Helix Electric Awarded Electrical Contracting Work for Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District

Helix Electric, has been awarded electrical contracting work for the new Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD) in Sacramento, Calif. The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District is building its new Building and Corporation Yard with environmentally sustainable features. The goal of the project is to obtain a minimum of a silver... 

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Linde Nippon Sanso To Power Spain’s First Thin Film Solar Plant

Linde Nippon Sanso announced that it has been awarded the exclusive contract to supply high purity gases to Spain’s first thin film solar cell manufacturing plant set up by T-Solar S.A. in Ourense, Galicia (Spain). Under this agreement, Linde Nippon Sanso will provide T-Solar with turnkey installation of the plant’s bulk and special gases supply... 

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Franklin Fueling Systems Inc. Receives CARB Approval of ‘Wiredless’(TM) in Station Diagnostic System

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. reported today that it has received an Executive Order from the State of California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) approving its Wiredless(TM) option to its In Station Diagnostics (“ISD”) System already approved by CARB. CARB regulations require that ISD systems be installed over the next two years in... 

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Dow Corning Demonstrates Manufacturing Process and Materials That Significantly Increase Solar Panel Production Rates, Decreasing the Cost of Solar Power

Dow Corning Corp. has demonstrated a manufacturing process featuring new developmental silicone materials that significantly increases the production rate of solar panels, effectively lowering the cost per watt of solar power. “This technology represents a real step-change in the industry, and will help make solar power a viable and sustainable... 

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Forego the Candy, Go Green and Go Back to School With CFL Bulbs

Candy could lose its fundraising edge to compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL) this year. As students and teachers go back to school, ComEd is encouraging schools to “go green” with innovative energy efficiency and renewable energy programs and tips, including a unique fundraising program involving CFLs. The utility also offers educational workshops... 

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The Linde Group opens the first hydrogen filling station for fuel cell passenger ships

The technology company The Linde Group has today officially opened the world’s first hydrogen filling station for fuel cell passenger ships in Hamburg. Wolfgang Tiefensee, Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs was in attendance for this “Zemship-related” grand opening, an EU-sponsored project for the development of fuel... 

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Suncor Energy to begin planned maintenance activities at Sarnia refinery

Suncor Energy Products Inc. announced that planned maintenance activities on parts of the company’s Sarnia refinery are scheduled to begin September 2. This maintenance work is expected to take approximately six weeks and will involve approximately 600 contractors. Suncor expects to meet all customer supply agreements during the outage. Suncor... 

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NuStar Energy L.P. and NuStar GP Holdings, LLC Expect Highest Quarterly Earnings in the History of Both Companies

NuStar Energy L.P. announced that the partnership expects to report record earnings applicable to limited partners for the third quarter of 2008 of at least $2.25 per unit, primarily as a result of exceptionally strong asphalt margins. NuStar GP Holdings, LLC also announced today that the company expects to report record earnings of at least $0.65... 

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PVSEC Europe 2008: Germany Solidifies Leading Position in PV Energy

Germany’s recently approved “climate package” is its latest step in securing the country’s position as a leading investment location in renewable energies. “The reforms maintain attractive feed-in tariffs and strengthen the legal framework for energy-efficiency investments, therefore adding to Germany’s already inviting... 

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LDK Signs Seven-Year Wafer Supply Agreement With Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

LDK Solar Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of solar wafers, today announced that it has signed a seven-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Republic of Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (HHI). Under the terms of the agreement, LDK Solar will deliver approximately 440 MW of multicrystalline silicon solar wafers to Hyundai... 

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