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... 

Weststar Acquires Nunavut Coal Property

Weststar Resources Corp. announce the acquisition, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval, of a 100% interest in six Coal Exploration Licence applications, located on the Bache Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Territory. The Exploration Licences cover an area of approximately 450 square kilometers (45,000 hectares) with the final land package... 

B&W Subsidiary Awarded Boiler Refurbishment Contract at Indonesia Power Plant

McDermott International, Inc. announced that a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company, has been awarded a contract to refurbish two B&W Radiant Tower-type boilers at the Suralaya Steam Power Plant on Java Island, Indonesia. B&W will redesign and supply superheater and reheater surface, low NOx combustion systems, pulverizer performance... 

RMT Wraps Up Michigan Wind 1 Construction

RMT, Inc. (RMT), the leader in wind energy development, engineering, and construction, has completed construction of Michigan Wind 1, located near Ubly, Michigan. With a total capacity of 69 MW, Michigan Wind 1 is the largest commercial-scale wind farm in Michigan. The wind facility began commercial operation in mid-December, and will produce enough... 

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... 

U.S. Energy Corp. Announces Investment in Geothermal Entity

U.S. Energy Corp. announced that it has invested $3.445 million in Standard Steam Trust LLC, a private geothermal exploration and development company based in Denver, Colorado. Current capitalization of SST (with other partners) is $13.8 million (25% USE), which now includes approximately 60,000 acres of BLM, state and fee leases in seven prospect areas... 

Ocean Power Technologies and Leighton Contractors Sign Agreement to Develop Wave Power Stations

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... 

Conduit Capital Completes Sale of Natural Gas Compression Facility and Pipeline in Mexico for $89.2 Million

Conduit Capital Partners LLC, a private equity investment firm focused on infrastructure investment and development in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced today that it has completed the sale of the Libramiento natural gas compression facility and an associated 65km natural gas pipeline to InterGen. The total value of the transaction, which was... 

China Energy Expands Heating Supply Capacity

China Energy Corporation, a leading producer of coal, heat, and electricity in Inner Mongolia, China, is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed the construction of new facilities in an ongoing expansion of its heating supply capacity. “The addition of 14 new heat transfer stations to our heat supply network has greatly increased... 

Plug Power to Supply More Than 200 GenDrive(tm) Fuel Cell Power Units to Central Grocers

Plug Power Inc. announced that Central Grocers, Inc. has purchased 220 GenDrive(tm) fuel cell units to power the entire lift truck fleet at their new distribution center. The center is currently under construction in Joliet, Illinois, and is expected to be operational by the end of the first quarter of 2009. Central Grocers chose the hydrogen fuel cell...