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Breakthrough Environmental Technologies to be Unveiled at Capitol Hill CleanTech Expo on July 16

Technology Investment Roundtable and CleanTech Expo '09 to be Broadcast Live via CleanTech TV

Washington, D.C. (June 30) – Breakthrough advances in environmental and energy efficiency technologies will be unveiled to Members of Congress, the media and the public at the Capitol Hill CleanTech Expo '09 on July 16 in the Rayburn House Office Building.

Technologies on display will include:

• Carbon sequestering technology that uses aerogels to turn CO₂ gas into a solid for permanent sequestration
   
• The world’s first renewable gasoline, from sunlight and CO₂ algae-based fuels that emit approximately two-thirds less CO₂ than petroleum-based fuels at scale 
   
• Weather-driven renewable energy assessment and forecasting for wind, solar and hydro power projects 
   
• High efficiency single-phase electric motors that achieve 66% energy savings over diesel fueled stationary engines 
   
• Utility-scale solar thermal power technologies with molten salt energy storage
   
• Photo-bioreactor algae growing/harvesting (PBR) machine that produces fuel and food from CO₂ 
   
• Large-scale water treatment systems that can remove hormones and nano-scale impurities
   
• Technologies that empower electric automakers, machine manufacturers and defense support industries to build cleaner electric driven or generating machines
    
• Pre-combustion treatment technologies for coal 
   
• High efficiency conductors for use in electrical transmission grid systems
   
• And more! 

CleanTech TV

Reporters and editors can cover the Expo via CleanTechTV's live video broadcasts and interviews.  The CleanTech TV web site is www.cleantechtv.us.

The day-long event will be open to the public and will feature a wide range of new environmental technologies and applications, according to Jim Sims, President and CEO of the Western Business Roundtable.  The Western Business Roundtable is co-hosting the Expo with the NextGen Energy Council.

The Expo also will feature a CleanTech Investment Roundtable Session, where financial experts and news media representatives will discuss the latest trends and issues in the burgeoning clean tech investment arena. 

CleanTech Expo '09 Platinum Sponsors

• FMC Corporation
• Molycorp Minerals
• Peabody Energy
• Raytheon Company 

Other CleanTech Expo '09 Sponsors and Exhibitors

3TIER, A2BE Carbon Capture, Colorado Mining Association, CTC Cable Corporation, Harrison Western, Light Engineering, Mining & Metallurgical Society of America, Precise Power Corporation, Raytheon IDS, Raytheon NCS, Raytheon RMS, River Basin Energy, Inc, Sabot6, Sapphire Energy, TBT Group, TMA Wind, Tri-State Generation & Transmission

The Capital Hill CleanTech Expo '09 will be held on July 16 in Rooms 338-339 of the Rayburn House Office Building. For more information, please visit: http://www.westernroundtable.com/cleantech+expo+09.aspx.

To schedule a media walkthrough, please contact Michelle Hindmarch at mhindmarch@westernroundtable.com.

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The Western Business Roundtable is a non-profit, 501(c)(6) organization that unites a wide variety of business and industry leaders to work on a bipartisan basis for public policies that promote a common sense balance between economic growth and environmental conservation.  For more information, go to www.westernroundtable.com.