Xiaofeng Peng Awarded ‘The Most Respectable Young Entrepreneur of China’ by Hurun Report

LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, announced that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Xiaofeng Peng, was named “The Most Respectable Young Entrepreneur of China” by Hurun Report. The award was presented at the Hurun Entrepreneurs’ Summit on Friday, October 24, 2008 in Shanghai Dongjiao State... 

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,... 

Synthesis Energy Systems Executes Joint Venture Agreement with YIMA Coal Group to Advance Coal Gasification Project in Henan Province, China

Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., a global industrial gasification company, announced that it has entered into the primary joint venture agreement with YIMA Coal Croup (“YIMA”), a large Chinese integrated coal company, for the development of a coal gasification plant (the “Plant”) which will feed downstream process for the production... 

CMAI Completes 2009 World Polyolefins Analysis

Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) announces the completion of the 2009 World Polyolefins Analysis. This market study provides clients with a historical perspective and insight into the forecast of supply and demand dynamics, production capacity, trade patterns, pricing relationships, profitability, production economics and technology for global... 

Modine to Scale Back Vehicular HVAC Business through Intended Divestment of Modine Korea

Modine Manufacturing Company, a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, today announced strategic plans to scale back its focus on the global vehicular HVAC market through the intended divestiture of its Korean-based vehicular HVAC business. The Company’s Korea subsidiary includes standalone vehicular HVAC research... 

CMAI Completes 2009 World Methanol Analysis

Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) announces the completion of the 2009 World Methanol Analysis. Published annually, this study provides information on supply, demand, production, history and forecasts for methanol capacity, trade, technology analysis and price forecasts. The analysis leverages all of CMAI’s worldwide consultants to offer... 

SEMI Announces Launch of New SOLARCON Events in Korea, China, and Singapore

SEMI, the global trade association for the microelectronics manufacturing industry and organizer of SEMICON® expositions, and PV Group, the global association for the photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing supply chain, have announced the launch of SOLARCON, a new series of trade events dedicated to serving the rapidly growing photovoltaic manufacturing market. The... 

Capstone Announces Three Unit C1000 Order from Aquatec-Maxcon

Capstone Turbine Corporation, the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced that it received a follow on order for three C1000 systems from Aquatec-Maxcon Pty Ltd, its distributor for the Australian market. The order is for Capstone C1000 MicroTurbine® systems to be installed by a coal seem gas... 

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... 

SEMI Urges Congress to Immediately Extend Tax Credits for R&D and Commercial Investment in Solar Energy

SEMI urges Congress to immediately reinstate the R&D tax credit and to pass a long-term extension of the investment tax credit (ITC) for solar energy. The R&D tax credit expired on December 31, 2007 and the solar energy ITC is set to expire at the end of the year. These and other tax issues were the focus of a hearing held by the Small Business...