Almost a year ago at the start of June, I wrote saying "we're near the peak" of the stock market. I was too early, and admitted it in August. But I also said that it was a bad time to be in the market: the risks of a decline far outweighed the potential gains of remaining in an overvalued market.

Dow Corning has announced that it will invest up to US $13 million to expand its European capabilities to innovate with silicon-based materials and technologies.

Unirac, Inc., North America's leading manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) mounting solutions, is pleased to have been selected by Rosendin Electric Inc. to supply their ISYS Roof Mount custom racking solution for a 1.15MW solar array atop the Mineta San Jose International Airport rental car and public parking garage. The sizable array will consist of 4,700 PV panels covering 3.4-acres of the roof.

The widespread adoption of nanotechnology-based packaging will be sluggish until there is greater regulatory pressure for lighter weight packaging, or stronger demands on the food and drink industry from the retail sector, according to Graham Moore, a consultant with PIRA International, a company that tests packaging for industry.

This article looks at the extent to which the food processing sector is readying itself to embrace nanotechnology-based coating products.

This blog entry, by Andrew Maynard, the director of the Risk Science Center at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, United States, is a response to both the letter from 13 non-governmental organizations urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency not to allow the use of a nanotechnology-based dispersant in the Gulf of Mexico, and Andrew Schneider's article in AOL News about the controversy (see http://www.merid.org/NDN/more.php?id=2650).

Each issue, Renewable Energy World asks leading players in the industry to give their verdict on a key issue of the moment.

Local governments have significant power to influence the energy choices of their citizens. They administer and regulate water supply, waste collection, public transport, and infrastructure. They own buildings, land, waste treatment facilities and vehicle fleets and they have close proximity to citizens and businesses.

Florida's Public Service Commission (FPS) last week approved Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) and American Renewables' joint petition for the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center, a planned 100-megawatt (MW) biomass power plant that will be located in Gainesville, Florida.