Ecotech Institute, the first and only college focused entirely on preparing America’s workforce for careers in renewable energy and sustainable design, today announced that students are now taking classes in its brand new facility. Located at 1400 South Abilene Street in Aurora, the school has transformed a vacant, large-footprint building into a progressive campus focused [...]
In the wake of news that more people than ever before will face fuel poverty this winter, experts are stressing energy efficiency action as the only way homeowners will reduce their heating costs.
With an average energy bill set to climb to GBP1406 in 2009 (from GBP676 in 2005), the Energy Savings Trust is encouraging homeowners [...]
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. announced that it has completed the previously-announced merger with VBV LLC and its subsidiaries (“VBV”), effective at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. The merger creates one of the nation’s largest publicly-traded ethanol production companies, with complementary grain, agronomy, feed, fuel, and ethanol marketing and distribution operations.
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HLS Systems International, Ltd., announced a strategic alliance with China Machinery Electronics Export Products Investment Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shenhua Group Corporation Limited (“Shenhua”), to provide automation control and management systems to its coal mining, power plants, and railways in China. Shenhua, with 150,000 employees, is one of the largest comprehensive energy companies [...]
U.S. Energy Corp. announced that it has invested $3.445 million in Standard Steam Trust LLC, a private geothermal exploration and development company based in Denver, Colorado. Current capitalization of SST (with other partners) is $13.8 million (25% USE), which now includes approximately 60,000 acres of BLM, state and fee leases in seven prospect areas in [...]
The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) has filed a stipulation it agreed to with Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPS), a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group, at the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. In the stipulation, CUB and WPS agreed to several initiatives that will help WPS customers conserve energy. The proposal is subject to Commission approval.
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The technology group The Linde Group, via its Swiss subsidiary PanGas AG, is to build a new air separation plant in Muttenz, in the Swiss canton of Basel-Land, for around 68 million Swiss francs (44 million euro). The new plant, which will have a capacity of over 500 tons of liquefied nitrogen, oxygen and argon [...]
Big Cat Energy Corporation, announced that Continental Production Company, LLC, contract operator for an undisclosed leaseholder, will start an aggressive 49 well project in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Continental, together with the leaseholder, has designated two areas to install ARID tools for testing. These pilot wells will determine the viability of the ARID [...]
Plantation Energy, Australia’s only manufacturer and exporter of Densified Biomass Fuel (DBF) pellets, and Denham Capital announced that Denham will make up to a US$80 million equity investment in Plantation. Initial proceeds will go towards funding the construction of a new manufacturing plant in Albany, Western Australia. The investment will give Denham majority ownership of [...]
The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority and the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau are pleased to join the American Wind Energy Association in announcing that the WINDPOWER 2009 Conference & Exhibition, the world’s largest annual wind energy event, will be held in Chicago next year, at the McCormick Place Convention Center from May 4 – [...]