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Honeywell and Eastern Illinois University Bring The Heat With Biomass-Fueled Plant
11/20/2009 11:18:43 AM
One of the Largest University Biomass Installations Part of Program to Reduce Utility Costs and Carbon Footprint MINNEAPOLIS, Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced a $79-million renewable energy ...
Honeywell Awarded Smart Grid Grant From U.S. Department Of Energy
11/19/2009 2:29:30 PM
Honeywell Will Also Help Other Grant Recipients Implement Programs as the Country Transitions to a More Efficient, Reliable Energy Grid MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today announced it ha...
Verizon Business Sparks Improved Security Posture for Electric Utilities
11/18/2009 9:47:51 AM
New IT Security Consulting Services Help Power Companies Meet Reliability Standards BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - The utility industry’s ongoing adoption of smart grid digital technology is bringing many c...
Peter Veloz Named President and CEO of UltraViolet Devices, Inc.
11/17/2009 11:53:05 AM
UltraViolet Devices, Inc. (UVDI), a leading manufacturer of ultraviolet (UV) disinfection and advanced molecular filtration products, announced today that Peter Veloz has been named President and Chie...
Samsung Collects and Recycles 12 Million Pounds of E-Waste in 2009
11/15/2009 11:09:01 AM
Company Also Receives Top-10 Ranking in Carbon Disclosure Leadership and Answers Consumer Call for Manufacturing Greener Electronics Products RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. - Samsung Electronics America, In...
Lectrus Wins BusinessTN Magazine’s “Hot100“ Award
11/14/2009 10:27:05 PM
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA (November 14, 2009) – Due to their success over the past three (3) years, Lectrus Corporation has received BusinessTN magazine’s “Hot100” award for 2009. “Hot100 status...
Centrica to complete on British Energy investment following EC decision on sale of SPE to EDF
11/13/2009 2:21:24 PM
Centrica plc welcomes the announcement by the European Commission that it has cleared the proposed purchase by Electricité de France SA of Centrica’s majority holding in its Belgian business, SPE, thr...
NASA’s LCROSS Impacts Confirm Water in Lunar Crater
11/13/2009 12:31:11 PM
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Preliminary data from NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates the mission successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crat...
IBM, Fukuoka Waterworks Team to Increase Availability of Drinking Water
11/13/2009 12:12:26 PM
Fukuoka, Japan - IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the Fukuoka District Waterworks Agency will use IBM software for a new system designed to increase the availability of usable water supply and improve ...
New Water Management Tool May Help Ease Effects of Drought
11/12/2009 11:31:54 AM
Continued improvement of climate forecasts is resulting in better information about what rainfall and streamflow may look like months in advance. A researcher from North Carolina State University h...
Saudi Arabia: start-up of the world’s largest carbon monoxide unit
11/11/2009 2:54:46 PM
The unit designed and built by the Engineering and Construction teams of Air Liquide, will have a production capacity of 335,000 tonnes per year Worldwide carbon monoxide demand is estimated to be ...
AES Wind announces the first installation of its new “AES WindJet 5™” Wind Turbine in North America
11/11/2009 1:35:38 PM
New, revolutionary design offers all of the efficiency of propellers without the drawbacks. Kansas City, November 11, 2009 – AES Wind today installed and commissioned its first demonstration “AES W...
Siemens to supply latest coal gasification technology in the U.S.A.
11/10/2009 11:51:27 AM
Erlangen, Germany, Siemens Energy has been chosen by Tenaska, one of the largest U.S. independent power producers, based in Omaha, Nebraska to provide the coal gasification technology for the Taylorvi...
Applied Industrial Technologies Receives NorthCoast 99 Award
11/10/2009 11:42:48 AM
CLEVELAND, OH (November 10, 2009) – Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE: AIT) has been named a NorthCoast 99 winner for 2009. This is the ninth time Applied has received the annual award that honor...
Siemens and SAP consolidate process and business IT in power plants
11/10/2009 11:15:46 AM
Munich, Germany, From now on, Siemens and SAP will be jointly marketing new operating software for utilities. In order to do so, Siemens Energy Management Suite SPPA-M3000 will be certified by SAP in ...
Dow Water & Process Solutions Technology Specified for Southern Seawater Desalination Plant near Perth, Australia
11/8/2009 11:54:42 AM
* 440 sq ft FILMTEC™ membranes will help produce 50 billion liters of drinking water annually. * Energy efficiency and affordability delivered by FILMTEC™ membrane technology make DW&PS partner o...
Important new power plant supplied by Wärtsilä to be inaugurated today in Pakistan
11/7/2009 1:24:54 PM
Today, the inauguration of the 200 MW Nishat Power Ltd power plant, located at Jambar Kalan, near Bhai Pheru in the District of Kasur, takes place with a ceremony at the plant site. The principal gues...
Centrica enters into further agreement with Drax
11/6/2009 9:41:50 AM
Centrica plc announced it has entered into a further agreement with Drax Group plc ("Drax"), providing Centrica with access to an additional 300MW of baseload power. The agreement will run for a five...
Shell successful in South African offshore bid
11/6/2009 9:40:32 AM
The South African Petroleum Authorities today confirmed Royal Dutch Shell plc as the successful bidder for exploration rights in the Orange Basin deep-water area, off the country’s west coast. Shell a...
The Duke Energy/CSX Holiday Train Celebrates 64 Years
11/4/2009 12:09:39 PM
CINCINNATI - Since 1946, more than 9 million people have visited Duke Energy’s lobby at Fourth and Main streets to see one of the world’s largest model train displays. Many adults who once visited ...