ZAP Alias Electric Car to Compete for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE

The Alias electric car from industry pioneer ZAP has been accepted to compete for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE. The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE (PIAXP) is a technology-neutral competition open to teams from around the world that can design and build production-capable 100 MPGe (miles per gallon energy equivalent) vehicles... 

Tags: car buyers, electric car, gallon energy equivalent, Progressive Insurance, technology-neutral competition, The Progressive Corporation, ZAP

FirstEnergy’s Ohio Utilities File Motion to Stay, Request for Rehearing and Application for Fuel Recovery

Citing inconsistencies with state law and potentially serious financial consequences that could result from a recent Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) ruling, FirstEnergy Corp.’s Ohio utility companies filed a Motion to Stay, as well as an Application for Rehearing and an Application for a Fuel Rider, and requested an expedited ruling... 

Tags: Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, electricity restructuring law, energy, federal law, FirstEnergy Corp., Ohio, Ohio Edison, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, state law, The Toledo Edison Company, Toledo Edison, United States

Capstone Ships Its First C1000 Megawatt Scale Product

Capstone Turbine Corporation, the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced it has shipped its first C1000 megawatt scale product. The system will be installed at ANTEX, located in Spain. ANTEX is an independent Spanish textile group whose activity centers on the broad world of synthetic yarns. It... 

Tags: ANTEX, Antex Corporation, Barcelona, Beat Naef, Brazil, Capstone Turbine Corp, Capstone Turbine Corporation, clean technology manufacturer, Darren Jamison, DISTEC, Girona, higher energy requirements, megawatt scale product, megawatt solution, microturbine energy systems, Spain, Switzerland, textile group, Verdesis Suisse SA

GDF SUEZ Energy North America Affiliate Completes Acquisition of FirstLight Power Enterprises, Inc.

GDF SUEZ Energy North America announced the acquisition of FirstLight Power Enterprises, Inc. (FirstLight) from Energy Capital Partners is now complete. FirstLight owns and operates a unique portfolio of 15 power generation plants — primarily pumped storage and traditional hydro facilities. It also has a state-of-the-art natural gas peaking power... 

Tags: Acquisition, Connecticut, electricity generator, Energy Capital Partners, FirstLight Power Enterprises Inc, gas utility, GDF SUEZ Energy North America, liquefied natural gas, Massachusetts, natural gas peaking power plant, natural gas sales, New England, renewable and natural-gas-fired power generation assets, retail electricity sales, sizable electricity market, United States, Zin Smati

Electrical Distributor Expands Commitment to Sheboygan Area

Standard Electric Supply Co. continues to grow in Wisconsin with the opening of their new facility in Sheboygan, WI at 3417 Weeden Creek Road. Standard Electric has served customers in the Sheboygan market for many years, but recently completed construction on a 15,000 square foot building to better serve the market. The new facility includes a state-of-the-art... 

Tags: Illinois, Indiana, Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Standard Electric Supply Co., United States, Wisconsin

US DOJ Closes Investigation of SRAM Sales Involving Mitsubishi Electric Subsidiary

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division has notified Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics U.S.A Inc. (MEUS), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric, that DOJ has closed its grand jury investigation of possible antitrust violations regarding static random access memory (SRAM) sales... 

Tags: Antitrust Division, Electric & Electronics U.S.A Inc., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, random access, Renesas Technology Corp., Renesas Technology Corporation, SRAM, United States, United States Department of Justice

Sigma Signs Definitive Agreement for Acquisition of Zensys

Sigma Designs, a leader in digital media processor SoC’s for consumer electronics, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zensys Holdings Corporation, a wireless start-up company. Zensys, headquartered in Fremont, California, is an innovative developer of single-chip RF solutions called Z-Wave® that has already been designed... 

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AMI DODUCO Prepares for High-Voltage Infrastructure Market Opportunities

AMI DODUCO, a Technitrol company, announced that it has completed a two-year program to expand production in high-voltage contact technology. Custom-designed furnaces have been acquired, the latest-generation welding equipment brought on board and the mechanical and automated production centers expanded. “Despite the broad economic slowdown, these... 

Tags: AMI DODUCO, Asia, Australia, China, Christian J. Hagedorn, electrical contact, electrical contact technology, Europe, Germany, high-voltage contact technology, high-voltage electrical infrastructure equipment, India, Japan, North America, Pforzheim, precious metal refining, surface treatment services, Taiwan, United States

Constellation Energy Receives Unsolicited Proposal From Électricité de France

Constellation Energy confirmed that it has received an unsolicited proposal from Électricité de France (EDF). The main components of EDF’s proposal are: * EDF would purchase a 50% ownership interest in the nuclear generation and operation business of Constellation Energy (excluding Constellation Energy’s existing interest in the UniStar joint... 

Tags: Acquisition, Constellation Energy, Constellation Energy Group, Électricité de France, Investment, Joint Venture, Merger, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company

American Electric Technologies Announces Strategic Alliance in Brazil

At today’s 2008 International Work Boat Conference, American Electric Technologies Inc., the premium supplier of custom-designed power delivery solutions for the traditional and alternative energy industries, announced it has entered into an alliance agreement with Five Star Services Ltda. of Macae, Brazil and Lifting Services Ltda. of Niteroi,... 

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