May 6, 2010

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ZeroPoint Clean Tech delivered its first 1,000 pounds of biochar to a commercial farm today. The farm will conduct controlled field studies on the effect of biochar crop production for the New York Farm Viability Institute.

March 4, 2010

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ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. announced today that it is shipping the first of several biomass gasification systems for deployment in Europe. ZeroPoint's "Combined Heat and Power Solution" will convert woody biomass into renewable electricity and heat in a 4MW combined heat and power plant. The system was manufactured for ZeroPoint by the Hebeler Corporation in Tonawanda, NY and successfully passed its Factory Acceptance Test in December 2009.

December 9, 2009

The first of six ZeroPoint Biomass Gasification Solution under contract to Kedco Power Ltd. passed Factory Acceptance Testing today. The skid mounted gasification system operated in continuous steady state mode while producing a scrubbed synthesis gas intended for use in an internal combustion engine. Kedco Power Ltd. of Cork, Ireland plans to deploy the system into a 4MW wood-fired plant currently under development in Newry, Northern Ireland.

August 15, 2009

Blue Planet Sustainable Energy, N.V. plans to use ZeroPoint Technology to convert an existing fossil fueled methanol plant in Schwarze-Pumpe, Germany into a bio-methanol ("Green methanol") production facility. ZeroPoint's high efficiency modular systems will convert wood chips into synthesis gas for use as a feedstock in the methanol production process. The project would involve as many as twenty-five ZeroPoint systems at full build out. ZeroPoint and Blue Planet entered into a joint venture to develop the biomass gasification market in Northern Europe in April, 2008.

August 4, 2009

ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. today announced that the United States Patent Office has issued a patent protecting its core biomass gasification technology. Patent No. 7,569,204 "Apparatus for Controlling the Gas Composition During the Gasification of Carbon Containing Feeds" is one of two U.S. patents now issued to the Company. ZeroPoint has an additional twelve patents currently pending as well as trade secrets related to its gasification process and various extension technologies.

December 17, 2008

ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. has received an additional $1.5 million investment by The New York State Common Retirement Fund. The investment was announced today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli during a press event at ZeroPoint's Tonawanda, NY contract manufacturing plant. "ZeroPoint Clean Tech is a perfect example of how we can do well for the members of the Retirement System while doing good for New York businesses," DiNapoli said. "ZeroPoint offers innovative renewable energy technologies that have the potential to significantly change how the world produces its energy. This is a great investment for the pension fund, and a good step toward making New York and the country more energy independent."

October 21, 2008

ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. today announced the execution of a commercial agreement with Kedco Power, Ltd. of Cork, Ireland ("Kedco"). Kedco is a publicly traded bio-science energy company. Under the agreement, Kedco will deploy six ZeroPoint gasifiers into various renewable energy projects in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The first projects will utilize wood pellet and wood chip feedstocks to generate electricity and heat. Kedco possesses extensive experience in multiple renewable energy technologies including dry fermentation, biomass heating, power generation through the installation of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) units, and domestic wood pellet boilers.

June 24, 2008

ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. has announced the commissioning of its first commercial gasification process at Tonawanda, NY. The process and equipment designs are based on the Company’s Potsdam, NY pilot plant. ZeroPoint anticipates shipping the equipment to its first customer later this summer. The successful commissioning of ZeroPoint’s first commercial process sets the stage for the Company’s joint venture partners in India, Malaysia, Europe, and the U.K. who will deploy ZeroPoint equipment into biomass distributed generation, combined heat & power, and gas-to-liquids projects.

February 15, 2008

ZeroPoint Clean Tech is proud to announce research funding by the New York Farm Viability Institute (NYFVI). The institute recently announced $100,000 was allocated to ZeroPoint for bio-energy research. Under the terms of the partnership ZeroPoint will be evaluating the energy conversion efficiency through gasification for various agricultural crops. NYFVI executive director Thomas Sleight said "ZeroPoint is conducting practical, applied research in converting agricultural biomass, including shrub willow, hay, mixed grasses and corn stover, into energy products. Additionally, the project will provide much-needed economic data for farmers to use when considering growing crops for energy feedstock in New York. Partnerships such as this one, which includes private business, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Clarkson University and others are crucial to the future of New York agriculture."

March 15, 2007

In March 2007 ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. successfully commissioned its first commercial scale biomass gasification system at the company's technology development facility in Potsdam, NY. The commissioning process began with a successful cold start of the proprietary gasification reactor and the achievement of steady state operations utilizing hard wood pellets. The system is designed to produce a clean burning synthesis gas from biomass. The synthesis gas is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen that can be used for variety of purposes as a replacement for natural gas in process heat applications, to generate electricity, or for introduction into a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst process to generate liquid fuels. This successful commissioning will allow ZeroPoint to continue proving out the system by conducting ongoing system operations, testing various biomass feedstocks, and to begin commercializing the system in today's rapidly evolving global energy markets.