A strong Tropical Storm Hanna came ashore at 3:20 a.m., bringing high winds and heavy rains to much of Progress Energy Carolinas’ service area, and the company has deployed hundreds of company and contract workers to restore service as quickly and safely as possible.
As of 8 a.m., about 55,000 customers were without power. Most of [...]
Cal-Bay International, Inc. announced the company has received a green light for the development of five West Coast commercial vehicle hybridization installation centers.
CBI today announced the “green light” for the construction of the centers from the CA-based hybridization company, who informed CBI that they have secured the first hybridization retrofit agreement with an established [...]
Sinoenergy Corporation, a manufacturer of compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle and gas station equipment and a designer, developer and operator of retail CNG filling stations in the People’s Republic of China, today announced the opening of three new retail CNG filling stations that started selling CNG on August 22, 2008.
All three CNG filling stations are [...]
LDK Solar Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of solar wafers, awarded a US$220 million contract to Applied Materials, Inc. to provide precision wafering systems to support its next phase of production expansion. The systems are scheduled to begin shipping to LDK Solar’s facility in Xinyu, PRC, in early 2009, and will support LDK Solar’s previously [...]
Newpark Resources, Inc. announced that it has mutually agreed with CCS, Inc. to cancel the proposed sale of Newark’s U.S. environmental services business to CCS. As previously announced on October 23, 2008, the Federal Trade Commission (”FTC”) filed suit to block the proposed sale of Newpark’s environmental services business to CCS. The FTC [...]
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 [...]
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has named UE’s Pure Power(TM) program the “most successful” New Green Power Program of the year, company officials report. DOE along with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Center for Resource Solutions are honoring 25 leading corporations, renewable energy suppliers and industry pioneers this week.
Citing Pure Power [...]
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers, today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with TÜV Rheinland (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. to form a strategic partnership covering a range of quality control initiatives at the Company. Under the proposed strategic partnership, TÜV [...]
Crosstex Energy, L.P. announced that it continues to execute its near-term operating strategy to increase liquidity, reduce leverage and improve profitability. The Partnership has completed the sale of its undivided 12.4 percent interest in the Seminole gas processing plant to plant operator Hess Corporation for $85.0 million. In addition to the Seminole transaction, the Partnership [...]
The heating season has started. This year, more than any in recent memory, customers are concerned about how economic uncertainties may affect their ability to manage their bills, including their utility bills. PSE&G wants its customers to know there are specific steps they can take to stay warm and control their heating bill. The following [...]