Suntech Brings Solar to Switzerland with Sunergic

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. the world’s largest manufacturer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, announced today that it will supply Sunergic SA, one of Switzerland’s leading solar system integrators, with the solar panels for a 1MW solar system for Services Industriels de Geneve (SIG), a Swiss utility. The SIG 1MW solar project is one of the largest in Switzerland to date. “Switzerland has demonstrated a clear... Read more..

Petroplus Announces an Incident at its Ingolstadt Refinery

Petroplus Holdings AG announced that an incident occurred at its Ingolstadt refinery. At approximately 23:15 Central European Time (CET) yesterday, a fire occurred at a reflux pump associated with the crude oil unit. Refinery and local emergency response teams responded to the incident and the fire was immediately brought under control and extinguished in about an hour. There were no injuries or reported offsite environmental impacts. There was no... Read more..

Capstone Ships Its First C1000 Megawatt Scale Product

Capstone Turbine Corporation, the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced it has shipped its first C1000 megawatt scale product. The system will be installed at ANTEX, located in Spain. ANTEX is an independent Spanish textile group whose activity centers on the broad world of synthetic yarns. It has eight industrial plants in Spain and one in Brazil. In the past, ANTEX had installed a cogeneration... Read more..

Kender Energy Inc. Announces the Completion of Its Merger Process

Kender Energy Inc., formerly known as 3P Networks, Inc. announces the completion of its merger process and its ticker and name change. The new company name will become “Kender Energy Inc.” and its new ticker will be “KNDR”. Kender Energy is a development phase company active in the field of solar energy. Its present prototypes of solar panel are being developed into a full-scale solar energy production system. The particularity... Read more..

Foster Wheeler Announces Proposed Redomestication from Bermuda to Switzerland

Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved the redomestication of the company from Bermuda to Switzerland. Foster Wheeler’s shareholders will be asked to vote in favor of the proposal at a shareholders meeting expected to be scheduled for January 2009. If approved by shareholders, and subject to the approval of the Supreme Court of Bermuda and satisfaction of certain other conditions described in the company’s... Read more..

IFQC Ranks Top 100 Countries by Gasoline Benzene Standards; U.S. Ranks 67th

The International Fuel Quality Center (IFQC) has ranked the top 100 countries based on benzene content standards in gasoline; Colombia came in first with the earliest implementation of the lowest benzene limits. Following in second and third were Canada and Luxembourg, respectively. Benzene is found naturally in crude oil and thus passes into refined products, including transportation fuels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classifies... Read more..

CHS Success in 2008 Founded on Vision, Stability

Leaders of CHS Inc., one of the nation’s leading energy, grains and foods companies, attributed strong 2008 performance to maintaining financial stability and disciplined-growth during a period of unprecedented market volatility. “After five consecutive years of record results — the combination of our own hard work, growth and what the market has handed us — we must be realistic and ready to respond,” said John Johnson,... Read more..

Peter Voser to be Next Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell plc

The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc announced that Peter Voser will succeed Jeroen van der Veer as Chief Executive, effective 1 July 2009. Voser (50) is Chief Financial Officer and a Director of the Board since October 2004. “I am delighted to announce Peter Voser as the next Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell,” said RDS plc Chairman Jorma Ollila. “Peter has the experience, qualities and personal leadership to drive Shell forward,... Read more..

The Linde Group is to build a new air separation plant in the border region next to Basel

The technology group The Linde Group, via its Swiss subsidiary PanGas AG, is to build a new air separation plant in Muttenz, in the Swiss canton of Basel-Land, for around 68 million Swiss francs (44 million euro). The new plant, which will have a capacity of over 500 tons of liquefied nitrogen, oxygen and argon per day will come on stream in the late autumn of 2010. “This new air separation plant will enable us to increase security of supply,... Read more..

Ventyx(R) E-Mart Workshops Offer In-Depth Analysis and Practical Solutions to Key Energy Industry Issues

Ventyx® announced two company-sponsored workshops scheduled just prior to the E-Mart Energy event in Geneva, Switzerland. These two interactive, half-day workshops are complimentary and will be held at the Geneva Palexpo on the morning and afternoon of 28 October, 2008. The workshops are designed to provide the company’s industry-leading, in-depth analysis of key energy industry issues and offer practical solutions for meeting growing challenges... Read more..