Energy Transfer Partners Completes Texas Pipeline Expansion Project

February 6, 2009 Category: Natural Gas
Energy Transfer Partners Completes Texas Pipeline Expansion Project

Energy Transfer Partners L.P. announced the completion of the 56-mile Katy Expansion pipeline project that increases the capacity of the Partnership’s existing ETC Katy natural gas pipeline in southeast Texas by more than 400 million cubic feet per day. The 36-inch Katy Expansion project provides approximately 20,000 horsepower of compression to the... 

Horizon Wind Energy Announces Commercial Operation of Three Wind Farms

January 9, 2009 Category: Electricity, Wind Energy

Horizon Wind Energy, owned by EDP Renovaveis, the fourth largest wind energy producer in the world, fully commissioned over 500 megawatts (MW) in December of 2008. The 201 MW Meridian Way Wind Farm, located in north central Kansas in Cloud County, the 102.9 megawatt (MW) Rattlesnake Road Wind Farm located near the city of Arlington in Gilliam County,... 

Sierra Club Asks Federal Court to Cut Off Power to Holland, Michigan Community

December 19, 2008 Category: Energy Efficiency, Energy Prices, Energy Saving

The San Francisco-based Sierra Club has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court asking for a court-ordered shutdown of the community-owned electrical generating plant in Holland, Michigan. The complaint, filed against the City of Holland and the Holland Board of Public Works on December 15, alleges that normal maintenance and repair work done at the... 

Lockheed Martin Solar Power Testbed Will Foster Technology and Production Innovation

December 2, 2008 Category: Electricity, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy

Lockheed Martin broke ground for a solar power testbed to support its entry into the utility-scale renewable power generation market. The Solar System Test and Engineering Site (SolSTES) Array testbed in southern New Jersey will provide Lockheed Martin engineers the opportunity to integrate and test a variety of solar technologies and materials selected... 

SunPower and City Solar Sign 100-Megawatt, Three-Year Customer Agreement

December 1, 2008 Category: Solar Energy

SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced it has signed a customer contract with German solar power plant integrator City Solar Kraftwerke AG. Over the next three years, SunPower will provide City Solar with solar panels and commercial rooftop and ground... 

SunPower and Ecoware Sign 130 Megawatt, Four-Year Customer Agreement

November 10, 2008 Category: Solar Energy

SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced it has signed a customer contract with Italian solar plant integrator Ecoware, S.p.A. Under the terms of the agreement, SunPower will provide Ecoware with at least 130 megawatts of its high-efficiency solar panels... 

Sputtering Materials, Inc. Announces CIG Target Alloy and Thin Film Development Service

October 29, 2008 Category: Solar Energy

Sputtering Materials, Inc., (SMI) a leading innovator of CIG thin film PVD target material development and joining technologies, today announced it is now offering a CIG target alloy and pre-selenization thin film development service. SMI has designed and assembled a development PVD chamber that includes a Cr target, a Mo target, and a 2″ dia... 

Westinghouse’s Bruschi, Carnegie Mellon’s Dzombak Inducted Into Prestigious National Academy of Engineering

October 25, 2008 Category: Electric Energy, Electricity, Energy Companies

Retired Westinghouse Electric Company Chief Technology Officer Howard J. Bruschi and Carnegie Mellon University Professor David A. Dzombak were inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) at its annual meeting held at the National Academies Buildings in Washington, D.C., October 5-6, 2008. Mr. Bruschi and Dr. Dzombak were the only engineers... 

Exelon Corporation Offers to Acquire NRG Energy, Inc. in $6.2 Billion Transaction

October 20, 2008 Category: Electricity, Oil Energy

Exelon Corporation announced its proposal to acquire Princeton, N.J.-based NRG Energy, Inc.. Exelon has offered to acquire all of the outstanding NRG common stock in an all-stock transaction with a fixed exchange ratio with a value of $26.43 for each NRG common share, representing a total equity value of approximately $6.2 billion for NRG based on Exelon’s... 

Roper Industries Acquires Technolog, Leading UK Provider of Products and Services for Water, Gas and Electricity Markets

September 19, 2008 Category: Electricity, Energy Companies, Natural Gas

Roper Industries, Inc. announced that it has acquired Technolog, a UK-based end-to-end solutions provider for network monitoring, pressure management, automatic meter recording (AMR) and smart metering solutions. Technolog, which will become part of Roper’s RF Technology segment, designs, manufactures and supplies specialty electronic products... 

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