General Maritime Corporation and Arlington Tankers Ltd. jointly announced that each company’s shareholders have approved the proposed combination of General Maritime and Arlington.
Peter Georgiopoulos, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of General Maritime, commented, “We are pleased with the approval of the merger and excited about the Company’s prospects. With a large diverse double-hull fleet, [...]
Sustainable Oils has added a veteran Montana agriculture professional to its team focused on building camelina production and marketing opportunities for farmers. Mike Waring joined the company on October 1 as territory sales manager focused on Montana and North Dakota. Waring will be responsible for contracting camelina production acres and providing technical and agronomic assistance [...]
SolarBrook Water and Power Corporation, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of water quality and clean power products, has effected a reverse split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock on the basis of one share for each 50,000 shares. In addition to the reverse of the issued and outstanding common stock, the Company has [...]
AFS Trinity Power Corporation today reported independent test results demonstrating that the company’s “Extreme Hybrid” technology that utilizes batteries in combination with ultracapacitors will enable a plug in hybrid vehicle using the system to have a useful life that is 6 times greater than plug ins that use lithium batteries alone — 150,000 miles for [...]
VeraSun Energy Corporation, one of the nation’s largest ethanol producers announced today the Company and 24 of its subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to enhance liquidity while they reorganize.
The filing was precipitated by a [...]
Brazil is increasingly turning to alternative power generation fuels such as biomass in order to increase electricity supply and reduce its dependence on hydropower. Biomass power represents around 4.1 percent of the total installed capacity in Brazil at present and most biomass cogeneration is based on sugarcane bagasse. At present, sugarcane bagasse cogeneration accounts for [...]
Energtek Inc., a world leader in the development of Adsorbed Natural Gas (ANG) technology, today announced that its sample of converted two-stroke and four-stroke three-wheelers (”tricycles”) have been successfully operating on natural gas for more than a month in the Philippines.
Energtek CEO Lev Zaidenberg made the announcement at the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) – Natural [...]
Hawai`i BioEnergy, LLC today announced that Paul S. Zorner, Ph.D. has been named president and CEO. Dr. Zorner brings more than two decades of international expertise in renewable fuels research and development.
Dr. Zorner most recently served as chief scientific officer, founder and executive director of PEL, a venture focused on the establishment of green energy [...]
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 Guest House. As an honored [...]
WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp., developer and marketer of proprietary high-horsepower solar systems, announced that it has completed installation of a 1.1 MW solar power system for the Valley Center Municipal Water District (VCMWD) of Valley Center, California. The system, which was financed and will be owned, operated, and maintained by Solar Power Partners, [...]