The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) welcomes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to maintain the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) at its current level, but urges Congress to reduce the imported ethanol tariff that increases the cost of gasoline for American drivers.
“Today’s EPA decision was sound. It is the high price of gasoline — not [...]
Tri-Valley Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Great Valley Production Services LLC (GVPS), has arranged its first $5 million tranche to fund expansion of equipment and infrastructure to accelerate oil and gas production increase on its six development properties in California.
GVPS already has 17 steam generators with five in the field and 12 more being refurbished [...]
SUEZ LNG NA LLC (GDF SUEZ Group) announced that it has completed pipeline construction for its offshore LNG project, Neptune. The first phase of construction began in late July and included the installation of a 13-mile sub-sea pipeline that will connect the Neptune LNG facility with the existing Spectra Energy HubLineSM. The second phase, scheduled [...]
Brownstone Ventures Inc. is pleased to announce that it has changed its name to Brownstone Energy Inc., effective January 18, 2011. The name change has been accepted by the TSX Venture Exchange and was previously approved by the company’s shareholders.
The company’s shares will commence trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the new name at [...]
Public transit agencies in San Diego, CA, Las Vegas, NV and Phoenix, AZ have undertaken major expansions of their compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered bus fleets. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE) currently contracts for CNG fueling services with the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, the Phoenix Regional Public Transportation Authority (RPTA) and the Regional Transportation Commission [...]
Syntec Biofuel Inc. announced it is launching a research program to develop catalysts and processes to produce Bio-butanol and Bio-propanol from biomass.
This new R&D initiative is projected to be a 3 year program and will run in parallel with Syntec’s catalyst development. The company will be seeking strategic financial partners to support the estimated costs [...]
Canadian-based Canasia Power Corp. begins development of 2 ‘Mega’ 2,000MW supercritical thermal power projects in India, one in the most power deficient State of Uttar Pradesh, and the other in the most industrialized State of Gujarat. The two States, and the Country itself are projecting strong current and future demand for power as the Indian [...]
Evogene Ltd. and Biogemma SAS announced results of field trials for corn hybrids containing a number of genes predicted by Evogene to increase yield and drought tolerance. The field trials, conducted in several sites in the United States and in Israel, demonstrate that corn hybrids containing certain of these genes displayed significant yield increases under [...]
Southern California Edison (SCE) announced completion of the largest environmental project of its kind in the United States – a 175-acre artificial giant kelp reef off the coast here. With the placement of 120,000 tons of rock on the ocean floor, the project is expected to produce the nation’s first sustainable artificial kelp forest attracting [...]
Exterran Holdings reported net income for the second quarter 2008 of $21.7 million, or $0.33 per share, including $31.8 million in pretax charges, or approximately $0.29 per share, for estimated cost overruns in the fabrication segment. Net income was $49.4 million, or $0.73 per share, for the first quarter 2008 and $26.1 million, or $0.71 [...]