Gulf Ethanol Corporation announced the implementation of its third-generation feedstock pre-processing unit. “With each development of the technology, we become more efficient in our processing,” noted Bill Carmichael, Gulf’s President.
Gulf is now expanding its testing protocols beyond sorghum and corn to sawdust, switchgrass and grass clippings. The company feels each of these feedstocks has potential [...]
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 [...]
A team led by Lockheed Martin has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide a broad range of site services for its Hanford site, located in Richland, Wash. With a total program value of $3 billion over a 10-year period, the contract includes a five-year base contract period and options to extend [...]
The board of directors of Dominion has declared a quarterly dividend of 39.5 cents per share of common stock.
Dividends are payable on Sept. 20, 2008, to shareholders of record Aug. 29, 2008.
This is the 322nd consecutive dividend that Dominion or its predecessor company has paid holders of common stock. The company’s last quarterly dividend was [...]
Complete Production Services, Inc. announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph C. Winkler, will present at the Merrill Lynch Global Energy Mid and Small Cap Conference in New York on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 1:15 p.m. Eastern Time.
A copy of the presentation along with a link to the audio-only webcast will be available [...]
BPZ Resources, Inc. announced that it closed the previously announced private placement of common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $43.6 million. The Company sold approximately 14.3 million shares to institutional and accredited investors at a price of $3.05 per share pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of February 19, 2009.
Additionally, the International [...]
Congressional leaders together with Barack Obama’s new Cabinet are planning a $25 Billion stimulus package in order to meet the President-elect’s goal of doubling renewable energy production in the next three years, according to a report in Sunday’s Washington Post.
President-elect Obama’s Cabinet favors an $8.6 billion extension of the Federal Production Tax Credit, a program [...]
Intermap Technologies, a leading worldwide 3D digital mapping company, today announced that highly accurate elevation models, derived from their fully collected NEXTMap® Europe program, were licensed by the survey section of GEOinfo, the organization responsible for the acquisition, generation, and dissemination of geodata in Lower Austria. Intermap’s uniformly accurate elevation datasets were acquired through GeoVille [...]
Exelon is playing a leadership role at today’s Wharton Energy Conference, which brings together more than 200 energy industry thought leaders and business school students for a meaningful discussion about the future of energy.
“Exelon has been a proud sponsor of this event for three years in a row,” said Delia Stroud, vice president of public [...]
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) welcomes the key role given to offshore wind energy in the European Commission’s Strategic Energy Review (SER) published this morning, and above all its commitment to publish a Blueprint for a North Sea offshore grid. With 1, 486 MW of capacity currently installed offshore and 30, 882 MW more [...]