On the third day of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES), Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, met with the Young Future Energy Leaders (YFEL), an initiative led by Masdar Institute.
Christiana Figueres said: “Creating solutions to the climate change issues facing the world must involve the next generation. [...]
Atmos Energy Corporation said that Ruben E. Esquivel has been elected to its board of directors as a Class I director. His election, effective September 1, 2008, will increase the size of the natural gas distribution company’s board to 14 directors. Esquivel will join the Board’s Audit Committee and Human Resources Committee.
Esquivel, 65, has been [...]
Carbon Sciences Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) into high value, earth-friendly products, announced today the opening of a new research and development center to expedite the development and commercialization of its technology.
Derek McLeish, the company’s CEO, commented on the move, “We are very excited about securing and [...]
Goodrich Corporation’s Sensors and Integrated Systems team in Burnsville, Minn. has donated an icing wind tunnel to Iowa State University. The tunnel will be the university’s first wind tunnel to be able to perform icing physics research and will be housed in Iowa State’s wind simulation and testing (WiST) laboratory.
The WiST lab is a state-of-the-art [...]
OMNI ENERGY SERVICES CORP. announced that it has been awarded a contract with a leading seismic data acquisition company to perform a major seismic drilling project in the north Louisiana Haynesville Shale area. The contract will generate approximately $5 million in revenue; it is expected to commence during the first quarter of 2009.
The Company also [...]
Global Entertainment Acquisition Corporation announced today that is has changed its name to HydroGenetics, Inc. with the Florida Division of Corporations and filed the name change with FINRA. The company will continue to operate its entertainment business but significantly transition into the development of alternative energy solutions, including the development of a hydrogen reactor [...]
ReneSola Ltd, a leading Chinese manufacturer of solar wafers, today announced that it has sold its 49% equity interest (the “Divestment”) in Linzhou Zhongsheng Semiconductor Silicon Material Co., Ltd..
In August 2007, ReneSola and Linzhou Zhongsheng Steel Co., Ltd. established the Joint Venture to engage in virgin polysilicon production in Linzhou, Henan Province, China. The Company [...]
VIASPACE Inc. exhibited its products and met with current and potential customers and business partners at the Fuel Cell Seminar held in Phoenix, AZ October 28-30, 2008. With 1700 attendees, the Fuel Cell Seminar is the largest fuel cell technical meeting and exhibition in the United States.
VIASPACE and its subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation [...]
Applied LNG Technologies USA, LLC announced an agreement to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Border Valley Trading for use in their new fleet of LNG fueled trucks used in the distribution of their feed products.
Border Valley, founded with a primary goal of becoming the best export forage company in the industry, is now one [...]
Entergy Corporation indicated that it expects third quarter 2008 as-reported earnings of approximately $2.40 per share and operational earnings of $2.49 per share compared to as-reported and operational results of $2.30 per share in third quarter 2007.
As-reported results are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and are comprised of operational earnings (described below) [...]