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The Brownsville Herald

TIGER hunt, Take 2: Port of Brownsville takes another crack at federal funding previously denied

Posted: 08/13/2010
Author: The Brownsville Herald, By STEVE CLARK

The Port of Brownville hopes to use TIGER II grant money to upgrade Dock 16, a planned project that has been scaled down since being denied TIGER I funding late last year.

Cameron County receives best practices award.

Posted: 07/20/2010
Author: The Brownsville Herald

Cameron County has received a County Best Practices Award from the Texas Association of Counties Leadership Foundation.

Wind turbine tower maker comes to Matamoros, new jobs both sides of border

Posted: 06/10/2010
Author: The Brownsville Herald

The biggest fish takes the longest to land, and in this case it took the Brownsville Economic Development Council two years reeling in South Korea-based CS Wind Corporation, which this month broke ground on a $60 million plant in Matamoros for the manufacture of metal towers and generator components for the wind turbine industry.

Federal grants bring solar and wind energy projects to Cameron Count

Posted: 04/07/2010
Author: The Brownsville Herald

Cameron County is about to be a little greener thanks to a $1.7 million federal grant to install solar panels on four county buildings in Brownsville, Harlingen and San Benito, and $1.8 million worth of solar and wind technology at UTB-TSC’s International Technology, Education and Commerce center.

Entrepreneur finds Valley perfect for algae-to-biodiesel development

Posted: 01/24/2010
Author: The Brownsville Herald, By STEVE CLARK
And God said, "Let there be light: and there was light," according to the Book of Genesis, although He might have added, "especially in South Texas."
 
The Lower Rio Grande Valley is sunshine-rich, a major factor behind Brad Bartilson’s decision to relocate to Brownsville from New Jersey. Bartilson is not working on his tan. He’s president and CEO of Photon8, a start-up company researching economically feasible methods for turning algae into biodiesel as an alternative to fossil fuel. For algae to produce the oily "lipids" required for biodiesel, it’s got to be bombarded by sunlight — lots of it. "From a photonic standpoint, New Jersey had 30 percent less photons per square meter falling than here," Bartilson says.

Group pulls counties together to sing Valley's praises to the world

Posted: 12/16/2009
Author: The Brownsville Herald, By STEVE CLARK

December 15, 2009 7:47 PM -  It’s easier said than done for longtime rivals to put aside their differences and join forces for the larger good, but that’s exactly what the Rio South Texas Economic Council is attempting to do, all in the name of job creation.

UTB-TSC accepts $5 million grant from NASA for research

Posted: 09/30/2009
Author: Jazmine Ulloa, The Brownsville Herald

The center at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College accepted a $5 million grant from NASA this month to hire new scientists, build its undergraduate and graduate research programs and develop its facilities.