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December 3, 2009

Pump Engineering Takeover Gives ERI Turbine Technology

Energy Recovery Inc, manufacturer of PX energy-recovery devices for the desalination industry, announced on 2 December 2009 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the equity interests of competitor Pump Engineering LLC, based in New Boston, Michigan.

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December 2, 2009

Energy Recovery to buy Pump Engineering for $25.7M

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (AP) — Energy Recovery Inc., which develops water desalination devices, said Wednesday it has agreed to buy Pump Engineering LLC for $25.7 million in cash and stock.

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November 30, 2009

Osmotic Power Generators Harvest Energy from Sea

PORTLAND, Ore.—Energy Recovery Inc. has re-engineered its pressure exchangers, which enable fresh water to be derived from salt water worldwide in desalination plants, to run in reverse systems that generated power from mixing fresh- with salt-water.

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November 24, 2009

Osmotic Power Plant Opens, with Commercial Scale Ambitions

The world’s first osmotic power plant opened today at Tofte, outside of Oslo. And it included a royal kickoff from the Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, who pushed the button that set the turbines in motion.

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November 24, 2009

Power From Seawater: First Prototype Out, More to Come

Statkraft, a state-owned power plant in Norway, has opened up a prototype power plant that produces power from seawater, but more are likely on the way.

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November 24, 2009

World's First Osmotic Power Plant Yields 24/7 Renewable Energy

Unlike solar, wind, wave and other sources of renewable energy, osmotic power plants harness a source of energy that is constantly available—fresh water streams running into the sea—thereby enabling sustainable, renewable power plants that produce constant, uniform electricity, all day, every day.

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November 2, 2009

ERI Helps with H1N1 Vaccination of San Leandro Children

The H1N1 flu vaccine is being given out right now at one school in San Leandro. This week the district is making the vaccine available to all students, but will it be enough and is everyone being served with, or without, insurance?

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November 1, 2009

Osmotic Power

Osmotic Power - The World radio program.

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August 19, 2009

Making Sweet Water From (Almost) Perpetual Motion

A revolutionary device with one moving part is making desalination cheaper.

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July 9, 2008

Energy Recovery Shakes Up Dead IPO Market

Energy Recovery Inc, the clean-tech shining star, went public last week nearly 15 years after setting up shop in 1993. It will trade under the ticker ERII.

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