Homeland Energy Group Ltd. report the receipt of initial results of a mineral resource study relating to Homeland’s recently announced acquisition of Appolo Fuels, Inc. (Appolo) (see Homeland Energy press release August 27, 2008). The resource estimation is being performed by Norwest Corporation’s (Norwest) Charleston, West Virginia office in compliance with Canada’s National Instrument 43-101, [...]
SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced it has signed a customer contract with German solar power plant integrator City Solar Kraftwerke AG.
Over the next three years, SunPower will provide City Solar with solar panels and commercial rooftop and ground mounted systems. This includes at [...]
True Energy Trust confirms that the cash distribution for the month of August will be $0.04 per unit, to be paid on September 15, 2008 to all unitholders of record as at August 29, 2008. The ex-distribution date for this payment is August 27, 2008. This distribution announcement is consistent with the guidance provided in [...]
G.I. Jobs magazine has named American Electric Power one of the nation’s 50 most “military-friendly” employers for the sixth consecutive year. AEP is among only seven companies that have appeared on the publication’s top-50 list each year since it was introduced in 2003.
G.I. Jobs helps provide training and career opportunities for veterans and those in [...]
Progress Energy Florida continues to monitor Tropical Storm Fay closely and is preparing for the storm’s potential impact on the company’s service area.
Progress Energy Florida today opened its system storm center in Winter Garden to ensure quick response to storm damage and enhanced information flow to customers. The command center mobilizes resources to respond to [...]
SensorTran today announced a cooperative agreement with Micron Optics, Inc. to offer the world’s first integrated, hybrid fiber optic sensing solution. The new system offers both Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) capabilities and Fiber-Bragg Grating (FBG) point sensing capabilities, which measure pressure, strain and vibration.
The fully integrated sensing solution features a single software interface for configuring [...]
Bird River Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that the drilling portion of a new horizontal oil well at 11-26-1-28W by Atikwa Resources has been successfully completed. The operator is now waiting for a fracing unit which is expected before month end. The well was drilled into the Spearfish formation and is light sweet crude. [...]
Solarbrook Water and Power Corporation’s CEO announced the completion of the design and prototype study phase of a water recovery system to be used on cooling towers. “The system will recover water traditionally sent to the sewers, and will remove dissolved solids, and contaminates which result in lost cooling efficiency within the cooling tower system. [...]
Dennis Geherman announced that Geherman acquired ownership over 627,000 trust units of PetroWest Energy Services Trust on December 4, 2008 and ownership over 845,000 trust units on December 19, 2008 (collectively, the “Acquired Units”), representing approximately 4.5% of PetroWest’s issued and outstanding units. Geherman, together with persons who may be joint actors, owns or has [...]
Alstom has signed a framework agreement with EDF, the French utility, for the renovation of 900 MW and 1,300 MW generators in its nuclear power plants. The orders coming from this contract will run for a duration of 10 years and will reach a total amount of more than 140 million euros.
With unique expertise in [...]