We Energies Submits Application for Columbia County Wind Project

We Energies filed an application today with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) for authorization to build the Glacier Hills Wind Park. The proposed wind park would be located in the towns of Randolph and Scott in northeast Columbia County — approximately 45 miles northeast of Madison. Current plans call for the project to consist... 

TRC Named Engineering Consultant in $3 Million Substation Design Project

TRC Companies, Inc., a recognized leader in engineering, consulting and construction management that provides integrated services to the environmental, energy, infrastructure, and real estate markets, today announced that it has been awarded a $3 million contract to serve as the engineering consultant on the Keene Road Substation Project for the Bangor... 

ZBB Energy Announces Updated Company Report by SMH Market & Liquidity Services

ZBB Energy Corporation announced that an updated company report, including an alternative energy industry analysis, has been released by SMH Market and Liquidity Services group, an affiliate of SMH Capital Inc. SMH Market & Liquidity Services group offers clients a service of in-depth company reporting and analysis, trading support, and strategic... 

Commerce Energy Sells Texas Retail Electric Business for $14.8 Million

Commerce Energy Group, Inc. said that its principal operating subsidiary, Commerce Energy, Inc., sold all of its retail electric service contracts in Texas to Ambit Energy, LP (Ambit), for an estimated $14.8 million. The purchase price includes $8.5 million in cash received on closing, a second payment of $2.7 million, reduced by customer deposits and... 

Yingli Green Energy’s Principal Operating Subsidiary Receives Additional Credit Line from China Eximbank

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) product manufacturers, today announced that it’s principle operating subsidiary, Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd. (“Tianwei Yingli”), has entered into a new credit line trade finance facility agreement (the... 

Apogee Interactive Addresses American Public Power Association’s 2008 Customer Connections Conference in Music City

Apogee Interactive Inc. technology consultants Dan Lockman and Jon Scott have been selected by the American Public Power Association to speak on Internet-based energy efficiency analysis tools at APPA’s 2008 Customer Connections Conference in Nashville, Tenn. today. Lockman, a founding employee of Atlanta-based Apogee, will demonstrate how to use... 

Quanta Services Names James F. O’Neil President and COO

Quanta Services, Inc. announces that effective today James F. O’Neil, age 50, will serve as president and chief operating officer of the company. In this new position, O’Neil will oversee Quanta’s operations and strategic initiatives across the electric power, natural gas, renewable energy, telecommunications, broadband cable and wireless... 

CalMotors’ Green Performance ECU Powers the eRuf from Ruf Automobile

CalMotors, makers of power electronics and embedded systems for hybrid and electric vehicles, announced that interest in its electronic control unit (ECU) and its electromagnetic interference (EMI) reduction system has increased dramatically since the release of the first electric Porsche developed by Ruf Automobile in Germany. Ruf Automobile chose... 

GDF SUEZ Completes Acquisition of Econergy International, a Renewable Energy Company

GDF SUEZ Energy International completes the acquisition of Econergy International for roughly 39 million GBP (approximately EUR 50 million). Econergy, a US company listed in the UK, is focused on renewable energy projects in Latin America (mainly) and North America. In addition to developing sustainable energy projects, the company is also actively... 

TU Munich officially launches Dr. A. Kuntze measurement

The problem: The cooling water of the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) of the Technical University Munich in Garching is treated with a biocide to prevent microbial contamination. The photometric online measuring system used up to now was considered to demanding with regard to cost and maintenance and should be replaced by a lowmaintenance...