EDF Energies Nouvelles Signs Close to 1,000 MW of New Operations & Maintenance Contracts in the United States

As part of its Operations & Maintenance business, EDF Energies Nouvelles is announcing the signature, by its US subsidiary enXco, of four new contracts covering 981 MW in capacity with US electricity companies. These contracts lift the total capacity managed by EDF EN under operations & maintenance contracts in the United States to over 3,000... 

GreenMan Technologies, Inc. Subsidiary and Great Plains ADA Center Form Partnership to Develop Education and Technology Solutions

GreenMan Technologies and The Great Plains ADA Center of Columbia, Missouri are pleased to announce they have entered into a sixty month agreement for the advancement and development of solutions, particularly those related to recreational and playground areas, to promote compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The partnership will... 

MidAmerican and Constellation Energy Receive Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Waiting Period

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company and Constellation Energy announced early termination of the waiting period required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, related to MidAmerican’s proposed merger with Constellation Energy. “The clearance of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act is another step forward in achieving the necessary... 

Equistar to Temporarily Idle Olefin Unit

Equistar Chemicals, LP, will temporarily idle the olefin unit at La Porte, Texas, due to declining market and economic conditions. The La Porte olefin unit is expected to remain out of service until early 2009. The plant has a nameplate capacity of 1.7 billion pounds per year of ethylene and 700 million pounds of propylene. “We have elected to... 

Titan Energy Worldwide Awarded $130,000 Service Contract for Iowa Telecommunications Company’s Backup Power Generators

Titan Energy Worldwide announced that its subsidiary, Titan Energy Systems, has secured a $130,000 annual contract to provide maintenance service to more than 140 portable standby power generators for a large telecommunications provider in Iowa. To date, Titan Energy has booked $791,000 in service contracts compared to $315,000 in all of 2007, a more... 

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Announces Inducement Grants

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. announced the granting of common stock and options to certain individuals to induce such individuals to enter into employment arrangements with Green Plains. A majority of the independent directors of Green Plains approved the grants. Pursuant to an employment agreement between Todd Becker and Green Plains on October... 

Horizon Wind Energy Inaugurates its 13th Wind Farm in the U.S.

Horizon Wind Energy, LLC, a leading wind energy company, owned by EDP Renovaveis, the 4th largest wind energy player in the world, announced today that it will start producing clean, renewable energy, this week, at its Rattlesnake Road wind farm in the State of Oregon. Located in Gilliam County, Rattlesnake Road Wind Farm has an installed capacity of... 

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company Reaches Tentative Agreement to Acquire Constellation Energy

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company and Constellation Energy announced the companies have reached a tentative agreement in which MidAmerican will purchase all of the outstanding shares of Constellation Energy for a cash consideration of approximately $4.7 billion, or $26.50 per share. The companies expect to enter into a definitive merger agreement... 

Fuel Efficient Couple En Route To Break Guinness World Record for Lowest Fuel Consumption

Two of the world’s most fuel efficient drivers, John and Helen Taylor, are a third of the way through their attempt to break the current world record for lowest fuel consumption across the 48 contiguous United States. Today they will be driving into their ninth day, passing through the northern states of the Great Plains, including South Dakota,... 

Nova Biosource Fuels Achieves Substantial Completion at Seneca Biodiesel Refinery

Nova Biosource Fuels, Inc., a refiner and marketer of ASTM quality biodiesel, announced today it has received certification of substantial completion from the independent engineer for its Seneca biodiesel refinery project. Certification of substantial completion requires that the refinery demonstrates to the satisfaction of the project’s independent...