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Diversified Energy Corporation (DEC) today announced successful test results from its HydroMax® advanced gasification technology. Under a 2007 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) - National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), DEC has been developing and testing a unique molten-metals gasification technology designed to produce synthesis gas for the U.S. industrial market. Once commercialized, HydroMax® will reduce the industrial sector's dependence on high and volatile natural gas prices and provide for stable energy costs. The gasification system is capable of converting a broad range of hydrocarbons (including coal, biomass, waste products, etc.) into synthetic gas that affordably and reliably satisfies industrial natural gas demands.

In early April, crews will install peel-and-stick solar panels on roughly a third of the West Building's 2-acre roof.

Arizona Commercial Solar, LLC has joined Energy Arizona and become an Energy Arizona Partner. Arizona Commercial Solar, LLC is Arizona's premier provider of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems....

Diversified Energy Corporation (DEC) announced today that the Centia process, during a recent demonstration, produced a bio-gasoline fuel very similar to traditional unleaded gasoline. Centia is an advanced biofuels production process that takes any renewable oil input source (e.g. oils derived from agriculture crops, algae, animal fats, waste greases, etc.) and produces transportation fuels that are 1-for-1 replacements for petroleum jet fuel, diesel, and gasoline. Fuels produced from Centia could be operated in engines, stored, and distributed in an identical manner to fossil fuels today. The process was developed in 2006 by North Carolina State University (NCSU) and has been licensed exclusively by Diversified Energy.

Diversified Energy Corporation (DEC) and Velocys Inc. have been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to design a portable renewable fuel production system based on DEC's breakthrough HydroMax gasification technology and Velocys' advanced Fischer-Tropsch approach. The goal of the DoD funded effort is to develop a transportable system that can convert waste products generated at military installations into 50 - 500 barrels per day of high performance renewable fuels such as diesel and aviation fuel. DoD is the single largest fuel consumer in the country, with an annual fuel budget of approximately $9 Billion and rising. Forward operating military bases generate scores of waste material and have an enormous demand for fuel products. As a result, an opportunity exists to incorporate advanced energy conversion technologies that can utilize waste materials to generate high performance fuels; thereby, reducing the logistical burden of fuel transportation for military operations. These benefits will ultimately result in lower military operating costs and markedly improved energy security for the DoD.

Attempting to keep up with the requests, we have implemented a customized search engine for the Energy Arizona website! Now new pages are automatically included in the search results!

A first-of-its-kind panel discussion will be held in Phoenix to discuss the application of solar photovoltaic (PV) electric power systems, as they relate to commercial buildings. Speakers will include Corporation Commissioner Kris Mayes, who will address Arizona's commitment to solar energy, and the initiatives already in place to encourage its adoption. Representatives from APS and SRP will identify the incentive programs that are available to commercial building owners.

Texas is moving closer to the establishment of five Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZs), which proponents say could double windpower in the USA, and as Lyn Corum reports, the wind industry in the Western USA could also be set for a major boost, as plans for major transmission initiatives move forward.

Sometimes good ideas need a little boost before they become groundbreaking enterprises. That's where Diversified Energy Corp. of Gilbert hopes to come in.

The purpose of this report is to assess the prospects for significant renewable energy development in Arizona. The scope of the study is limited to Arizona projects that would export power to the grid (that is, not distributed energy projects). This study includes a review of the current status of renewable energy in Arizona, characterization of renewable power generation technologies, assessment of Arizona's renewable resources, and an assessment of key risk factors.

The people have spoken, and we have listened. Albeit, we did not make all of the changes suggested to us, but we have streamlined our website!

Diversified Energy Corporation announced today that it has secured an exclusive worldwide license to an innovative gasification cooling technology developed by Microbeam Technologies, Inc (MTI) through work sponsored by a National Science Foundation grant. The technology provides an approach for both cooling and recovery of high-value trace metals from the syngas output of coal gasifiers. Incorporation of this technology will provide increased system reliability and new revenue sources for gasification systems.

Diversified Energy Corporation has been retained by Renegy Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNGY), a green energy company focused on acquiring, developing and operating a growing portfolio of renewable energy facilities, to provide engineering and economic services support to renewable energy projects. In addition to its 24 megawatt (MW) biomass plant under construction near Snowflake, Arizona, Renegy is currently exploring several new renewable energy projects in the region. Renegy has retained Diversified Energy® to complement its project development skills by providing technical and economic feasibility assessments for multiple projects under evaluation.

Developers of the Bowie Power Station announced today that its electric generation facility planned for southeastern Arizona will move forward utilizing clean-burning natural gas as its sole fuel source.

Diversified Energy Introduces Innovative Algae Production System to Address Global Biofuel Oils Shortage and Curtail Carbon Emissions.

Nearly two months after the initial concept, Energy-Arizona has become a reality.

There's an important decision pending in the Bowie area - whether a 600-megawatt power plant will be built there.

In a perfect world, things are black and white. When something is good, it is all good, and the converse is true. This is not a perfect world.

Diversified Energy Corporation announced today that it has been retained by Incitec Pivot Ltd to provide a feasibility assessment for a gasification project in Aceh, Indonesia. Incitec Pivot (an Australian based company) is a leading supplier of fertilizer products in the region. Due to limited natural gas availability, the company is exploring the feasibility of using coal gasification to enhance the capacity of multiple ammonia/urea production plants.

HydroMax, an advanced gasification technology being developed by Diversified Energy Corporation (DEC) and licensed from Alchemix Corporation, was selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) from a pool of 1,318 applicants for research and technology transfer funding. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program is designed to provide funding for high-quality R&D on advanced concepts that are likely to lead to significant public benefit if the research is successful. DEC was selected for award under the "coal gasification and combustion technologies" topic area. Upon completion of Phase I, DEC will be eligible to compete for a Phase II follow-on award.

Code Electric, a 43-year old Tempe-based electrical contractor, has launched a new solar systems business to serve the growing interest in solar energy in Arizona.

The Arizona Department of Commerce and the City of Tempe are pleased to announce that Code Electric has located a new 6,600 sq. ft. facility in Tempe and will create 75 jobs. Code Electric is an electrical contracting company which is launching a solar systems business to serve the growing Arizona solar electric market.

Diversified Energy Corporation and Evergreen Pulp, Inc today announced they have been selected by the State of California for a $500k 36-month renewable energy project. The Public Interest Energy Research Natural Gas (PIER-NG) Program, a part of the California Energy Commission, selected for award four contracts from a pool of 25 applicants for research, development, and demonstration of technologies to replace natural gas with renewable resources. The focus of the state solicitation is on biomass-to-gas and/or hybrid projects specifically addressing industrial and commercial process heating or combined heat and power needs.

The board of supervisors in Cochise County, Ariz., will vote this month on whether to approve zoning changes to enable the Southwest's first integrated gasification combined-cycle plant to go forward in the town of Bowie, about 100 miles east of Tucson. At a work session April 16, proponents of the 600-MW project extolled its virtues, which would include testing new ways to sequester carbon dioxide using commercial greenhouses.