Technology

HOUSTON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- TechConnect World, in association with the Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), and the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), announced that the TechConnect World Expo will officially open today at 10:00 AM, at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

SUMMIT, N.J., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) welcomed local and state officials, and a class of fifth graders, to celebrate the completion of a 1.7 megawatt solar energy system. With panels located atop seven buildings at the company's Summit, N.J., site, the system is one of the largest photovoltaic rooftop installations in New Jersey and North America. Chairman and CEO Fred Hassan symbolically activated the system by flipping a 6-foot light switch.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is doubling its goal of adding 1,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy to 2,000 MW by the end of 2011, with regulatory support. The goal is one of 12 new targets announced in the company's third annual Corporate Sustainability Report released today at http://www.AEP.com/cr. This will bring the company's total renewable energy portfolio to more than 2,600 MW by the end of 2011.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 27, 2009 - DEFG's strategic marketing agency, EcoAlign, today announced that it has won four prestigious Telly Awards for its "Day-in-the-Life-Of" (DILO) video that visually depicts electricity consumers’ experiences in the year 2015. The DILO video received Telly Awards in the following four categories:

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) today announced that Thomas Kalil, the associate director of Science and Technology Policy for the Obama Administration, has been added to the conference program at TechConnect World, taking place at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Kalil is scheduled to deliver a keynote address entitled, "Nanotechnology and the Obama Administration" on Monday, May 4th at 8:30 AM.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- NSTI and CTSI today announced that more than 100 leading companies looking for research & development, funding, and commercialization partners will be showcased in the 4th Annual TechConnect Summit, taking place May 4-6, 2009 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Held in conjunction with the annual NSTI Nanotech and Clean Technology conferences, the event will attract thousands of business, academic, and investment professionals from more than 70 countries.

BOSTON, April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A newly installed 76 kilowatt photovoltaic (solar powered) system has come on-line and begun supplying electric power to The Bank of New York Mellon's (NYSE: BK) office complex in Everett, Mass. The system is one of the largest of its kind in greater Boston and among the top 25 solar-electric generating projects in the Commonwealth.

BALTIMORE, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- ANALYSYS, a Baltimore-Washington based information technology services company, announced for Earth Day (April 22, 2009) that it has achieved its goal of "Carbon Neutrality" through its transition to 100% clean wind power and purchase of Renewable Energy Credits to offset employee travel.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- TechConnect World, in association with the Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), and the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), today announced that it is hosting more than 20 industrial workshops on Sunday, May 3rd from 8:00 AM until 6:00 PM at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.

COLCHESTER, VT -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/06/09 -- Green Mountain Power customers will be especially happy to see the sun shine in Berlin, Vermont, where the Company will build the largest solar array in Northern New England. At 200 kilowatts, the new array will be the largest project in Vermont when it is built this summer.