ScottishPower Selects Ivara EXP Enterprise to Optimize Equipment Performance

Ivara Corporation, the industry leader and innovator in asset performance management solutions, today announced that ScottishPower, a major utility company operating across the United Kingdom, selected Ivara EXP Enterprise asset performance management software to ensure the availability of the company’s generation equipment. The solution will be implemented... 

Acumentrics Fuel Cell Tops 10,000 Operating Hours

An Acumentrics Corporation fuel cell system has exceeded 10,500 hours of operation to become the longest-running small scale solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system. “This demonstration of durability is an important step in proving the compelling value proposition of the tubular SOFC to customers who are using far less efficient technologies,” said... 

Progress Energy Responding to Outages from Hanna

A strong Tropical Storm Hanna came ashore at 3:20 a.m., bringing high winds and heavy rains to much of Progress Energy Carolinas’ service area, and the company has deployed hundreds of company and contract workers to restore service as quickly and safely as possible. As of 8 a.m., about 55,000 customers were without power. Most of those customers... 

Plasco to build waste conversion facility in Red Deer County

Plasco Energy Group Inc. of Ottawa will build, own and operate a waste conversion facility to serve the Central Waste Management Commission led by Red Deer County’s Mayor, Earl Kinsella. PlascoEnergy and CWMC signed a contract that will see a supply of 300 tonnes of waste per day converted into valuable products including over 15 megawatts of... 

Construction Progresses on Terrabon’s New Semi-Works Biofuels Conversion Facility in Bryan, Texas

Terrabon, L.L.C. announced today that construction is progressing as scheduled on its new semi-works biofuels conversion facility in Bryan, Texas. Construction is set for completion in October 2008. The new facility, which broke ground in May of this year, will confirm the scaled-up, commercial feasibility of the Company’s MixAlco(TM) technology,... 

Propel Study Shows Biodiesel Runs Equal to, if not Better than Petroleum

Propel, a leading retailer of low-carbon renewable fuels and Seattle-based The Essential Baking Company, announce the results of a joint study on the impact of replacing petroleum fuel with biodiesel in the company’s delivery fleet. The results of the 13-week test show that vehicles fueling with B99 biodiesel had no mechanical issues, ran more smoothly... 

Tecogen Introduces Inverter-Based CHP Module to Europe

Tecogen has signed its first long-term sales representation agreement in the European Union. Hydrochem Sp. z o.o., based in Warsaw will represent Tecogen’s combined heat and power (CHP) products in Poland, and the Baltic republics (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia). Concurrent with the signing, Hydrochem has placed its initial purchase order for... 

Platina Energy Group Reports 50%+ Potential Reserve Expansion in Kentucky

Platina Energy Group, Inc. report the acquisition of an additional 1,000 oil and gas lease acres in Laurel County, Kentucky over the last 60 days. This represents more than a 50% increase from the previous 1,700 acres that Platina has already drilled 10 successful wells on. This gives the Company approximately 70 potential well locations in the targeted... 

Lockheed Martin-led Team to Support Department of Energy Under New Hanford Mission Support Contract

A team led by Lockheed Martin has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide a broad range of site services for its Hanford site, located in Richland, Wash. With a total program value of $3 billion over a 10-year period, the contract includes a five-year base contract period and options to extend it to an additional five years. Under... 

Sasol Announces Reduction of Its Economic Interest in the Escravos Gas-to-Liquids Project

On 13 May Sasol reported that the capital cost of the Escravos gas-to-liquids project (EGTL) under construction in Nigeria is expected to increase to US$6 billion and that Sasol was reviewing all the factors that have an impact on the project economics. On 3 September, Sasol and Chevron, partners in the project entered into a heads of agreement for...