Press Releases by Category Energy & Environment
Thompson & Knight Assists Ellora Energy in $247 Million Sale of Hugoton Field As …
The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP has assisted Ellora Energy Inc. (“Ellora”) with the $247 million sale of substantially all of its Hugoton Field assets in southwest Kansas and its southeast Colorado properties to an undisclosed buyer. As part of the transaction, the Firm also assisted Ellora in an amendment to its credit agreement with a group of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Dallas Parker led…
Greenlots® Announces Global Rollout of Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions
Singapore (Feb 11, 2010) -- Singapore clean technology company, Zeco Systems Pte Ltd, has announced today its electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions for global markets. Marketed under the trademark, Greenlots®, the solutions offer a platform for utilities, municipalities, car park operators, EV manufacturers and distributors and others the opportunity to install, own and operate their own local charging network for electric vehicles.
The shift towards electric vehicles is a…
Redwood Plastics Aids in LEED® Certification for Elite Property in Vancouver, BC …
Vancouver, BC, February 12, 2010 –Redwood Plastics Corporation, a member of Prisma Plastics International recently supplied recycled plastic lumber (Redco™ Greenplus or FiberForce®) to what will be Vancouver’s most expensive home. The total value of the home when completed is estimated to be 31.5 million, but this property will not only be amongst the most desired addresses in B.C., it will also be the greenest.
The buyer of the property…
White Marlin E&P, LLC Announces the Launch of Business Operations
Houston, Texas – 10 February 2010 – White Marlin E&P, LLC, an upstream oil and gas production company, announced today the launch of business operations and the opening of offices in Houston, Texas. Founded by four principal investors with extensive oil and gas experience, the new company is led by Terrell J. (Terry) Clark, President and CEO, and Jack C. Faubion, Chief Financial Officer. The management team is…
6th International Geothermal Conference: preliminary programme online
From today the preliminary programme of the 6th International Geothermal Conference (IGC 2010) is online. The Conference will take place in Freiburg/Germany on May 19-20, 2010 and will offer wide insight into different aspects on geothermal energy generation. Early bird special is available until February 28.
(Freiburg, 11 February 2010) From today the preliminary programme of the 6th International Geothermal Conference (IGC 2010) is online. The Conference starts at 9 am…
Canadian LEED Certified Green Building Opens With Voices.com
Toronto, Canada - February 11 - The realization of a dream embodiment of environmentally poetry in motion, the newly built Convergence Centre at the University of Western Ontario's Research and Development Park is a gem on the Canadian landscape. Surrounded by beautiful forests and vegetation native to Southwestern Ontario, Voices.com is situated in scenic vistas within close proximity of the Thames River. The 65,000 square foot, 19.5 million dollar building…
EnergySys launches latest version of its hydrocarbon and production reporting to …
EnergySys, the specialist supplier of hydrocarbon and production reporting tools, has launched version 4.3 of its leading on-demand solution.
ENERGYSYS 4.3 boasts a range of new features to improve workflow automation and scheduling, which together with many other minor enhancements are now available to all existing subscribers without additional fees.
“Our goal is to be thought leaders in the field of hydrocarbon allocation and production reporting products, and their use within the…
New WELtec Biogas Plant in Czech Republic is now operational
Currently, the Czech market for renewable energies is experiencing a veritable boom. Especially long-standing biogas plant manufacturers like WELtec BioPower GmbH from Vechta benefit from this development. The technology of the German plant builder is in high demand among international customers. Of the more than 200 biogas plants already built, exports account for more than 20 percent. In more than 25 countries, the enterprise supports its customers with service centres…
New Wind Projects in Spain
It is a good start into 2010 for GreenEnergyWorld regarding the Spanish market. Two new projects have been acquired for sale and added to the project portfolio in the first month of the year. GreenEnergyWorld is now in the process of selecting suitable investors for the purchase of the project offers.
The first project is a single turbine of the 2 MW class. The turbine has obtained all permits and…
Adros Energy Expands Clean Energy Business with Energy Audit Services and opens …
Adros Energy; a leading green energy company in New England, announced today that they are opening a new headquarters in Amherst, NH after a successful 1st year of operation in the renewable energy market. The company was founded in January of 2009 and has found success during the incubation period of the company. The infrastructure building of the company in 2009 includes:
• Revenue generation from its solar PV,…
ZORG: Speaking of Past, Present and Future of Ukrainian Biogas Industry
Ukrainian engineering company ZORG is not planning to leave Ukrainian market of biogas technologies. As company’s representatives stated, recent news about company closing its Ukrainian office are, merely, a fraud. One of Ukrainian magazines, whose name wasn’t made public, released fake information in regards to company’s future plans right after “ZORG Ukraine” closed its advertising account with magazine’s major editors.
Despite the economic crises, Ukrainian market of bio-energy technologies demonstrates, by…
SGS Prepares for the New Challenges in the Renewable Energy Sector
The growing market for renewable energy and the attraction of offshore power generation account for the current extension of SGS´ Renewable Energy Competence Centre. SGS aims to answer the growing need for high quality inspection, verification, testing and certification services in this sector and announces the appointment of two managers and the enlargement of the technical team.
Torsten Muuss, has been appointed to the position of Global Renewable Energy Competence…
Global Markets Direct: North America Unconventional Gas Industry on reports-rese …
Global Markets Direct’s new report North America Unconventional Gas Industry - Set to Regain Momentum Post Current Crisis provides an in-depth analysis of the unconventional natural gas industry in North America, detailing the major sources and key challenges and prospects for their development. The report provides an outlook for the overall natural gas industry in North America (the US and Canada) with forecasts till 2020, and analyzes the growing importance…
Supported by SABEQ. GreenTech offer its environmental friendly services to the i …
GreenTech Company has signed a contract to work on developing the technical studies to rationalize the energy and water consumption for twenty industrial companies of small and medium-sized enterprises in Jordan. The project I is co-financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development to develop the economy in Jordan (former) and the Program of modernization and development of economic projects JUMP.
This project is to implement technical studies in depth…
Ukraine Helps European Union to Lead in Alternative Energy Production
According to information provided by RBK-Ukraine, EU increases the amount of biogas production by 20% annually. In half of the cases, fumes of the city dumpsters serve as the source for biogas production. Meanwhile biogas plants for recycling of organic waste, employed by EU countries, are developed and designed in Ukraine.
Essentially, annual increase in production of alternative energy, including the production of biogas from the organic waste, in Ukraine…
underwriters LABORATORIES EXPANDS global photovoltaic footprint TO china
Underwriters Laboratories, a world leader in product safety testing and certification, announced today the expansion of its global photovoltaic testing services to Suzhou, China, where it will open a Photovoltaic Technology Center of Excellence. The new facility will be the largest photovoltaic testing laboratory in Greater China and have the capability to test to both UL and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standards. This announcement marks yet another step in UL’s…
India’s second largest lake faces ecological collapse
Global Nature Fund nominates Lake Pulicat as “Threatened Lake of the Year 2010”
Serious environmental impacts destroy the livelihood of 50,000 fishermen as well as hundreds of thousands of people at the Indian Lake Pulicat. The once species-rich fishing grounds and the ecologically important mangrove forests in the lagoon north of the city of Chennai have reached an alarming dimension.
Radolfzell / Chennai February, 2nd 2010: Hundreds of thousands of people…
Linear Position Sensors Offer Shortened Body Length, Environmental Resistance Id …
… Position feedback devices are commonly implemented in hydraulic applications for monitoring the performance accuracy of actuators and cylinders to improve operational efficiencies. The environment in which the embedded sensor must survive can be problematic. The hydraulic fluid is under high pressures and temperatures and the actuators and cylinders typically live in environments where heavy shock and or vibration are present.
Macro Sensors offers the HSTA and HSTAR Series of…
Black Elk Energy continues its high-level growth with new offshore acquisition
Houston, Texas – 29 January 2010 – Black Elk Energy, LLC, an independent oil and gas company, announced today the acquisition of properties in the Gulf of Mexico, primarily located within Texas State waters. The purchase includes six fields with an estimated 17 Bcfe of proven reserves and probable upside in excess of 35 Bcfe. The acquisition adds interest in an additional 40 wells and an estimated 35 thousand…
British conservationist given prestigious award from the Royal Government of Cam …
Phnom Penh, 29 January 2010 – The Royal Government of Cambodia has awarded British conservationist, Dr Jenny Daltry, the title of Officer of the Order of Sahemetrei, given to foreigners for their “distinguished services to the King and to the Nation.”
Dr Daltry was honoured with the award for wildlife conservation activities within the Kingdom of Cambodia. She has worked as Senior Conservation Biologist for British-based international conservation organization Fauna…
Leading Expert Confirms IPM Benefits of Leaf Defier® Gutter Protection System
MOONACHIE, NEW JERSEY (January 28, 2010) – Dr. Austin Frishman, a world-renowned Board Certified Entomologist and recognized industry expert in the pest management field, recently confirmed the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) benefits of the Leaf Defier® family of gutter protection products in a report that highlighted the product’s ability to change conducive conditions in favor of home owners as well as building and facility managers.
“Moisture problems around the home…
Ukrainian biofuel industry receives tax benefits
By the 18-th of January 2010 the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine received 7 requests to proceed with a concessionary import of equipment, used within the industry of renewable fuels. Following information has been provided by the press-service of consulting company FuelAlternative.
On January 1, 2010 Ukrainian government validated a law “On making changes and additions to the tax policy of Ukraine in order to facilitate production and…
Global Markets Direct: The Future of the Uranium Industry - Reserves, Production …
Global Markets Direct's new report The Future of Uranium Industry – Reserves, Production and Demand Analysis provides in-depth analysis and forecast on the global uranium industry. Uranium industry plays a critical role in sustaining the importance of nuclear power in the global energy mix. The report tracks expansion plans across the global uranium industry, uranium production and demand forecasts to 2015. The report also includes key industry challenges and outlook…
Entrepreneurial US Company sheds new light on City of Sustainability
U.S Green Technology Opportunities Expand Internationally as SolarOne® Solutions Ships “Zero-Carbon” Streetlights to Masdar.
The world's first completely zero-carbon footprint city, Masdar, located in the United Arab Emirates, will use solar-powered LED streetlights purchased from Massachusetts-based technology company SolarOne Solutions to illuminate its roadways. Solar powered streetlights that illuminate the roadway at night are powered by sunlight during the day. The SolarOne lights were selected after engineers evaluated solar-powered fixtures from…
Friedman: Innovativeness to help Taiwan go far in green revolution
Renowned New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman praised the 23 million people of Taiwan for having accumulated the world’s fourth-largest foreign exchange reserves despite their nation’s lack of natural resources and the high frequency with which they suffer from the effects of natural disasters. Attributing the achievement to the wealth of talent found on the island, Friedman said innovation is the most crucial renewable resource that Taiwan possesses, as…
Peter Cennamo, CEO of Trumatech, Unveils New Corporate Headquarters
Houston - Peter Cennamo, CEO of Trumatech, the leader in environmental technology systems, has recently announced the companies new corporate offices located in Houston, Texas. The companies new offices will house their team of engineers, developers, as well as their corporate offices. The announcement of the companies new location is launched in conjunction with the companies new line of energy management controls. "I am very pleased to make the announcement…
God’s Green America Honors African Leaders
Cambridge, MA –14 January 2010 – God’s Green Africa, a division of God’s Green America, announced today a call for nominations for its “Change Africa, Change the World” Leadership Awards.
Winners will be announced in October 2010 and championed in a book, “Change Africa, Change the World” authored by God’s Green Africa President Cheryl Hill featuring the 49 African award-winners who are leading the way in sustainable solutions for Africa’s environmental…
Website sheds light on LED Bulbs
Which LED bulb is the best, most efficient replacement for my old light bulb? LEDguide is combining its knowledge of LED lighting, search engines and usability to introduce a LED light bulb comparison site.
LED bulbs often overrated
Independent research by the Dutch Metrology Institute has revealed that many LED bulbs do not meet the claims. After measuring the actual light output of the LED lamps, and their supposedly…
Green Apple Energy Company Receives UL Certificate
NEW YORK – January 11, 2010. Since its inception, Green Apple Energy Company’s (GAECo) goal has always been to develop and manufacture LED lighting products that exceed safety regulations and standards. The pursuit of perfection and drive to being one of the top players in NYC’s high-power LED lighting market has ensured that GAECo has received UL certification for its LED lighting solutions. UL approval is a de facto requirement…
Biogas: Latvia and Ukraine are in for the race
In course of the first few days of 2010, Ukrainian construction company “ZORG Ukraine” signed two new contracts for construction of biogas plants with Latvian company “EcoGen SIA.”
“EcoGen SIA” is already in possession of one biogas plant, built by “ZORG Ukraine” in 2009. Its electrical capacity reaches 1 MW.
As planned, two new biogas plants will use corn silo and grain and will have the capacities of 1 MW and…
NCR’s receipt paper gets environmental stamp of approval
LONDON – NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) has had its paper used in its thermal receipt rolls certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), providing an additional reassurance to retailers, banks, healthcare and travel companies of its environmental and social credentials.
Products carrying the FSC logo are assessed by independent auditors to guarantee they contain wood or pulp from forests which are managed in a sustainable way. The trees used to produce…
Smart Metering - a review of experience and potential across multiple geographie …
ELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "Smart Metering - a review of experience and potential across multiple geographies".
The market for meters and communications equipment alone is worth between EUR15 and EUR26 billion, and the scale of the metering opportunity is circa 200 million meters across Western Europe, spanning electricity and gas. With a market of over 250 million…
Innov-X Systems Significantly Upgrades Omega Series Handheld XRF Alloy Analyzers
Innov-X Systems, Inc. proudly announces the introduction of several new features and capabilities associated with its 2.0.9 software for the Omega Series handheld X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyzers.
The rugged, handheld Omega XRF analyzer features a safe, yet powerful 40 kV / 4 Watt X-ray tube for high performance XRF analysis of virtually any material. The Omega Xpress, with the addition of a sophisticated large-area silicon drift detector (SDD),…
Infiniti Research: Global Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Systems (SMES) …
The global SMES market is expected to reach $214.5 million by 2012, from $115.3 million in 2008. “Energy arbitrage and environmental concerns are compelling companies to focus their R&D programs towards developing better and clean technology,” says one of the TechNavio experts, who also adds that the highest demand for SMES devices comes from the Utilities industry.
The market for Global Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Systems (SMES) is growing but at…
RNCOS: Indian Natural Gas Sector Analysis on reports-research.com
According to the RNCOS report Indian Natural Gas Sector Analysis, India has set a target of producing 42.28 Billion Cubic Meter natural gas for FY 2009 of which only 32.8 Billion Cubic Meter have been produced. This huge shortfall is transformed in around 8 Million Metric Tons of LNG imports at comparatively higher international prices. The Indian government has further widened demand-supply gap by setting low prices which put immense…
Breitling Oil and Gas Corporation Reaches Agreement to Acquire 100% of Oklahoma …
Breitling Oil and Gas Corporation, a growing oil and gas drilling and exploration company, is pleased to announce that it has in place a preliminary agreement for the purchase of Southwest Energy Exploration of Oklahoma City, OK. Under the confidential terms of the agreement, which will go into effect January 1, 2010, and is subject to a number of conditions including the receipt by both parties of certain consents and…
Ukrainian engineering company ZORG Ukraine announced development of new waste-ma …
New advanced waste-management technology has been developed by Ukrainian construction company ZORG Ukraine, designed specifically for plants that produce alcohol. Unique technological upgrade allows the plant to recycle production-wastes, manufacture high-quality fertilizer and biogas, that’s instantly converted into thermal or electrical power. “Biogas plants can cut-down production expenses within the alcohol-production industry sector to a considerable degree,” – commented company’s executive director Igor Aksiutov.
Some unique qualities of production-wastes…
Energy Alternatives India Releases its Latest Web Resource and Community for Ind …
Energy Alternatives India Releases its Latest Web Resource and Community for Indian Renewable Energy Industry
Energy Alternatives India has launched its new online community for India renewable energy at eai.in .
India is one of the fastest growing countries in terms of energy consumption. Currently, it is the fifth largest consumer of energy in the world, and will be the third largest by 2030. The revamped web site from Energy Alternatives…
LANXESS Makes Innovative Contribution to Industrial Water Treatment
LANXESS’ new generation of gel-type cation exchange resins deliver improved chemical and physical stability, prolong service life
Singapore, 21 December 2009 – Specialty chemicals group LANXESS has developed a new generation of high-performance gel-type cation exchange resins for industrial water treatment. Lewatit MonoPlus S 108 and Lewatit MonoPlus S 108 H are the result of several years of research work, and are noted above all for an excellent leaching behavior and…
LANXESS To Showcase New Gel-type Cation Exchange Resins at Everything About Wate …
LANXESS at the EAW 2010 (Everything About Water) trade fair in Chennai, India, January 7 to 9
At the (Everything About Water) EAW Expo 2010, specialty chemicals group LANXESS will showcase its high-performance ion exchange resins for the fields of industrial water treatment, catalysis, chemical processes and food. For example, with Lewatit MonoPlus S 108 and Lewatit MonoPlus S 108 H, the Ion Exchange Resins business unit will present a new…
Hunley Waters Leads Revitalization Efforts and Secures Charleston’s First myEner …
With an increased consumer desire for energy-efficient and eco-friendly homes fueling interest in Hunley Waters, the neighborhood announces its first green myEnergyLoan in Charleston, South Carolina.
CHARLESTON, SC—December 14, 2009—Hunley Waters, the eco-friendly community located in North Charleston’s thriving Park Circle community, announces its newest homeowner secures Charleston’s first myEnergyLoan through Daniel Island Mortgage.
Customers of myEnergyLoan receive substantial savings on any loan, as long as the home is energy efficient.…
SGS Presents Norderland Projekt GmbH with Statement of Compliance
On September 23, 2009, the SGS Wind Competence Center provided Norderland Projekt GmbH with Statement of Compliance (SoC) for the design basis of their two offshore wind farms – Northern Energy Global Tech II and Northern Energy Global Tech III.
Norderland Projekt GmbH received a Statement of Compliance (SoC) for the design basis of their two wind farm projects. Both the Northern Energy Global Tech II and the Northern Energy Global…
Climate conference in Copenhagen: Avoiding catastrophic consequences of global w …
Bizerba is focussing on green IT recommendations
Balingen, 9th December 2009 - The climate conference in Copenhagen has begun and its goal is clear: Avoid the catastrophic consequences of global warming. According to the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (http://www.bmu.de), the global temperature must not exceed a level two degrees above those of the pre-industrial era.
In order to slow global warming down, developed nations must…
Children symbolically ZOOMed more than 70 times around the world for the global …
On Monday, 14 December, Climate Alliance together with children in Copenhagen handed over the ”Green Footprints” collected by 180,000 children in 13 countries to the UN Climate Change Secretariat at the Copenhagen Climate Summit.
In 2009, a total of 187,100 children participated in Climate Alliance’s “ZOOM – Kids on the Move for Climate Action” campaign to show that the ‘little ones’ are taking steps to protect the global climate and do…
Solutions for Change: (How) local authorities are contributing to meet internati …
During the UN Climate Summit cities and municipalities impressively presented how they reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and actively support ambitious international climate targets. Acting for the 1500 member municipalities of the city network Climate Alliance Nicola Zingaretti, President of the province of Rome, and Ulrike Janssen, Director of Climate Alliance, demonstrated the already achieved successes, the further goals and the measures necessary for implementation. Efficiency, e.g. cogeneration of heat…
Waterlogic to Provide Drinking Water for the COP 15 Climate Conference
Climate Conference Chooses Innovative Bottle-less Solution for Delegates Drinking Water
Assuring that delegates are refreshed with clean, purified drinking water from a truly sustainable source throughout the conference, the COP 15 has chosen to install Waterlogic water dispensers for the upcoming Copenhagen event.
Waterlogic has been appointed to provide drinking water for all 19,000 plus delegates expected to attend. The company was asked to install forty of its premium Waterlogic 4 water…
GlobalData: Global Top 10 LNG Markets on reports-research.com
Global Top 10 LNG Markets: Analysis of Capacity, Trade Movements, Supply-Demand and Competitive Scenario, is the latest report from GlobalData that offers comprehensive information on the 10 largest liquefaction and regasification markets in the world. This study provides in-depth information on all active and planned Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminals, LNG imports and exports, LNG trade movements and prices and contracted and non-contracted LNG capacities in these markets. Further, natural…
Open Letter to IATA
Sebastian Gallehr, CEO of GALLEHR+PARTNER, has continuing concerns regarding the “wait and see” attitude shown by many airlines towards the EU-ETS and CO2 Monitoring.
In an open letter to the Director General and membership of IATA, he addresses these concerns and calls for IATA to provide more guidance and encouragement to their members. He stresses that waiting for something better to come along is not an option.
In the letter he…
Regional energy planning at the UN Climate Change Conference COP 15
At an event in the frame of the COP 15, the project “North Sea - Sustainable Energy Planning” showed that through coordinated approaches interregional and international cooperation can support sustaining the larger goals for climate change.
Climate change and climate protection are not only highly relevant on national, regional and local level. An active and targeted cross-border cooperation can make a big difference for reaching the goals for climate protection.…
New eyevis LED rearprojection-cube EC-50-LSXT+
Revolutionary new visualisation product for control rooms under test
When it comes to creating a large screen with almost no seams the rear-projection cubes are more than an interesting alternative to large displays. Their modular build-up allows an easy array to video-walls of any sizes. Most of these systems use a DLP Light-Engine. The common light source used to be a high pressure lamp that is used slightly modified in conventional…
