ZAP – Signs new distributor
ZAP (OTC BB: ZAAP) issued a statement on July 29, 2008 that Former Pirelli Tire North America president and CEO Gaetano “Guy” Mannino, after a lifetime of association with the auto industry, is speaking out about electric car technologies and his recent business venture with ZAP.
Mannino’s company, Verdek, has agreed to be the distributor for ZAP in the state of Georgia, where Mannino’s business is headquartered. However, in an interview this week with www.CEONEWS.tv, Mannino talks about his plans for ZAP in the US and abroad. To read the entire story, click here:
ENOVA SYSTEMS – Delivers hybrid bus to Denali National Park
Enova Systems, (AMEX: ENA), a “production company in an emerging industry and a leading developer of proprietary electric, hybrid and fuel cell digital power management systems” is trading up 11.33% following the Company announcing on July 29, 2008 the delivery of a plug-in hybrid bus to Denali National Park for use in transporting visitors in this pristine ecological environment. The IC Bus includes Enova’s unique post-transmission parallel hybrid drive technology. Enova is the exclusive supplier of hybrid electric drive systems to IC Bus, an affiliated division of Navistar. To read the entire story, click here.
U.S. GEOTHERMAL INC – Releases results from new well tests
U.S. Geothermal Inc. (Amex: HTM ), a renewable energy company focused on the production of electricity from geothermal energy, is trading up 5% following the Company’s July 29, 2008 release of results from a second, higher rate flow test of the first full size production well (NHS-1) at the Neal Hot Springs Project which indicate the well has significant energy potential and reconfirms the presence of a commercial geothermal reservoir. To read the entire story, click here:
SUNTECH POWER HOLDINGS – To supply 30 Megawatts of Photovoltaic modules to Italy’s largest power company
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, is trading up 2.35% following the Company’s July 29, 2008 announcement that it has signed a two-year agreement with Enel.si, a subsidiary of Enel, Italy’s largest power company, to supply 30MW of PV modules in late 2008 and 2009. To read the entire story, click here.
TRINA SOLAR LIMITED – To supply Italy’s largest power company with 17 Megawatts of Photovoltaic modules
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) , a leading integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, founded in 1997, is trading up 2.65% following the Company’s July 29, 2008 announcement that it has entered into a sales agreement with Enel.si S.r.l, (“Enel.si”), a subsidiary of Enel SpA (collectively “Enel”), Italy’s largest power company, listed on the Milan Stock Exchange. To read the entire story, click here:
BLUEFIRE ETHANOL FUELS – Receives first installment of DOE Grant Funds
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC: BFRE), a “leader in cellulosic ethanol production technology”, is trading down 2.50% following the Company’s July 29, 2008 announcement that it has received the first installment of funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the development of the BlueFire Mecca, LLC plant in Southern California.
Upon completion, the plant will produce approximately 17 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year from green waste, wood waste, and other cellulosic urban wastes. Receipt of this funding brings to fruition
BlueFire’s selection last year, along with five other U.S. Companies, as a recipient of a total of $40 million in DOE funding aimed at increasing the use of renewable and alternative fuels. To read the entire story, click here:
