Nov. 13, 2009 (PR Newswire) — SEATTLE, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (’Mantra’, OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV), developer of the revolutionary carbon recycling ERC technology, was featured in the Fourth Quarter 2009 edition of District Energy Magazine (District Energy). The article, entitled “Carbon Recycling: An alternative to carbon capture and storage,” takes a closer look at the current economic, regulatory and legal challenges facing carbon capture and storage (CCS), and offers some insight as to the potential advantages of carbon recycling over CCS.

Rowan Oloman, author of the article and freelance writer of Vancouver, B.C., notes: “Several massive hurdles still stand in the way of full-scale CCS deployment. U.K. consulting firm McKinsey figures that adding CCS to the next generation of European power plants could lift their price by up to $1.3 billion each.” While this cost barrier is a significant deterrent to widespread adoption of

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Munich - September 22, 2009 - Following the successful closing of the first solar fund launched by DCM in 2007, CENTROSOLAR Group AG has once again become project partner for the "DCM Solarfonds 3".

Green Energy Live, Inc. is a green, bio-conversion-technology engineering company for fuel, farming, and waste management. The company’s corporate mission is develop, patent, and implement proprietary conversion technology for biofuels. Trading on NASDAQ’s OTCBB, Green Energy Live, Inc. is part of the Specialty Chemicals industry in the Basic Materials sector.

Green Energy Live is concentrating their efforts on the waste/biomass-to-ethanol industry. They are working to convert wastes, currently in landfills, into ethanol and other valuable co-products. This is through using their proprietary patented gasification and conversion technology.

The company’s strategy is to acquire or deploy proprietary technologies that will extract the sugars and starch trapped in these wastes with small footprint, low capital cost, and low operating cost. Green Energy Live is a single source provider of complete equipment packages for biomass energy systems using advanced technology. The Company provides engineering assistance, assists customers in applying biomass fueled energy systems to

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Being in the right place at the right time is the name of the game when it comes to investing. Understanding where the market is and where it will be is the key. When it comes to infrastructure the game tends to move along at a rather slow pace and then explode all at once. If an investor can see where the infrastructure play will happen, they can be well positioned when it does happen. In the infrastructure world, patience is the real need. If infrastructure is an area that seems appealing, buy in and wait.

Energy Services of America Corp., an energy services company, works to test electrical systems for utilities and industry while also offering construction and site services from initial site work to reconstruction and installation of water/sewer systems and electric power utility raceways. The company has recently exited winter related slowdowns and effects of the current

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DAVIS, CA — (Marketwire) — 07/09/09 — Octus Energy (OTCBB: OCTI) today announced the addition of two energy industry executives to its management team, strengthening the company’s commercialization of the Octus Smart Energy Platform (OctusSEP). Joining the company are Tobin J.M. Richardson as Senior Advisor, Energy Markets, and Siva Gunda as Senior Engineer, Smart Energy Solutions.

“Smart energy is a dynamic space, and Tobin and Siva are dynamic energy industry executives,” said Chris Soderquist, Octus CEO. “They bring a wealth of relevant, seasoned and contemporary experience and relationships to Octus that we believe will catalyze commercialization of OctusSEP and spring innovation within the company.”

Richardson has 15 years’ experience in strategy and business development with energy and technology companies. He is Director of the ZigBee Smart Energy Initiative, where he drives adoption of energy efficiency technology in key smart energy markets. In 2008, Richardson directed Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s

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Crude oil has tumbled to prices not seen for five years. But Byron King says the energy industry can’t function with prices this low. Investment in the future is drying up, and so is the existing oil supply. And that’s why the long-term price trend of crude is still way up.

This from Rude Awakening:

As crude oil languishes near a 5-year low of $35 a barrel, forward-looking investors have good reason to suspect that a new bull market is about to begin. Sure, oil prices might continue slumping over the near term. But don’t kid yourselves; the long-term price trend is up…maybe way up.

Back when oil was selling at $147, I said that the world does not run very well at such lofty energy prices.  A lot of things just stop working at $147 for a barrel of oil, particularly things with a large energy component.  The airlines

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History of Zinc (from International Zinc Association, (http://www.iza.com/uses.html) Centuries before zinc was discovered in the metallic form, its ores were used for making brass and zinc compounds, its ores were used for healing wounds and sore eyes. It is believed that the Romans first made brass in the time of Augustus (20 B.C. - 14 A.D.). In the 13th century Marco Polo described the manufacture of zinc oxide in Persia. At Zawar, India, both zinc metal and zinc oxide were produced from the 12th to the 16th century. From India, zinc manufacturing moved to China in the 17th century where it developed as an industry to supply the needs of the brass industry. In 1743, the first European zinc smelter was established in Bristol in the United Kingdom. A major technological improvement was achieved in Germany which led to the erection of ...

The most-watched vice-presidential debate in history recently took place between candidates Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska, and Joe Biden, the senior Senator for Delaware, at Washington University in St. Louis. There were reportedly 70 million viewers according to Nielsen Media Research. Stockerblog.com has put together a comparison of the Joe Biden Stock Index, which is made up of the companies that are connected to the billionaire contributors to the Joe Biden campaign, and the Sarah Palin Stock Portfolio, which is made up of the stocks in the Alaska State disclosure filing for her and her husband. The Palin Portfolio was down 22% outperforming the Biden Index which was down 27%, which doesn't mean much since it a comparison of a contributor index to a stock portfolio, or in other words, apples to oranges. However, both grossly underperformed the Dow ...

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ALTI) provides advanced materials and products for power and energy systems. The company’s lithium-based battery products are applicable to hybrid vehicles and energy storage systems for large-scale stationary power services.

The company today unveiled its new corporate brand identity that signifies the company’s new focus on the transportation, stationary power and military markets. The updated brand includes a new logo, as well as the new tagline – “Changing the Energy Revolution.” The company has also launched a new Web site and targeted advertising campaign.

The company said it has observed needs in the market place and that its new brand will support its goal in becoming an industry leader.

“Altairnano closely analyzes key drivers in the marketplace, and assesses where its technology can make the greatest impact for addressing its customers’ needs,” Terry Copeland, president & CEO for Altair Nanotechnologies stated in the press release. “Today

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Sarah Palin is the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the upcoming presidential election, Alaska's first female governor, and their youngest governor. Todd, her husband, and Sarah Palin’s stock holdings can be found in her Alaska State disclosure filing for this year. Here are the stocks they own:iShares MSCI Australia Index (EWA) is an ETF that invests in Australian stocks. It has a PE of 13 and pays a yield of 5.33% .iShares MSCI Belgium Investable Market Index (EWK) is an ETF that invests in Belgium stocks. It has a PE of 9 and pays a yield of 9.98% .iShares MSCI Spain Index (EWP) is an ETF that invests in Spanish stocks. It has a PE of 10 and pays a yield of 4.56% .International Game Technology (IGT) makes and sells computerized gaming equipment. It has a PE of ...