Goldman Sachs and Blue Source Create Strategic Alliance to Market U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Blue Source LLC today announced a strategic alliance that combines Goldman’s global leadership in commodities trading and financial risk management with Blue Source’s leading climate change portfolio. As part of the alliance, Goldman Sachs has purchased an equity stake in Blue Source LLC. Goldman Sachs will off-take, structure and market a broad range of verified emissions reductions (VERs) resulting from certain... Read more..

4th Japan-Germany Industry Forum: Powering the Future With Clean Energy

Germany is the largest photovoltaics market in the world. Double-digit growth rates are expected to continue in the coming years. Market potential for German and Japanese companies in the photovoltaics and energy storage industries will be the focus of the Japan-Germany Industry Forum, which will take place from October 22-24 in Tokyo and Osaka. The forum is being held with the motto “Powering the Future with Clean Energy.” The focus will... Read more..

Slovak Supreme Court Reaffirms Previous Judgment Returning Gemerska Poloma Talc Deposit to EuroGas’s Rozmin

EuroGas, Inc. announced that the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic, which had previously reinstated Rozmin’s talc mining concession at Gemerska Poloma in the Slovak Republic, recently ordered an immediate halt to an appeal made by the Slovak Mining Authority at Spisska Nova Vesa,(the appellant) a unit of the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic. The Supreme Court also denied the appellant’s claim to any compensation in this matter. “We... Read more..

Leading Solar Companies Create Green Jobs in Germany

Nearly 50 percent of the world’s installed solar-energy capacity is in Germany, and annual industry growth is expected to hit 25 percent in coming years. North American investments in eastern Germany have contributed significantly to this success. Mike Ahearn, CEO of First Solar, will present his company’s success story in eastern Germany at a reception on October 14, 2008 at 6:00pm at the Marriott Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Invest... Read more..

Carmanah Receives $1.2 Million Order for Solar-Powered Airfield Lights

Carmanah Technologies Corporation has received a follow up order through Dubai-based GESOLAR — the company’s authorized aviation distributor in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — to supply additional solar-powered portable airfield lights for civilian airfield applications. This latest order, valued at more than $1.2 million, provides the tools to enhance visibility and safety at remote airfields using stand-alone LED (light emitting... Read more..

American Alternative Energy Systems Corp. Now Quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

American Alternative Energy Systems Energy Corp. is now accessible and quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the trading symbol (AFP). The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is one of the largest, most efficient stock exchanges in Europe. The listing will offer a more liquid market to existing shareholders and create more exposure for AATV. Having the ability to now be quoted on a European Stock Exchange with such large market visibility will make investing... Read more..

Solarfun Signs Letter of Intent for Three Year Supply Agreement with Q-Cells

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd, an established vertically-integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots and photovoltaic (“PV”) cells and modules in China, today announced that it has entered into a letter-of-intent for a three-year supply agreement with Q-Cells International, a 100% subsidiary of Q-Cells AG (“Q-Cells”), the world’s largest independent manufacturer of solar cells. Under the letter of intent, Q-Cells International intends to... Read more..

Pantera Petroleum, Inc. Begins Commercial Natural Gas Sales From Its Sibley 84 #1 Well in West Texas

Pantera Petroleum, Inc. announces that its Sibley 84 #1 well in the West Gomez Field has entered production and has begun selling natural gas to Western Gas Resources, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC – News). On August 16, the on-site engineers opened the well on a 12/64ths inch choke and began selling gas at a natural flow rate of 2.7 million cubic feet of gas per day. Later, the crew opened the choke... Read more..

Foundation work to be completed by end of August

On 28 July 2008, the industrial gases specialist Messer began construction of a new production facility for air gases on the site of Deutsche Edelstahlwerke in Siegen-Geisweid. The ongoing foundation work is currently causing some noise pollution for the neighbouring residents of the Geisweid and Kreuztal districts of Siegen on weekdays. Between the end of June and the end of August, almost 200 steel pipes, each 50 centimetres in diameter, are being... Read more..

Ikona Sells Line of Mud Pump Drives to Its Canadian Distributor

Ikona Gear International, Inc., an innovator of compact, lightweight, oil and gas field machinery and gearing technology, today announced that it has entered into an Agreement of Purchase and Sale of Assets with Canadian-based Saskatchewan LTD. In keeping with world demand for more efficient products, Ikona has successfully designed, developed and manufactured a line of innovative mud pump drive systems. Under the terms of the Agreement, Saskatchewan... Read more..