MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures Backs Laurus Energy

MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm, announced that it has backed Laurus Energy, the North American leader in Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) project development. Laurus also announced today that top energy executive Rebecca McDonald has joined as CEO. “Given the huge demand for energy in the U.S. and abroad... 

Green Energy Resources Wins NYC Woodchip Contract

Green Energy Resources has won the contract for New York City’s woodchips. The volume of chips is in the 10,000 to 100,000 ton range according to Green Energy Resources CEO Joseph Murray. The chips are produced through the City Parks Department, and Highway Maintenance Departments. The chips will go to Green Energy Resources’ Linden, NJ... 

Continental’s Direct Injection Technology Saves on Fuel Consumption and Lowers Emissions by Twenty Percent

Who would have thought that a forty-five millimeter long invention could improve engine performance, reduce emissions and fuel consumption by twenty percent? Continental, one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers, developed such an innovative technology and is the first to mass-produce the gasoline Piezo direct injection system. “We... 

Cyclone Power Technologies Files Patent Application for Waste Heat Engine

Cyclone Power Technologies, Inc. has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on its production prototype waste heat engine (WHE). The WHE is able to convert wasted heat from sources such as ovens, furnaces and engine exhaust into mechanical energy and electricity. This process of cogeneration — also called combined... 

The Linde Group is to build a new air separation plant in the border region next to Basel

The technology group The Linde Group, via its Swiss subsidiary PanGas AG, is to build a new air separation plant in Muttenz, in the Swiss canton of Basel-Land, for around 68 million Swiss francs (44 million euro). The new plant, which will have a capacity of over 500 tons of liquefied nitrogen, oxygen and argon per day will come on stream in the late... 

The Linde Group expands gases supply in Ningbo (China)

The technology group The Linde Group has entered into two new contracts for the on-site supply of gases to the companies Ningbo Iron & Steel Co. Ltd and Hanwha Chemical Corporation (HCC) in Ningbo in eastern China. Under the agreements, Linde will build an additional air separation plant at the emerging industrial site on the Yangtze delta, an... 

The Linde Group acquires the remaining 50 percent of the shares in the Australian LPG company Elgas

The technology group The Linde Group has acquired the remaining 50 percent of the shares in the Australian LPG-company Elgas, Sydney, at an equity value of 126 million euro. Elgas, established in 1984, was a 50/50 Joint Venture between BOC Limited, a member of the Linde Group, and AGL Energy (AGL). Elgas is the biggest marketer of LPG (Liquefied Propane... 

Capstone Turbine Signs Agreement to Supply Its Proprietary Air Bearing Technology to Barber-Nichols

Capstone Turbine Corporation, the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today that it has signed a supply agreement with Barber-Nichols, Inc. for Capstone’s air bearing technology for use in non-competitive equipment manufactured and sold by Barber-Nichols. Under the terms of the agreement Capstone... 

Parker Acquires Composites Technology Company to Enable Energy Saving Solutions

Parker Hannifin Corporation, the world leader in motion and control technologies, today announced that it has acquired Lingk & Sturzebecher of Stuhr, Germany. The acquired company, better known regionally as L&S, is a manufacturer of light weight carbon fiber high pressure cylinders and actuators including those based on composite technologies,... 

Linde Nippon Sanso To Power Spain’s First Thin Film Solar Plant

Linde Nippon Sanso announced that it has been awarded the exclusive contract to supply high purity gases to Spain’s first thin film solar cell manufacturing plant set up by T-Solar S.A. in Ourense, Galicia (Spain). Under this agreement, Linde Nippon Sanso will provide T-Solar with turnkey installation of the plant’s bulk and special gases supply...