- Sunvalley Solar Inc. , a leading provider of solar power products and services, announced that it continues to make substantial progress on Green Farm Solar Investment Plan in Thermal, Imperial, Coachella and Holtville, CA.
Sunvalley Solar moves forward in the promotion of its Green Farm Solar Investment Plan. The Green Farm Solar Investment Plan leverages [...]
Trilogy(TM) by Shea Homes, the first builder to roll out a national solar offering, has chosen to work with BP Solar, a global leader in solar energy. Trilogy will offer free solar power systems on new homes as part of its ongoing commitment to reducing the carbon footprint of homes in all of its Shea [...]
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 [...]
Upper Lake Oil and Gas Ltd. announces that the management information circular and proxy statement (“Information Circular”) for the upcoming special meeting (“Special Meeting”) of the shareholders and optionholders of Upper Lake has been mailed to Upper Lake shareholders and optionhholders of record as at July 25, 2008. At the Special Meeting, shareholders and optionholders [...]
The top U.S. nuclear regulator on Wednesday approved the launch of a safety review of U.S. nuclear reactors sought by President Barack Obama in response to the ongoing crisis at Japan’s Fukushima plant.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to create an agency task force made up of current and former commission experts that will review the [...]
Terrabon, L.L.C. held dedication ceremonies Friday, November 7, for its new Advanced Biofuels Research Facility in Bryan, Texas. The event marked completion of the facility, christened Energy Independence I, which will confirm the scaled-up, commercial feasibility of the Company’s MixAlco(TM) technology. MixAlco converts readily-available, low-cost, non-food biomass into chemicals that can be processed into renewable [...]
Advanced Control Systems, Inc. (ACS), a leading provider of smart grid automation and system solutions to global utilities, announced that it has recently been awarded a contract by the City of Glendale, CA to deliver its PRISM(tm) SCADA system to Glendale Water & Power (GWP), the city’s municipal utility.
The new system will provide Glendale with [...]
Ultra signed on this date a purchase agreement to acquire Texaco-branded fuels marketing business in Brazil from Chevron Corporation. With this acquisition, Ipiranga reaches nationwide coverage. Ipiranga’s and Texaco’s operations will create a network of more than 5 thousand service stations and will have 23% market share in Brazil.
- Brazil entered a new phase recently, [...]
When TV broadcasts switch to all-digital format February 17, 2009, Americans with analog televisions who do not subscribe to cable or satellite services and rely solely on over-the-air programming for their TV-viewing will need a digital-to-analog (DTA) converter box in order to continue receiving television broadcasts.
It is estimated that consumers will purchase 22 million DTA [...]
New England will have the resources needed to meet demand for electricity in the six-state region this winter, according to ISO New England Inc., the operator of the region’s bulk power system and wholesale electricity markets.
ISO New England projections indicate that under normal winter weather conditions of about 7 degrees Fahrenheit (°F), New England’s peak [...]