Orion Energy Systems Recognized for Manufacturing Excellence

The Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, in Green Bay, Wis., named Orion Energy Systems Inc. Manufacturer of Distinction for Industrial Technology during its annual awards dinner on Nov. 6, 2008. The award is given to recognize a manufacturer in Northeast Wisconsin for cutting-edge technological advancements and excellence in manufacturing. Jim Haney, president of the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Association, presented the award to Orion. Orion... Read more..

Alenia Aeronautica Selects Fiper from SIMULIA for Enterprise-Wide Simulation Integration and Collaboration

Dassault Systèmes (DS), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Alenia Aeronautica, “a Finmeccanica Company”, a major commercial and defense aeronautics supplier, has chosen Fiper from SIMULIA as a key component of their enterprise-wide simulation process integration and collaboration framework to be developed under the Alenia Networked Enterprise Transformation (AleNET) initiative,... Read more..

Atlantic Energy Solutions Closes on $10 Million Transaction With Trafalgar Capital

Atlantic Energy Solutions, Inc. announce that that they have closed on their transaction with Trafalgar Capital Specialized Investment Fund, a Luxembourg-based company that specializes in working with small cap companies in helping them achieve their growth objectives. Trafalgar has committed up to $10,000,000 over a two-year period with the initial funding of $2,500,000 provided to Atlantic Energy Solutions in support of the Company’s growth... Read more..

Local Wastewater Treatment Facility Honored for Achievements

The Joint Water Pollution Control Plant (JWPCP) is a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility serving over 3.5 million residents and thousands of businesses and industries in Los Angeles County. The facility was recently honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with the National Clean Water Act Recognition Award for Outstanding Operations and Maintenance at the Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference... Read more..

Algenol Biofuels Appoints David McCarthy as Vice President to Lead Government Affairs

Algenol Biofuels, developers of DIRECT TO ETHANOL(TM), the most advanced third generation biofuels technology, today announced the appointment of David McCarthy as Vice President. Mr. McCarthy, who most recently served as Chief Counsel for Energy and Environment for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce, will lead government affairs, and will support the company’s activities with non-government organizations (NGO’s)... Read more..

Ecosphere Technologies Delivers Mobile Water Recycling Plant to Newfield Exploration in Oklahoma

Ecosphere Technologies, Inc., a diversified water engineering and services company, announces the delivery of one of its Ecosphere Ozonix mobile water recycling systems to Newfield Exploration Company’s mid-continent operations near Coalgate, Oklahoma. The Ozonix mobile water recycling system is a fully self contained water recycling plant on a 53′ mobile trailer that can be moved from well site to well site to process frac flowback water. Dennis... Read more..

TSX Approves Zongshen PEM Power Systems Inc.’s Normal Course Issuer Bid

Zongshen PEM Power Systems Inc., announced that it has received the approval of The Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid (the “Bid”) to purchase through the facilities of the Exchange, from time to time, as it considers advisable, up to 3,065,211 of the issued and outstanding Common Shares (being approximately 5% of the 61,304,230 Common Shares outstanding at November 3, 2008). The Bid will commence... Read more..

Aquatech Commissions FGD Wastewater Zero Liquid Discharge Systems for ENEL in Italy

A consortium led by Aquatech International Corporation successfully commissioned Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) facilities at four of ENEL’s coal-fired power plants throughout Italy. The feed for the plants is Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) purge wastewater. Aquatech’s integrated solution included a combination of physical/chemical, evaporation and crystallization technologies that enabled ENEL to achieve ZLD and environmental compliance.... Read more..

Vattenfall Acquires Britain’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Vattenfall has acquired the Thanet Offshore Wind project off Margate, Kent, for the sum of GBP 35 million (SEK 435 million). On completion, the wind farm will have an installed capacity of some 300 MW. This will be almost three times the size of Lillgrund, Vattenfall’s largest wind farm in Sweden to date, and about the same size as Horns Rev in Denmark, in which Vattenfall has a majority stake. Vattenfall acquired the rights to build Thanet Offshore... Read more..

Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables Join Forces for Round Three

Two giants of the renewables industry, Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables, have entered into partnership to make joint bids in the third round of offshore wind farm development in the UK. Their common goal is to establish 6,000 MW of installed wind power capacity, corresponding to enough clean green energy to power four million homes by 2020. ScottishPower Renewables, part of the world’s largest wind power operator and developer, Iberdrola... Read more..