Progress Energy Florida Prepares for Effects of Tropical Storm Fay

Progress Energy Florida continues to monitor Tropical Storm Fay closely and is preparing for the storm’s potential impact on the company’s service area. Progress Energy Florida today opened its system storm center in Winter Garden to ensure quick response to storm damage and enhanced information flow to customers. The command center mobilizes... 

Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. Upsizes Its Senior Secured Credit Facility

Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. announced that it has successfully increased commitments to its senior secured credit facility by $180 million, increasing the facility’s total commitments to $980 million (retaining the ability to further increase the facility’s size to $1.0 billion). This upsizing was achieved in two transaction events with the... 

Nexterra Biomass Gasification Ready to Displace Fossil Fuels in Lime Kilns and Boilers

After two years of biomass gasification testing at the company’s Product Development Centre in Kamloops, BC, Nexterra Energy Corp. has confirmed that renewable synthesis gas, or “syngas”, produced by its gasifier has the ability to displace at least 60 per cent of fossil fuels used in lime kilns. Depending on the biomass feedstock... 

NYRI Receives Support of Unions for Jobs and the Environment

New York Regional Interconnect Inc., the proposed 190-mile transmission line that will bring electrical energy from upstate New York to meet the growing demand in the southeastern part of the state, today announced that it has received the official support of Unions for Jobs and the Environment (UJAE). UJAE includes unions that build and maintain electric... 

Universal Receives Exchange Approvals

Universal Power Corp. announced that further to its news releases dated June 24, 2008 and July 21, 2008 the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”) has accepted for filing the transactions to acquire a 30% carried interest in Petroleum Exploration Licence (“EL”) 2815 off – shore Namibia and purchase an additional 70% of Kunene Energy... 

Clean Energy Fuels Acquires Texas Landfill Gas Plant to Produce Renewable Gas

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE – News) has acquired Dallas Clean Energy LLC (DCE) for approximately $19.1 million in cash from Camco International Ltd, a Jersey-based company focused on developing projects and strategies to reduce carbon emissions. Clean Energy has partnered in acquiring and operating the project with Cambrian Energy,... 

Zenergy Power plc: Extension of Manufacturing Facilities

Zenergy Power plc, the specialist manufacturer and developer of commercial applications for high-temperature superconductive (‘HTS’) materials, announces today that it has commenced a major extension of its manufacturing facility based in Rheinbach, Germany. The extension will significantly improve the capacity of the facility enabling the... 

Facilitate Market Analysis And Forecasting Of Future Industry Trends With Norway Oil and Gas Markets Report

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Norway Oil and Gas Markets Investment Opportunities Analysis and Forecasts to 2020″ countryprofile to their offering. Norway Oil and Gas Markets Investment Opportunities Analysis and Forecasts to 2020 Summary This profile is the essential source for top-level energy industry data and... 

Suntech Completes Investment in Nitol Solar

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, today announced it has completed the final round of its $100 million in aggregate purchase of a minority interest in Nitol Solar, an independent polysilicon producer. In conjunction with the completion of the transaction, Suntech... 

China Bio Energy Adds Four Retail Gas Stations

China Bio Energy Holding Group, an energy company engaged in the distribution of heavy oil and finished oil products and the production and distribution of bio-diesel fuel, today announced that it has added four retail gas stations to its operations. China Bio Energy now operates five retail gas stations. These acquisitions are part of China Bio Energy’s...