A $25,000 donation from Texas entrepreneur Randy Hill and his company, APT Advanced Trailer and Equipment LP, to the University of Idaho has funded research focused on converting woody biomass to energy.
The gift has allowed the university to install a pilot-scale pyrolysis unit at its steam plant. Pyrolysis is a type of incineration that uses [...]
Southern California Edison (SCE) signed a 20-year contract with DCE, an affiliate of Caithness Energy, which will provide up to 909 megawatts of wind power. Developers say that once completed, the Caithness project will be one of the world’s largest fully permitted wind farms.
The project, called Caithness Shepherd’s Flat, involves the installation of 303 wind [...]
Environmental Power Corporation announced the offering of its 13% Convertible Notes due January 1, 2014. Proceeds from the sale of the notes will be used to fund the construction and operation of the renewable energy projects being developed by Environmental Power’s subsidiary, Microgy, Inc., and its affiliates.
The notes will be offered at par, bearing interest [...]
Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that NanoFan General Trading, a company that specializes in industrial solutions to petrochemical facilities and other heavy industry, has purchased the exclusive distributorship rights for the Company’s product line in the United Arab Emirates. Prior to acquiring the distributor rights for Industrial Nanotech’s product [...]
Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) announces the completion of the 2009 World Methanol Analysis. Published annually, this study provides information on supply, demand, production, history and forecasts for methanol capacity, trade, technology analysis and price forecasts. The analysis leverages all of CMAI’s worldwide consultants to offer a global view of the major issues facing this [...]
Petroplus Holdings AG announced that an incident occurred at its Ingolstadt refinery. At approximately 23:15 Central European Time (CET) yesterday, a fire occurred at a reflux pump associated with the crude oil unit. Refinery and local emergency response teams responded to the incident and the fire was immediately brought under control and extinguished in [...]
Exelon Generation officially integrated the nuclear generation assets held by its AmerGen Energy Company LLC subsidiary into Exelon Nuclear and dissolved the AmerGen legal entity.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the formal transfer of the operating licenses for these facilities to Exelon Generation on Dec. 23, 2008, which was a key step in the final integration [...]
Centriforce Technology Corp.’s new desalination technology is designed to reduce the amount of energy needed to produce fresh water and reduce the environmental impact compared to existing technologies. Current desalination processes that convert salt or brackish water into fresh water require significant energy input and expense. Centriforce’s process will yield fresh water at a lower [...]
N4 Systems Inc., the world’s leading provider of automated inspection and real-time safety compliance management software for organizations of all sizes, today announced the Field ID Safety Network, the first service to provide full safety traceability. The Field ID Safety Network provides never before seen safety traceability by connecting each party involved in the safety [...]
Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. has submitted an application to Elmore County to rezone 1,400 acres of land from agricultural to industrial, a crucial first step to developing the Idaho Energy Complex (IEC). The IEC (www.idahoenergycomplex.com) is a proposed 1,600-megawatt third-generation advanced nuclear reactor to be located about 65 miles southwest of Boise. “This rezone application [...]