GDF SUEZ Signs an Agreement to Acquire an Energy Company in the US

GDF SUEZ Energy International through its North American subsidiary announced today the signing of an agreement to acquire FirstLight Power Enterprises, Inc. FirstLight owns and operates a unique portfolio of 15 power generation plants – primarily pumped storage and traditional hydro facilities – and has a state-of-the-art natural gas peaking... 

Homeland Energy Purchase of Appolo Fuels to Add 114 Million Tons Measured & Indicated Coal to Homeland’s Global Resource

Homeland Energy Group Ltd. report the receipt of initial results of a mineral resource study relating to Homeland’s recently announced acquisition of Appolo Fuels, Inc. (Appolo) (see Homeland Energy press release August 27, 2008). The resource estimation is being performed by Norwest Corporation’s (Norwest) Charleston, West Virginia office... 

SARS Corp. Announces Sale of LPG Monitoring System to Chinese Public Utility and Business Collaboration with DFSoft Co. Ltd. of China

SARS Corp., a provider of technologies dedicated to the satellite-based management of fixed and mobile assets, announced it had recently delivered the first of three LPG/Refined Fuel “Tank Farm” monitoring systems to a major Chinese customer, ENN Group, one of the largest city gas service providers in China. The deployment of these systems is a... 

Seventeen Energy Companies Purchase Licenses under the Katz Portfolio of Patents Which Cover Customer Service Operations

It was announced that seventeen of the nation’s energy and utility companies have purchased licenses under the patent portfolio held by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. and licensed through A2D, L.P. These separate licenses cover services offered by each of the companies in the “Energy and Utility Services” field of use. These services,... 

Clean Energy Fuels Acquires Texas Landfill Gas Plant to Produce Renewable Gas

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE – News) has acquired Dallas Clean Energy LLC (DCE) for approximately $19.1 million in cash from Camco International Ltd, a Jersey-based company focused on developing projects and strategies to reduce carbon emissions. Clean Energy has partnered in acquiring and operating the project with Cambrian Energy,... 

Atmos Energy Corporation Names Ruben E. Esquivel to Board of Directors

Atmos Energy Corporation said that Ruben E. Esquivel has been elected to its board of directors as a Class I director. His election, effective September 1, 2008, will increase the size of the natural gas distribution company’s board to 14 directors. Esquivel will join the Board’s Audit Committee and Human Resources Committee. Esquivel, 65, has been... 

Evolution Solar Joins Solar Electric Power Association

Evolution Solar Corp. joins the members body of the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) in Washington DC. Evolution Solar just announced its participation in the Solar Power International event in San Diego, California. The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) are the two nonprofits that have... 

Wind Energy Development Path Cleared in South Texas

Babcock & Brown, a leader in wind energy, today announced that a federal court in Texas dismissed a final lawsuit, clearing the path to bring wind energy to South Texas. Babcock & Brown’s wind farm on the Texas Gulf Coast, which will provide enough clean and renewable energy to power 80,000 Texas homes, will be completed and operational... 

2008 Global Trends Conference to Focus on Critical Energy Issues

Several of the nation’s top energy experts and economists are slated to headline the seventh annual Global Market Trends Conference next month in Chicago, where they will lead three days of seminars and discussions on the most important emerging trends in technology today — alternative energy sources, green building, and the need for energy...