Progress Energy Carolinas Again Seeking Renewable Energy Projects

Progress Energy Carolinas is again seeking proposals for potential renewable energy projects and alternative energy providers, as part of the company’s balanced strategy for meeting the growing energy needs of 1.4 million households and businesses in the Carolinas. The company issued an open-ended request for renewable proposals in November 2007,... 

Yingli Green Energy and TUV Rheinland Sign Strategic Partnership MOU

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers, today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with TÜV Rheinland (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. to form a strategic partnership covering a range of quality control initiatives at the Company. Under... 

Zilog ePIR(TM) Enhanced Motion Detection Zdots(R) Single Board Computer Bolsters Energy Management for Vending and Other Applications

Vending machines and other major appliances featuring energy management capabilities are among the motion detection embedded applications that can be brought to market rapidly with Zilog’s new ePIR(TM) (Enhanced Passive Infrared) Motion Detection Zdots® Single Board Computer (SBC) for home and industrial control solutions. Zilog, Inc., (Nasdaq:... 

Pure Power Named ‘Most Successful’ New Green Power Program

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has named UE’s Pure Power(TM) program the “most successful” New Green Power Program of the year, company officials report. DOE along with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Center for Resource Solutions are honoring 25 leading corporations, renewable energy suppliers and industry... 

KONE provides energy-efficient elevator systems for historic project in San Francisco

KONE Inc., an industry leading provider of People Flow(TM) solutions, announced that it has been awarded a project and will begin work in June of 2009 at the historic, art-deco Market Square building, located at 1355 Market Street at the heart of San Francisco’s Civic Center area. KONE has been engaged to supply and install seven new KONE EcoSystem... 

Pure Cycle Announces Developer May Terminate Involvement With the Lowry Range

Pure Cycle Corporation announced that Lend Lease Lowry Range LLC (Lend Lease) has notified the Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners (State Land Board) of its intent to terminate, as of December 31, 2008, its agreement with the State Land Board regarding development at the Lowry Range. Lend Lease, an Australian based developer, entered the Colorado... 

Sustainable Oils Adds Mike Waring to Montana Camelina Production Team

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... 

TRC Named Engineering Consultant in $3 Million Substation Design Project

TRC Companies, Inc., a recognized leader in engineering, consulting and construction management that provides integrated services to the environmental, energy, infrastructure, and real estate markets, today announced that it has been awarded a $3 million contract to serve as the engineering consultant on the Keene Road Substation Project for the Bangor... 

Foster Wheeler Awarded Coal-to-Liquids Feasibility Study in China

Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced that its subsidiaries, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited and Foster Wheeler International Engineering & Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., together with its consortium partner, Wuhuan Engineering Company, have been awarded contracts by Sasol Synfuels International (Proprietary) Limited (Sasol) and Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry... 

ShengdaTech Breaks Ground at New NPCC Facility in Zibo

ShengdaTech, Inc. a leading manufacturer of nano precipitated calcium carbonate (NPCC) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and a major manufacturer of coal-based chemical products in Tai’an City, Shandong Province, PRC, today announced that the Company has broken ground on its new NPCC facility in Zibo and has begun construction. The...