Point Roberts, WA - December 16, 2011 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) Investorideas.com, a leader in cleantech investor research, issues an update on recent news and events in the EV charging market as reported this week from three publicly traded companies in the sector; Car Charging Group, Inc. (OTCBB:CCGI), Ecotality, Inc. (NasdaqCM: ECTY) and GE Energy (NYSE: GE).

Car Charging Group, Inc. (OTCBB:CCGI), a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, announced yesterday it has been awarded a $1 million grant by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to install EV charging stations at 17 service plazas on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - December 15, 2011 (Investorideas.com Renewable Energy Newswire) - Car Charging Group, Inc. (OTCBB:CCGI.OB), a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, today announced it has been awarded a $1 million grant by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to install EV charging stations at 17 service plazas on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

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BIOX announces record fourth quarter financial results

BIOX Corporation (BIOX) (TSX: BX.TO - News), a renewable energy company that designs, builds, owns and operates biodiesel production facilities, today announced its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter (Q4 2011) and year end financial results for the three-month and twelve-month periods ended September 30, 2011.

Highlights
    Production of methyl esters was 15.9 million litres in Q4 2011 compared to 15.3 million litres in Q4 2010
    Sales were $22,989,000 in Q4 2011 compared to $7,255,000 in Q4 2010
    Operating income was $1,694,000 in Q4 2011 compared to an operating loss of $2,773,000 in Q4 2010

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Solazyme Announces First U.S. Commercial Passenger Flight on Advanced Biofuel

Flight #1403 from Houston to Chicago flies on 40 percent Solajet™; Signs Letter of Intent for 20 million gallons of renewable aviation fuel per year starting in 2014

Solazyme, Inc. (NASDAQ:SZYM - News), a renewable oil and bioproducts company, announced today that United Airlines flew the world’s first commercial aviation flight on a microbially-derived biofuel using Solajet™, Solazyme’s algae-derived renewable jet fuel. The Eco-skies Boeing 737-800 plane was fueled with 40 percent Solajet and 60 percent petroleum-derived jet fuel. The commercial Eco-skies flight departed from Houston’s IAH airport at 10:30AM this morning and landed at Chicago’s ORD airport this afternoon.

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Point Roberts WA-, October 27, 2011 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) Investorideas.com, a leader in renewable energy stock research, releases a trading alert for BioFuel Energy Corp.(NasdaqCM: BIOF ). The stock is trading up at 0.2579,up  0.0479 (22.81%) 1:55PM EDT.

The Company recently announced that it will be releasing its third quarter 2011 earnings on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, after the market closes.

A report  released on 11 October, "Biofuel Markets and Technologies" by Pike Research notes  that the global biofuel market will double within the next decade to $183.3 billion from its current level of $82.7 billion, with ethanol production accounting for $78 billion of future worldwide biofuel production, while predicting that biodiesel production will reach $25.5 billion.

Read more: Renewable Energy Trading Alert; BioFuel Energy Corp.(NasdaqCM: BIOF ) Gains over 20%