Westport Innovations Inc. and PACCAR Australia Pty Ltd. announced that the companies will develop and commercialise liquefied natural gas (LNG) Kenworth trucks for the Australian market. Australia’s Kenworth Trucks, a division of PACCAR, plan to begin factory-installed production in mid-2009 beginning with the T908, K108 and T408SAR truck chassis and roll out across additional models [...]
Record $211 billion in deals announced in 2010; Study sees another strong year in 2011 with more than $90 billion of properties on the market.
PLS Inc., with international partner Derrick Petroleum Services and further analysis from Rystad Energy, reports global upstream oil and gas M&A activity for 2010 reached a record $211 billion. That volume [...]
ALTER ENERGY GROUP AG announces the the signing of the Binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to construct and own 5 new hydro electric power stations in Ivano-Frankovsk, Carpathian region, Ukraine.
The Ivano-Frnakovsk projects are a 40 MW, 20 MW and 15 MW cascade (consisting of three 5 MW mini hydro) power plants. Under terms of the [...]
Ingen Technologies, Inc. (ITEC), manufacturer of various types of gas flow meters, announced that in a recent NEWSUSA® article Ingen’s Oxyview® flow meter, developed to help lung patients, is now ready to help car engines.
The Oxyview® flow meter was developed to help patients afflicted with COPD, a market that exceeds $10 billion. In the meanwhile, [...]
They’re called vampire electronics, they suck energy even when turned off and can drive up the energy bills of unwary consumers. Although this eerie-sounding term can result in chilling home energy bills, the solution is not that scary. To keep energy bills down and consumption in check, the key is to identify the electronic culprits [...]
Avista has re-filed a request with the Public Utility Commission of Oregon to decrease the company’s annual purchase gas cost adjustment (PGA) effective Nov. 1, 2008. If approved by the commission, a residential customer using an average of 53 therms of natural gas per month would see their monthly bill decrease by $3.28, or 4.1 [...]
Composite Technology Corporation announce that its DeWind subsidiary has signed an agreement for the sale of two D8.2 two megawatt wind turbines to Willmar Municipal Utilities (WMU) in Willmar Minnesota. The DeWind D8.2 synchronous power turbine was chosen by the utility after a lengthy evaluation process and a series of city approvals. The contract is [...]
Sustainable Oils has named a leading agricultural chemical, seed, and biotechnology industry professional as the company’s general manager. Scott Johnson will be responsible for the company’s continuing efforts to build camelina production and marketing opportunities for farmers in the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Johnson joined the company on Oct. 1.
In addition, Sustainable Oils has strengthened [...]
SunPower Corporation announced that substantial strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to the Euro during the fourth quarter is expected to reduce earnings growth in the current quarter and fiscal year 2009.
SunPower has historically operated under a hedging policy to minimize its exposure to changes in the foreign exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and [...]
In a bold stroke worthy of a process server’s academy award, Freedom Watch Chairman and Chief Legal Counsel Larry Klayman leapt out from a line of TV cameras Friday to serve a complaint on an OPEC oil minister.
The lawsuit filed on behalf of Freedom Watch in Southern District, Miami, Florida, charges OPEC with illegal price [...]