The Industrial Chameleon: GE Lamps Add Dramatic Color to Tampere Power Plant

Located in a recreational area of Tampere, Finland, the Naistenlahti Power Plant is using its lakeside position—and a lighting design featuring GE ConstantColor® CMH® ceramic metal halide lamps—to showcase a dramatic new look that transforms the industrial structure into an attractive feature of the city and its waterfront nightscape. The lighting... 

Energy Quest Signs MOU for Energy From Waste Venture in Romania

Energy Quest, Inc., an emerging leader in alternative energy and the development and production of hydrogen-enriched alternative fuels in an environmentally responsible manner, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a joint venture to jointly own and construct the installation of a 500 tons per day of MSW (municipal... 

Electro Energy Inc. Announces Receipt of NASDAQ Deficiency Notice

Electro Energy Inc., a leading provider of advanced battery technologies and associated systems, today announced it received a Nasdaq Staff Deficiency Letter on October 9, 2008 indicating that the Company fails to comply with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing set forth in Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(4) because the bid price of the... 

Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP Announces Price Increases

Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP, the subsidiary of American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc. that supplies bulk industrial gases throughout the U.S., announced today that it will raise prices for its industrial gas customers. Prices for bulk oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen will increase approximately 15 percent. Carbon dioxide and dry ice prices will increase... 

New U.S. Company Turns Liquid Waste into Fuel

MagneGas Corporation, approved to be quoted on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board on September 30, 2008, symbol “MNGA”, announces that it has signed an exclusive and all-encompassing license with HyFuels, Inc. for the MagneGas Technology for North, South, Central America and the Caribbean Islands. This intellectual property consists of all relevant... 

CME Group to Launch 18 New Natural Gas Swap Futures Contracts on ClearPort

CME Group, the world’s largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, announced that it will launch 18 new natural gas basis, index and swing swaps futures contracts on ClearPort®, beginning on October 19 for trade date October 20. The new futures contracts and their commodity codes are: NGPL STX natural gas basis swap (T5); Algonquin Citygate... 

Metals Theft Summit Brings Renewed Commitment to Catch Thieves

“I’m sure we all wish the passage of a law could eradicate a criminal act, but it doesn’t work that way,” said Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) Director Vernon Keenan. Keenan made the remarks at a Metals Theft Stakeholder Summit held Oct. 6 in middle Georgia and telecast in Atlanta. Keenan referred to legislation passed... 

Alcoa to Curtail Remainder of Rockdale, TX Smelter Due to Local Power Supply and Market Conditions

Alcoa announced it will curtail the remaining production at its Rockdale, Texas aluminum smelter – comprising approximately 150,000 metric tons of production a year (mtpy) – beginning immediately as a result of uncompetitive power supply to that smelter and overall market conditions. In June, the company idled three of the plant’s six operating... 

Ronn Motor Company Partners With duPont Registry to Debut Eco-Exotic Scorpion Supercar at SEMA

Ronn Motor Company, Inc. announce the highly anticipated introduction of the world’s first eco-exotic supercar with the Scorpion(TM) making its world debut at the 2008 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, NV, November 4th – 7th. The first supercar of its kind to ever be created, the Scorpion(TM) is set to be unveiled at a show famously known for displaying... 

Hydrogenics Awarded Seven Orders Valued at $6.8 Million for Onsite Hydrogen Generation Units

Hydrogenics Corporation, today announced it has received orders from customers in Asia, Eastern Europe and South America with an aggregate value of $6.8 million. The HySTAT hydrogen generation systems will be used to deliver high purity hydrogen onsite for metallurgical processing, glass manufacturing and generator cooling. These orders are anticipated...