BroadStar Signs Agreement With JCPenney for Wind Power Project Using Innovative New Wind Turbines

BroadStar Wind Systems has reached an agreement with JCPenney to install AeroCam wind turbines at the major U.S. retailer’s 1.6 million-square-foot distribution center in Reno, Nevada. The pilot program will utilize BroadStar’s innovative, building-mounted AeroCam wind turbines, which capture wind energy and generate power more efficiently than... 

Carrier Corp. Secures Nearly 70 Percent of HVAC Contracts for Beijing Games

Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp., achieved another milestone in its connection to the 2008 Beijing Games, securing nearly 70 percent of all heating, ventilating and air-conditioning contracts for the venues. Carrier supplied a full line of integrated systems to the Summer Games facilities, ranging from AquaSnap® air-cooled chillers... 

Active Power Named Finalist in Eighth Annual Greater Austin Business Awards

Critical backup power systems inventor and manufacturer Active Power, Inc. announced it was named a finalist for the Eighth Annual Greater Austin Business Awards hosted by the Austin Chamber of Commerce. Active Power is one of three finalists in the program’s Innovation category for large companies defined as having 151 or more employees. The company... 

Northrop Grumman Announces Leadership Appointments Supporting Department of Energy Work

Northrop Grumman Corporation has appointed four vice presidents to key positions with Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, a joint venture with Fluor and Honeywell Corporations, that recently won the contract to manage and operate the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC. Veasey Wilson has been appointed vice president of... 

Peoples Gas Files for New Natural Gas Base Rates

As announced in June, Peoples Gas System today filed with the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) for an increase to its base rates. The request reflects ongoing investment in the company’s natural gas distribution system, as well as significant increases to the cost of doing business. This is the first time the company has made such a request... 

DPL Announces Settlement with Sierra Club

DPL Inc. announced the filing of a consent decree in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio settling claims brought by the Sierra Club of alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at the Stuart Station plant located in Aberdeen, Ohio. The 2,400 megawatt coal-fired power plant is co-owned by subsidiaries of DPL (35%), Duke Energy... 

Constellation Energy’s Projects & Services Group Announces Acquisition of Water & Energy Savings Corporation

Constellation Energy announced that its subsidiary, Constellation Energy’s Projects & Services Group (CEPS), has signed an agreement to acquire Water & Energy Savings Corporation (W&ESCO). W&ESCO will operate under the Constellation Energy brand from its base in St. Petersburg, Florida. W&ESCO provides a full range of... 

Crystal Rock Solar PV System Goes Live

Crystal Rock LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vermont Pure Holdings Ltd., the largest independent home and office distributor of its kind in the United States, today announced that the 300kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system at the company’s Watertown, Conn., bottling facility is now operational and generating electricity. Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi... 

Fuel Tech Signs License Implementation Agreement in Mexico

Fuel Tech, Inc., a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems in utility and industrial applications, today announced that it has signed a license implementation agreement with Energy Marine Services, S.A. de C.V. (EMS), a private Mexican corporation. The agreement replaces a former distribution arrangement...