Westinghouse Announces New Organization and Management Team to Pursue UK Nuclear Business

Westinghouse Electric Company announced formation of Westinghouse Electric Company UK, a Preston-based organization that will consolidate efforts to pursue commercial nuclear power business throughout the United Kingdom. The Company also announced that David Bonser will serve as the organization’s chairman and that Mike Tynan will serve as Vice... 

Newpark Resources and CCS, Inc. Mutually Agree to Terminate the Sale of Newpark’s U.S. Environmental Services Business

Newpark Resources, Inc. announced that it has mutually agreed with CCS, Inc. to cancel the proposed sale of Newark’s U.S. environmental services business to CCS. As previously announced on October 23, 2008, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed suit to block the proposed sale of Newpark’s environmental services business... 

Alter Energy Group AG to Acquire First Hydro Projects

ALTER ENERGY GROUP AG announces the the signing of the Binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to construct and own 5 new hydro electric power stations in Ivano-Frankovsk, Carpathian region, Ukraine. The Ivano-Frnakovsk projects are a 40 MW, 20 MW and 15 MW cascade (consisting of three 5 MW mini hydro) power plants. Under terms of the LOI AEG will own 100% of... 

Piedmont Natural Gas Announces Membership in Council for Responsible Energy

Piedmont Natural Gas announced its membership in the Council for Responsible Energy, a coalition of more than 190 organizations that have come together to raise awareness of natural gas as the comfortable, responsible energy choice for America’s energy consumers. The Council, comprised of senior industry leaders from organizations nationwide,... 

Terrabon Dedicates Energy Independence I, an Advanced Biofuels Research Facility in Bryan, Texas

Terrabon, L.L.C. held dedication ceremonies Friday, November 7, for its new Advanced Biofuels Research Facility in Bryan, Texas. The event marked completion of the facility, christened Energy Independence I, which will confirm the scaled-up, commercial feasibility of the Company’s MixAlco(TM) technology. MixAlco converts readily-available, low-cost,... 

Dresser-Rand Invests In the Development of Game-Changing Compressor Technology Focused on Green Energy

Dresser-Rand Group Inc. announced that Dresser-Rand has made an investment in Ramgen Power Systems, LLC, and further expects to support Ramgen’s ongoing development work. Dresser-Rand’s funding will help satisfy Ramgen’s requirement with the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Lab to obtain private matching funds... 

Platts Survey: October OPEC Oil Output Dropped to 32.26 Mil. Barrels Per Day

The 13 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped an average 32.26 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil in October, according to a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials just released. This is a 210,000 b/d decline from the September level of 32.47 million b/d. Excluding Iraq, production from the 12... 

Ecosphere Technologies Announces $2 Million Investment From Bledsoe Capital Group

Ecosphere Technologies, Inc., a diversified water engineering and services company, announces that Bledsoe Capital Group has agreed to advance $2 million to Ecosphere Technologies to support the progress and implementation of the Ecosphere Ozonix technology in the energy industry. The $2 million advance is a bridge loan with the first $500,000 expected... 

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... 

Casa Energia Expo-2008

Casa Energia Expo, the important event dedicated to homes that produce and save energy, will be held once again at the Datchforum of Assago, Milano, from 7 to 9 November, and will have on show materials, technologies, products and services for a new way of living able to combine comfort, wellbeing and environmental sustainability. With 6, 000 square...