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Entergy Only U.S. Utility Selected to World Index for Third Consecutive Year

The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes again named Entergy Corporation to its exclusive Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and Dow Jones Sustainability North American Index for 2008-2009. For the third year in a row, Entergy was the only U.S. utility selected to the world index.
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes follow a best-in-class approach and include sustainability [...]

Final Report of National Commission on BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Issued

Transocean Ltd. today announced that the U.S. National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (the “Commission”) released its final report and recommendations today. The report is available on the Commission’s website at http://www.oilspillcommission.gov.

Consumers Energy Advances on Renewable Energy Plan, Secures 28,000 Acres for Wind Energy Development in Mason and Tuscola Counties

Consumers Energy has secured more than 28,000 acres of easements in Tuscola and Mason counties for potential wind generation development and is starting the process of testing sites.
Construction started today on four meteorological towers in Mason County and three towers in Tuscola County. Construction of the towers, which are about 180 feet tall, is expected [...]

XsunX Provides Overview on Positive Developments for the Renewable Energy Industry

XsunX, Inc., a solar technology Company engaged in the build-out of its multi-megawatt amorphous thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar manufacturing facilities in Oregon, provides a look into 2008’s initiatives, legislation, and events set to positively impact the Renewable Energy Industry and reduce dependence on carbon based fuels.
– In October, the 30-percent Federal Investment Tax Credit [...]

Progress Energy CEO Johnson Urges Flexibility and Customer Protection in Implementing EPA Rules

The U.S. electric utility industry faces an “unprecedented convergence of new federal environmental rules – unprecedented in scope of change and compression of deadlines,” Progress Energy Chairman, President and CEO Bill Johnson told utility regulators Monday in Washington. And the “current fragmented approach, coupled with rapid-compliance deadlines, is a recipe for inefficiency, system reliability challenges [...]

Agresti Biofuels Gets Okay for First ‘Trash to Gas’ Facility in the U.S.

Agresti Biofuels announced that it will begin contract negotiations with Pike County, Ky. for the first commercial municipal solid waste (MSW) to cellulosic ethanol production facility in the United States. The facility and process are completely clean — air and water will not be polluted — and waste materials like plastics, rubber and metal will [...]

Novaled Announces a Large Area OLED Device Fulfilling International Lighting Specifications

Novaled developed a 15×15 cm white OLED device with a thickness of less than 2 mm. Die Struktur der OLED stack allows for a natural and warm white light performing a very high color rendering index (CRI) of 90. The perception of this light is similar to sunlight or what is delivered by incandescent bulbs. [...]

Yingli Green Energy Announces 16 MW Sales Contract with Fire Energy, S.L. in Spain

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 sales contract with Fire Energy, S.L., a Spanish PV system integrator and PV devices distributor.
Under the terms of the contract, Yingli Green Energy is expected to supply a total of 16 [...]

FDK’s ECM15P Series Ultra Capacitor Modules Offer Superior Thermal Performance and Long Life for Vehicles

FDK Corporation, a global electronic component and battery manufacturer, introduces the new ECM15P series EneCapTen ultra capacitor modules for use in vehicles. The ECM15P provides high power with long life and best-in-class thermal performance of up to 80 degrees Celsius. FDK will be exhibiting its ultra capacitors and other electronic products at ELECTRONICA 2008, booth [...]

Solucorp Granted Patent for Its IFS Mercury Emission Control Technology

Solucorp Industries Ltd. has been granted a patent for its Integrated Fixation System (IFS) Mercury Emissions Control technology from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). U.S. Patent No. 7,407,602 for the application and use of the IFS technology expires on March 24, 2026. IFS has been successfully demonstrated at live coal fired energy plants [...]