UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding with China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) under which the two companies will collaborate on a range of biofuels technologies and projects in China. Under the terms of the agreement, announced at the 20th meeting of the China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade...
Hydrogen researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory have reached another milestone on the road to reducing carbon emissions and protecting the nation against the effects of peaking world oil production. Stephen Herring, laboratory fellow and technical director of the INL High Temperature Electrolysis team, today announced...
Energy Recovery, Inc., a leader in the design and development of energy recovery devices for desalination, today announced that its PX Pressure Exchanger™ (PX™) devices will be implemented at the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant (SSDP) in Western Australia. To be constructed by the Southern Seawater Alliance (SSWA) — a joint venture between...
Quicksilver Resources Inc. announced today that it has formed a strategic alliance with major integrated energy company Eni for acquisition, development and exploitation of unconventional natural gas resources in an area covering approximately 270,000 acres surrounding Quicksilver’s Alliance properties in the Fort Worth Basin. The parties have...
Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract for a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) by UTE IBERESE-SOMAGUE — a business alliance formed between Iberese and the constructor, Somague, a Portuguese subsidiary of the Spanish construction group Sacyr Vallehermoso. The boiler will be integrated...
Amerex Energy Services, the nation’s premier energy consulting company has joined forces with Armstrong Service, Inc. (ASI), a global leader in utility system optimization to provide a full-service energy offering designed to reduce all aspects of customer energy costs, in both physical usage and the actual price of the energy commodity itself. The...
Green Star Alternative Energy, Inc. announces a joint venture with Notos d.o.o. – Serbian wind energy and power trading company – and Sirius Regulus d.o.o., Serbian real estate holding company. Many months of due diligence and negotiations have culminated in a strategic partnership that will give Green Star 51% ownership of all energy assets developed...
Ocean Power Technologies, a subsidiary of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. announce that it has signed an agreement with Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd to develop wave power projects off the east and south coasts of Australia. This agreement is in line with OPT’s global plan to form alliances with strategic partners in key areas of the world and will...
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...
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Director Jack Lavin today assembled national, state and local partners to announce new developments in the state’s effort to secure the landmark FutureGen clean energy project. The progress report included new geophysical data that confirm the suitability of the Mattoon host site to securely...