Frito Lay Goes Solar
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City of Windsor, CA. Backs Biodiesel Fuel for Garbage Trucks
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Bill Tackles US Military Energy Consumption
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Social & Environmental Best Practice Linked to Financial Outperformance in Electric Sector
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Dynetek Delivers Hydrogen & Natural Gas Fuel Storage Systems to Toyota
Dynetek Industries Ltd., (TSE: DNK) a leader in developing, producing and marketing lightweight compressed natural gas (CNG) and compressed hydrogen storage cylinders, announced it has delivered on-board hydrogen fuel storage systems and on-board CNG fuel storage systems to Toyota Motor Corporation. The hydrogen storage cylinders have been certified to 350bar (5000psi) and the CNG storage cylinders have been certified to 200bar (3000psi), both with approval by KHK in Japan. The hydrogen storage systems have been integrated into Toyota's FCHV. Toyota has been conducting real-world testing of their fuel cell vehicle since 2001. The CNG storage systems have been integrated with Toyota's IMTS CNG vehicle for EXPO 2005 Aichi, Japan. The CNG vehicles will be part of a real- world road test program leading up to the EXPO date. Dynetek produces one of the lightest and most advanced fuel storage and refueling systems for compressed natural gas, low emission vehicles and compressed hydrogen, zero-emission fuel cell vehicles. Website: [sorry this link is no longer available]
FuelCell Energy Receives Order for 4 MW Fuel Cell
FuelCell Energy's (Nasdaq: FCEL) Asia-Pacific strategic partner, Marubeni Corporation (TSE: 8002) placed an order for 4 megawatts (MW) of DFC power plants. FuelCell Energy will manufacture the units and deliver the power plants to Marubeni customers in 2005. Marubeni's order is for 16 DFC300A power plants with megawatt-class DFC1500 and DFC3000 power plants available to accommodate customer requirements. Including today's orders, Marubeni has committed to more than 8 MW since 2000 in three separate orders. Five DFC300A power plants are operating at four customer sites in Japan — Kirin's Toride Brewery near Tokyo; City of Fukuoka's municipal waste treatment facility; JAPEX's Katakai natural gas gathering station near Nagaoka City; and two units providing power and steam for Epson Corporation's Ina factory in the Nagano Prefecture. Marubeni is expanding its initiatives: * developing a network of "sub-distributors" in Japan, which will market DFC power plants in designated territories throughout the country. * creating an organization to provide operations and maintenance support services for customers. * investigating opportunities for an Asia-based assembly, packaging and testing facility — currently, all DFC power plants sold to Marubeni customers are manufactured in Connecticut and shipped to Japan. Marubeni will study the opportunity to receive fuel […]
Alarming Increase in Amazon Destruction for 2003
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Dead Energy Package Finds New Life as Tax Amendments
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Three-Year Wind Tax Credit Advancing Attached to Senate Bill
A full 3-year Production Tax Credit (PTC) extension (through 12/31/06) may advance through the U.S. Senate as part of a package of energy tax incentives now attached to a corporate tax bill (S. 1637). Momentum began to pick up on Wednesday, April 7, when Senate Republican leaders chose to separate the energy tax provisions from long-stalled energy policy legislation (S. 2095) and attach them to the corporate tax bill. "This is a significant step forward," said AWEA legislative director Jaime Steve. "It creates a realistic opening for the PTC to be in effect again, possibly as early as June of this year." The corporate tax bill-seen by Republicans and Democrats as legislation that must pass this year-would repeal a tax break for exporters that has been deemed an illegal trade subsidy by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The European Union has imposed a 6% penalty payment on some U.S. exports, and the penalty is set to increase by 1 percentage point a month, up to a maximum of 17%. The penalty would be removed when the bill becomes law. An agreement announced late on Thursday, April 8 between the Senate's Republican leader, Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), and its Democratic leader, Tom […]
Manufacturer Opens Wind Power Component Facility in Wisconsin
On April 5, Global Energy Systems, a new company headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, announced plans to build and operate North America's first fully automated facility for manufacturing a variety of components for utility-scale wind generators. Manufacturing operations will be housed in an existing facility and a new 200,000-square-foot fabricating center to be built on the same property. When fully operational this fall, the facility will have about 100 employees, including 75 skilled labor positions. In its first full year of production, Global Energy expects to generate between $50 million and $75 million in orders, producing such component as towers, flanges, gearboxes, bedplates, and hubs. The centerpiece of this venture will be the wind tower fabricating operation in the new facility. Global Energy aims to produce more than 200 towers a year. Towers will range from 210 to 300 feet in height, depending on the order, with each weighing between 120 to 200 tons apiece. Earlier this week, Global Energy placed orders with Sweden-based ESAB and Italy-based DAVI to manufacture and install the automated fabricating equipment. "This move will elevate Wisconsin to the forefront of wind power component manufacturing in North America," said William Stone, director of business development for […]