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Even in a world of skyrocketing energy costs, there's no shortage of power for mobile phones.

The German government wants to build up to 30 offshore windfarms in a bid to meet its renewable energy targets, Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee said in an interview published Sunday.

The Michigan Economic Development Corp. said Monday it has received 112 proposals from companies interested in obtaining loans from the state's 21st Century Jobs Fund.

BATON ROUGE, LA (MARKET WIRE) Diamond I, Inc. (OTCBB: DMOI), a fully-reporting company trading on the OTCBB that is to change its name to "US BioFuels Exchange, Inc.," announced that it has opened its USBiofuelsExchange.com web site to pre-registration by Producers, Resellers and Buyers of Biofuels (Biodiesel and Ethanol) and other biofuel products. The determination to open the pre-registration process ahead of schedule was made in response to the high volume of inquiries seeking to register for participation on the US-BX.

BOISE, ID (MARKET WIRE) Alternate energy Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AEHI) has signed a participation agreement with Powered Corporation, Houston, Texas, to form a new company to jointly develop nuclear reactors worldwide, including Idaho's first commercial nuclear reactor. Assuming successful due diligence, the agreement is to be finalized in the coming months. Powered will contribute international energy leadership and initial funding, while AEHI will contribute its nuclear expertise and management team, including Don Gillispie as CEO. The new company will be a joint holding of AEHI and Powered. "This

PAONIA, CO (MARKET WIRE) Solar energy International (SEI), the non-profit pioneer in renewable energy and sustainable building programs, reports a booming trend in popularity of its renewable energy courses. Throughout the company's 18-year history of providing educational programs to consumers and industry experts, the past year has garnered a record number of registrants, resulting in a 14 percent increase in enrollment in SEI's Renewable Energy Education Program (REEP).

SUGAR LAND, TX (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Northeast Biofuels LLC (Fulton, New York), a branch of investor-owned Permolex International L.P. (Red Deer, Alberta), is currently going through start-up, commissioning and testing activities in expectations of grinding corn as early as next week at their new plant in Volney, New York, beginning ethanol production a few days later. Components of the complex include a carbon-dioxide-processing plant being built by BOC Gases (Murray Hill, New Jersey), a subsidiary of Linde Ag (Munich, Germany) (OTC: LNAGF) and a biodiesel plant

ST. LOUIS, MO (MARKET WIRE) CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. (OTCBB: CLTH) announced today that it has entered into an agreement for an investment or placement into the company of up to $3,000,000 via a Regulation S Offering on a best efforts basis. The placement is expected to be funded in the third quarter of this year and will enable CleanTech to complete the design and engineering for its fully integrated demonstration plant and begin ordering equipment for that plant.

Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is putting his clout behind renewable energy sources like wind power.

DANBURY, CT (MARKET WIRE) Electro energy Inc. (NASDAQ: EEEI) (the "Company"), a leading provider of advanced battery technologies and associated systems, announced today that the company will implement a reverse stock split, in accordance with the previously announced authorization of its Board of Directors, in order to regain compliance with the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules for continued listing. Pursuant to the reverse stock split, every five shares of Electro energy's common stock will be combined into one share. Previously, the NASDAQ Stock market had notified the Company that its common stock did not meet the