Praxair and ThyssenKrupp Sign Industrial Gas Supply Agreements

Praxair, Inc. has signed an agreement with ThyssenKrupp to supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to ThyssenKrupp’s new state-of-the-art carbon and stainless steel processing facilities which are currently under construction in Mobile, Alabama. Praxair will build a 400-tons-per-day on-site air separation plant to supply ThyssenKrupp’s requirements for... 

PSE Move to New London HQ Signifies Aggressive Business Expansion

Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), providers of the world-leading gPROMS advanced process modelling (APM) software and related services and winner of the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2007 MacRobert Award for Engineering Innovation, today announced its move to a significantly expanded new head office in Hammersmith, London. gPROMS software... 

Progress Energy Receives National Economic Development Award

Site Selection magazine has named Progress Energy one of North America’s Top Utilities for Economic Development for the sixth time in the last seven years. The magazine’s September 2008 issue selected Progress Energy as one of 10 winning utilities based on its success in helping to generate 7,405 new jobs and more than $766 million in capital... 

EESTECH CCS Project Developments Strengthened by HTC, Doosan Babcock Agreement

EESTECH with facilities in Queensland, Australia is set to benefit from the strategic Licensing Agreement recently signed between HTC Canada, Doosan Babcock Energy, UK and Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction of South Korea. This agreement will further advance HTC as a world leader in the development and deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage... 

A123Systems IPO Taps into Multi-Billion-Dollar Electric Vehicle Opportunity

With gas prices at $3.70 per gallon and attention from Beijing to Belgium focused on carbon emissions, light electric vehicles (EVs) – from mass-market hybrids like the Toyota Prius to pure electric vehicles like the Tesla Roadster – are a hot topic with the auto and finance industries alike. Earlier this month, lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery manufacturer... 

Earth Tech Joins ThermoEnergy to Construct Ammonia Recovery Facility for New York City

ThermoEnergy Corporation announced the signing of a formal agreement with Earth Tech, Inc., part of AECOM one of the worlds largest environmental and infrastructure engineering companies, to act as Construction Manager as well as perform the civil engineering work for the Company’s multi-million dollar Ammonia Recovery Process (“ARP”)... 

TransAlta named to North American Dow Jones Sustainability Index for Third Consecutive Year

TransAlta Corporation announced it has been named to the North American Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for a third consecutive year. TransAlta is one of 22 Canadian companies on the index, and one of only two Canadian companies in the utility sector represented. This year, 125 companies were recognized on the North American DJSI. Inclusion in... 

VIASPACE Reports That Key Fuel Cell Patent in Europe, Licensed by VIASPACE Subsidiary, Has Been Issued to Caltech

VIASPACE Inc., announced today that a key Caltech direct methanol fuel cell patent was granted in Europe, specifically Germany, Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden. This is patent EP 0 755 576 B1 for an organic fuel cell and methods of operation thereof and methods of manufacture thereof. The patent has been licensed from Caltech... 

Ricardo Creates New Strategic Business Group to Focus on Hybrid Vehicle Development

Ricardo, Inc., a leading independent provider of technology, product innovation and engineering solutions to the world’s automotive, military, transport and new energy industries, today announced the formation of a dedicated global strategic business group to focus the company’s state-of-the-art resources in technology, facilities and engineering... 

Dowding Pursues Wind Turbine Machining with Massive MAG Machine Tools

A long-time contract supplier of fabricated and machined components to a wide range of companies, Dowding Industries is making the leap to large-part production and the transition to the alternative energy economy. It announced today at the International Manufacturing Technology Show the purchase of two massive machining systems from MAG Industrial...