Coal Newswire
401 - AES Begins Commercial Operation of Three New Facilities Totaling 582 MW in Chile, China and Jordan
ARLINGTON, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) announced today the start of commercial operations of three new facilities across its global portfolio: Guacolda 3, a 152 MW coal plant in Chile; Huanghua I, a 49.5 MW wind farm in China; and Amman East, a 380 MW...
402 - Utilities Explore the Importance of Collaboration to Fuel Innovation
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - Eventure Events announced today that attendees at this year’s SAP for Utilities conference will have the opportunity to sign up for and participate in UtilityCollaboration, a new social networking website designed to harness the power of...
403 - Experts Release Roadmap to Slash Cost of Carbon Controls, Slow Climate Change
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) today released its report “Coal Without Carbon”, detailing federal policy recommendations to lower the price of reducing carbon emissions from coal, a leading cause of climate change. Study authors include scientists...
404 - Capgemini Expands North America Smart Grid Practice to Support Clients’ Growing Needs for Technology and Regulatory Guidance
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today announced the appointment of eight new members to its North America Smart Grid practice. These individuals bring extensive industry knowledge and...
405 - Geospatial Holdings Announces Joint Marketing Agreement with Topcon Positioning Systems
PITTSBURGH-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - Geospatial Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: GSPH) announced today that the Company has entered into a Strategic Alliance with Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. (www.topconpositioning.com). The purpose of the alliance is to jointly market Geospatial’s Smart...
406 - EnviroResolutions Announces Appointment of Sales Director
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - EnviroResolutions, a publicly traded company on the pink sheets (ENVI), is pleased to announce that it has appointed Geoffrey Pershick as the company’s Sales Director as key part of ENVI’s commercialization of its developed ENVI-CleanTM...
407 - Research and Markets: This Essential 2009 Report on the U.S. Coal Industry is Now Available
DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - Research and Markets coal consumption, scrubber status, delivery method. Industrial Coal Consumers: Locations of nearly 500 major industrial coal consumers - by facility name as well as operating company. Reference Features Displayed Detail Data: Data...
408 - GeoBrom™ Bromine and Brominated Derivatives Remove Mercury from Coal Fired Power Plant Emissions
MIDDLEBURY, Conn.-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM), is excited to launch its GeoBrom™ family of bromine and brominated derivative products for companies employing bromine technologies in the removal of toxic mercury emitted during the combustion of coal in power...
409 - Future Power PA Applies for Federal Grant to Accelerate ‘Near-Zero’ Emissions Power Plant
GOOD SPRING, Penn.-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - Future Power PA Inc (FPPI) has announced today the company’s “Good Spring IGCC” power plant with carbon sequestration will seek matching funds from round three of the Department of Energy’s “Clean Coal Power Initiative” (CCPI...
410 - Kuwait Signs $2.65 Billion Electricity Agreement to Boost Power Capacity and Support Country’s Continued Economic Development
KUWAIT CITY-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - GE Energy today announced that the Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water has signed a turnkey contract with GE and Hyundai Heavy Industries totaling $2.65 billion for a new, 2,000-megawatt (MW) power plant in Sabiya. The Government of...
411 - ADA-ES Contract Award and Update
LITTLETON, Colo.-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - ADA-ES, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADES) today announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply an Activated Carbon Injection (“ACI”) system for an existing coal-fired generating unit located in the Midwestern United States. This generating unit...
412 - PennFuture: New Budget is Sweetheart Deal for Multi-National Gas Drillers, Bupkis for Taxpayers; Plan Would Destroy State Forests on Altar of Natural Gas Industry
HARRISBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) today condemned the proposed “compromise” budget deal as announced this morning, calling it “bad news for Pennsylvania’s economy, environment and taxpayers.” “This budget gives a big...
413 - Anatomy of a Rip-off, by Jan Jarrett, President and CEO, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture)
HARRISBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - The following is an opinion editorial provided by Jan Jarrett, president and CEO, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture): As part of the deal to break the budget impasse, huge multi-national energy corporations want immediate and full...
414 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Increases Production and Sales Volume Expectations for North American Business Unit
CLEVELAND-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) (Paris: CLF) today announced increased production and sales volume expectations in its North American Business Unit, which includes its North American Iron Ore and North American Coal business segments. North...
415 - Penn Virginia Corporation Announces Pricing of Secondary Public Offering of Common Units of Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P.
RADNOR, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE:PVA) announced today that Penn Virginia Resource GP Corp., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, has priced the underwritten public offering of 8,695,655 common units representing limited partner interests in Penn...
416 - Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. Announces Pricing of Secondary Public Offering of Common Units
RADNOR, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. (NYSE:PVG) announced today that Penn Virginia Resource GP Corp., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE:PVA), has priced the underwritten public offering of 8,695,655 common units...
417 - Maryland Commission Rules Transmission Line Application Improperly Filed
GREENSBURG, Pa. & COLUMBUS, Ohio-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Allegheny Energy (NYSE: AYE) and American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today announced that the Maryland Public Service Commission ruled that, procedurally, The Potomac Edison Company, an Allegheny Energy subsidiary, may not...
418 - Save Money and Energy with DP&L Rebates and Discounts
DAYTON, Ohio-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Saving money is easy with Dayton Power and Light’s (DP&L) energy efficiency programs. Residential customers can save energy and money with DP&L’s discounted compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), appliance recycling and heating and...
419 - Tampa Electric Completes New Peaking Power Units
TAMPA, Fla.-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Tampa Electric (NYSE: TE) today announced it has completed construction of five new 60-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired peaking units – Bayside Units 3, 4, 5 and 6 and Big Bend Unit 4 – that will provide power during periods of peak customer demand...
420 - Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. Announces Secondary Public Offering of Common Units
RADNOR, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. (NYSE:PVG) announced today that Penn Virginia Resource GP Corp., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE:PVA), intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 8,695,655 common...
421 - Porous Power Lands Top Spot in the Energy Storage Category on the 2009 GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies List
BOULDER, Colo.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Colorado-based Porous Power Technologies, LLC, named last year as “Best Early Venture” in a U.S. Department of Energy competition, won a new honor this week. AlwaysOn named Porous Power as category winner in Energy Storage on the 2009 GoingGreen...
422 - Allegheny Power Announces Proposed Settlement of Environmental Project Financing Request in West Virginia
GREENSBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Allegheny Power, the electric delivery business of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE), announced today that it has reached agreement with the Staff of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, the Consumer Advocate Division, and the West...
423 - PennFuture, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Decry Plan to Abandon Severance Tax on Marcellus Shale, Sell off State’s Public Lands to Drillers
HARRISBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Jan Jarrett, president and CEO of Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture), and Matthew Royer, attorney for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, today called on the Pennsylvania legislature to abandon plans to sell off the state’s public lands...
424 - Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, Yards Brewing Company, Flabeg, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, Pittsburgh’s John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, and Oxford Development Lead Recipients of Green Power Awards
PHILADELPHIA-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) will hold its tenth annual Green Power Awards on Thursday, September 10, 2009 from 12 noon - 2 pm at The Hilton Inn at Penn, 3600 Sansom Street, in Philadelphia. Thirty-two individuals, private...
425 - As an Early Adopter of Clean Energy, FPL Group Has One of the Lowest Emissions Profiles in the Electric Power Sector
JUNO BEACH, Fla.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - After years of quietly building what has become the largest renewable energy business in the nation, FPL Group, Inc. (NYSE:FPL) has established itself as one of the nation’s cleanest electric power providers. More than anything else, this...
426 - Harper's Magazine and Shell Present a Forum on the Future of U.S. Energy
-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - The combination of an acute international financial meltdown and rising oil volatility has renewed debate over energy security. With the U.S. currently importing almost 70% of its crude oil, national security is once again impacting the energy debate. Given its...
427 - IQwind and Guascor Announce Partnership Agreement to Commercialize Innovative Variable IQGearTM Technology for Wind Turbines
VITORIA, Spain & TEL AVIV, Israel-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - IQwind and Guascor announced today that they will partner to commercialize and bring to market the IQGear, a breakthrough high efficiency variable gearbox for the wind industry. The partnership brings together IQwind’s...
428 - Tantaline Teams Up with Alloy Engineering
WALTHAM, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Tantaline®, the world’s leading producer of tantalum surface alloys for valves, fittings, instrumentation, and custom products in hot acid environments, today announced a new alliance with Alloy Engineering Co., Inc., a leading manufacturer of...
429 - XcelPlus Global Notches First $1+ Million Month as New Strategy Gets Traction, September Forecast Brighter
DOTHAN, Ala.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - XcelPlus Global Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: XPGH), manufacturer and distributor of industrial biofuels, reports August sales of $1.2 million, an increase of nearly 1600% over July – as the strategy of the new management team begins to show its...
430 - Board of Directors Appoints Victor Patrick Chief Executive Officer of Walter Energy
TAMPA, Fla.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Walter Energy (NYSE:WLT), a leading U.S. producer and exporter of premium coking coal for the global steel industry, announced today that its Board of Directors has named Victor P. Patrick Chief Executive Officer. Patrick most recently served as Vice...
431 - AES President & Chief Executive Officer Paul Hanrahan to Present at Barclays Capital CEO Energy/Power Conference on September 10, 2009
ARLINGTON, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Paul Hanrahan, President and Chief Executive Officer of The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES), will address the Barclays Capital CEO Energy/Power Conference on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 4:25 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). To download...
432 - The Climate Registry Announces Plans for Next Generation Online Emissions Reporting
NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - The Climate Registry, a standards-setting organization for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting in North America, announced the next generation of its online emissions reporting system, supporting both voluntary and mandatory...
433 - Alliance to Present at the 2009 Master Limited Partnerships Investor Conference
TULSA, Okla.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) and Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. (NASDAQ: AHGP) today announced that Joseph W. Craft III, President and Chief Executive Officer, will make a presentation at the 2009 Master Limited Partnerships Investor...
434 - Bergamo Acquisitions Corp. Announces $100 Million USD Funding through The Bank of India
LAS VEGAS-(Business Wire)-September 8, 2009 - Bergamo Acquisition Corp. (OTC Pink Sheets: BGMO) announced today a $100 million USD financing to be funded through The Bank of India. Bergamo Acquisition Corp. will use the funding to finance domestic projects, although there are no limitations on the...
435 - Allegheny Energy Announces Final Results of Cash Tender Offer for Debt Securities
GREENSBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 8, 2009 - Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC (“AE Supply”), the power generation business of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE), announced today that the cash tender offer for its 7.80% Notes due 2011 and its 8.25% Notes due 2012 expired at midnight...
436 - MWV Announces Strategic Alliance with Albemarle to Enter Mercury Emissions Control Market
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.-(Business Wire)-September 8, 2009 - MeadWestvaco Specialty Chemicals (NYSE:MWV), a leading global supplier of activated carbon and Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB), a global developer and manufacturer of innovative specialty chemical products announced today the execution of a...
437 - Viridity Energy Partners with Universities and Utilities on Applications for ARRA Stimulus Funding
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 8, 2009 - Viridity Energy announced today that it is participating in major projects across four States that have been proposed to the US Department of Energy for funding under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. Viridity has been chosen as a...
438 - Cyclone Power Technologies Retains Auditors to Prepare Financials for SEC Registration
POMPANO BEACH, Fla.-(Business Wire)-September 8, 2009 - Cyclone Power Technologies (Pink Sheets: CYPW) has retained the CPA firm of Mallah, Furman & Company P.A. to audit the company’s financial statements for the periods ended December 31, 2008 and 2009, in compliance with GAAP and accounting...
439 - Mark Frankena, Former Federal Trade Commission Deputy Director, Joins Cornerstone Research
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 8, 2009 - Cornerstone Research, a leading provider of economic and financial consulting and expert testimony, is pleased to welcome Mark W. Frankena, until recently Deputy Director for Antitrust in the Bureau of Economics of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as...
440 - University of Pittsburgh Offers Media Resources for Coverage of G-20 Summit Issues
PITTSBURGH-(Business Wire)-September 8, 2009 - Media are invited to participate in the science and technology tours being held in conjunction with the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit Sept. 24-25. Twelve one-hour tours—hosted by the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of...
441 - Ontario, Canada Coal Closure Launches Countdown to Green Energy
TORONTO-(Business Wire)-September 8, 2009 - Ontario is making landmark progress on Canada's largest climate change initiative as Ontario Power Generation (OPG) prepares to close four coal-fueled power units in 2010 - four years ahead of the 2014 target. This milestone launches Ontario's ten steps to...
442 - Pansoft’s Budget Control Solution Adopted by Jizhong Coal Mining Business in China
JINAN, China-(Business Wire)-September 8, 2009 - Pansoft Company Limited (NASDAQ: PSOF) today announced that the Centralized Comprehensive Budget Control System developed by Pansoft was promoted in the conference held at Jizhong Energy Group Corporation’s subsidiary Yun Jia Ling Coal Mine site...
443 - Amazon Defense Coalition: Los Angeles Times Editorial Calls For Investigation Into Chevron’s Release Of Its “Sting” Videotapes
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 7, 2009 - In an editorial this Saturday, the Los Angeles Times called for an investigation into Chevron’s production and release of its “sting” videotapes that seek to derail a $27 billion lawsuit brought against the company for oil contamination in the...
444 - Headwaters Incorporated Announces Extension of Revolving Credit Facility
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah-(Business Wire)-September 4, 2009 - HEADWATERS INCORPORATED (NYSE:HW) a diversified growth company dedicated to improving sustainability by transforming underutilized resources into valuable products, today announced that it has obtained an extension of its Senior Secured...
445 - Media Advisory: PennFuture, Chesapeake Bay Foundation to Discuss Problems on Public Lands Due to Marcellus Shale Drilling
-(Business Wire)-September 4, 2009 - Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future: Telephone Press Conference Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. Call 1-800-930-9525 passcode 608426# Jan Jarrett, president and CEO of Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture), and Matthew Royer, attorney for the...
446 - Joy Global Inc. to Present at the Longbow Research 2nd Annual Industrial Machinery & Equipment Investor Conference on September 10th
MILWAUKEE-(Business Wire)-September 4, 2009 - Joy Global Inc. (Nasdaq: JOYG) announced today that management will participate at the Longbow Research 2nd Annual Industrial Machinery & Equipment Investor Conference being held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on September 10th. Michael S. Olsen...
447 - Shaw to Present at J.P. Morgan 2009 Diversified Industries Investments Conference
BATON ROUGE, La.-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SHAW) announced today that J.M. Bernhard Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer, Brian K. Ferraioli, executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Gary P. Graphia, executive vice president and...
448 - Imagin Natural Resources Announces Name Change to INR Energy
RICHMOND, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - Imagin Natural Resources, LLC (“INR”) today announced a name change to INR Energy, LLC. “INR Energy better reflects the more global aspects of our business interests,” stated Gary Rogliano, CEO of INR. INR also announced the promotion of...
449 - Walter Energy Amends and Extends Revolving Credit Facility
TAMPA, Fla.-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT), a leading U.S. producer and exporter of premium coking coal for the global steel industry, announced today that it has amended its 2005 Credit Agreement, which governs its $350.0 million Revolving Credit Facility due Oct...
450 - FPL Group named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index
JUNO BEACH, Fla.-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - FPL Group, Inc. has been named to the 2009 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) of the leading companies in North America for corporate sustainability. The DJSI North America selects the top 20 percent of companies in sustainability performance...
451 - XcelPlus Global Holdings Reports New Green Fuels, Solid August Results and Strong September Are All in the Pipeline
DOTHAN, Ala.-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - Biofuels leader XcelPlus Global Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: XPGH) reports it has new green fuels, solid August results and an even better September all in the pipeline of good news for shareholders. "Shareholders should be pleased to know that August...
452 - PennFuture: Pseudo-Event Planned for Chester Today; Big Oil Attempt to Kill Climate Change Law Uses Deceit Instead of Facts
PHILADELPHIA-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) today decried the attempt by Big Oil, led by the American Petroleum Institute, to fool local citizens by holding a public forum-style pseudo event packed with employees, contractors, and friends of...
453 - NMI (Non-Manufacturing Index) at 48.4%; August Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®; Business Activity Index at 51.3%; New Orders Index at 49.9%; Employment Index at 43.5%
TEMPE, Ariz.-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector contracted in August, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®. The report was issued today by Anthony Nieves, C.P.M., CFPM, chair of...
454 - Penn Virginia Corporation to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conference
RADNOR, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE:PVA) announced today that it will participate in the Barclays Capital 2009 CEO Energy/ Power Conference. PVA’s presentation is scheduled for Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 11:45 a.m. Eastern time. H. Baird Whitehead...
455 - Shaw Selected as Program Manager for the Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program at Redstone Arsenal
BATON ROUGE, La.-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SHAW) today announced it has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the Department of Defense’s Environmental Restoration Program. Under the terms of the contract, Shaw will serve...
456 - Alliance to Present at Barclays Capital 2009 CEO Energy/Power Conference
TULSA, Okla.-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) and Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. (NASDAQ: AHGP) today announced that Joseph W. Craft III, President and Chief Executive Officer, will make a presentation at the Barclays Capital 2009 CEO Energy/Power...
457 - Bergamo Acquisition Corp. CEO Hillard Herzog Today Featured in Podcast Interview
LAS VEGAS-(Business Wire)-September 2, 2009 - Hillard Herzog, CEO of Bergamo Acquisition Corp. (OTC Pinksheets: BGMO), was featured in a podcast interview on StockGuru.com released after the close of market today. In the interview, Mr. Herzog gave additional details and further explained the $1...
458 - Janice K. Henry Joins Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Board of Directors
CLEVELAND-(Business Wire)-September 2, 2009 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) (Paris: CLF) today announced that Janice K. Henry, former senior vice president and chief financial officer of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE: MLM), was elected to Cliffs’ board of directors. Joseph A...
459 - United Taconite to Increase Production, Return to 40-Hour Workweek
CLEVELAND-(Business Wire)-September 2, 2009 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) (Paris: CLF) today announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, United Taconite LLC, will increase production for the remainder of 2009. United Taconite has been operating under a 32-hour work week since November of...
460 - Intertek Unveils New Design for Product Safety and Quality Certification Marks
CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-September 2, 2009 - Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to a wide range of industries worldwide, today unveiled the new design for its family of product safety and quality certification marks. The new designs prominently position Intertek as the...
461 - The Giant Awakens to Solar Power While America Sleeps Evolution Solar Grows Roots in China
PHOENIX-(Business Wire)-September 2, 2009 - Evolution Solar Corporation (PinkSheets:EVSO). While the U.S. is still floundering with ad-hoc investments in clean energy, China has developed a straight-forward, no-nonsense approach to reaching 2GW solar capacity by 2011. It is gaining strong leadership...
462 - Joy Global Inc. Announces Fiscal Third Quarter 2009 Operating Results
MILWAUKEE-(Business Wire)-September 2, 2009 - Joy Global Inc. (NASDAQ: JOYG), a worldwide leader in high-productivity mining solutions, today reported third quarter fiscal year 2009 results. Net sales for the quarter increased by 6 percent to $956 million compared to $904 million in the third...
463 - Allegheny Power Files for Recovery of Fuel & Purchased Power Costs in West Virginia
GREENSBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 1, 2009 - Allegheny Power, the electric delivery business of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE), today submitted a request to the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to recover its costs for fuel and purchased power. This request is the second part of...
464 - Rentech Announces Conference Schedule for September 2009
LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-September 1, 2009 - Rentech, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: RTK) today announced its conference schedule for September 2009. Where applicable, the power point presentations for the conferences will be available on the Company’s website at www.rentechinc.com. September 10, 2009 MiNE...
465 - August Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®; PMI at 52.9%; New Orders and Production Growing; Employment and Inventories Contracting; Supplier Deliveries Slower
TEMPE, Ariz.-(Business Wire)-September 1, 2009 - Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in August, following 18 consecutive months of contraction, and the overall economy grew for the fourth consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM...
466 - Shaw Awarded Nuclear Power Maintenance Contract by Southern California Edison
BATON ROUGE, La.-(Business Wire)-September 1, 2009 - The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SHAW) today announced it has been awarded a new three-year contract with Southern California Edison, an Edison International (NYSE: EIX) company, to provide nuclear maintenance services to San Onofre Nuclear Generating...
467 - The 3rd Asia Pacific Coal Trading & Investment Outlook 2009
SHANGHAI-(Business Wire)-September 1, 2009 - The 3rd Asia Pacific Coal Trading & Investment Outlook 2009 will be held on Sep. 24-25 in Zhuhai, China. The Conference is held by CBI China, the leading commodity information provider in China, which gets great support from International Energy...
468 - Seminole Files Evidence with Federal Railroad Regulators Proving Overcharges by CSXT
TAMPA, Fla.-(Business Wire)-August 31, 2009 - Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc. today filed evidence with the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB) demonstrating that since January 1, 2009, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has been severely overcharging Seminole, its owner-member cooperatives...
469 - Air Quality VII Conference Program Released
GRAND FORKS, N.D.-(Business Wire)-August 31, 2009 - The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota announces today the release of the preliminary program for the upcoming International Air Quality VII Conference, beginning Monday, October 26, 2009, at the...
470 - Big Cat Announces New Marketing and Shareholder Outreach Programs
UPTON, Wyo.-(Business Wire)-August 31, 2009 - Big Cat Energy Corporation (www.bigcatenergy.com) (“Big Cat”) (BCTE: OTCBB), a leading supplier of produced water handling technology and services to the coal bed methane (CBM) industry, is pleased to announce that they have retained Wharton...
471 - Fuel Tech Appoints Robert E. Puissant Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing
WARRENVILLE, Ill.-(Business Wire)-August 31, 2009 - Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTEK) today announced that Mr. Robert E. Puissant has been named Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, reporting directly to Mr. John F. Norris Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer. In making the...
472 - Tesoro to Present at the Barclays CEO Energy/Power Conference
SAN ANTONIO-(Business Wire)-August 28, 2009 - Tesoro Corporation (NYSE:TSO) announced today that Bruce Smith, Chairman, President and CEO, will present at the Barclays CEO Energy/Power Conference on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 1:05pm (ET). Interested parties may listen to the live webcast and...
473 - Business Times Honors BPLG as Pittsburgh's Fastest-Growing Environmental/Engineering/Energy Company
PITTSBURGH-(Business Wire)-August 28, 2009 - BPL Global®, Ltd. (BPLG), a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy and information delivery, announced today that it has been honored by the Pittsburgh Business Times as the fastest-growing...
474 - COADE Releases Updated CADWorx Plant Professional Training DVD
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-August 28, 2009 - COADE announced today the release of an updated video training course on DVD that contains the complete five-day, in-class training course plus bonus material on using, customizing and mastering CADWorx Plant Professional software. Course contents include...
475 - KEMA executive receives 2009 IEPEC Lifetime Achievement Award
BURLINGTON, Mass.-(Business Wire)-August 28, 2009 - KEMA (www.kema.com) senior vice president Dr. Miriam Goldberg was awarded the 2009 International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (IEPEC) Lifetime Achievement Award. She has been recognized by her industry colleagues and clients for her...
476 - John Hattenberger, President and Managing Director, Gazprom Marketing & Trading USA, Inc., to Keynote LDC Gas Forum in Southern California
LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-August 27, 2009 - TradeFair Group announced today that John Hattenberger, President and Managing Director, Gazprom Marketing & Trading USA, Inc., will be delivering the Luncheon Keynote at the LDC Gas Forum Rockies & West, October 12 - 14, 2009, at the Hyatt...
477 - OSIsoft Completes Successful Testing of AMI Integration for SAP
SAN LEANDRO, Calif.-(Business Wire)-August 27, 2009 - OSIsoft (www.osisoft.com), provider of the PI System, the industry standard enterprise infrastructure for management of time-series data and events, announced today that it has completed testing integration of the PI System with SAP AMI...
478 - Tesoro Announces First Oil Movement through Reversed Panama Pipeline
SAN ANTONIO-(Business Wire)-August 27, 2009 - Tesoro Corporation ("Tesoro") (NYSE: TSO) today announced that the first barrels of crude oil have been shipped through the reversed 81 mile Petroterminal de Panamá (PTP) trans-Panamanian pipeline from the Atlantic Ocean side of the Isthmus to the...
479 - Wyoming Gov. Freudenthal to Keynote Gasification Technologies Conference
ARLINGTON, Va.-(Business Wire)-August 26, 2009 - Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Gasification Technologies Conference on Oct. 5 in Colorado Springs, Colo. The conference is the largest gasification industry event in the world, with more than 1,000...
480 - XcelPlus Global Holdings Investing in Infrastructure and New Web Site to Enhance Shareholder Value
DOTHAN, Ala.-(Business Wire)-August 26, 2009 - Biofuels leader XcelPlus Global Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: XPGH) reports that strong business conditions are supporting and justifying improvements to the company's infrastructure and financial reporting, as well as building a new web site. "Our...
481 - Xcel Energy Inc. Declares Quarterly Preferred and Common Dividend
MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-August 26, 2009 - The Board of Directors of Xcel Energy today declared regular quarterly dividends on all series of outstanding preferred stock, which are payable on October 15, 2009 to shareholders of record on September 24, 2009. Series of Cumulative...
482 - Research and Markets: The Global Market for Clean Coal Technology 2009
DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-August 26, 2009 - Research and Markets Morgan Stanley Praxair Royal Dutch Shell Siemens Tampa Electric Company For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e415ab/the_global_market
483 - Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. Announces Increased Long-Term Coal Sales to TVA
TULSA, Okla.-(Business Wire)-August 26, 2009 - Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) today announced that ARLP has entered into a new coal supply agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority which will increase ARLP's annual coal supply to TVA by an additional two million tons per year...
484 - Flowserve Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.27 Per Share
DALLAS-(Business Wire)-August 26, 2009 - Flowserve Corp. (NYSE: FLS), a global leader in the fluid motion and control industry, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per share on the company's outstanding shares of common...
485 - Georgia Environmental Protection Division Issues Draft Permits for Plant Washington
ATLANTA-(Business Wire)-August 25, 2009 - POWER4Georgians today announced that the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has issued draft permits for Plant Washington, a 850 megawatt coal-fired power plant being developed near Sandersville, in Washington County, Georgia. The EPD issued a...
486 - GE Energy and DUBAL Sign Long-Term Service Agreement to Help Reduce Cost of Aluminum Production
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-(Business Wire)-August 25, 2009 - GE Energy has signed a multi-year service contract for more than US$45 million with Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (DUBAL), one of the world’s largest producers of premium quality aluminum. The agreement is designed to reduce the...
487 - ION Engineering Names Corkadel EVP Operations
BOULDER, Colo.-(Business Wire)-August 25, 2009 - Clean-tech startup ION Engineering has named Claude C. “Corky” Corkadel III Executive Vice President of Operations. This move comes as ION enters advanced discussions with several global partners to pilot and commercialize their new technology for...
488 - Allegheny Energy Announces Interim Results and Amendment of Cash Tender Offer for Debt Securities
GREENSBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-August 24, 2009 - Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC (“AE Supply”), the power generation business of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE), announced interim results for its previously announced cash tender offer for up to $220,000,000 aggregate principal amount of...
489 - Shaw Executive Discusses Opportunities and Challenges Facing Coal-Fired Electric Power Industry
BATON ROUGE, La.-(Business Wire)-August 24, 2009 - Ron Barnes, president of Shaw Power Group’s Fossil & Renewables Division, recently discussed the opportunities and challenges facing the U.S. coal-fired electric power industry, telling a gathering of industry leaders that a diverse...
490 - XcelPlus Global's Biofuel Receives High Marks from Customers, New Business Growth Continues
DOTHAN, Ala.-(Business Wire)-August 21, 2009 - XcelPlus Global Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: XPGH), manufacturer and distributor of biomass-based fuel, is reporting positive reviews from customers using its new alternative, renewable biofuel. "The universal response we have had from our customers...
491 - Shaw Rings in New Ticker “SHAW” with NYSE Opening BellSM
BATON ROUGE, La.-(Business Wire)-August 21, 2009 - J.M. Bernhard Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer of The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SHAW), opened trading at the New York Stock Exchange today by ringing the ceremonial Opening Bell. The event marked the change of the company’s...
492 - FreightCar America, Inc. Receives Expected NASDAQ Notification
CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-August 21, 2009 - FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ: RAIL) announced today that, due to the delayed filing of its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, the Company has received, as expected, a notification letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market...
493 - IDT Corp. Launches Genie Energy Division
NEWARK, N.J.-(Business Wire)-August 20, 2009 - IDT Corporation (IDT) (NYSE: IDT; IDT.C) said today that it has organized its energy supply and oil shale interests into a new division, to be called Genie Energy. Oil and gas entrepreneur Wes Perry will serve as Genie’s Chairman of the Board. Genie...
494 - Local, State and Federal Officials Join Midwest Generation to Dedicate Landmark Mercury Controls at Joliet Station
JOLIET, Ill.-(Business Wire)-August 20, 2009 - Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson, State Senator A.J. Wilhelmi and Illinois EPA Director Doug Scott joined community and labor leaders and employees and executives of Midwest Generation today to dedicate mercury emission controls at the Joliet Generating...
495 - Research and Markets: Coal-Fired Power - Global Markets, Technologies and Opportunities; A Comprehensive Analysis and Future Forecasts Through to 2018
DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-August 20, 2009 - Research and Markets IGCC With Pre-Combustion CO2-Capture IGCC And Non- CO2-Emissions Carbon Sequestration Proposed CCS Power Projects FutureGen Global Energy Technology Strategy Program Chinese Emissions MARKET OVERVIEW Generation Market Thermal Market...
496 - Dynegy Inc. Announces Executive Management Team Changes
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-August 20, 2009 - Dynegy Inc. (NYSE:DYN) today announced that Richard W. Eimer, Executive Vice President of Operations, will retire effective October 1, 2009. With Eimer’s retirement, Lynn A. Lednicky will be named Executive Vice President of Operations, and certain other...
497 - COADE Discovery Tour Event in Los Angeles on August 27 to Feature CADWorx, CAESAR II, PV Elite and TANK
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-August 19, 2009 - COADE has scheduled a COADE Discovery Tour event for August 27, 2009, in Los Angeles, California, organized in conjunction with Golden Gate CAD, COADE's dealer in the region. This educational session will feature the company’s popular CADWorx Plant...
498 - Research and Markets: The Global Market for Clean Coal Technology 2009 - The Greening of Coal-Fired Energy
DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-August 19, 2009 - Research and Markets market size and forecast of market size through 2014, Review of drivers and influencers of demand and assessment of their impact on future demand, Marketplace acceptance of alternative energy, Legal and regulatory requirements...
499 - InterGen to Host Second Quarter 2009 Results Call
BURLINGTON, Mass.-(Business Wire)-August 18, 2009 - InterGen announced today that it has scheduled a conference call with bondholders and analysts for Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. EDT to report operating and financial results for fiscal 2009 second quarter ended June 30, 2009. The call...
500 - New SmartSignal CycleWatch™ Predictive-Analytic Solution Increases Reliable Starts in Combustion Turbines
LISLE, Ill.-(Business Wire)-August 18, 2009 - SmartSignal Corporation, the leader in predictive analytics for equipment health in the power industry, today announced the availability of an innovative new software product: CycleWatch™. CycleWatch detects problems that are revealed during CT startup...
501 - Pole Foundations LTD Secures Exacter Utility Reliability Technology Alliance for Australia
COLUMBUS, Ohio & CAROLE PARK, Queensland, Australia-(Business Wire)-August 18, 2009 - Exacter, Inc., patent-holder and provider of proprietary electrical utility reliability technology and services announced today that it has awarded an exclusive sales, marketing, and distribution agreement...
502 - FreightCar America, Inc. Declares Regular Dividend
CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-August 17, 2009 - The directors of FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ: RAIL) have declared a regular cash dividend of $0.06 per share of common stock of the company. The dividend is payable on August 31, 2009, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 27...
503 - Research and Markets: Global Fossil Fuel Power Industry Outlook to 2010: Buyer Spend and Procurement Strategies and the Impact of Recession and Recovery
DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-August 17, 2009 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct's new report "Global Fossil Fuel Power Industry Outlook to 2010: Buyer Spend and Procurement Strategies and the Impact of Recession and Recovery" to their offering. "Global Fossil Fuel...
504 - Murray Energy Corporation Launches Subsidiary American Equipment and Machine, Inc. to Manufacture Longwall Shields for Its U.S. Mining Operations
CENTRALIA, Ill.-(Business Wire)-August 14, 2009 - Leaders from American Equipment and Machine, Inc., (AEMI) today announced the official opening of the company’s new manufacturing facility in Centralia, Illinois. The approximately 460,000 square foot machine shop at 2400 South Wabash Ave. will...
505 - Tree Top Industries, Inc. (OTCBB:TTII) Announces the Acquisition of Bioenergy Applied Technologies, Inc.
LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-August 14, 2009 - Tree Top Industries, Inc. (OTCBB:TTII) announced today that it has acquired 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Bioenergy Applied Technologies, Inc. (“BAT”), a Nevada corporation, in a stock-for-stock exchange offer. The closing took place on...
506 - NV Energy and Renewable Ventures Agree on Power Purchase Agreement for 26-Megawatt DC Solar Photovoltaic Array in Southern Nevada
LAS VEGAS-(Business Wire)-August 13, 2009 - NV Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NVE) and Renewable Ventures, a Fotowatio company, announced that they have entered into a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for the sale of energy produced from a 26-megawatt (MW) DC solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant that...
507 - Allegheny Power Seeks Base Rate Increase in West Virginia
GREENSBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-August 13, 2009 - Allegheny Power, the electric delivery business of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE), today submitted a request to the Public Service Commission of West Virginia for a base rate increase of $122 million. Base rates reflect the utility’s non-fuel...
508 - Bringing Biochar to Market: An Excerpt from the First Major Biochar Conference Held in the United States
BOULDER, Colo.-(Business Wire)-August 13, 2009 - Mantria Industries, LLC, proudly releases an excerpt from the 2009 North American Biochar Conference – the first major Biochar conference held in the United States. The conference, which ends today at the University of Colorado (Boulder), was...
509 - U.S. Showing No Signs of Reducing Dependence on Foreign Oil
DENVER-(Business Wire)-August 13, 2009 - Speaking as a special guest at the Project New West Summit, energy expert T. Boone Pickens updated Western senators, governors and state leaders on the level of foreign oil imported by the United States in July 2009. Pickens said that based on the latest...
510 - Shaw and Westinghouse Announce Successful Placement of Major Structural Module at Sanmen Nuclear Site in China
BATON ROUGE, La.-(Business Wire)-August 13, 2009 - The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) and Westinghouse Electric Company, its AP1000 Consortium team member, today announced, along with China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and Nuclear Construction Company #5, the successful...
511 - Amazon Defense Coalition: Chevron Using Deep Pockets to Manufacture “Proof” in $27 Billion Environmental Trial
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-August 13, 2009 - Chevron is using its deep pockets to hire three public relations firms to strengthen a misinformation campaign to evade a $27.3 billion judgment against the company in Ecuador for creating the worst oil-related contamination on earth in the Amazon...
512 - ADA-ES Reports Second Quarter Results
LITTLETON, Colo.-(Business Wire)-August 13, 2009 - ADA-ES, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADES) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. For the second quarter, total revenues increased by 26% to $4.8 million from last year’s $3.8 million primarily due to a 34% increase in...
513 - Bergamo Acquisition Corp. CEO Hillard Herzog to Travel to London to Close on Financing for the Previously Announced Energy Projects
LAS VEGAS-(Business Wire)-August 13, 2009 - Hillard Herzog, CEO of Bergamo Acquisition Corp. (Pink Sheets: BGMO), announced today its wholly owned subsidiary, Bergamo E&A, a Pakistani Corporation, will close the financing for the Company’s Pakistani Energy Projects in London next week. A clean...
514 - Rio Tinto announces the filing of a Registration Statement by Cloud Peak Energy Inc. for a proposed Initial Public Offering
LONDON-(Business Wire)-August 12, 2009 - Rio Tinto announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Cloud Peak Energy Inc. (Cloud Peak Energy), has filed a new registration statement on Form S-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with Cloud Peak Energy’s...
515 - Research and Markets: All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its International Trade - The Updated Q2 2009 Edition
DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-August 12, 2009 - Research and Markets . The industrys revenue for the year 2008 was approximately $3.1 billion USD, with an estimated gross profit of 24.96%. The industry used a projected 76 percent of its full production capacity in 2008. The industry could have increased...
516 - NV Energy Seeks $138M for Smart Grid Infrastructure
LAS VEGAS-(Business Wire)-August 11, 2009 - NV Energy (NYSE: NVE) announced today that it has applied for a $138 million grant in stimulus funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) to support the company’s Advanced Service Delivery (ASD) Project, which will help build a modern Smart Grid...
517 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Releases First Sustainable Development Report
CLEVELAND-(Business Wire)-August 11, 2009 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) (Paris: CLF) today announced the publication of its first Sustainable Development Report, which provides an overview of the environmental, social and economic impacts of the Company’s operations, as well as goals...
518 - Questar Board Declares 259th Consecutive Dividend
SALT LAKE CITY-(Business Wire)-August 11, 2009 - Questar Corp.’s (NYSE:STR) board of directors today approved a $0.125 (12.5 cents) quarterly common stock dividend. The dividend, payable Sept. 14, 2009, to shareholders of record on Aug. 21, 2009, is the same as the previous quarter. This is the...
519 - Brean Murray, Carret & Co. Expands Research Team with Addition of New Analyst
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-August 11, 2009 - Brean Murray, Carret & Co. announced the addition of Jeremy Sussman to the BMC Equity Research team as Vice President and Senior Analyst. Mr. Sussman will continue his focus on Coal and Clean Tech, and will work out of BMC’s New York City office...
520 - USA Business Trends and Prospects Report Bundle Issued by MarketPublishers.com
LONDON-(Business Wire)-August 11, 2009 - MarketPublishers.com has issued a range of reports covering different markets in USA: http://marketpublishers.com/united_states_2009 The aim of these studies is to provide a tool which will assist strategy groups and management team specialists in making...
521 - Drummond Company to Host Investor Conference Call on Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-(Business Wire)-August 10, 2009 - Drummond Company, Inc. announced that it will host an investor conference call to discuss second quarter 2009 financial results on Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 10:00 am Eastern Time. Access to the call is restricted to holders of Drummond...
522 - Westmoreland Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-(Business Wire)-August 10, 2009 - Westmoreland Coal Company (NYSE Amex:WLB) reported today its second quarter 2009 financial results. Net loss applicable to common shareholders was $7.9 million ($0.81 per basic and diluted common share) for the quarter ended June 30, 2009...
523 - Allegheny Energy Announces Debt Tender Offer
GREENSBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-August 10, 2009 - Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC (“AE Supply”), the power generation business of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE), announced today an offer to purchase for cash up to $220 million principal amount (the “Aggregate Maximum Tender Amount...
524 - National Coal Corp. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-(Business Wire)-August 10, 2009 - National Coal Corp. (Nasdaq: NCOC): Second quarter revenues increased 11.7% to $35.3 million from $31.6 million during the year-ago quarter. Tons of coal sold decreased 3.2% to 457,082 tons, from 472,216 tons during the year-ago quarter, with a...
525 - Big Cat Starts Work on Expanded Pilot Well Project
UPTON, Wyo.-(Business Wire)-August 10, 2009 - Big Cat Energy Corporation (www.bigcatenergy.com) (“Big Cat”) (OTCBB: BCTE), a leading supplier of water handling technology and services to the coalbed methane industry, is pleased to announce that it has commenced installation of its ARID tool...
526 - XcelPlus Global Holdings Triples Biofuel Deliveries
DOTHAN, Ala.-(Business Wire)-August 10, 2009 - Biofuels leader XcelPlus Global Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: XPGH) continues its steady growth, tripling its deliveries in the first week of August, compared to the same period in July. "XcelPlus Global Holdings is growing exponentially in delivery...
527 - TechPrecision Corporation Announces Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results
WESTMINSTER, Mass.-(Business Wire)-August 10, 2009 - TechPrecision Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: TPCS) (“TechPrecision”, or “the Company”), a leading manufacturer of large-scale, high-precision machined metal fabrications with customers in the alternative energy, medical, nuclear...
528 - ASTAT XT Soft Starter Delivers Sophisticated Pump and Torque Controls for Reduced Mechanical Wear and Tear
PLAINVILLE, Conn.-(Business Wire)-August 10, 2009 - Original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, industrial end users and consultants who wish to reduce mechanical wear and tear and lower peak energy charges associated with motor loads for pumps, fans, compressors, material handling...
529 - Shaw Group Announces “SHAW” as New NYSE Ticker Symbol
BATON ROUGE, La.-(Business Wire)-August 10, 2009 - The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SGR) today announced it will change its ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange from “SGR” to “SHAW,” effective at the start of trading on Aug. 21, 2009. The change of the ticker symbol is a seamless process...
530 - Clean Air Task Force Commends Duke Energy and China’s Largest Utility on Pioneering Joint Clean Energy Agreement
BOSTON-(Business Wire)-August 10, 2009 - The Clean Air Task Force (CATF), a Boston-based environmental advocacy organization, today commended the pioneering agreement between major US and Chinese utilities to support the development of cleaner energy technologies. Under terms of the agreement...
531 - ANSYS Paves the Way for Economic and Environmental Improvements in Cement Manufacturing
SOUTHPOINTE, Pa.-(Business Wire)-August 10, 2009 - ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that its software is helping aixprocess, a German engineering consultancy, to explore...
532 - Dynegy Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-August 10, 2009 - Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN): Lower realized prices partially offset by higher production volumes related to Midwest and Northeast combined-cycle units Second quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $125 million down 32 percent period-over-period Net loss attributable to...
533 - Green Planet Group to Restate Financials
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-(Business Wire)-August 7, 2009 - Green Planet Group, Inc. (OTCBB:GNPG), an emerging leader in environmentally safe products and services, today announced that on August 6, 2009, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Green Planet Group, Inc. (the “Company”) concluded...
534 - Evergreen Energy Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
DENVER-(Business Wire)-August 7, 2009 - Evergreen Energy Inc. (NYSE Arca:EEE), a green energy technology solutions company, reported its second quarter 2009 financial results. Thomas H. Stoner, Jr., president and CEO of Evergreen, said, “In the past few months, we have taken significant steps to...
535 - Questar Corporation to Present at EnerCom 2009 Oil & Gas Conference
SALT LAKE CITY-(Business Wire)-August 6, 2009 - Questar Corporation (NYSE:STR) announced today that Charles B. Stanley, Questar Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will present at the EnerCom 2009 Oil & Gas Conference on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. EDT. A live audio...
536 - XcelPlus Global Holdings Announces First Profit, Projects Significant Increase for August
DOTHAN, Ala.-(Business Wire)-August 6, 2009 - Biofuels leader XcelPlus Global Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: XPGH) has crossed the threshold of profitability for the first time in its history with announcement of its July financial results, and company president J. Michael Parsons says, "One week into...
537 - Penn Virginia Corporation to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conference
RADNOR, Pa.-(Business Wire)-August 6, 2009 - Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE: PVA) announced today that it will participate in The 2009 Oil & Gas Conference, hosted by EnerCom, Inc., and other investor meetings from Tuesday, August 11 to Thursday, August 13, 2009. PVA’s presentation is...
538 - AECOM Reports 22% Growth in EPS, Backlog of $9.2 Billion for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009
LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-August 6, 2009 - AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM), a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009...
539 - Chiyoda Announces Its Financial Results for the First Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2010
YOKOHAMA, Japan-(Business Wire)-August 6, 2009 - Chiyoda Corporation (TOKYO:6366)(ISIN:JP3528600004), Japan’s leading engineering and construction firm, today announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010. Consolidated New Contracts for...
540 - NV Energy Seeks Proposals for Renewable Energy Resources
LAS VEGAS-(Business Wire)-August 5, 2009 - NV Energy (NYSE:NVE) announced today that its two Nevada-based utility subsidiaries have issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for renewable energy resources. Proposals will be considered for the following types of renewable energy resources: solar, wind...
541 - Great Plains Energy Reports Second Quarter Results for 2009
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-(Business Wire)-August 5, 2009 - Great Plains Energy (NYSE: GXP) today announced second quarter 2009 earnings of $33.3 million or $0.26 per share of common stock outstanding, compared with a second quarter 2008 loss of $5.4 million or $0.06 per share. Second quarter 2009 results...
542 - Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results
RADNOR, Pa.-(Business Wire)-August 5, 2009 - Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. (NYSE: PVG) today reported financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2009. Distributable cash, a non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) measure, was $14.8 million for the three months ended June...
543 - Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results
RADNOR, Pa.-(Business Wire)-August 5, 2009 - Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (NYSE:PVR) today reported financial and operational results for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and provided an update of full-year 2009 guidance. Second Quarter 2009 Highlights Second quarter 2009 highlights and...
544 - Penn Virginia Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results
RADNOR, Pa.-(Business Wire)-August 5, 2009 - Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE:PVA) today reported financial and operational results for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and provided an update of full-year 2009 guidance. Second Quarter 2009 Highlights Second quarter 2009 results, with...
545 - National Coal Corp. to Release Second Quarter Financial Results and Host Conference Call
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-(Business Wire)-August 5, 2009 - National Coal Corp. (Nasdaq: NCOC), a Central and Southern Appalachian coal producer, will release its second quarter financial results on Monday, August 10, 2009, via Business Wire. A copy of the press release will be available to the public via the...
546 - PowerAdvocate Cost Indices Indicate Energy Project Costs Stabilizing
BOSTON-(Business Wire)-August 5, 2009 - PowerAdvocate, a leading provider of cost and market intelligence to the energy industry, released its 2Q2009 Cost Indices, which found average construction costs for electric utility facilities fell by only 0.4% over the first quarter of 2009. The Green...
547 - Utilities Unite in Nation’s Capital to Explore Critical Challenges & Solutions
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-August 5, 2009 - Eventure Events announced today that customers of the SAP® for Utilities solution portfolio and industry leaders will gather in the nation’s capital for three days of intensive networking, knowledge sharing and growth. This year’s theme, Collaboration...
548 - Fitch Assigns 'BBB' Rating to FirstEnergy Solutions; Outlook Stable
CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-August 5, 2009 - Fitch Ratings has assigned ratings for FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. (FES) as follows: — Issuer Default Rating (IDR) 'BBB'; — Senior Secured rating 'BBB+'; — Senior Unsecured rating 'BBB'; — Short-term rating 'F2'. The Rating Outlook for...
549 - NMI (Non-Manufacturing Index) at 46.4%; July Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®; Business Activity Index at 46.1%; New Orders Index at 48.1%; Employment Index at 41.5%
TEMPE, Ariz.-(Business Wire)-August 5, 2009 - Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector contracted in July, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®. The report was issued today by Anthony Nieves, C.P.M., CFPM, chair of...
550 - Minnesota Power to File Rate Case Supporting Greater Reliability, Improved Environmental Performance and New Renewable Projects
DULUTH, Minn.-(Business Wire)-August 5, 2009 - To meet the future energy needs of its customers and state-mandated environmental and renewable goals, Minnesota Power today announced its intention to file a request with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) before the end of the year to...
551 - ALLETE Reports Second Quarter Earnings
DULUTH, Minn.-(Business Wire)-August 5, 2009 - ALLETE, Inc. (NYSE: ALE) today reported second quarter 2009 earnings of 29 cents per share, on net income of $9.4 million and total operating revenue of $164.7 million. Quarterly results included a $1.5 million, or 5 cent per share, after-tax charge...
552 - El Paso Electric Announces Executive Promotions
EL PASO, Texas-(Business Wire)-August 4, 2009 - El Paso Electric today announced that its board of directors has approved the promotions of David G. Carpenter as Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Rocky Miracle as Senior Vice President - Corporate Planning and Development...
553 - Research and Markets: Canada Energy Report - Updated Facts and Figures on the Evolution of the National Energy Market in Canada
DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-August 4, 2009 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Canada Energy Report" report to their offering. This report provides updated facts and figures on the evolution of the national energy market. For the oil, gas, coal and power markets, the report...
554 - Evolution Makes China Home
PHOENIX-(Business Wire)-August 4, 2009 - Evolution Solar Corporation (PinkSheets: EVSO) announced today that it is moving its primary business office to China. New technologies, such as thin film solar, are emerging from China at an impressive rate. The Company feels China represents an ideal base...
555 - TechPrecision Corporation Secures Exclusive Medical Device Contract
WESTMINSTER, Mass.-(Business Wire)-August 4, 2009 - TechPrecision Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: TPCS) (“TechPrecision”, or “the Company”), a leading manufacturer of large-scale, high-precision machined metal fabrications with customers in the alternative energy, medical, nuclear, defense...
556 - Sarah Slusser Joins GeoGlobal Energy
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-August 4, 2009 - GeoGlobal Energy LLC (GGE), a geothermal investment and development company, is pleased to announce that Sarah Slusser has joined the group as a Managing Partner in the role of Executive Vice President. Ms. Slusser joins an elite management team that...
557 - Energy Future Holdings Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
DALLAS-(Business Wire)-August 4, 2009 - Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH) today reported consolidated financial results for the second quarter and year-to-date periods ended June 30, 2009 in the company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC...
558 - Allegheny Energy Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
GREENSBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-August 4, 2009 - Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE) today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2009. Consolidated Net Income Attributable to Allegheny Energy, Inc. $ millions Per share Three Months Ended June 30 2009...
559 - Nader Sultan Joins Fluor’s Board of Directors; Vilma Martinez Resigns to Become U.S. Ambassador to Argentina
IRVING, Texas-(Business Wire)-August 4, 2009 - Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced today the election of Nader H. Sultan of Kuwait to its Board of Directors. Sultan fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Vilma S. Martinez upon her appointment as the United States Ambassador to...
560 - Headwaters Incorporated Announces Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal 2009
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah-(Business Wire)-August 4, 2009 - Headwaters Incorporated (NYSE: HW), a diversified growth company dedicated to improving sustainability by transforming underutilized resources into valuable products, today announced results for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009. Net...
561 - Allegheny Energy Files Universal Shelf Registration Statement
GREENSBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-August 3, 2009 - Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE) announced today that it filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The registration statement enables the company to sell, in one or more public offerings...
562 - July Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®; PMI at 48.9%; New Orders and Production Growing; Employment and Inventories Contracting; Supplier Deliveries Slower
TEMPE, Ariz.-(Business Wire)-August 3, 2009 - Economic activity in the manufacturing sector failed to grow in July for the 18th consecutive month, while the overall economy grew for the third consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On...
563 - NuStar GP Holdings, LLC Reports Record Second Quarter 2009 Earnings and Announces Quarterly Distribution
SAN ANTONIO-(Business Wire)-August 3, 2009 - NuStar GP Holdings, LLC (NYSE: NSH) today announced record second quarter earnings of $21.4 million, or $0.50 per unit, compared to $5.8 million, or $0.14 per unit, for the second quarter of 2008. The second quarter 2009 results represent the second...
564 - RRI Energy Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-August 3, 2009 - RRI Energy, Inc. today is reporting open EBITDA of ($10) million for the second quarter of 2009, compared to $136 million for the same period of 2008. The decline was primarily due to lower unit margins resulting from lower commodity prices and lower power...
565 - Portland General Electric Reports Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Results
PORTLAND, Ore.-(Business Wire)-August 3, 2009 - Portland General Electric Company (NYSE:POR) today reported net income of $24 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, for the three months ended June 30, 2009, compared to $39 million, or $0.63 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2008. Net income...
566 - Headwaters Incorporated Enters into Exchange Agreements with Certain Holders of Its Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah-(Business Wire)-July 31, 2009 - HEADWATERS INCORPORATED (NYSE: HW), a diversified growth company dedicated to improving sustainability by transforming underutilized resources into valuable products, today announced it has entered into privately negotiated exchange agreements...
567 - Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company Prices Public Follow-On Offering of Common Stock
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-July 31, 2009 - Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (the “Company”) (NYSE: KYN) announced today the pricing of a public offering of common stock. The Company agreed to sell a total of 5,500,000 shares at a price to the public of $20.25 per share (exclusive of 825,000...
568 - RSC Announces Amendment of Revolving Credit Facility
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-(Business Wire)-July 30, 2009 - RSC Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RRR): 75% of Credit Facility Extended Through August 2013 Complements Recent Sale of $400 Million Eight-Year Senior Secured Notes RSC Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RRR), one of the largest equipment rental providers in North...
569 - TECO Energy Announces Organizational Changes and New Leadership Team
TAMPA, Fla.-(Business Wire)-July 30, 2009 - TECO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:TE) today announced a new senior executive team structure as part of its response to industry changes, economic uncertainties and the overall need to maintain a lean and efficient organization. The changes include establishing a...
570 - Walter Energy’s Board Declares Quarterly Dividend
TAMPA, Fla.-(Business Wire)-July 30, 2009 - Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT), a leading U.S. producer and exporter of premium coking coal for the global steel industry, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.10 per common share, payable on Sept. 11, 2009...
571 - John J. Sherman Named to Great Plains Energy Board of Directors
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-(Business Wire)-July 30, 2009 - John J. Sherman, president and CEO of Inergy, L.P. (NADSAQ: NRGY), has been appointed to the board of directors of Great Plains Energy Incorporated (NYSE: GXP) and its two public utility subsidiaries. “We are excited and honored to announce John’s...
572 - B&W Carbon Capture Pilot Plant Commences Operation
BARBERTON, Ohio-(Business Wire)-July 30, 2009 - Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) has completed construction and has begun pilot-scale testing of carbon dioxide (CO2) control technology at its state-of-the-art Regenerable Solvent Absorption Technology (RSATTM...
573 - Recon Technology Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering on NASDAQ
BEIJING-(Business Wire)-July 30, 2009 - Recon Technology, Ltd. (Nasdaq: RCON), a leading Chinese non-state-owned oil and gas automation services provider, announced today its initial public offering of 1,700,000 ordinary shares at $6.00 per share. These ordinary shares will begin trading today under...
574 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Reports Second-Quarter 2009 Earnings
CLEVELAND-(Business Wire)-July 29, 2009 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) (Paris: CLF) today reported second-quarter results for the period ended June 30, 2009. Consistent with weaker year-over-year global demand for steelmaking raw materials, consolidated revenues in the quarter were...
575 - DPL Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend and DP&L Declares Quarterly Preferred Dividends
DAYTON, Ohio-(Business Wire)-July 29, 2009 - The Board of Directors of DPL Inc. (NYSE:DPL) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.285 per share payable September 1, 2009 to common shareholders of record on August 14, 2009. This action reflects the dividend increase announced on December 10, 2008...
576 - Tesoro Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results
SAN ANTONIO-(Business Wire)-July 29, 2009 - Tesoro Corporation (NYSE:TSO) today reported a second quarter 2009 net loss of $45 million, or $0.33 per diluted share compared to net earnings of $4 million, or $0.03 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2008. Second quarter segment operating...
577 - Questar Clarifies Natural Gas Inventory at its Clay Basin Facility
SALT LAKE CITY-(Business Wire)-July 29, 2009 - Questar Corp. (NYSE:STR) During the question and answer portion of the Company’s second-quarter 2009 earnings teleconference call, Questar misstated the current inventory level relative to a year ago in the Clay Basin underground natural gas storage...
578 - Hitachi Power Systems America, Ltd. Awarded Contract from East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. for a SCR System
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. & WINCHESTER, Ky.-(Business Wire)-July 29, 2009 - Hitachi Power Systems America, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi America, Ltd., today announced that it has been awarded a contract for the design and supply of a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) System from East...
579 - KEMA Executive Honored with 2009 Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award
BURLINGTON, Mass.-(Business Wire)-July 29, 2009 - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) has awarded KEMA senior vice president and global innovation manager Dr. Ralph Masiello the 2009 Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award. Masiello...
580 - TECO Energy Declares Quarterly Dividend
TAMPA, Fla.-(Business Wire)-July 29, 2009 - At its meeting today, the Board of Directors of TECO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:TE) declared a dividend of 20 cents per share on the company’s common stock. The dividend is payable August 28 to shareholders of record as of August 14. TECO Energy, Inc...
581 - Questar Reports Lower Second Quarter Net Income
SALT LAKE CITY-(Business Wire)-July 28, 2009 - Questar Corp. (NYSE:STR) net income fell 55% in the second quarter of 2009 to $77.9 million, or $0.44 per diluted share, compared to $172.6 million, or $0.98 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2008. Excluding mark-to-market gains and losses on...
582 - Shaw and Westinghouse Awarded Nuclear Power Maintenance and Engineering Contract by South Carolina Electric & Gas
BATON ROUGE, La.-(Business Wire)-July 28, 2009 - The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) today announced the Maintenance and Fossil & Nuclear segments of its Power Group and Westinghouse Electric Company have been awarded a new long-term alliance contract with South Carolina Electric & Gas Company...
583 - PMI Ash Technologies awarded CO2 Credits for Fly Ash Processed and Recycled at Chesapeake CBO Facility
CARY, N.C.-(Business Wire)-July 28, 2009 - The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has approved PMI Ash Technologies (PMI) Application for Certification of GHG Credits. MassDEP also approved PMI’s Application for Verification of GHG Credits. These approvals create...
584 - FPL Group Announces 2009 Second Quarter Earnings
JUNO BEACH, Fla.-(Business Wire)-July 28, 2009 - FPL Group, Inc. (NYSE:FPL) today reported 2009 second quarter net income on a GAAP basis of $370 million, or $0.91 per share, compared with $209 million, or $0.52 per share, in the second quarter of 2008. Compared to the prior-year quarter, NextEra...
585 - ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P. Reports Increased Quarterly Financial Results; Increases Quarterly Cash Distribution to $0.745 Per Unit; and Updates 2009 Guidance
TULSA, Okla.-(Business Wire)-July 28, 2009 - Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) today reported increased revenues, EBITDA and net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 (the "2009 Quarter"). Comparing the 2009 Quarter to the quarter ended June 30, 2008 (the "2008 Quarter"), revenues...
586 - Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution by 3.0% to $0.4275 Per Unit and Reports Increased Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
TULSA, Okla.-(Business Wire)-July 28, 2009 - Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. (NASDAQ: AHGP) today announced that the Board of Directors of its general partner (the "Board") declared a quarterly cash distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 (the "2009 Quarter") of $0.4275 per unit, or an...
587 - FreightCar America, Inc. to Restate Its Financial Statements and Releases Strong Preliminary Second Quarter Metrics
CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-July 28, 2009 - FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ: RAIL) today announced that it has recently identified historical accounting errors in accounts payable. The Company currently estimates that this account was overstated in a range of $10 million to $14 million as of March...
588 - PennFuture Calls Marcellus Shale Study Example of Fuzzy Logic, Fuzzy Math
HARRISBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-July 27, 2009 - Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) called the recent economic study on the impact of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation completed by the Pennsylvania State University for the industry and its supporters in the House...
589 - Total Safety Releases All New 2009 – 2010 Products and Services Catalog
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-July 27, 2009 - Total Safety, the leading global provider of integrated safety solutions and services, announces the release of its new products and services catalog. This nearly 200-page full-color catalog showcases thousands of safety products, equipment and safety services...
590 - Power Tree Corp Announces Filing of Utility Patent for Electrical Energy Storage Technology
BOCA RATON, Fla.-(Business Wire)-July 27, 2009 - Power Tree Corp today announced another major step towards important advancements in electrical energy storage with the filing of a utility patent for its grid scale flywheel based electrical energy storage technology. Power Tree’s proprietary...
591 - Fluor Awarded FEED Contract for Santos Gladstone LNG Upstream Project in Australia
BRISBANE, Australia-(Business Wire)-July 27, 2009 - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was awarded a contract to perform front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for Santos Limited’s (ASE: STO) Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG®) Upstream Project in Queensland...
592 - Joule Biotechnologies Names Bill Sims President and CEO
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-(Business Wire)-July 27, 2009 - Joule Biotechnologies, Inc., an innovative bioengineering startup developing game-changing alternative energy solutions, today announced the appointment of Bill Sims as president and CEO. Sims brings nearly 30 years of experience growing both emerging...
593 - Foundation Coal Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results
Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:FCL) today reported second quarter 2009 net income of $30.7 million or $0.67 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $4.4 million or $0.10 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2008. Strong second quarter 2009 financial results were primarily driven...
594 - Headwaters Incorporated Schedules Fiscal Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Release and Conference Call
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah-(Business Wire)-July 27, 2009 - HEADWATERS INCORPORATED (NYSE:HW), a diversified growth company dedicated to improving sustainability by transforming underutilized resources into valuable products, will announce earnings results for the fiscal third quarter 2009 ended June 30...
595 - The 3rd Asia Pacific Coal Trading & Investment Outlook 2009 Will Be Held in China This September
SHANGHAI-(Business Wire)-July 27, 2009 - Due to the inversion of domestic and overseas coal price in China, China coal import increased dramatically and continuously. According to the China Customs, the coal import volume reached 9.43 million tons this May, three times more than the same period last...
596 - FPL Group Board Declares Quarterly Dividend
JUNO BEACH, Fla.-(Business Wire)-July 24, 2009 - The board of directors of FPL Group, Inc. (NYSE:FPL) today declared a regular quarterly common stock dividend of 47.25 cents per share. The dividend is payable on Sept. 15, 2009, to shareholders of record on Aug. 28, 2009. Today's board action marks...
597 - Great Plains Energy Announces Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Webcast and Conference Call
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-(Business Wire)-July 24, 2009 - Great Plains Energy Incorporated (NYSE: GXP) announced today that it will release its 2009 second quarter and year-to-date earnings on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, after the market closes. The Company will also be providing an update on the cost and...
598 - Headwaters Incorporated Enters into Exchange Agreement with a Holder of Its Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah-(Business Wire)-July 23, 2009 - HEADWATERS INCORPORATED (NYSE: HW), a diversified growth company dedicated to improving sustainability by transforming underutilized resources into valuable products, today announced it has entered into a privately-negotiated exchange agreement with...
599 - XcelPlus Global Holdings, with Financial House in Order, Continues to Form Strategic Alliances, is Poised for Future Growth
DOTHAN, Ala.-(Business Wire)-July 23, 2009 - XcelPlus Global Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: XPGH) has put past financial hurdles behind it and is now focused on continued development of strategic alliances and future growth for its biofuel products. "This has been a banner month for XcelPlus," said J...
600 - Environmental Groups Challenge Foundation’s Attempt to Degrade Greene County Streams
PITTSBURGH-(Business Wire)-July 23, 2009 - Yesterday, the Center for Coalfield Justice (CCJ), Mountain Watershed Association (MWA), and Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture), along with other environmental organizations and local municipalities and businesses submitted reports to the...
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