Press Releases

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada—A broad coalition of groups in both the U.S. and Canada took full advantage of an opportunity provided by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to voice continued opposition to the shipment of radioactive steam generators on the Great Lakes. The radioactive waste shipment from Bruce Nuclear Power Plant near Owen Sound, Ontario […]

HOUSTON, September 21, 2010 — Quantum Energy Partners, a leading energy private equity firm is pleased to announce the formation of Quantum Utility Generation, LLC (“QUG”), a power generation company that will be headquartered in Houston, Texas.  The QUG leadership team will include industry veterans Larry Kellerman as Chief Executive Officer, Sean O’Donnell as Executive […]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Rick Tempchin, who has been a leading figure in electric utility energy efficiency, customer service and public policy circles for many years, has been named Executive Director of the Edison Electric Institute’s Retail Energy Services Division, EEI President Tom Kuhn announced today. "At a time when raising our efforts […]

Telvent and Microsoft leverage respective business technologies to produce easy-to-use, interoperable software solutions for utilities

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Bixby Energy Systems, Inc. is entering into the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) with its coal-to-gas technology by establishing a strategic licensing partnership with Green Coal Technologies, Ltd. (http://www.greencoaltech.co.uk/). Based in London, Green Coal Technologies is a clean energy marketing business, with an initial focus on the marketing of […]

By achieving ATEX certification for a newly developed 18 MW high-speed electric motor, MAN Diesel & Turbo reached a crucial step in further enhancing its compressor technology for the worldwide Oil & Gas industry, extending the company’s lead in the field of hermetically-sealed motor-compressor units. The current step of development is a result of MAN […]

NEW DELHI—November 16, 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it has signed a research collaboration agreement with IIT Madras and IIT Kharagpur to develop systems that will help power grids become more efficient and resilient. The systems will analyze power grid data for predictive insights. They will also improve grids to enhance productivity and […]

Centrax is to supply the gas-turbine generator set at the heart of a new energy centre at a major health campus in Scotland, where it will reduce the hospital’s carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 20 per cent while cutting costs by some £2 million (US$3 million) per year. The combined heat and power centre, at […]

Washington – The GridWise Alliance today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Smart Grid Oregon to work together on smart grid issues. Smart Grid Oregon just held their first public policy conference earlier this month in Portland. Over 160 attendees from both public and private sector joined a discussion on how to move smart […]

DAVIDSON, N.C. — November 18, 2010 — (NYSE:IR) – Ingersoll Rand, a pioneer in the development of overhead material handling equipment, has launched its new line of Jib Crane products (275#, 350#, 550# and 1100# capacity points), designed to meet overhead support needs, particularly those with limited headroom height. An inexpensive solution for short transfer […]