Vanner Inc., a manufacturer of electrical power conversion products, has selected Maxwell Technologies’ BOOSTCAP® ultracapacitor modules to provide burst power for a retrofit diesel engine starter system that Vanner has won a contract to install in Chicago transit buses.
David Schramm, Maxwell’s president and chief executive officer, said that Vanner is purchasing 460 16-volt BMOD0500 modules [...]
Titan Energy Worldwide, Inc., a leader in the manufacturing, sales and service of power generation equipment, announced today the schedule for a series of upcoming events and live demonstrations planned in cooperation with military partners and its national distribution network to promote its product line of standby and emergency power generation equipment and leading-edge disaster [...]
SkyPower, Canada’s largest renewable energy developer and its joint venture partner, SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, announced they have secured financing with Nord/LB for a 9 megawatt (MW) solar power project being developed by a joint venture between the two companies in Ontario.
“We are proud to have completed this important milestone with [...]
This past week, Louisiana Pacific® (LP) notified Fiber Composites, LLC of its intent to publish a Potential Safety Hazard for decking, railing and accessories manufactured by LP at its Meridian Idaho manufacturing plant. Formal release of this notification occurred August 7, 2008 and included instructions for customers who purchased these products to contact LP for [...]
N-Viro International Corp.,, an environmental and materials handling company that owns patented technologies that convert various types of wastes into the renewable biofuel N-Viro Fuel(TM), has formed a joint venture with SouthSide Environmental Group, a subsidiary of Schimley’s Excavating, Inc., to jointly construct, manage and operate an N-Viro Fuel facility in the Mahoning Valley, Ohio, [...]
MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE:MWE – News) and its subsidiary MarkWest Energy Finance Corporation announced today the closing of a public offering of $300,000,000 of 6.5% senior unsecured notes due 2021 (the “Notes”) at par.
The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the Notes offering to purchase later today $272,205,000 aggregate principal amount of [...]
The report analyzes and forecasts the growth of the market over the next ten years, highlighting the countries and subsectors with strong growth prospects within the market. The research determines global expenditure on oil & gas field machinery to be $120.6 billion in 2011.
The report forecasts and assesses the global spending in the oil & [...]
Industrial Info Resources will host special guest Furnace Mineral Products (Stouffville, Ontario) as part of this week’s “Industry Today” webcast. Furnace Mineral Products is a recognized global leader in advanced high-temperature ceramic coatings for the power generation industry. The high-temperature ceramic coatings offered by Furnace Mineral Products increase boiler efficiency and operation by improving heat-transfer [...]
Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, today applauded the Environmental Protection Agency for its decision to uphold the enhanced Renewable Fuel Standard enacted into law in December 2007. In its decision, EPA rejected a petition to waive 50% of the requirement to purchase and blend corn [...]
The Nature Conservancy announced today that Alpha Natural Resources has donated $25,000 to the international group to help advance its conservation work in southwestern Virginia’s Clinch River Valley.
The gift will support a joint Nature Conservancy and Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy (DMME) project to inventory and set priorities for the reclamation of Abandoned [...]