Madison County Wind for Schools Project Brings Alternative Energy Education to Western N.C.

Winds blowing through the mountains of North Carolina will move more than leaves next year when the first rural wind power education program east of the Mississippi River is established in Madison County. A regional partnership will install small wind turbines at three schools in Madison County and develop a K-12 alternative-energy curriculum as part... 

AmerenUE, Saint Louis University Join Forces to Launch Pioneering Weather Monitoring, Forecasting, Response System

AmerenUE and Saint Louis University’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences today announced Quantum Weather(TM) – a highly precise weather monitoring, forecasting, and response system for UE’s Missouri service territory. Part of UE’s Project Power On reliability initiative, this pioneering system can pinpoint severe weather... 

Leaf River Energy Center LLC Receives FERC’s Certificate of Necessity for Natural Gas Storage Facility

Leaf River Energy Center LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Westport, CT based NGS Energy LP announced today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity authorizing Leaf River to develop and operate a salt dome natural gas storage facility and the associated pipeline infrastructure. Leaf... 

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

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... 

Synthesis Energy Systems Ceases Development of Benwood, West Virginia Synthetic Gasoline Project Due to Current State of Credit Markets

Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., a global industrial gasification company, today announced that due to the difficult financial environment, SES and CONSOL Energy (“CONSOL”) will cease funding of the front-end engineering design package for the Benwood, West Virginia synthetic gasoline project. With the lack of advancement of the project,... 

Air Products to Supply Hydrogen to ExxonMobil in Louisiana

Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced a long-term supply contract and plans to construct a new world scale hydrogen production facility, which will be connected to Air Products’ extensive Louisiana Hydrogen Pipeline Network, to serve ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge, Louisiana refinery and additional customers in the... 

Sustainable Oils Names Scott Johnson as General Manager, Expands Management Team for Camelina Research and Production

Sustainable Oils has named a leading agricultural chemical, seed, and biotechnology industry professional as the company’s general manager. Scott Johnson will be responsible for the company’s continuing efforts to build camelina production and marketing opportunities for farmers in the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Johnson joined the company... 

Entergy Provides Preliminary Third Quarter Earnings Guidance Reflecting Effects of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike

Entergy Corporation indicated that it expects third quarter 2008 as-reported earnings of approximately $2.40 per share and operational earnings of $2.49 per share compared to as-reported and operational results of $2.30 per share in third quarter 2007. As-reported results are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and are... 

Synthesis Energy Systems Enters Into License Agreement with ExxonMobil for Up to 15 Methanol-to-Gasoline (MTG) Technology Licenses

Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., a global industrial gasification company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (“EMRE”) that provides SES the option to execute up to 15 Methanol-to-Gasoline (“MTG”) technology licenses at U-GAS® coal gasification plants globally. The... 

Entergy Only U.S. Utility Selected to World Index for Third Consecutive Year

The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes again named Entergy Corporation to its exclusive Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and Dow Jones Sustainability North American Index for 2008-2009. For the third year in a row, Entergy was the only U.S. utility selected to the world index. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes follow a best-in-class approach and...