Solar Universe Names Steven L. Yeffa CFO

Solar Universe, a solar installation and finance company, today announced it has appointed Steven L. Yeffa chief financial officer. Yeffa will oversee the company’s corporate finance and accounting activities, and help grow its newly launched solar leasing program. Yeffa is a seasoned finance executive who brings 30 years of experience in financial... 

IC Potash announces commencement of preparation of the Ochoa Project Prefeasibility Study

IC Potash Corp. is pleased to announce the commencement of the Ochoa Project Sulphate of Potash (“SOP”) Pre-feasibility Study. Through this study and concurrent environmental work, the Company will establish the engineering basisfor the Ochoa Project for mining, processing, and SOP marketing. This announcement complements recent operating... 

FreeWave Technologies Chosen by OG&E for its Smart Grid Project

FreeWave Technologies manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radio solutions for mission critical data transmission, today announced it has been selected by OG&E for its comprehensive smart grid deployment. As part of this project, OG&E will utilize FreeWave’s FGR2-PE wireless radio solution for... 

Western Refining Wholesale Turns to KSS Fuels for Pricing Intelligence Solution to Maintain Competitive Edge

Western Refining Wholesale, a division of Western Refining Inc., an independent refining and marketing company headquartered in El Paso, Texas, will use KSS Fuels’ RackPrice wholesale pricing solution to help it manage fuel prices at its wholesale locations. Western Refining is a crude oil refiner, wholesale fuel and lubricants distributor and retailer... 

Honeywell and Haier Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Global Strategic Cooperation

Honeywell and Haier Group today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for global strategic cooperation to collaborate on the development and promotion of low-emission, high energy-efficiency products and solutions. The MOU was signed during the U.S.- China Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, contributing to the bilateral economic... 

Philadelphia University and MAG Establish New Composites Institute to Develop Textile-Based Composites for Industrial Applications

Philadelphia University and MAG are establishing the Philadelphia University MAG Composites Institute for research and development of new textile-based composites that could have wide application in industry, including the aerospace, automotive and energy sectors. The new research institute will be funded in part by $1.1 million from MAG, whose chairman... 

Infrax Systems (IFXY) Introduces Secure Network Interface Card

Infrax Systems, Inc. , a global provider of unified Smart Grid-related products and services for the Energy and Utility industries, announced today that the company will officially launch their proprietary Secure Network Interface Card (SNIC) at DistribuTECH 2011, February 1, in San Diego, California. DistribuTECH is the utility industry’s leading... 

BPL Global and BPL Africa to Expand Smart Grid Project Nationwide in Ghana

BPL Global®, Ltd. (BPLG), a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy efficiency and reliability, announced today that the company has signed a 5-year modern grid contract in partnership with BPL Africa, with Ghana’s national utility, Volta River Authority (VRA). The agreement implements smart grid technologies... 

China BAK Funded by National 863 Program for its Electric Vehicles Battery Project

China BAK Battery, Inc., one of the largest lithium-ion battery cell manufacturers in the world, as measured by production output, today announced its Electric Vehicles Lithium-phosphate Power Battery Industrialization Project has been selected as a key project of the PRC’s National High Technology Research and Development Program, or “863... 

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...