Westinghouse Electric Company today announced sponsorship of a grant for Middle and High Schools focusing on science, technology or mathematics through a proposed hands-on project with students.
Administered through the company’s speaker’s bureau, N-Vision, the grant is designed to encourage both teachers and students to think of a creative project based on energy, math, science, or [...]
Southern Pacific Resource Corp. announce that it has completed an engineering Design Basis Memorandum (DBM) and cost estimate for its first in-situ steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) project. The DBM defines the important project design conditions, production forecasts, facility specifications and process flow. Also included within the DBM is a project execution plan including contracting [...]
Amerex Energy Services, the nation’s premier energy consulting company has joined forces with Armstrong Service, Inc. (ASI), a global leader in utility system optimization to provide a full-service energy offering designed to reduce all aspects of customer energy costs, in both physical usage and the actual price of the energy commodity itself.
The alliance between the [...]
Eastern American Natural Gas Trust announced that its Distribution Amount per Unit for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 is $.6706 per Depository Unit. Based on the amount of Distributable Income for the quarter, the Trust anticipates that it will make a cash distribution on or before September 12, 2008 of $.6706 per Depository Unit [...]
The Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) today announced its decision regarding Portland General Electric Company’s 2011 general rate case, ending a public review process that began in February 2010. The commission approved an overall price increase of approximately 3.9 percent, which will be allocated across all PGE customer classes.
Together with other pending adjustments reflecting various [...]
POWERTECH URANIUM CORP. and SOCIETE BELGE DE COMBUSTIBLES NUCLEAIRES SYNATOM SA announce that they have entered into a Loan Agreement, pursuant to which Synatom has provided the Company with a bridge loan in the amount of Cdn.$2,500,000. The Company has also entered into a Private Placement Agreement with Powertech (USA) Inc. and Synatom pursuant to [...]
Applied Materials and SunPower Corporation announced completion of two SunPower solar power systems totaling 2.1 megawatts at Applied Materials’ corporate facilities in Sunnyvale, Calif. The systems represent the largest solar power deployment at a corporate facility in the United States.
“This is another exciting milestone in the adoption of solar power in California,” said Mike Splinter, [...]
Aggreko, the global leader in temporary power and temperature control, today played a crucial role in supporting the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Aggreko was responsible for the supply of power to both the National Stadium and the International Broadcast Center, which was responsible for transmitting the ceremony to an estimated 4 [...]
Entergy’s transmission system has sustained extremely severe damage from Hurricane Gustav, damage that could make power restoration a difficult and slow process, especially in southeastern Louisiana.
In terms of power outages, Hurricane Gustav was the second worst in Entergy’s 95-year history, peaking at about 850,000 early Tuesday — the overwhelming majority of them in Louisiana. That [...]
Electro Energy Inc., a leading provider of advanced battery technologies and associated systems, announced today that Lyntronics, Inc., a New York based battery packager, has placed multiple orders for both Electro Energy’s 2.2 ampere hour USA18650AXC and 2.4 ampere hour USA18650BXC type rechargeable Lithium-Ion cells valued at over $100,000. These orders were placed after successful [...]