Universal Power Group Launches Ecotricity Line of Solar Products

Universal Power Group, Inc. , today announced the launch of its new “Ecotricity” line of portable solar-powered products and unveiled the line’s initial product: the Ecotricity ECO1800 solar-powered generator. The Ecotricity ECO1800 features an 1800W inverter with four 120V outlets and a 50-foot cord that is ideal for generating environmentally... 

China Integrated Energy Appoints KPMG as its Independent Auditor

China Integrated Energy, Inc. a leading non-state-owned integrated energy company in China, after receiving the approval from the Audit Committee of the Company’s board of directors, has dismissed Sherb & Co., LLP (“Sherb”) and engaged KPMG, LLP, as its independent auditor. The dismissal of Sherb & Co., LLP as the Company’s... 

THINK Delivers Its First U.S.Built Electric Cars

THINK™, the world’s leading dedicated electric vehicle maker, has delivered its first U.S.-built cars to the State of Indiana for use in its government fleet. The 15 vehicles, which were shipped from THINK’s manufacturing facility in Elkhart, Ind., will be the first electric passenger vehicles with American-made, Lithium-ion batteries... 

Harvest Operations Announces $1.4 Billion Capital Budget

Harvest Operations Corp. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a budget for 2011 that includes an $1.4 billion capital expenditure program intended to boost upstream production and improve downstream operational efficiencies. John Zahary, Harvest’s President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “In 2011, our plan is to continue... 

Can CA Economy Afford Climate Policies?

As political pressure mounts to delay California’s ambitious global warming policies, a new report from University of California researchers examines the economic impacts of putting the Governor’s climate program on hold. Energy Prices and California’s Economic Security, a project sponsored by Next 10, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization,... 

Simon Completes Solar Panel Installation at The Shops at Mission Viejo

Simon Property Group, Inc., the country’s largest owner, developer and manager of high quality retail real estate, has just last month completed the largest solar installation by a mall owner in the U.S. Simon Property Group entered into a power purchase agreement with Element Markets, a Houston-based developer of clean energy, for the output... 

Constellation Energy to Sell Downstream Gas Business

Constellation Energy announced it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Houston-based downstream natural gas unit to Macquarie Group. Terms were not disclosed. The pending divestiture is one of several strategic initiatives the company has undertaken in recent months to reduce risk in its merchant businesses and improve liquidity through the... 

China Prosperous Clean Energy Corporation Completes Construction of First Stage of Shijiazhuang Project

China Prosperous Clean Energy Corporation, a retailer and wholesaler of compressed natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas through its subsidiaries based in China, today announced that the Company has completed the first stage of construction for natural gas distribution network for residential usage in Shijiazhuang Yuanshi County. This project has... 

Sunoco to Close Polypropylene Plant in Bayport, Texas

Sunoco Inc. announced that it will permanently close its polypropylene manufacturing facility located in Bayport, Texas, no later than April 30, 2009. The facility can produce approximately 400 million pounds of polypropylene each year. “The decision to close the facility was made after an extensive review which demonstrated that the plant is no longer... 

Horizon Wind Energy Announces Commercial Operation of Three Wind Farms

Horizon Wind Energy, owned by EDP Renovaveis, the fourth largest wind energy producer in the world, fully commissioned over 500 megawatts (MW) in December of 2008. The 201 MW Meridian Way Wind Farm, located in north central Kansas in Cloud County, the 102.9 megawatt (MW) Rattlesnake Road Wind Farm located near the city of Arlington in Gilliam County,...