Press Releases

Smart metering is a not a cure-all for the utilities industry’s woes and there is a strong risk it will not deliver on some of its promises, Ovum finds.   In a new report*, the independent technology analyst states that smart meter and smart grid investments help to address a number of issues utilities companies […]

Paris – 3 November 2010 On November 3, Alstom Grid has signed a contract with Svenska Kraftnät, the Swedish electrical Transmission System Operator (TSO), to provide a new Energy Management System (EMS) for Sweden’s national power grid. At the contract signing ceremony held at Alstom Corporate Headquarters in Paris, Patrick Kron, Alstom’s Chairman and CEO […]

Hamburg/Germany, Bristol/UK, 5 November 2010 – SMart Wind, the consortium lead by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, has appointed GL Garrad Hassan to act as Independent Engineer for the first two 500MW projects in the 4GW ‘Hornsea’ zone located off the coast of Yorkshire. Last month the consortium announced it has secured grid […]

A UK office has become the first public-sector organisation anywhere in the world to be certified carbon neutral under an internationally-recognised framework.The British Trade and Cultural Office, Taipei (BTCO) in Taiwan is the first government-sector office in the world to be certified as carbon neutral under the PAS 2060 framework developed by the British Standards […]

ISELIN, NJ, November 5, 2010 – The Research and Development Council of New Jersey has awarded a team of BASF catalyst inventors with the prestigious “2010 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award” for outstanding environmental contributions at a ceremony held last evening at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey. The BASF inventors honored […]

Blue Springs, MO, October 27, 2010 – The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently hosted the 2010 NFPA Dust Explosion Hazard Recognition and Control Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri, focusing on updates in industry best practices for the management of dust explosion hazards. In association with the Symposium, Fike offered an on-site facility tour of […]

Jodoigne, Belgium, October 26, 2010 The FDT Group, AISBL announced today that Emerson Process Management, a leader in global process automation, joined the organization on its Executive Committee and Board of Directors. With its membership, Emerson will be in a better position to support field device users that deploy FDT/DTM technology. “We are delighted to […]

A.Hak Industrial Services BV today announces that it purchased the company activities of InTANK, a subsidiary of Berkeley Springs Instruments of Berkeley Springs, WV. BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV, November 06, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — A.Hak Industrial Services BV today announces that it purchased the company activities of InTANK, a subsidiary of Berkeley Springs Instruments of Berkeley Springs, […]

DENVER, November 8, 2010 – Australia’s largest combined cycle power station is operational and providing power to 400,000 Queensland homes while significantly reducing water usage in a drought prone region and reducing greenhouse gas emissions relative to equivalent coal-fired generation. In partnership with GE Energy, CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction, and operations […]

Boulder, Colo., Nov. 5, 2010 ― The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) has elected three new members to its Board of Directors. Mary Guzowski, associate professor of architecture at the University of Minnesota, represents the Solar Buildings Division. She works on Minnesota’s Initiative for Renewable Energy in Architecture (reARCH), and is the author of the […]