Environmental Stock Quotes and Company Descriptions

Capstone Turbine Corporation engages in developing, manufacturing, marketing, and servicing microturbine technology solutions. Its microturbine technology solutions are used in stationary distributed power generation applications, including cogeneration, resource recovery, and secure power. The microturbines are also used as generators for hybrid electric vehicle applications. It sells microturbine units, subassemblies, components, and various accessories, including rotary gas compressors with digital controls; heat recovery modules for CHP applications; dual mode controllers that allow automatic transition between grid connect and stand-alone modes; batteries with digital controls for stand-alone or dual-mode operations; power servers for multipacked installations; protocol converters for Internet access; packaging options; and miscellaneous parts, such as frames, exhaust ducting, and installation hardware. The company also remanufactures microturbine engines, as well as provides after-market parts and services. It sells its products to commercial, industrial, and utility users through distributors and original equipment manufacturers, as well as to distributors, authorized service companies, and end users in North America, Asia, the Pacific Rim, and European market, including Russia. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Chatsworth, California.

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. engages in the invention, engineering, development, and commercialization of materials, products, and production technology in the fields of alternative energy technology and information technology. The company also involves in research and development, and production of proprietary materials and products, as well as in designing and building production machinery. In addition, it offers Photovoltaics, which provides clean energy by converting sunlight into electricity. Further, the company, through a joint venture with Chevron Technology Ventures, provides nickel metal hydride batteries for various applications, including transportation, telecommunication, uninterruptible power supply, military, homeland security, stationary power, and other prismatic battery applications. Energy Conversion was co-founded by Stanford R. Ovshinsky and Iris M. Ovshinsky in 1960. The company is based in Rochester Hills, Michigan.

Evergreen Solar, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets solar power products primarily in Europe and the United States. It utilizes its proprietary 'String Ribbon' technology process in manufacturing ribbons of crystalline silicon, which are then cut into wafers. These wafers are the primary components of photovoltaic cells that are used to produce solar panels. The company principally offers solar wafer, a flat piece of crystalline silicon that can be processed and assembled into a solar cell; solar cell, a device made from a silicon wafer that converts sunlight into electricity; and solar panel, an assembly of solar cells that are electrically interconnected and laminated for electric power generation, such as on-grid and off-grid generation. Evergreen sells its products through distributors, systems integrators, and value-added resellers. It has a strategic partnership with Q-Cells AG. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Marlboro, Massachusetts.

First Solar, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells solar electric power modules using a proprietary thin film semiconductor technology. The company's solar modules employ a thin layer of cadmium telluride semiconductor material to convert sunlight into electricity. It sells its products to project developers, system integrators, and operators of renewable energy projects primarily in Europe. First Solar also focuses on designing and deploying commercial solar projects for utilities in the United States. The company was founded in 1999. It was formerly known as First Solar Holdings, LLC, and changed its name to First Solar Holdings, Inc. and subsequently to First Solar, Inc. in 2006. The company is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.

Global Green Solutions Inc. develops and implements ecotechnology solutions for renewable energy and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

GT Solar International, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of manufacturing equipment; and provision of services for the production of photovoltaic, wafers, cells and modules, and polysilicon worldwide. It offers directional solidification systems units, which are furnaces that melt polysilicon and cast multicrystalline ingots for use in production of solar wafers and solar cells; and wafer cleaning and etch systems, slurry recovery systems, cell testing and sorting equipment, tabber/stringer machines, and other related parts and consumables. The company also offers chemical vapor deposition reactors that produce polysilicon and silicon tetrachloride converters, which recycle silicon tetrachloride gas used in the CVD reactor process, as well as related equipment to chemical companies, and solar wafer and cell manufacturers. In addition, it provides facility design, equipment installation and integration, technical training, and manufacturing process optimization services. The company sells its products to polysilicon, solar wafer, cell, and module manufacturers through its direct sales force, as well as through third-party sales representatives.

LDK Solar Co., Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of multicrystalline solar wafers to the manufacturers of solar cells and solar modules in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It offers multicrystalline solar wafers between 180 and 220 microns in thickness. The company also provides wafer processing services to monocrystalline and multicrystalline solar cell and module manufacturers. In addition, it manufactures polysilicon materials, which include ingots and polysilicon scraps. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Xinyu city, the People's Republic of China.

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of proprietary systems that generate electricity by harnessing the renewable energy of ocean waves. The company offers utility PowerBuoy system, which is designed to supply electricity to a local or regional electric power grid; and autonomous PowerBuoy system, which is designed to generate power for use independent of the power grid in remote locations. Its customers include public utilities, independent power producers, and other governmental entities and agencies. The company markets and sells its products in the United States and internationally. Ocean Power Technologies was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Pennington, New Jersey.

Ormat Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the geothermal and recovered energy power business in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Electricity and Products. The Electricity segment develops, builds, owns, and operates geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants, and sells electricity. The Products segment designs, manufactures, and sells equipment for geothermal and recovered energy-based electricity generation; and remote power units and other power generators, including fossil fuel powered turbo-generators and heavy duty direct current generators. These products are offered to owners and operators of geothermal plants, interstate natural gas pipelines, gas processing plants, and cement plants; contractors installing gas pipelines; and various companies engaged in other energy-intensive industrial processes. This segment also provides services relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation, and maintenance of geothermal and recovered energy power plants. The company was founded in 1965 and is based in Reno, Nevada. Ormat Technologies, Inc. is a subsidiary of Ormat Industries, Ltd.

Raser Technologies, Inc. operates as a geothermal power development and technology licensing company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Power Systems, and Transportation and Industrial Technology. The Power Systems segment seeks to develop geothermal electric power generating plants and bottom-cycling operations. The Transportation and Industrial Technology segment focuses on commercializing its Symetron technology to improve the efficiency of electric motors and related components. It provides electromagnetic machine and power electronic drive technology, which is applied to industrial AC induction motors, and drives; permanent magnet synchronous motors; AC generators; and automotive alternators for use in industrial and transportation applications, hybrid-electric and electric vehicle propulsion systems, and other applications where the efficiency of electricity-to-motion or motion-to-electricity power conversions can be improved. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Provo, Utah.

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of photovoltaic (PV) cells and PV modules. It offers monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon cells and modules, monocrystalline ingots, and raw materials. The company sells its products directly and through third party distributors to solar power system integrators and distributors. Solarfun Power Holdings operates primarily in the People's Republic of China, Germany, Spain, and Italy. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Qidong, the People's Republic of China.

Spire Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of biomedical, solar equipment, solar systems, and optoelectronics products in the United States. It provides surface treatments to manufacturers of orthopedic and other medical devices in the biomedical area; develops and markets hemodialysis catheters and related devices for the treatment of chronic kidney disease; and performs sponsored research programs into practical applications of biomedical and biophotonic technologies. The company develops, manufactures, and markets specialized equipment for the production of terrestrial photovoltaic modules from solar cells, as well as provides custom and building integrated photovoltaic modules, stand-alone emergency power back up, and electric power grid-connected distributed power generation systems. Spire also provides custom compound semiconductor foundry and fabrication services to customers involved in biomedical/biophotonics instruments, telecommunications, and defense applications. In addition, it offers various services, including compound semiconductor wafer growth, other thin film processes, and related device processing and fabrication, as well as provides materials testing services and performs services in support of sponsored research into practical applications of optoelectronic technologies. The company was founded by Roger G. Little. Spire was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.

Suncor Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company in Canada. It operates through four segments: Oil Sands, Natural Gas, Energy Marketing and Refining, and Refining and Marketing. The Oil Sands segment recovers bitumen, primarily through oil sands mining and in-situ development, and upgrades it into refinery feedstock, diesel fuel, and by-products. This segment offers light sweet crude oil/diesel and light sour crude oil/bitumen. The Natural Gas segment explores, acquires, develops, and produces natural gas and natural gas liquids from reserves in western Alberta and northeastern British Columbia. This segment also acquires land and explores for coal bed methane in the United States. The Energy Marketing and Refining segment refines crude oil into a range of petroleum, petrochemical, and biofuel products. It offers gasoline, diesel, jet fuels, petrochemicals, heating fuels, and heavy fuel oils for industrial, wholesale, commercial, and retail customers principally in Ontario and Quebec. This segment also engages in third party energy marketing and trading activities. The Refining and Marketing segment refines and markets jet fuels, diesel, gasoline, and asphalt. This segment also transports crude oil through wholly or partly owned pipelines in Wyoming and Colorado. In addition, the company carry on energy trading activities focused principally on buying and selling futures contracts and other derivative instruments based on the commodities it produce. Suncor Energy sells its products in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The company, formerly known as Suncor, Inc., was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

SunPower Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of solar electric power technologies. It operates in two segments, Components and Systems. The Components segment sells solar power products, including solar cells, solar panels, and inverters, which convert sunlight to electricity for the utility networks serving installers and resellers for use in residential and commercial applications. It also sells products for use in multi-megawatt solar power plant applications. The Systems segment offers power systems and system technologies, which include development, engineering, and procurement of permits and equipment, as well as construction management, access to financing, monitoring, and maintenance services. This segment serves commercial and governmental entities, investors, utilities, and production home builders. It has solar power system projects in various countries, including Germany, Italy, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, and the United States. This segment also sells distributed rooftop and ground-mounted solar power systems, and central-station power plants. SunPower Corporation offers its products and services primarily in Asia, Europe, and North America. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. SunPower Corporation is a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation.

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets various photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules to provide electric power for residential, commercial, industrial, and public utility applications worldwide. It offers various monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon PV cells; PV modules; and a range of BIPV products and systems. The company also provides PV system integration services, including designing and installing PV systems used in lighting for outdoor urban public facilities, and farms and villages, as well as in telecommunications and transportation systems in China. Its PV systems are used for on-grid and off-grid generation. The company sells its products primarily through various value-added resellers, such as distributors and system integrators, as well as to end users, including project developers in various solar energy markets. Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Wuxi, the People's Republic of China.

Based in Calgary Alberta, Sustainable Energy develops manufactures and markets advanced power inverters for the renewable energy industry. Power inverters are strategic to the integration of new renewable energy technologies - solar and wind power, fuel cells, and energy storage systems - into the high quality power demands of the modern electrical grid.

Trina Solar Limited, through its subsidiary, Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd., engages in the manufacture and sale of solar-power products primarily in China. The company's solar modules provide electric power for residential, commercial, industrial, and other applications worldwide. It produces standard monocrystalline solar modules ranging from 160 watts to 185 watts in power output and multicrystalline solar modules ranging from 190 watts to 220 watts in power output. The company manufactures ingots, wafers, and solar cells for use in its solar module production. It provides silicon wafers to toll manufacturers and purchase solar cells from toll manufacturers. Trina Solar Limited sells its products to distributors, wholesalers, and PV system integrators. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Changzhou, the People's Republic of China.

U.S. Geothermal, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, and utilization of geothermal resources in the western region of the United States. The company owns interests in the Raft River geothermal project that consists of ten parcels comprising 783.93 acres of fee land and 4,736.79 acres of contiguous leased geothermal rights located in southeastern Idaho; and the Neal Hot Springs area located in eastern Oregon. It also owns interests in a 3.6 megawatt operating geothermal power plant, and approximately 28,358 acres of geothermal energy leases and certain ground water rights located in the north of Reno, Nevada; the Granite Creek property that comprises 5,414 acres of geothermal leases located about 6 miles north of Gerlach, Nevada; and geothermal rights for 3,615 acres located in northwestern Nevada near the town of Gerlach. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Boise, Idaho.

CECO Environmental Corp. provides industrial ventilation and pollution control products and services. It engages in designing, building, and installing systems that remove airborne contaminants from industrial facilities, as well as equipment that controls emissions from such facilities. The company offers component parts for industrial air systems to contractors, distributors, and dealers; industrial air filters; scrubber systems to clean contaminated gas streams; dust collector systems to reduce particulate emissions; and air handling systems used to control fume and oil mist emissions in the steel and aluminum industries; and strip coolers and dryers. CECO also produces thermal oxidizers and regenerative thermal oxidizers that eliminate toxic emission fumes and volatile organic compounds from industrial processes; baghouses that reduce dust particulates from industrial process airstreams; mist collector systems; and interlocking duct systems. The company also provides various services, including industrial ventilation contracting; environmental maintenance, monitoring, and management services; industrial ventilation consulting and source emission testing; and contract fabrication. CECO markets its products and services to the steel, military, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, semiconductor, chemical, cement, metalworking, glass, and foundry industries through own direct workforce and outside sales representatives in the United State, Mexico, Canada, Asia, Europe, and South America. CECO Environmental was incorporated in 1966 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Fuel-Tech N.V., through its subsidiary, Fuel Tech, Inc., engages in the development, commercialization, and application of technologies for air pollution control, process optimization, and engineering services. It primarily focuses on the worldwide marketing and sale of nitrogen oxide (NOx) reduction and FUEL CHEM processes. Its NOx reduction technologies include the NOxOUT, NOxOUT CASCADE, and NOxOUT SCR processes, which reduce NOx emissions in flue gas from boilers, incinerators, furnaces, and other stationary combustion sources. The FUEL CHEM product line uses chemical processes for the control of slagging, fouling, corrosion, and for plume abatement in furnaces and boilers through the addition of chemicals into the fuel or by targeted in-furnace injection. The company distributes its fuel treatment chemicals through direct sales force and agents to industrial and utility power-generation facilities. Fuel-Tech was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Perf Go Green Holdings, Inc. operates as a biodegradable plastics company. The company intends to develop eco-friendly, non-toxic, food contact compliant, biodegradable plastic products as a practical and viable solution to eliminate plastic waste from the world environment. It focuses on marketing and distributing biodegradable plastic products that would include the 13 gallon kitchen trash bags and 30 gallon lawn and leaf bags. Perf Go Green Holdings principally targets mass retailers to market its products in the United States and Canada. The company is based in New York, New York.

Ballard Power Systems, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of zero-emission proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells for various markets worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Transportation, Power Generation, and Material Products. The Transportation segment develops, manufactures, and markets PEM fuel cell engines, PEM fuel cell components, and electric drive systems for transit buses and automobiles. The Power Generation segment offers portable and stationary fuel cell power generators, and power electronics for residential and other purposes. Its power electronics products include power inverters, direct current (DC) to DC converters, power modules, and low voltage controls. The Material Products segment offers carbon fiber products primarily for automotive transmissions, and gas diffusion electrode materials for the PEM fuel cell industry. Ballard Power Systems has strategic alliances with DaimlerChrysler and Ford Motor Company. The company, formerly known as Ballard Research, Inc. was founded in 1979. It changed its name to Ballard Power Systems, Inc. in 1989 pursuant to the amalgamation of a group of affiliated companies under the Canada Business Corporations Act. The company is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.

FuelCell Energy, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of fuel cell power plants for electric power generation. Its core carbonate fuel cell products include Direct FuelCell or DFC Power Plants for stationary power generation applications. The company also develops carbonate fuel cell, hybrid products, and planar solid oxide fuel cell technology. Its proprietary carbonate DFC power plants electrochemically produce electricity directly from readily available hydrocarbon fuels, such as natural gas and biogas fuels. The company serves manufacturers; mission critical institutions, including correction facilities and government; and hotels and customers, such as breweries, food processors, and wastewater treatment facilities who use renewable gas for fuel. FuelCell Energy, Inc. has operations in the United States, Canada, Germany, Japan, and South Korea. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut.

Hydrogenics Corporation develops and provides hydrogen and fuel cell products and services worldwide. The company's OnSite Generation group sells hydrogen generation products to industrial, transportation, and renewable energy customers. Its Power Systems group sells fuel cell products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), systems integrators, and end users for stationary applications, such as backup power and light mobility applications, including forklift trucks. Hydrogenics Corporation's Test Systems group provides testing services to third parties to validate their fuel cell development efforts. Its products and services include the HySTAT Generator for producing continuous or batch supplies of hydrogen for industrial processing applications; HySTAT Hydrogen Stations that offer onsite supply of hydrogen for various hydrogen applications, including vehicle refueling, distributed power, and industrial processes; HyPM Fuel Cell Power Modules that produce direct current (DC) power in standard outputs; HyPX Fuel Cell Power Pack comprising HyPM power module integrated with hydrogen storage tanks and ultracapacitors that provide higher power in short bursts; and Integrated Fuel Cell Systems for portable and stationary applications, including portable and auxiliary power units for military applications and DC backup power system for cellular tower sites.

Mechanical Technology, Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, engages in developing and commercializing off-the-grid rechargeable power sources for portable electronics. The company offers fuel cell power solution that consists of Mobion Chip, the direct methanol fuel cell power engine, and methanol replacement cartridges for various applications, such as mobile phones and mobile phone accessories, digital cameras, portable media players, PDAs, and GPS devices. It also provides precision non-contact physical measurement solutions, condition based monitoring systems, portable balancing equipment, and semiconductor wafer inspection tools for the manufacturing, semiconductor, commercial/military aviation, automotive, and data storage industries. The company's test and measurement instruments and systems consist of electronic, computerized gauging instruments for position, displacement, and vibration applications for the design, manufacturing, and test markets; semiconductor products for wafer characterization; and engine balancing and vibration analysis systems for military and commercial aircrafts. It sells its products directly, as well as through sales representatives and distributors to original equipment manufacturers primarily in the United States, Europe, Japan, Singapore, and internationally. The company has strategic alliance with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Duracell; and Trident Systems, Inc. Mechanical Technology, Incorporated was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Albany, New York.

Medis Technologies, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, and marketing of liquid fuel cell products for mobile handset and portable consumer electronics markets. It offers 24/7 Power Pack, a disposable power source capable of providing direct power or multiple recharges to portable electronic devices, such as mobile handsets, smart phones, MP3 players, gaming, and other handheld electronic devices. The company also develops single-fueling cartridge Power Pack; refuelable fuel cell for laptop computers; and stationary fuel cells for back-up emergency power for small office, home use, and servers. In addition, it offers Cell Carrier under the CKChip product line, which accommodates large quantities of cells for measuring reactions of living cells, while the cells are in a static state for a period of time. The company operates primarily in Europe, Israel, and the United States. Medis Technologies has strategic relationships with ASE International, Inc.; Quasar Business Solutions; Northwest Charging Systems, Inc.; Kensington Technology Group; Superior Communications; General Dynamics C4 Systems; Founder Technology Group; ASPECT and Tenzor MA; and Israel Aerospace Industries, Ltd. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in New York, New York.

Plug Power, Inc., a development stage company, engages in the design, development, and manufacture of fuel cell systems for stationary and motive markets worldwide. The company offers GenCore, a hydrogen fueled Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell system to provide back-up power to businesses and governments in critical infrastructure; and GenDrive, a hydrogen fueled PEM fuel cell system to provide motive power to light industrial vehicles. Its developing products include GenSys, a natural gas or liquid petroleum gas fueled continuous power system to support off-grid electric generation products and a high-temperature polybenzimidazole combined heat and power fuel cell system for light commercial and residential applications. The company is also developing software and hardware accessories to permit customers and third parties for developing custom interface solutions. It sells its products through its direct sales force and value-added resellers to business and government customers primarily in the telecommunications market. Plug Power was founded in 1997 and is based in Latham, New York.

Global 8 Environmental Technologies Inc. works with world class partners and consultants to provide solutions for the health and recovery of our environment. The company has the vision, the people, the know-how, the technologies, the financing and the contracts. It applies all these resources to create a clean and healthy global community for the next generation in a way which provides environmental and financial benefits to all our stakeholders.

GreenMan Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the collection, processing, and marketing of scrap tires in whole, shredded, or granular form in the United States. The company collects, processes, and sells the tires as tire-derived fuel used in lieu of coal by pulp and paper producers, cement kilns, and electric utilities; as a substitute for crushed stone in civil engineering applications, such as road beds, landfill construction, or septic field construction; or as a crumb rubber and used for playground and athletic surfaces, running tracks, landscaping/groundcover applications, and bullet containment systems. Its customers consist of tire manufacturers, local and regional tire outlets, and state and local governments. GreenMan Technologies was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Savage, Minnesota.

VeruTEK Technologies, Inc., an environmental remediation company, provides environmental solutions for complex environmental problems in the northeastern United States. It develops and commercializes technologies for environmental remediation using food-grade surfactants and food additives that remove contamination. The company provides technical and consulting services to resolve environmental remediation matters at a range of waste sites, principally by combining surfactant and oxidant chemistries. Its products and services include Surfactant-Enhanced In Situ Chemical Oxidation, a technology that destroys organic contamination; Coelution Technologies, which provides treatment for the removal of contaminants from soils and groundwater; VeruSOL, a surfactant or surface active agent based solvent that removes contaminants from soils and groundwater through a controlled dissolution and desorption process; and S-ISCO process, which uses groundwater to move green chemicals that destroy contaminants where they are located in the soil. It is also developing herbicides and pesticides, such as endrin and DDT for use in marketing to chemical companies; and contaminated real estate remediation that remedies contamination in-situ in cities and residential areas. In addition, the company provides laboratory services for treatability studies; and consulting services for the evaluation of environmental contamination risks. VeruTEK Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. engages in developing and commercializing nanomaterial and titanium dioxide pigment technologies in the United States and Canada. The company operates in three divisions: Power and Energy Group, Performance Materials, and Life Sciences. The Power and Energy Group engages in the design, development, and production of nano lithium titanate battery cells, batteries, and battery packs. It also offers related design and test services. In addition, this division involves in the development, production, and sale of products that test electrode materials for use in nano lithium titanate batteries. The Performance Materials division engages in the development and production of titanium dioxide pigment for use in paint and coatings; and nano titanium dioxide materials for use in various applications, including those related to removing contaminants from air and water. This division also involves in the testing, development, marketing, and/or licensing of nano-structured ceramic powders for use in various applications, such as advanced performance coatings, air and water purification systems, and nano-sensor applications. The Life Sciences division engages in the co-development of RenaZorb, a test-stage active pharmaceutical ingredient, which is designed to be useful in the treatment of elevated serum phosphate levels in human patients undergoing kidney dialysis. This division also involves in the development of a manufacturing process related to a test-stage active pharmaceutical ingredient, designed to be useful in the treatment of companion animals. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. also provides contract research services to develop intellectual property and/or new products and technology. The company was formerly known as Altair International Inc. and changed its name to Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. in July 2002. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.

Alternative Fuel Systems is a Canadian company that develops and manufactures equipment that allows internal combustion engines to operate on cleaner burning natural gas and other alternative fuels. The Company is headquartered in Calgary, Canada and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol AFX.

Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. engages in the development, design, marketing, and licensing of technologies and solutions that reduce harmful emissions from internal combustion engines, as well as increases fuel economy and engine power. The company's products include Platinum Plus, a fuel-borne catalyst, which is used for diesel emission reduction; the ARIS, an advanced reagent injection system used in selective catalytic reduction systems for control of emissions of nitrogen oxides from diesel engines; catalyzed wire mesh diesel particulate filter for use in conjunction with its fuel-borne catalyst; and Biodiesel Plus product, which prevents the normal increase in nitrogen oxides associated with biodiesel. It also offers various engineering and development consulting services. The company offers its products primarily to distributors, resellers, and vehicle fleets in various industries, including beverage, grocery, shipping, fuel delivery, and marine. The company has operations primarily in North America, Europe, and Asia. Clean Diesel Technologies was founded in 1994 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Ecotality, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers clean electric transportation and storage technology solutions. The company provides electric vehicle infrastructure products and solutions that are used in on-road grid-connected vehicles, material handling, and airport electric ground support applications. It engages in the development, manufacture, assembly, and sale of specialty solar products, advanced battery systems, and hydrogen and fuel cell systems. The company offers renewable energy solar modules and thin-sealed rechargeable batteries for solar energy products and off-grid power; energy engineering services, such as hydrogen, solar, battery, coal gasification, and energy delivery infrastructure; eTec SuperCharge fast charge systems for electric vehicles; Minit-Charger fast charge systems that allow material handling equipment to convert to electric power systems that can be charged conveniently; and Hydrality technology, a reactor system that stores and delivers hydrogen on-demand using magnesium compounds and water. It also offers charging systems for on-road grid-connected electric vehicles; bridge power manager systems; hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicle conversions; industrial battery systems; solar products for consumer, emergency response programs, and remote power systems; and third-party hydrogen and education related products. In addition, the company provides consulting services on educational programs, as well as offers demonstration kits, educational materials, fuel cell systems, and component parts. It serves commercial, industrial, institutional, governmental, and utility customers. The company was formerly known as Alchemy Enterprises, Ltd. and changed its name to ECOtality, Inc. in November 2006. ECOtality was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Electrovaya Inc. (Electrovaya) develops, manufactures and markets portable power technology products using its SuperPolymer technology. Electrovaya offers custom power systems for a variety of applications, including back-up power and mobile energy storage, aerospace and other low pressure applications underwater and other high pressure applications, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) Conversions. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries include 1408871 Ontario Inc., Electrovaya Corp., Electrovaya Company, Electrovaya USA Inc. and Electrovaya Global SRL. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008, three customers represented 59% of total revenue.

Ener1, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of high-performance safe Lithium-ion batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in HEVs, and electric vehicles. The company, through its subsidiaries, also develops commercial fuel cell products; and nanotechnology-based materials and manufacturing processes for batteries and other applications. Ener1 serves auto, truck, and bus manufacturers, as well as departments of the U.S. government. The company, formerly known as Boca Research, Inc., was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Exide Technologies, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and supply of lead acid batteries for transportation and industrial applications in the Americas, Europe, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Transportation and Industrial Energy. The Transportation segment offers batteries, including ignition and lighting batteries for cars, trucks, off-road vehicles, agricultural and construction vehicles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, marine, and other applications. It offers batteries for the transportation market under the Centra, DETA, Exide, Exide Extreme, Exide NASCAR Select, Orbital, Fulmen, and Tudor brands, as well as other private labels brands. The Industrial Energy segment offers batteries for motive power and network power applications, as well as offers a range of battery chargers and related equipment for the operation and maintenance of battery-powered vehicles. Its motive power batteries are used in the material handling industry for electric forklift trucks, as well as in other industries, including floor cleaning machinery, powered wheelchairs, railroad locomotives, mining, and the electric road vehicles market. This segment's network power batteries are used to provide back-up power for use with telecommunications systems, computer installations, hospitals, air traffic control, security systems, utility, railway, and military applications. The company sells its aftermarket transportation products through various distribution channels, including mass merchandisers, auto parts outlets, wholesale distributors, and battery specialists; and original equipment manufacturers transportation replacement products principally through dealer networks.

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of energy storage and power delivery products. It offers BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor cells, and multi-cell packs and modules for applications in multiple industries, including transportation, automotive, telecommunications, energy, consumer, and industrial electronics; and CONDIS high-voltage capacitors comprising grading and coupling capacitors, and capacitive voltage dividers that are used to ensure the safety and reliability of electric utility infrastructure and other applications involving transport, distribution, and measurement of high-voltage electrical energy. The company also offers radiation-mitigated microelectronic products, including power modules, memory modules, and single board computers for space and satellite applications. Maxwell Technologies markets and sells its products through direct and indirect sales organizations in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 1965. It was formerly known as Maxwell Laboratories, Inc. and changed its name to Maxwell Technologies, Inc. in 1996. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., an integrated alternative energy company, engages in the development and production of propulsion systems, energy storage technologies, and alternative fuel vehicles. Its portfolio of technologies include electronic controls, hybrid electric drive systems, hydrogen storage and metering systems, and alternative fuel technologies that enable fuel efficient, low emission hybrid, plug-in electric hybrid, fuel cell, and alternative fuel vehicles. The company also provides powertrain engineering; system integration; manufacturing and assembly of packaged fuel systems; and battery control systems for vehicles and other applications, including fuel cells, hybrids, plug-in electric hybrid, alternative fuels, and hydrogen refueling. In addition, Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies designs, engineers, and manufactures hybrid and fuel cell vehicles. The company's powertrain engineering, system integration, and assembly capabilities provide fast-to-market solutions to support the production of hybrid and plug-in hybrid, hydrogen-powered hybrid, fuel cell, alternative fuel, and specialty vehicles, as well as modular and transportable hydrogen refueling stations. Its customer base includes automotive original equipment manufacturers, military and governmental agencies, aerospace, and other strategic alliance partners. The company operates in the United States, Germany, Japan, Iceland, Hungary, and internationally. Quantum has strategic alliance with General Motors, Fisker Automotive, Asola, and Advanced Lithium Power, Inc. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Solomon Technologies, Inc. (STI), through its Motive Power and Power Electronics divisions, develops, licenses, manufactures and sells precision electric power drive systems, including those utilizing its patented Electric Wheel, Electric Transaxle and hybrid and regenerative technologies, as well as direct current power supplies and power supply systems requiring high levels of reliability and ruggedness for defense, aerospace, marine, commercial, automotive, hybrid-electric and all-electric vehicle applications. On September 5, 2007, STI acquired Deltron Inc., a manufacturer of power supplies and related equipment with manufacturing operations in Reynosa, Mexico.

UQM Technologies, Inc., together with its wholly-owned subsidiary, UQM Power Products, Inc., engages in the research, development, and manufacture of permanent magnet electric motors and electronic controllers. It operates in two segments, Technology and Power Products. The Technology segment conducts research and engineering activities directed towards the development of new motors, generators, and power electronics to meet the requirements of customers' specific product applications; integration of its motors, generators, and power electronic controllers into customers' products; and support of its Power Products segment and the low volume manufacture of motors, generators, and power electronic controllers. The Power Products segment manufactures and sells motors, generators, power electronic controllers, and related products for electric, hybrid electric, and fuel cell electric vehicles. Its products include electric and hybrid electric propulsion systems, DC-to-DC converters, DC-to-AC electronic power inverters, generators, propulsion motors, vehicle auxiliary actuator motors, electric auxiliary motors, auxiliary power units, and motor controllers. UQM Technologies primarily serves the automotive, agriculture, industrial, medical, and aerospace markets. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Frederick, Colorado.

Valence Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of energy power storage systems. Its products include N-Charge lithium phosphate energy storage systems; Epoch lithium phosphate energy storage systems for motive applications, such as hybrid and electric vehicles, scooters, and wheelchairs; and U-Charge lithium phosphate energy storage systems for use in hybrid and full electric vehicles, wheelchairs, scooters, robotics, marine, remote power, military, back-up, and other devices. The company sells its products through national and regional retailers, computer manufacturers, and national resellers in the United States and internationally. Valence Technology was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

ZAP engages in the development, acquisition, and commercialization of electric vehicles and electric vehicle power systems in the United States. Its products comprise three-wheeled personal transporters and off road vehicles. The company also produces an electric scooter using parts manufactured by various contractors, as well as rechargeable battery sources using lithium-ion and lithium polymer technology for mobile electronics, such as cellular phones, digital cameras, and laptops. It markets various forms of transportation, including alternative energy and fuel efficient automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, scooters, personal watercraft, hovercraft, neighborhood electric vehicles, and commercial vehicles. ZAP markets and sells its products through automobile dealers, as well as through its Internet. The company was founded in 1994. It was formerly known as ZAP Power Systems and changed its name to ZAP in 2001. ZAP is headquartered in Santa Rosa, California.

With Head Offices in Toronto, Canada, ZENN Motor Company is dedicated to being the global leader in producing zero emission transportation solutions for markets around the world. The Company's current ZENN car is the perfect vehicle for urban commuters, fleets (such as resorts, gated communities, airports, college and business campuses, municipalities, parks and more), the environmentally conscious driver, and consumers who just want to save money. The ZENN is sold through a growing network of retailers across the United States.

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets composite building materials for exterior applications in building and remodeling homes, and for certain other industrial or commercial building purposes primarily in the United States. The company's composite building materials are marketed as a substitute for wood and plastic filler materials for standard door components, fascia board, and decking under the LifeCycle, MoistureShield, Weyerhaeuser ChoiceDek Premium, ChoiceDek, ChoiceDek Premium Colors, and MoistureShield outdoor decking trade names. It primarily serves regional and national door manufacturers, as well as various building product distributors. Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies was founded in 1988 and is based in Springdale, Arkansas.

International Barrier Technology Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary fire resistant building materials branded as Blazeguard®. Barrier's award-winning Blazeguard® wood panels use a patented, non-toxic, non-combustible coating with an extraordinary capability: it releases water in the heat of fire. The panels exceed "model" building code requirements in every targeted fire test and application, and are unique in combining properties that increase panel strength and minimize environmental and human impact.

Southwall Technologies Inc., a global clean technology company, offers thin-film technology to improve the energy efficiency of architectural and automotive glass. It develops and manufactures high performance, energy-saving films and glass products that save energy and reduce carbon emissions in homes, buildings, and automobiles. The company develops various products that control sunlight in automotive glass, reduce light reflection, reduce electromagnetic radiation, and improve image quality in electronic display products, as well as conserve energy via the application of architectural and after-market window film products. Its products consist of transparent solar-control films for automotive glass; anti reflective films for computer screens, including flat panel displays and plasma displays; transparent conductive films for use in touch screen and liquid crystal displays; energy control films for architectural glass; and various other coatings. The company also explores new markets in solar thermal, photovoltaic, and touch panel displays. Southwall Technologies sells its products to original equipment manufacturers worldwide through direct sales force and sales representatives. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation is an energy solutions provider headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with offices in the USA and Argentina. Its carbon/greenhouse gas neutral fast pyrolysis technology uses medium temperatures and oxygen-less conditions to turn dry, waste cellulosic biomass into BioOil for power and heat generation.

Environmental Power Corporation (EPC), through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, ownership, and operation of noncommodity, renewable, and alternative energy facilities. The company's production facilities produces biofuels or electricity by utilizing fuel derived from its agricultural waste management processes or alternative fuel sources, such as waste coal. EPC, through its subsidiary, Microgy, Inc., develops and deploys a technology for the extraction of methane gas from animal wastes and other organic wastes, which is useful for electricity or thermal energy generation. In addition, the company produces electricity through a waste coal-fired electric generating station in Venango County. EPC was founded by Joseph E. Cresci and Donald A. Livingston in 1982 and is headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. engages in the construction and operation of dry mill, fuel grade ethanol production facilities in the United States. It produces ethanol by the fermentation of sugars found in grains and other biomass. The company also produces distillers grains, an animal feed supplement obtained as a by-product of the ethanol production process. It is operating an ethanol plant, located in Shenandoah, Iowa; and constructing another plant in northwestern Iowa near the town of Superior. Green Plains Renewable Energy was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

Intrepid Technology & Resources, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a biofuels renewable and alternative energy development and operating company in the United States. The company specializes in developing, constructing, operating, and owning or co-owning a portfolio of projects in the biofuels production and distribution area of the renewable energy sector. It focuses on the production of biofuels, such as biogas, biodiesel, ethanol, and hydrogen that are produced from biomass. It also provides consulting services in various science and technology disciplines, such as nuclear science, renewable energy, material science, construction management, soil science, crop management, and process engineering. In addition, the company offers a range of engineering services. Intrepid Technology & Resources, Inc. is headquartered in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

OriginOil, Inc., a development stage company, focuses on developing a technology to produce biofuel from algae to replace petroleum in various applications, such as diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, plastics, and solvents. Its patent-pending technology, Quantum Fracturing, is based on the science of mass transfer and fluid fracturing. The company intends to license its technology to customers, such as fuel refiners, and chemical and oil companies. OriginOil, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. produces and sells ethanol and its co-products in the western United States, primarily in California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Colorado, and Idaho. It also provides transportation, storage, and delivery of ethanol through third-party service providers. Its co-products include wet distillers grains. The Company sells ethanol to gasoline refining and distribution companies, and wet distillers grains to dairy operators and animal feed distributors. Pacific Ethanol was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Sacramento, California.

Verenium Corporation engages in the development and production of specialty enzyme products, and production and commercialization of biofuels. It operates in two segments, Biofuels and Specialty Enzymes. The Biofuels segment focuses on the production and commercialization of biofuels, primarily ethanol from cellulosic biomass. The Specialty Enzymes segment develops enzymes for use in alternative fuels, specialty industrial processes, and animal nutrition and health markets. Its products include Fuelzyme—LF, an alpha amylase enzyme, designed to improve the efficiency and economics of ethanol production from corn and other grain, or starch sources; Purifine enzyme for biodiesel applications; Amylase-T Transgenic Corn Amylase; Purifine for edible nutritional oils; Luminase for pulp and paper processing; Phyzyme XP; Quantum phytase; Bayovac SRS that is designed to prevent disease in farmed Atlantic salmon; and Phytase-T, which supplements Quantum phytase. The company has strategic collaborations with Syngenta AG for the discovery and development of a range of novel enzymes; Bunge Oils, Inc. to discover and develop novel enzymes for the production of edible oil products; Cargill Health and Food Technologies to discover and develop novel enzymes for the production of a proprietary Cargill product; BASF AG to develop biocatalytic enzymes; Danisco Animal Nutrition to identify and develop a novel phytase enzyme; Bayer Animal Health to develop and market products to prevent infectious diseases in fish; and BP for the production of cellulosic ethanol from non-food feed stocks. It operates in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The company was formerly known as Diversa Corporation and changed its name to Verenium Corporation in June 2007 as a result of the merger with Celunol Corp. Verenium Corporation was founded in 1992 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Cereplast, Inc. develops and commercializes bio-based resins in the United States. Its bio-resins are primarily made of renewable resources, such as corn, tapioca, wheat, and potatoes; and are used as substitutes for conventional and petroleum-based plastics in a various applications. The company's resins are also used in various conventional converting processes, including injection molding, thermoforming, blow film, blow molding, and extrusion. In addition, its products are used in various applications and markets, including automotive, consumer electronics, medical, cosmetic packaging, furniture, and construction. Further, Cereplast serves plastic converters in the foodservice disposable packaging market. The company was incorporated in 2001. It was formerly known as Biocorp North America, Inc. and changed its name to Cereplast, Inc. in 2005. Cereplast is headquartered in Hawthorne, California.

Metabolix, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops alternatives to petrochemical-based plastics, chemicals, and energy. It applies metabolic engineering and molecular biology tools to produce biobased plastic in microbial systems and directly in non-food plant crops. The company develops a microbial fermentation system to produce a family of polymers known as polyhydroxyalkanoates branded under the name Mirel. It sells these bioplastic alternatives to petroleum-based plastics for use in a range of commercial applications, including packaging, consumer goods, and consumer electronics, products used in agriculture and horticulture, and marine and water. In addition, Metabolix offers biomass biorefinery system using plant crops to co-produce bioplastics and bioenergy. It has a strategic alliance with ADM Polymer Corporation. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Plantic Technologies, Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of biodegradable packaging products for use primarily in the Australian and European food industry. The company primarily offers Plantic, a product made from corn-starch that is Australian grown and which is not genetically modified. Its products primarily in include Plantic R1 a technology sheet manufactured from corn starch that is biodegradable and compostable; and Plantic EG500, Plantic GP100, Plantic HF300, Plantic WR700, and Plantic WR701 which are thermoplastic starch polymers formulated for injection molding. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Altona, Australia.