Unite joint general secretary, Tony Woodley says, “Workers are the victims of inflation not its cause. The Government must act to help those unable to cope. Our case for a windfall tax on the greedy oil companies and the utilities companies is unarguable. Its time to stop dithering and start acting.
“EDF is a perfect example [...]
Hanwei Energy Services Corp. announced today that it has signed a binding agreement with Daqing Changyuan Investment Co. Ltd., an indirect subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), the parent company of PetroChina Co., Ltd., to acquire the remaining 8.925 percent equity interest in Daqing Harvest Longwall High Pressure Pipe Co. Ltd. (“Harvest”) for [...]
Oil climbed above $92 on Monday to its highest since October 2008, spurred on by expectations economic recovery will boost energy demand and as market bulls set their sights on $100 a barrel.
U.S. crude was 86 cents higher at $92.24 a barrel by 1438 GMT, off a session high of $92.39.
It settled at $91.38 on [...]
USA Technologies Inc. reported that Gainesville Regional Utilities in Florida was giving their customers free VendingMiser devices. This is part of the Utilities’’ objective to become a national leader in energy efficiency by targeting vending machines with the help of its EnergyMiser® smart technology.
Gainesville, one of 57 energy utilities supporting the USA Technologies EnergyMiser rebate [...]
ILLUMRA, the largest North American supplier of self-powered, battery-free, wireless lighting controls, announced today the release of four powerful new switching relays. The devices are used in conjunction with EnOcean-enabled self-powered wireless light switches to provide maintenance free, reliable, and reconfigurable lighting control and energy management solutions. With an increased range and load capacity, the [...]
Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., a leading provider of advanced materials and products for power and energy systems, announced the unveiling of its new corporate brand identity. Supporting the company’s new focus on energy storage in the transportation, stationary power and military markets, the brand identity includes a new logo, tagline, website and targeted advertising campaign.
“Altairnano closely [...]
ShawCor Ltd. announced its Bredero Shaw division has received a contract with a value in excess of $60 million to provide Concrete Weight Coatings and anode installation for the National Gas Company of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd’s North East Offshore (NEO) and Tobago Pipeline Projects. Bredero Shaw will mobilize two Compression Coat Technology (CCT) concrete [...]
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) welcomes the key role given to offshore wind energy in the European Commission’s Strategic Energy Review (SER) published this morning, and above all its commitment to publish a Blueprint for a North Sea offshore grid. With 1, 486 MW of capacity currently installed offshore and 30, 882 MW more [...]
Brazil is increasingly turning to alternative power generation fuels such as biomass in order to increase electricity supply and reduce its dependence on hydropower. Biomass power represents around 4.1 percent of the total installed capacity in Brazil at present and most biomass cogeneration is based on sugarcane bagasse. At present, sugarcane bagasse cogeneration accounts for [...]
Evolution Solar Corp. was selected by Atlantic Energy Solutions Inc. of Saratoga Springs, New York, to serve as a partner to pursue the development of a 5 megawatt Solar Plant in southern Florida. The $400,000,000.00 plant will be funded by a private Florida developer and will be built, operated, and maintained by the partnership. “We [...]