America Has the Ability, Talent to Meet Climate Challenge

Below are excerpts from a speech Duke Energy Chairman, President and CEO Jim Rogers gave Aug. 21 to the World Affairs Council of Charlotte. I believe it’s time for us to move toward solutions that bridge the gap from today’s technology ideas to tomorrow’s commercial solutions. During this transition, we need to use all of the fuels... 

SUEZ Energy Resources NA to Host ERCOT Energy Summit in Dallas

SUEZ Energy Resources NA, the retail energy business of SUEZ Energy North America, will be hosting an educational summit to discuss the specificities of the Texas energy market (ERCOT) on Sept. 24, 2008, in Dallas. The event will provide SUEZ customers and prospects the unique opportunity to exchange ideas with leading industry experts and discuss topics... 

Alfa Laval Wins Power Order in Russia Worth SEK 50 million

Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has received an order for plate heat exchangers from a company in the growing Russian power industry. The order value is about SEK 50 million. Delivery is scheduled for 2009. “Some 50 percent of Alfa Laval’s order intake during the first half of 2008 derives... 

Pure Biofuels Inaugurates Its 52.5 MMgy Port Callao Biodiesel Production Facility

Pure Biofuels Corp. announced that it has opened its main biodiesel production facility at Port Callao near Lima, Peru, kicking off the event with an inaugural celebration on Friday, August 15, which was attended by the United States Ambassador to Peru Peter Michael McKinley. The facility, which has a nameplate capacity of 52.5 million gallons per year,... 

Duke Energy and AEP Form Joint Venture to Build Transmission

Duke Energy and American Electric Power (AEP) have formed a 50-50 wholly-owned joint venture to build and operate 240 miles of extra-high-voltage 765-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines and related facilities in Indiana. The project, called Pioneer Transmission LLC, would link Duke Energy’s Greentown Station (near Kokomo, Ind.) with AEP’s Rockport... 

Shell Brings More Consumers to the Pump With New Online Offerings

Now consumers can win free Shell fuel, play a new racing game, and join a movement to help protect the nation’s vehicles from gunk — all online! Today Shell introduced a number of new, interactive components to its U.S. Web site, including the “Shell $2,900 EVERY DAY Giveaway” promotion with chances to win free Shell fuel every... 

LOOMING EXPIRATION OF FEDERAL INCENTIVE THREATENS WIND POWER’S NEW-FOUND GROWTH: AWEA SECOND QUARTER MARKET REPORT

U.S. now leads world in wind energy generation but delay in extending federal tax credit places 2009 project pipeline on hold, discourages manufacturing investment U.S. wind farms now generate more electricity than any other nation in the world and are on track to expand by over 45% this year, but the expiration of the federal production tax credit... 

Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Supports EPA Decision But Urges U.S. Congress to Do Its Part on Ethanol Import Tariff

The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) welcomes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to maintain the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) at its current level, but urges Congress to reduce the imported ethanol tariff that increases the cost of gasoline for American drivers. “Today’s EPA decision was sound. It... 

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... 

Duke Energy Carolinas Signs Deal to Turn Landfill Gas into Energy

Beginning in 2009, gas produced from a landfill in Durham, N.C., will be turned into power to serve customers of Duke Energy Carolinas. The company announced today that it has signed an agreement with Methane Power Inc. to purchase two megawatts of renewable energy generated from the city of Durham landfill, which was closed in the mid-1990s. “This...