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Jobs Created And Economy Boosted By Energysource Geothermal Plant In Imperial Valley

EnergySource, an independent renewable energy generation company that develops utility scale geothermal power plants, today hosted a dedication ceremony in Imperial County to commemorate completion of the first stand-alone geothermal plant in the Salton Sea area in 20 years, Hudson Ranch I.

21 May 2012

Dominion Virginia Power To Encourage Solar Power In The Commonwealth By Promoting New Rates

Dominion Virginia Power took a second step today to add more of the sun's energy to its electricity grid by proposing a new rate that includes a premium to encourage customers to install solar panels and sell the electricity to the company.

21 May 2012

NGI Reports That British Columbia Promotes Natural Gas With NGV Incentive Plan

No sooner had the British Columbia (BC) government announced a plan to allow utilities and their customers to underwrite expansion of natural gas vehicle (NGV) use than the province's largest distributor, Fortis BC, started its engines.

21 May 2012

Oxford Catalysts to Discuss About Distributed GTL Solution at 12th World XTL Summit

At the 12th World XTL Summit to be held in London, Oxford Catalysts Group’s Commercial Director, Jeff McDaniel will deliver a presentation titled ‘The Distributed GTL Solution,’ in which he will describe the benefits of modular gas-to-liquids (GTL) plants.

18 May 2012

Diplomatic Council On Energy Security Launches: Releases "Oil And The Trade Deficit"

The Diplomatic Council on Energy Security addresses U.S. oil dependence, highlighting its impact on foreign policy and economic vulnerabilities.

18 May 2012

Goldcliff Acquires Goldrop Claims to Expand the Whipsaw Copper Porphyry

Goldcliff Resource has expanded their wholly owned Tulameen Project with the acquisition of the Goldrop claims. The claims, which are located in the Copper Mountain district of British Columbia, adjoin the Tulameen Project.

From Goldcliff Resource Corporation 18 May 2012

Saskatchewan Potash For Burma (Myanmar)

Canpotex Limited (Canpotex) plans to make its first potash shipment to Myanmar following the removal of economic sanctions by the Government of Canada against Myanmar.

17 May 2012

Alcoa Groundbreaking Launches $90 Million Aluminum Lithium Operation

The $90 million aluminum lithium facility by Alcoa will revolutionize aerospace manufacturing, offering superior strength-to-weight performance for aircraft.

17 May 2012

Gas-to-Liquids Demonstration Facility in Russia Uses Oxford Catalysts' Microchannel FT Reactor Technology

A Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) demonstration facility in Russia, which will be designed and built by Rosneft, will use the Microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology from the Oxford Catalysts Group.

17 May 2012

Trinidad and Tobago To Share Production With BP

BP announced that it has signed two production sharing contracts with the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The two deep water exploration blocks are located approximately 300 kilometres from the North East coast of Trinidad.

16 May 2012