NEW CASTLE, DE — (Marketwire) — 07/27/11 — has been awarded the 2011 North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award in the carbon capture materials market by . The Technology Award is a prestigious recognition of Empower Materials- accomplishments in renewable and sustainable materials. Empower Materials, based in New Castle, DE, has developed QPAC® Polyalkylene Carbonate plastics derived from carbon dioxide and produced through the copolymerization of the gas with one or more