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Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT), a Pennington, N.J.-based pioneer of wave-energy technology for autonomous power generation and the utility market, has been making moves in the emerging wave energy market.
Canadian city-owned utility company, ENMAX Corp, is launching a three-year pilot project that will introduce electric vehicles to its employees and replace fleet vehicles with battery-operated vehicles (BEVs).
The only bright spot in four quarters of darkness for alternative energy and clean tech stocks came from the global water sector as mirrored by the Claymore S&P Global Water Index exchanged traded fund (ETF) (NYSE: CGW).
Some special attention today for a handful of alternative energy companies that achieved share price increases yesterday in the face of the equity markets’ across-the-board decline: Biofuel Energy, Nevada Geothermal Power, Shear Wind, Lithium One, Fuel Systems Solutions, Oxford Catalysts Group PLC, Q-Cells SE, PV Crystalox Solar PLC, Aleo solar AG.
The BP oil spill demonstrates an urgent need for the U.S. government to create incentives to drive investment in alternative fuels say biofuel industry leaders, who are lobbying officials in Washington for long-term support.
The World Geothermal Conference, or WGC2010, held from April 25 to the 30 in Bali, touted Indonesia’s huge geothermal resources and aimed at transforming that Southeast Asian nation from an emerging economy to the geothermal capital of the world.





