Energy Management in Oil Refineries – What Is Driving It and Where Do the Opportunities Lie?

Frost & Sullivan’s Energy & Power Systems practice in Asia Pacific will host an analyst briefing via webinar on Energy Management in Oil Refineries on November 18th 2008 at 11:00 hrs (GMT +08:00hrs) Singapore time. 2008 has been the most dramatic and dynamic year for global energy prices. The volatility of oil prices has demanded agonizing... 

Sunrise Consulting Group Inc. Signs Letter of Intent to Purchase Controlling Interest in Chinese Solar Company

Sunrise Consulting Group Inc. has signed a letter of intent to purchase up to 60% of Sunrise Solartech Co., Ltd. www.srsolartech.com. Sunrise Solartech was founded in March 2006 in Jiansu Province, China as a privately owned enterprise that specializes in designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing solar energy products. Sunrise Solartech is... 

Southern California Edison Announces Major Advance in Efforts to Offset the Environmental Impact of Coastal Power Generation

Southern California Edison (SCE) announced completion of the largest environmental project of its kind in the United States – a 175-acre artificial giant kelp reef off the coast here. With the placement of 120,000 tons of rock on the ocean floor, the project is expected to produce the nation’s first sustainable artificial kelp forest attracting... 

Enventure Achieves Record Setting 1000th Expandable Job

Enventure Global Technology, the pioneer in solid expandable technology, reached a major milestone with its 1,000th SET® expandable job. The installation demonstrates the acceptance and diversity of the technology and Enventure’s place as the leading technology innovator and experienced service provider. Using exclusive SET technology, Enventure... 

PG&E Employees Receive Annual Environmental Leadership Award for Protecting Natural Resources, Raising Awareness About Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced the winners of its seventh annual Richard A. Clarke Environmental Leadership Award. The award acknowledges the top individual and team efforts for demonstrating PG&E’s ongoing environmental leadership, focusing on areas such as environmental protection, energy efficiency and renewable... 

Williams Exploring Changes in Company Structure to Enhance Shareholder Value

Williams announced that its management and board of directors are evaluating a variety of structural changes in the company to enhance shareholder value. The company expects to announce a specific direction in the first quarter next year. Among the potential changes is the separation of one or more of the company’s principal business units. Williams’... 

Argus Launches Price Assessments for Sakhalin Island Vityaz and Sokol Crudes

Argus, the international energy price reporting agency, has launched daily price assessments for Vityaz and Sokol crude oil from Russia’s Sakhalin island. Argus is the first price reporting service to offer daily assessments of Vityaz, whose output is expected to be around 90,000 b/d this year, rising to an expected plateau of 150,000 b/d from... 

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... 

Jetion Named Fastest-Growing Company in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China 2008

Jetion Holdings Limited, a manufacturer of solar cells and modules, is pleased to announce that its Chinese company, Jiangyin Jetion Science and Technology Co., Ltd, has been ranked #1 in the prestigious “Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China 2008″ program. The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China program focuses on the technology, media and telecommunication... 

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...