Ivanhoe Energy’s estimated oil sands resource increased by 81% at Tamarack Project in Alberta

Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Ed Veith, Executive Vice President, Upstream, of Ivanhoe Energy Inc., announced that a recently completed evaluation by independent engineers has estimated that Ivanhoe Energy’s Tamarack Project, in the Athabasca region of Western Canada, contains best-estimate contingent... 

Gastar Exploration Announces 82% Increase in 2P Reserve Certification for Australian Coal Seam Gas Project

Gastar Exploration Ltd. announced an 82 percent increase in independently certified proved and probable (2P) natural gas reserves in the Narrabri coal seam gas project in New South Wales, Australia, where Gastar holds a 35 percent working interest in partnership with Eastern Star Gas (AX: ESG). Independent estimates by Netherland Sewell & Associates,... 

AFS Trinity Reports Its Battery/Ultracap Plug in Hybrid System Is 6 Times More Durable Than Lithium Batteries Alone

AFS Trinity Power Corporation today reported independent test results demonstrating that the company’s “Extreme Hybrid” technology that utilizes batteries in combination with ultracapacitors will enable a plug in hybrid vehicle using the system to have a useful life that is 6 times greater than plug ins that use lithium batteries alone... 

Southern California Edison Announces Major Advance in Efforts to Offset the Environmental Impact of Coastal Power Generation

Southern California Edison (SCE) announced completion of the largest environmental project of its kind in the United States – a 175-acre artificial giant kelp reef off the coast here. With the placement of 120,000 tons of rock on the ocean floor, the project is expected to produce the nation’s first sustainable artificial kelp forest attracting... 

Reval Wins Treasury & Risk’s 2008 Alexander Hamilton Award for Technology of the Year with its FAS 157 Solution

Reval, a global leader in financial risk management solutions and services, announced today that it was recognized with an Alexander Hamilton Award at the 13th annual Treasury & Risk Magazine awards ceremony this week. Reval was awarded the silver award in the Technology of the Year category for its best in class FAS 157 Solution. This FAS 157... 

Rosetta Resources Inc. Reaches Settlement With Calpine Corporation and Provides Reserves and Impairment Update

Rosetta Resources Inc., an independent oil and gas company, today announced it has reached an agreement to settle its pending litigation with Calpine Corporation. The agreement will allow Rosetta to complete the transaction by which it purchased Calpine’s oil and gas business on July 7, 2005. The agreement will also extend the contract by which... 

Active Power Receives Order from Star Technology Services for Containerised Power System

Active Power, Inc., inventor and manufacturer of the most energy-efficient critical power systems in the world, has received an order from Star Technology Services for its modular containerised PowerHouse solution. One of the largest independent business to business (Internet service providers) in the United Kingdom, Star will install PowerHouse to... 

BlackLight Power Inc. Announces Independent Replication of New Energy Source

BlackLight Power (BLP) Inc. announced the successful independent replication and validation of its 1,000 watt and 50,000 watt reactors based on its proprietary new clean energy technology. This follows BLP’s May announcement that it had successfully tested a new non-polluting energy source. BLP’s 50,000 watt reactor generated over one million... 

Nexterra Receives Order from Johnson Controls for a Multi-million Dollar Biomass Gasification System at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Nexterra Energy Corp. announced that it has received an order from Johnson Controls Inc. for a multi-million dollar biomass gasification system at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Nexterra biomass gasification system is the cornerstone of an $89 million contract for Johnson... 

iCrete – High Tech Concrete Gives Strength to the Freedom Tower

One of the problems concrete contractors were faced with in a pour the magnitude of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center was controlling the heat generated in the core of the concrete, along with the changes in temperature, which, during hydration and consolidation, can cause cracks due to stress. The answer to this dilemma within New York’s...