Evogene Ltd. and Biogemma SAS announced results of field trials for corn hybrids containing a number of genes predicted by Evogene to increase yield and drought tolerance. The field trials, conducted in several sites in the United States and in Israel, demonstrate that corn hybrids containing certain of these genes displayed significant yield increases under [...]
Startech Environmental Corp., a fully reporting, award-winning, environment and energy company announced that it has been notified by waste2greenenergy Limited (“w2ge”), the Company’s exclusive distributor for the UK and Poland, that w2ge’s wholly-owned Polish subsidiary SG Silesia Sp Z o.o. (“SG Silesia”) has entered into a formal contract with one of Poland’s largest chemical companies, [...]
The board of directors of Peabody Energy today declared a regular quarterly dividend on its common stock of $0.085 per share. The dividend is payable on March 3, 2011, to holders of record on Feb. 10, 2011.
Peabody Energy is the world’s largest private-sector coal company and a global leader in clean coal solutions. [...]
Masdar chief executive Dr. Sultan Al Jaber announced that Masdar, a multi-faceted future energy initiative wholly owned by the Mubadala Development Company, is well-positioned to capitalise on the “undeniable momentum and long term viability” of renewable energy technology in his keynote speech at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.
Dr. Al Jaber acknowledged the [...]
Active Power, Inc., inventor and manufacturer of the most energy-efficient critical power systems in the world, has received an order from Star Technology Services for its modular containerised PowerHouse solution. One of the largest independent business to business (Internet service providers) in the United Kingdom, Star will install PowerHouse to provide its new mission critical [...]
Sasol and Shenhua announced that they have agreed to focus their full attention on the 80 000 barrels per day CTL feasibility study in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The joint Shenhua Ningxia Coal Group and Sasol Project in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is one of only two CTL projects which will continue with [...]
Consumers Energy has secured more than 28,000 acres of easements in Tuscola and Mason counties for potential wind generation development and is starting the process of testing sites.
Construction started today on four meteorological towers in Mason County and three towers in Tuscola County. Construction of the towers, which are about 180 feet tall, is expected [...]
Ultra Motor today announced the availability of its new A2BTM electric bike. Developed and manufactured by an international team of expert designers and engineers, the A2B is a state-of-the-art electric bike built specifically for urban transport across the American city landscape.
Increasing challenges are making urban transportation more costly and time-consuming: the Texas Transportation Institute [...]
MagneGas Corporation, a producer of a natural gas alternative and metal cutting fuel made from liquid waste, announced that it has received a request from the city of Dunedin, Florida to conduct on site plant scale testing to convert municipal bio-solids into fuel.
The municipality acknowledged in their request that, “The City of Dunedin has completed [...]
Eltek Valere, a leading power system provider for telecommunication and industrial applications, today announced the 3030 cabinet family, a line of outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosures with a variety of environmental systems that can reduce operating expenses and boost reliability.
A key component of the 3030 cabinet family is the tailored thermal system, which includes air conditioners, [...]