EUR 97.9 million financing package for the construction and operation of the wind turbines at one of the world's largest wind farms in the Belgian community of Estinnes. According to Belgian wind farm planner Windvision, the project is scheduled for completion in late 2009.

Powering China's First Chicken Manure-Biogas Plant
GE Energy's Jenbacher gas engines will use biogas created from chicken manure to generate needed power and heat at a large chicken farm north of the China's capital city of Beijing. The plant is the first of its kind in China and will provide 14,600 megawatt-hours of electricity per year. The project is designed to help reduce suburban electricity shortages.

New Biomass To Be Built in Belgium
Foster Wheeler Ltd. has announced that its Finnish subsidiary has been awarded a contract by Prokon Nord Energiesysteme GmbH for a 26-megawatt (MW) circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generator to be located in Oostrozebeke, Belgium.

REH Signs Deal for Wave Farm in Bermuda
Renewable Energy Holdings Plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Triton Renewable Energy Limited to develop, build and operate wave farms in Bermuda. Under the terms of the MOU, REH and Triton will negotiate a joint venture that will enable Triton to use REH's proprietary CETO wave power technology, which is in the final stages of commercial testing. The commercial roll-out is expected to begin in 2009.

Lagunitas School District to Host West Marin's Larges Solar Energy Facility

PV Powered Simplifies Commercial Solar Performance Monitoring
PV Powered, the leader in grid-tied PV inverter reliability, installability and serviceability, has simplified commercial PV performance monitoring by offering tightly integrated monitoring solutions from leading PV data monitoring providers. PV Powered's commercial inverters can be ordered and shipped with integrated performance monitoring solutions from Draker Laboratories, Energy Recommerce, and Fat Spaniel, providing an unprecedented level of choice and convenience. The solutions are pre-wired and tested at the factory to provide trouble-free commissioning. The streamlined solution simplifies the entire process from configuration to ordering and commissioning.

AirGenerate Advances In Forbes Contest
Only twenty companies out of 1,500 entrants have advanced to the second stage of Forbes' "Boost Your Business" contest. AirGenerate, manufacturer and distributor of patented energy saving water heaters, is the only firm from Texas on that list.

Bella Energy's solar generator electrifies 5430 Sports race
Boulder, CO 2008 - Solar energy company Bella Energy has designed a portable solar generator that provides power at 5430 Sports 2008 race series. It is part of 5430 Sports' Tri-Sustainability Program to reduce the carbon footprint of their 2008 Triathlon Series at the Boulder Reservoir and three running-race events in downtown Boulder.