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Chinese Ethanol Exports Could Reach 900,000 Tons in 2006

September 6, 2006November 11, 2006 by Paul Nastu

China’s 2006 exports of ethanol, made largely from corn or cassava, are set to exceed 500,000 tons. Some traders even say 900,000 tons is closer to the mark. Most of the ethanol exports – last year China had virtually none – end up in the U.S. But with ethanol plants ... Read more »

N.C. Agency Recommends Raising Rates to Subsidize Conservation

September 6, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Believing that raising rates will cut energy use, North Carolina’s consumer advocacy agency on utility rate cases has recommended that the state study raising electricity rates to create a fund that would promote efficiency and conservation and possibly pay customers rebates for insulating their homes and taking other energy-saving measures. ... Read more »

E85 Drives Poorer Fuel Economy

September 6, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Consumer Reports has concluded that E85 ethanol will cost consumers more money than gasoline and that there are concerns about whether the governmentÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s support of flexible fuel vehicles can really help the U.S. achieve energy independence. CRÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s testing found that: E85 provides fewer miles per gallon, costs more, and is ... Read more »

Westinghouse Lands Chemistry Monitoring System Contract for Bulgarian Nuclear Power Plant

September 6, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Westinghouse Electric CompanyÃ‚Â has been awarded a contract to provide Primary Side Chemistry Monitoring Systems for Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant Units 5 and 6 in Bulgaria. Westinghouse will provide an on-line chemistry analysis system to replace manual sample collection and laboratory analysis of 16 primary chemistry parameters. The chemistry system ... Read more »

Dow Unveils New Solar Material, Could Ease Silicon Shortages

September 5, 2006November 11, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Dow Corning has produced a solar-grade silicon derived from metallurgical silicon that the company said exhibits good solar cell performance characteristics when blended with traditional polysilicon feedstock. In a press release, Dow said the new silicon feedstock material, Dow Corning PV 1101 SoG Silicon, is the first commercially available feedstock ... Read more »

Honeywell Enters Alliance with China’s FibrLINK

September 5, 2006March 12, 2020 by Paul Nastu

Honeywell has entered into a five-year strategic alliance with power industry network and services provider FibrLINK Communications to help China’s power plants improve their energy efficiency and reduce emissions. Honeywell will provide its portfolio of energy solutions used to optimize efficiency of utility plants, according to the press release. To ... Read more »

Northern Power Wins BTC Pipeline Power System Contract

September 5, 2006November 11, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Northern Power, a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems, has landed a $1.8 million follow-on contract by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Company for a stand-alone power system at an emergency drain-down facility along the BTC export oil pipeline in Kodiana, Georgia. The project is the third between Northern Power and BTC, and ... Read more »

GE, NGC to Jointly Develop Wind Turbine Gearbox

September 4, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

GE Energy and China’s Nanjing High Speed & Accurate Gear Company announced that they’ve signed an agreement to jointly develop gearboxes for GEÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s 1.5-megawatt wind turbines.Ã‚Â The agreement makes NGC one of GEÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s leading component suppliers in the wind energy business.Ã‚Â The gearbox is a critical component of the GE ... Read more »

TXU Plans to Increase Nuclear Power

September 3, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

TXU plans to file applications with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2008 for construction and operating licenses for two to six GW of new nuclear-fueled power generation capacity at one to three sites. The company announced that it wants to bring the new capacity on line between 2015 and ... Read more »

REpower Erects Biggest Off-Shore Turbine

September 3, 2006November 11, 2006 by Paul Nastu

For the first time, a REpower type 5M wind turbine has been set up on the open sea. In the Scottish North Sea, in the Moray Firth, the first of a total of two turbines for the Beatrice Demonstrator Wind Farm has just been set up on a lattice-like jacket ... Read more »

Serco Builds Consortium, Targets BNG

September 3, 2006November 11, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Support services group Serco Group PLC is forming a consortium to bid for nuclear waste clean-up firm British Nuclear Group, Forbes reports. Partners may include Bechtel to bid for BNG against a team led by Bechtel’s U.S. rival Fluor . Last month, Texas-based Fluor said it had offered to buy ... Read more »

Hydro Green Energy Gets Thumbs Up from SATOP

September 2, 2006 by Paul Nastu

According to a study by the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program, which is funded by NASA, Hydro Green Energy’s kinetic hydro power technology is materially superior to other technologies, to the extent that it can generate 300 percent higher power output than a standard horizontal axial impact turbine of the ... Read more »

Chinese Ethanol Exports Could Reach 900,000 Tons in 2006

N.C. Agency Recommends Raising Rates to Subsidize Conservation

E85 Drives Poorer Fuel Economy

Westinghouse Lands Chemistry Monitoring System Contract for Bulgarian Nuclear Power Plant

Dow Unveils New Solar Material, Could Ease Silicon Shortages

Honeywell Enters Alliance with China’s FibrLINK

Northern Power Wins BTC Pipeline Power System Contract

GE, NGC to Jointly Develop Wind Turbine Gearbox

TXU Plans to Increase Nuclear Power

REpower Erects Biggest Off-Shore Turbine

Serco Builds Consortium, Targets BNG

Hydro Green Energy Gets Thumbs Up from SATOP

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