Green Builders, Inc., a leading large-scale developer of sustainable homes in the Austin, Texas-area, is expanding its services to include green remodeling. The new venture will initially cater to existing homeowners in Central Texas who want to reduce home energy demands and utility bills, lessen home maintenance costs and increase the comfort of their home.
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Sunrise Solar Corp. introduces new carbon offset strategies for investors. With 40% of carbon dioxide emissions coming from electricity generation, solar energy solutions deliver a very high carbon offset to solar energy investors. The need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions has become so severe that in some states, such as Hawaii, legislatures have begun to [...]
C&D Technologies, Inc., a leading North American producer and marketer of batteries, battery systems and integrated standby power systems, today announced the release of the new C&D TRUE FRONT ACCESS advanced Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) batteries for telecommunication applications.
The continued growth and reliance on data, voice and video communications applications through wireline and [...]
To combat rising costs, companies in the Electric Utilities Sector have been looking to mergers and acquisitions to keep profits steady and maintain their healthy dividends. Stricter environmental regulations require that any new power plants built that are large enough to produce 75,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year must use the best available control [...]
Altira Group LLC, a pioneer and leader in venture capital and private equity funding for energy technology companies, today announced a seven Million dollar investment in Eco Power Solutions (Eco Power), of Quincy, MA. Altira’s investment in Eco Power was made from its Altira Technology Fund V — a $176 Million fund focused on venture [...]
Raser Technologies, Inc. announced that Prudential Capital Group, an institutional investment division of Prudential Financial, Inc., purchased the permanent debt financing for Raser’s 10 megawatt (MW) Thermo geothermal power project near Beaver, Utah, from the original project financier. The approximately $31 million of non-recourse debt financing helped construct the Thermo geothermal power plant which completed [...]
Global oil prices could exceed $110 a barrel if political unrest in Egypt continues, a member of Kuwait’s Supreme Petroleum Council said on Sunday.
Oil prices have spiked due to tension in Egypt. Brent crude hit $100 per barrel for the first time since 2008 on fears instability could spread through the Middle East, which together [...]
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. nnounced today that the partnership has entered into 10-year agreements to handle a substantial portion of Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s (NYSE:CHK – News) liquids-rich natural gas production in the Eagle Ford Shale. Chesapeake’s gross acreage position currently comprises more than 625,000 acres in and around the oil and natural gas liquids (NGL)- [...]
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. and Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. will report their fourth quarter 2010 financial results before the market opens on Friday, January 28, 2011. Alliance management will discuss fourth quarter earnings during a conference call beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern that same day. To participate in the conference call, dial (866) 356-4441 [...]
Kandu Partners, L.P. and its management (“Kandu”), which beneficially owns 863,458 shares of common stock (or approximately 23%) of Servidyne, Inc. (Nasdaq: SERV), today announced that it intends to vote against the proposed amendment to Servidyne’s articles of incorporation at the Servidyne 2008 annual meeting of shareholders that would increase the number of authorized shares [...]