Dec 18, 2008 – Most of the wind turbines that you have seen on this blog use 120 foot blades on 300 to 400 foot towers or several century old windmills in Holland. Popular Mechanics worked with Jay Leno last year to install a wind vertical-axis turbine that is much more compact on his massive [...]
Dec 18, 2008 – Back in the 1970s, Henrik Stiesdal built one of the world’s first wind turbines on his parents’ farm in Denmark. The pioneer in wind power, who is now 51, already has 74 inventions and has registered 85 patents worldwide. Stiesdal began his career at Vestas before switching to Bonus Energy, which [...]
NanoWattICs SRL provides unique expertise in minimum-power-consumption analog integrated circuit design for high-reliability applications. Our core members have been performing industrial IC designs for medical devices since 1996. We have mastered the rare “know how” of “sub-threshold IC design” which is mandatory for long-battery-life and green electronic applications. We can provide modeling, design, layout, testing, [...]
Fort Wayne, IN – Manufacturing companies in northeast Indiana are hurting. Unemployment levels in some counties approach 19%. Yet wind turbine manufacturers are gearing up for a strong 2010 by building new assembly plants in the US and reaching out to Midwestern manufacturers for supply chain opportunities. Industry forecasts call for double digit growth for [...]
The growth potential of the burgeoning wind power generation market in Ukraine is tremendous – The Institute of Energy, Dnepropetrovsk State University, estimated that Ukraine needs about 140,000 wind turbines up to 10 kWh each in annual capacity to satisfy Ukraine’s need for wind power. UkrWindEnergo, a Ukraine-based renewable energy company, is planning to construct [...]
The energy sector is rapidly developing into a highly competitive environment. Key players in the market are building strategic positions in IP rights for production of energy, connection to the grid and other new technologies. This development will influence both earning capacity, freedom to operate and standardization. Building strategic patent portfolios, cross-licensing such technology and [...]
Apr 16, 2009 – Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. (OTC: AVRNQ), a leading producer of ethanol in the U.S., today announced that the Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware has given interim approval of its debtor-in-possession (“DIP”) financing package. This action will allow the Company immediate access to the first $15 million of its [...]
Apr 16, 2009 – ECOtality, Inc. (OTCBB: ETLY), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, announced it has entered into a commitment with Nissan North America and Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) to facilitate the establishment of electric vehicle (EV) charge infrastructure throughout Arizona’s Maricopa County. In conjunction with the anticipated 2010 launch [...]
Apr 15, 2009 – ECOtality, Inc. (OTCBB: ETLY), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, announced financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. Achieves record annual revenue of $11.2 million, an increase 332% compared to 2007 Gross profit increased 243% to $4.1 million 2008 total operating expenses reduced by [...]
Apr 14, 2009 – Repsol is a large oil company headquartered in Spain with major operations in Argentina [the YPF part of the name.] Their logo tag line is “Let’s invent the future”. That sounds pretty good. The headline says, “The future of oil exploration demands enormous processing power. —- And little grey cells.” [Didn't [...]
· NET INCOME INCREASES 4% IN 2008 TO €438 MILLION (2007: €422M) · EARNINGS PER SHARE RISE TO €8.84 (2007: €8.49), DIVIDEND OF €1.80 PROPOSED · EBITDA REACHES €1.06 BILLION (2007: €1.00BN) · SALES UP 14 % TO €4.30 BILLION (2007: €3.78BN) · FOR 2009, WACKER IS EXPECTING SALES AND EBITDA BELOW PRIOR-YEAR LEVELS Munich, [...]
Apr 14, 2009 – Michel Lefèvre and colleagues at the Canadian National Institute for Scientific Research in Quebec have used inexpensive iron-based catalysts for fuel cells. Usually, expensive platinum catalysts are used in fuel cells. These fuel cells can be used in hydrogen-fueled electric cars. New technologies continue to keep pushing the price of alternative [...]
Apr 13, 2009 – President Barack Obama nominated BP Chief Scientist Steven E. Koonin to head up the Department of Energy’s science operations. He will be responsible for the Office of Science and 10 national laboratories. Before joining BP in 2004, Koonin was a professor at California Institute of Technology for close to 30 years. [...]
Mar 31, 2009 – Chairman Henry A. Waxman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Chairman Edward J. Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee released a draft of clean energy legislation that will create jobs, help end our dangerous dependence on foreign oil, and combat global warming. The American Clean Energy and Security Act [...]
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