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Up to 30,000 jobs and 3bn in new investment could result from an expansion in offshore wind farms in the North East, the government has said.

SUGAR LAND, TX (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- The race for green energy has begun, and wind turbines are leading the way. However, the question remains, where will all the windfarms go? At present, North Dakota seems to be the answer for a few of the nation's leading windfarm developers. The nation's leading wind developer, FPL energy, a subsidiary of FPL Group Incorporated (NYSE: FPL) already operates five wind projects in North Dakota. The company has a total of 328.1 megawatts (MW) in operation in the state.

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NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) W2 energy Inc. (PINKSHEETS: WTWO) is pleased to announce that Combustibles Alternativos (Cobal) Chile has issued a purchase order for a waste-to-energy plant that will convert 80 tons of municipal waste into electricity and 70 cetane synthetic diesel. The plant will use W2 energy's proprietary plasma and gas-to-liquid technologies.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (MARKET WIRE) Notch Novelty Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NHNV) announced today that the company has officially changed its name to Atlantic energy Solutions, Inc. in order to reflect the company's main operating business pursuant to the completed merger of Notch Novelty Inc. by Atlantic Energy in March 2008. In addition to the name change, the company has received a new trading symbol from FINRA and a new CUSIP number from the CUSIP Bureau. All three changes took effect on Monday, July 21st, 2008, at which time the company's shares resumed trading on the OTC Pink Sheets under the new corporate name and trading

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has found a refuge in the nation's preoccupation with record energy prices.

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) New Oriental energy & Chemical Corp. (NASDAQ: NOEC), a specialty chemical and emerging alternative fuel manufacturer in The People's Republic of China (PRC), today expanded the guidance provided in its year end press release issued on July 15, 2008.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX: WPT), a global leader in alternative fuel, low-emissions transportation technologies, announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form F-10 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission concurrently with a short-form prospectus in Canada in connection with its planned initial public offering of common shares in the United States. The common shares are being concurrently offered in Canada under the short-form prospectus. Copies of the registration statement can be accessed through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, and copies of the Canadian

Oil prices will hit $300 a barrel in 10 years if the United States fails to reduce its dependence on foreign imports, billionaire oil investor T. Boone Pickens told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (MARKET WIRE) EnergySolutions, Inc. (NYSE: ES) announced today that it has received a favorable Private Letter Ruling from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) concerning tax treatment of decommissioning funds related to the company's Zion Nuclear Power Station project.