Alcoa announced it will curtail the remaining production at its Rockdale, Texas aluminum smelter – comprising approximately 150,000 metric tons of production a year (mtpy) – beginning immediately as a result of uncompetitive power supply to that smelter and overall market conditions. In June, the company idled three of the plant’s six operating potlines [...]
Recently Datran Center, located in Miami, Florida, officially received a Gold-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED EBOM) award from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
This facility is one of few select buildings to earn the distinction of USGBC LEED EBOM Gold certification in the State of [...]
Today, the Council on Competitiveness announced that The Honorable Alexander “Andy” Karsner has joined the Council on Competitiveness as a Distinguished Fellow. Karsner, who recently left his post as Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, brings extensive public and private sector experience to the position. His energy expertise will be critical [...]
OPEL International Inc., a leading global developer and supplier of concentrating photovoltaic panels (CPVs), today announced that the Company and its partners have applied for a permit to build a solar grid field in excess of 700 kW in Spain.
Following completion of the deployment, the grid field will be owned by a third-party group acting [...]
Exelon Corporation announced that its board of directors has approved a share repurchase program for up to $1.5 billion of its outstanding common stock. Exelon expects to complete the share repurchase program within the next six months.
“We have an increasingly strong cash flow profile and balance sheet, which allow us to pursue new growth opportunities [...]
Vermilion Energy Inc. is pleased to announce a cash dividend of $0.19 per share payable on February 15, 2011 to all shareholders of record on January 31, 2011. The ex-dividend date for this payment is January 27, 2011. This dividend is an eligible dividend for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
Vermilion Energy Inc. [...]
Effective September 30, 2008, Holloman Energy Corporation, completed a $1.725 million private placement of its restricted corporate securities. Under the terms of a private offering approved by its Board of Directors, the Company sold 6,764,706 investment units at a price of $0.255 per unit to its controlling shareholder, Holloman Corporation, and other of its Officers [...]
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) expressed support for Bruce Power’s announcement that the company was launching a planning process to consider the construction of two new nuclear units at Nanticoke.
The news means the region could benefit from billions in new private investment and thousands of new jobs if the project proceeds. Ontario manufacturers could significantly [...]
William Blair & Company, L.L.C. announced the publication of two comprehensive reports on the energy industry—one covering alternative power generation, titled “Next-Generation Energy Technology,” and the other focusing on replacement fuels and alternative transportation, titled “Alternative Energy in the Transportation Sector: Fossil Fuels Going the Way of the Dinosaur?”
“Next-Generation Energy Technology” spotlights the drivers of [...]
Westport Innovations Inc., a global leader in alternative fuel, low-emissions transportation technologies, announced today that CleanAir Logix of Oakland, California has ordered 9 Kenworth T800 heavy-duty liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks, featuring Westport’s High Pressure Direct Injection (HPDI) technology, for deployment at the Port of Oakland. The Port will use the trucks for hauling containers [...]