BrassCraft’s patented Safety+PLUS® Excess Flow Valve promises to usher in a new standard of safety for natural gas. With more than 65 million homes in the United States alone utilizing natural gas for their water heaters, furnaces, boilers, heaters and other applications, the patented Safety+PLUS Excess Flow Valve from BrassCraft will be a welcome safety [...]
Today, the Council on Competitiveness announced that The Honorable Alexander “Andy” Karsner has joined the Council on Competitiveness as a Distinguished Fellow. Karsner, who recently left his post as Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, brings extensive public and private sector experience to the position. His energy expertise will be critical [...]
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 now entered the second stage [...]
ShengdaTech, Inc. a leading manufacturer of nano precipitated calcium carbonate (NPCC) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and a major manufacturer of coal-based chemical products in Tai’an City, Shandong Province, PRC, today announced that the Company has broken ground on its new NPCC facility in Zibo and has begun construction.
The Zibo facility will have [...]
NorthWestern Energy announced two significant filings regarding the proposed Mill Creek Generating Station. On Friday, the company submitted its application for an air quality permit with the State of Montana and late Monday filed its request for advanced approval with the Montana Public Service Commission.
“This is a great day for the people of Montana. We [...]
UCN, Inc., the market leader in on-demand contact center software, has signed an agreement for inContact® Echo® with a rapidly-growing energy services company. The new customer has hundreds of agents at multiple contact center sites.
Previously the company tracked customer satisfaction levels by having the agent ask direct questions during the call. The company found they [...]
W2 Energy Inc., a developer of green energy, is pleased to announce it has signed a preliminary joint venture letter of intent with Coastal Capital Acquisition Corporation to design, construct and operate an Algae to Bio-diesel facility in the state Florida, in the United States.
W2 Energy has an all in one system that grows, harvests [...]
STERLING CHEMICALS, INC. has announced they and BP Amoco Chemical Company have entered into an amended, long-term Acetic Acid Production Agreement that will be effective retroactively as of January 1, 2008.
The amended agreement contains the following key provisions:
— the term is extended from July 31, 2016 until [...]
LDK Solar Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of solar wafers, announced today that the company held a ceremony celebrating its wafer plant reaching the milestone of 1.0 GW annualized capacity. This event was hosted by Mr. Xiaofeng Peng, Founder, Chairman and CEO in Xinyu, China on August 23, 2008.
“I would like to congratulate our team [...]
Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. and Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. announced both PVR and PVG raised their quarterly cash distributions for the seventh and eighth consecutive quarters, respectively, as discussed further below.
Management Comment
A. James Dearlove, Chief Executive Officer of PVR and PVG, said, “PVR’s coal royalty and midstream segments continue to deliver solid results, [...]