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CALGARY, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) Montello Resources Ltd. ("Montello") (TSX VENTURE: MEO) is pleased to announce the commencement of operations for the testing-completion of the John Bowen #2 deep gas zone. The rig arrived on site november 18, 2008. Montello is also currently involved in projects in Alberta.

Tokheim Group has acquired the retail petroleum business of the Goehler Group. This acquisition covers Goehler's current business interests in Germany. Goehler Group's various companies will now operate as Tokheim Goehler.

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Department of energy (DOE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will help the National Park Service (NPS) showcase sustainable energy practices and fulfill its mission of environmental stewardship.

SunEthanol has raised US $25 million in Series B financing from a consortium including BP and Soros Fund management LLC and is changing its name to Qteros. The new name refers to its breakthrough Q Microbe technology for producing sustainable liquid fuel from non-food plants and wastes.

The French Minister for energy and the Environment announced last Monday that the government was launching an aggressive new program to propel the country to the forefront of solar energy development.

Nord/LB announced that it closed financing on 9 megawatts (MW) of a combined 19 MW of solar power projects being developed via a joint venture between SunEdison and SkyPower Corp. The 19 MW of solar projects are set to be complelted by the end of 2009.

Wind energy America Inc. (WNEA) announced that it has started ordering parts and beginning construction and interconnection operations to complete its wind farm project in Minnesota which contains two of the Gamesa wind turbines acquired in the Boreal Energy asset purchase.

Since the beginning of this year, Sputnik Engineering has been selling the new string inverter series SolarMax S. In order to meet what the company said has been great demand, Sputnik will open a new production facility in Biel, Switzerland next year.

As one of the worlds leading forums for discussing the latest technical advances and market trends in the EC industry, IntetechPira's 7th annual Advanced Capacitors World Summit 2009 set for March 31 - April 2, 2009 at the Hilton Torrey Pines in La Jolla, CA, US will focus on advanced electrochemical capacitors and other complementary advanced energy storage and delivery technologies for electrical and electronic systems used in a wide variety of applications and industries.

Texas will lose its buffer from the downturn if the sliding price of crude causes companies to cut spending on drilling, lay off workers and send less tax money to state coffers.