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Pompano Beach, FL, March 3, 2010. Cyclone Power Technologies (Pink Sheets: CYPW) announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a Notice of Patent Allowance on the valve controlled throttle mechanism of the Company’s heat regenerative external combustion engine.

The patented valve/throttle component, comprised of a uniquely designed cam mechanism driven by hydraulics, serves several important functions in Cyclone’s high performance steam engine, including: allowing the engine to self-start, thus eliminating the need for a starter motor; changing valve duration to increase the engine’s efficiency; and reversing the rotation of the pistons to allow the engine to run backwards. This last feature, along with the high starting torque of the Cyclone Engine, can help eliminate the need for a transmission in automotive applications.

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The Federal Trade Commission has recently expressed renewed interest in regulating environmental marketing claims for consumer products. In addition to increasing its enforcement efforts, the FTC is evaluating the need to regulate renewable energy-related consumer products, such as carbon offsets and renewable energy credits.

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SAN JOSE, CA (KGO) — The San Jose City Council passed 9-1 a proposed ordinance to ban plastic bags. It passed 9-1. But San Jose is also going after support from surrounding South Bay cities for a ban, because of opposition.

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SAN FRANCSICO — The co-founders of the electric car company Tesla Motors Inc. have settled their legal battle with laudatory statements of each other\’s accomplishments.

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The Department of Energy has issued several important documents in furtherance of its Loan Guarantee Program. This Alert discusses the “Renewable Solicitation,” which proposes to provide funding for loan guarantees for projects that employ innovative energy efficiency, renewable energy and advanced transmission and distribution technologies.

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German energy company E.ON AG has appointed Johannes Teyssen, the company\’s No. 2 manager, to succeed Wulf Bernotat as chief executive next year. Duesseldorf-based E.ON announced Monday night that Teyssen, 49, will take over on May 1. Bernotat, 60, announced earlier this year that he would step down when his contract expires at the end of April.

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Two of China and the United States’ largest electric utilities signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing today to share information and explore potential initiatives to produce cleaner power from coal and renewable resources such as wind.

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A basic problem for wind turbines is that the wind often dies down. As a result, they produce far less electricity than if the wind blew constantly, at full speed. A good wind machine, therefore, may harvest just 30 percent of its maximum potential energy.

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PSE&G Solar, a subsidiary of the big New Jersey utility, said Wednesday that received a regulatory go-ahead to add 80 megawatts of solar capacity in its territory by the end of 2013, effectively doubling the amount of solar power in the state.

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