Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA's Photovoltaic Division will provide high-efficiency solar panels for one of the world's largest solar projects at a winery. The 1.2 megawatt solar system installation at Constellation Wines US' Gonzales Winery in Monterey County, Calif., will cover approximately 170,000 square feet of the main winery warehouse roof, and will provide about 50 percent of the winery's total energy requirements.

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) PBS Coals Limited (TSX: PBS) announces that the expiration date for the September 5, 2008 offer (the "Offer") by a subsidiary of Severstal Resources ("Severstal") to purchase all of the common shares of PBS Coals Limited has been extended by Severstal to 11:59 p.m. (Toronto time) on October 20, 2008.

Iraq is expected to award contracts to develop its oil reserves to state run companies. Forty-one national oil companies have been pre-qualified by Iraq, including Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP and China National Petroleum, said Bloomberg. They will bid in the first licensing round since US-led forces attacked the country in 2003. Talks with bidders will be held in London on October 13.

Future natural gas exports from Iran are more likely to go to Asia than Europe, an Iranian industry consultant has told Bloomberg. Speaking at a conference in Holland, Bijan Khajehpour, CEO of Atieh Bahar Consulting and MD of Qeshm energy said the 'natural route of gas exports from Iran is east'. This is because of high growth in India and China, where there is also less political opposition to Iran.

Oil prices dropped to their lowest this year yesterday, as fears of a global recession continued to bite. Crude fell to $78, and was down 17% across the week on the New York Mercantile Exchange. This was its biggest dip in a single week since March 2003.

A Houston company is proposing to build what it calls the world's first "green refinery" on the Texas Gulf Coast using an established technology it says could revolutionize the way transportation fuels are made.

GreenHunter energy, a biodiesel manufacturer, tumbled to an all-time low Friday as stocks worldwide plummeted amid concern the financial crisis will deepen. GreenHunter fell $4.67 to $5.45 on the American Stock Exchange.

General Motors is in preliminary talks about a possible merger with Chrysler, a deal that could drastically remake the landscape of the auto industry.

In line with our mission to lead the industry toward total sustainability we are proud to announce that KACO is officially a Green Certified Business in San Francisco.

KACO has opened our most recent US location to better serve the needs of the growing US market.