Greenline Industries Ranked No. 7 in Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Greenline Industries, provider of biodiesel production platforms, has received major kudos from Inc. Magazine. Not only is Greenline No. 7 on its annual ranking of the 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., but also No. 1 in both the Energy Sector and Top 100 Businesses in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Greenline attributes much of its success to a distributed model that allows biodiesel... 

Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. Expands New England Operations Into Connecticut as Demand for Solar Energy Continues to Increase

Borrego Solar Systems, Inc., a leading designer and installer of grid-connected solar electric power systems, today announced that the company will expand its New England operations into Connecticut to meet increasing demand for solar energy. Since opening a New England office in July 2007, Borrego Solar has experienced significant growth, installing more than 50 residential, commercial and public-sector... 

Zeus Conference to Explore Reducing Capital Costs and Increasing Flexibility With Advanced Gasification Technologies

Emerging gasification technologies could rapidly advance gasification deployment in the next five to ten years and are being used in advanced, modular systems that significantly reduce capital and plant-operating costs. Prefabricated-gasification systems are easily built and transported to the site. Pending CO2 laws have also created an opportunity for advanced-gasification technologies to be fully... 

Cubic Receives $16.3 Million Contract From NAWCTSD to Explore Solutions for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Training

Cubic Applications, Inc., a defense services subsidiary of Cubic Corporation, has been awarded a contract with a potential value of $16.3 million to explore emerging technologies and develop prototype solutions to strengthen the military’s training in nuclear, biological and chemical response. In July, Cubic began work on an incrementally funded contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center Training... 

NP Capital Corp Purchases Solar Energy, Inc.

NP Capital Corp announced today that it has purchased various assets including the website www.SolarEnergy.com and the name of Solar Energy, Inc. The website currently receives over 100,000 web hits per month from people seeking information about products or how to enter the solar industry. This purchase will allow NP Capital to promote its products and services by reaching a wider audience in a more... 

Pioneering’s Safe-T-element(R) Recognized by United States Air Force as a Solution That Meets the U.S. Military’s Fire Safety Code Requirements

Pioneering Technology Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario announced that the United States Air Force (“USAF”) has reviewed the suitability of the Safe-T-element technology for commercial Air Force Base (“AFB”) applications and has determined that the product is now acceptable as an alternative means of compliance with their UFC 3-600-01 military code requirement for a range fire safety... 

Solarfun Signs Letter of Intent for Three Year Supply Agreement with Q-Cells

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd, an established vertically-integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots and photovoltaic (“PV”) cells and modules in China, today announced that it has entered into a letter-of-intent for a three-year supply agreement with Q-Cells International, a 100% subsidiary of Q-Cells AG (“Q-Cells”), the world’s largest independent manufacturer of solar cells. Under the... 

Airtricity Deploys Wholesale Operations Management Solution for the Single Electricity Market

Ventyx®, the world’s largest private software provider to the energy and utility industry, today announced completion of an extensive MarketManager® implementation for Airtricity Holdings Ltd., a world-leading renewable energy company, to support operation in the new All-Island Single Electricity Market (SEM). The SEM, which went live on 1st November 2007, is the wholesale electricity market... 

First Reserve Partners with Industry Participants to Form Accord Nuclear Resources

First Reserve Corporation, the world’s leading private equity firm in the energy industry, has joined forces with two experienced nuclear industry participants, Charles Scorer and David Sloan, to form Accord Nuclear Resources, an integrated nuclear fuel supply company. Under the structure of the partnership, Accord will acquire and integrate key businesses that operate across the commercial nuclear... 

Homeland Energy Purchase of Appolo Fuels to Add 114 Million Tons Measured & Indicated Coal to Homeland’s Global Resource

Homeland Energy Group Ltd. report the receipt of initial results of a mineral resource study relating to Homeland’s recently announced acquisition of Appolo Fuels, Inc. (Appolo) (see Homeland Energy press release August 27, 2008). The resource estimation is being performed by Norwest Corporation’s (Norwest) Charleston, West Virginia office in compliance with Canada’s National Instrument...