As political pressure mounts to delay California’s ambitious global warming policies, a new report from University of California researchers examines the economic impacts of putting the Governor’s climate program on hold. Energy Prices and California’s Economic Security, a project sponsored by Next 10, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, finds that if California remains primarily...
Syntec Biofuel Inc. announced it is launching a research program to develop catalysts and processes to produce Bio-butanol and Bio-propanol from biomass. This new R&D initiative is projected to be a 3 year program and will run in parallel with Syntec’s catalyst development. The company will be seeking strategic financial partners to support the estimated costs of US$2,500,000. Syntec has,...
SmartHeat Inc., a market leader in China’s “green” technology, environmentally friendly energy savings industry, today announced record financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. SmartHeat generated revenue of $20.7 million in the quarter compared to $3.01 million in the same period in 2007, an increase of approximately 587%. This increase was primarily due to increased...
Sustainable Power Corp. outlines the important facts underlying SSTP’s vision and solution to solving the problem of utilizing fossil fuels for production of electricity and the benefits of employing SSTP’s revolutionary technology of converting solid municipal waste to natural gas which is used to power electric-producing generators. Every living citizen produces approximately 4.6 pounds...
McDermott International, Inc., parent company of The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), announced that Richard L. Killion has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG). McDermott’s Board of Directors announced Killion would succeed Brandon C. Bethards, who was named President and Chief Executive Officer of B&W. Killion...
The 2008 presidential election will mean major changes in United States energy policy. William F. Weld, partner advising on government strategies and energy policy for the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery and a former two-term governor of Massachusetts, believes that the biggest impact will come on two issues: climate change (global warming) and dependence on foreign oil. Mr. Weld says both...
Carbon Sciences Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into gasoline and other fuels, today commented on the source of hydrogen and energy efficiency of its unique CO2-to-Fuel technology. Dr. Naveed Aslam, inventor of the technology and the company’s chief technology advisor, commented: “Unlike other CO2 to fuel approaches, Carbon Sciences’...
International Energy, Inc., a developer of leading-edge technologies for the renewable generation of photosynthetic biofuels, today announced that researchers have devised and instituted an important patent-pending technology capable of rapidly determining the accumulation of bio-oil and other high-value compounds in microalgae, an important advancement in the development of tools for the commercial...
Alliance Recovery Corporation (“Alliance” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that as a result of moving forward with our plans to construct a national showcase in southern New Jersey and the positive reaction to our alternative energy system, Alliance has expanded our business model for future installations and will now be targeting larger manufacturing operations requiring electrical...
Public Service Enterprise Group was named one of the country’s “Best Places to Launch a Career” in BusinessWeek’s third annual list, released today on its website. The Best Places to Launch a Career ranking is based on three separate surveys: a BusinessWeek poll of career-services directors at U.S. colleges; a survey of 40,000 U.S. college students conducted by Universum USA,...