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PUC nixes HECO deal for biodieselThe Hawaii Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday denied a contract between Hawaiian Electric Co. and a Seattle biodiesel supplier for the utility's new power plant at Campbell Industrial Park.
Biz Journal Thursday, August 06, 2009Petrobank and TriStar to create company focused on Saskatchewan's Bakken regionThe new company emerging from the union of the Canadian operations of Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd.
Topix.net Thursday, August 06, 2009Fire prompts nuclear plant to shut downAn electrical fault sparked a small fire at the region's only commercial nuclear power plant, which automatically shut itself down.
Topix.net Thursday, August 06, 2009KBR wins Saudi/Conoco refinery contractSaudi Aramco and ConocoPhillips have awarded KBR an engineering and procurement contract for utilities and interconnecting systems and pipe racks at the Yanbu refinery in Saudi Arabia, Reuters has
reported. The 400,000 barrel a day refinery, which has been delayed due to the financial downturn, is expected to start operations in the third quarter of 2014 and cost about $12bn to build.
AME Thursday, August 06, 2009Qatar Fuel net profits soarQatar Fuel (WOQOOD) has posted a 16% increase in net profit to QR407m in the first half of the fiscal year 2009, an increase of QR56m compared to the same period of 2008. Total assets increased by 20% to QR4.2bn, compared to QR3.5bn for the same period of 2008. Shareholders equity increased by 56% to QR2.5bn, compared to QR1.6bn for the same period of 2008.
AME Thursday, August 06, 2009Over 400 wells prepped at KhuraisSaudi Aramco has said that its Southern Area Production Engineering and Production Services Departments prepared more than 400 wells for completion in preparation for the giant Khurais oil field to come on stream in June. The departments managed 232 oil-producer, 119 water-injection, and 58 observation wells, as well as stimulation work and the installation and testing of electrical submersible pumps. The stimulation work covered 118 power-water injectors and 14 oil producers,
reported Yourindustrynews. It included the pumping of 12 million gallons of fluid. Aramco added that the use of rigless coiled-tubing technology tripled injection rates in comparison with conventional methods using drill pipe in a rig.
AME Thursday, August 06, 2009Whatever Happened to the Mars Rovers?Natural Quasicrystals First cooked up in the lab in 1984, quasicrystals are unusual substances that lie somewhere between the crystalline and the amorphous. Specifically, they display ordered arrangements and symmetries but are not periodic--that is, they are not defined by a single unit cell (such as a cube) that repeats itself in three dimensions [see “Quasicrystals”; SciAm, August 1986]. [More]
Scientific American Thursday, August 06, 2009BPA Sponsors Wind Forecast CompetitionIn a Northwest twist on the X Prize, two research teams are about to begin competing to see which can best predict changes in the region's shifting winds as much as 36 hours ahead. The contest is sponsored by the Bonneville Power Administration.
Renewable Energy World Thursday, August 06, 2009Suntech & Recurrent Reach 5-MW Module DealSuntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. has been selected to supply over 25,000 modules for Recurrent Energy's 5-megawatt (MW) municipal solar power project atop the Sunset Reservoir in San Francisco, California. All modules are scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Renewable Energy World Thursday, August 06, 2009altPOWER Completes Largest BIPV Facade System in ManhattanaltPOWER has received approval from the local utility to turn on the largest building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system installed in a facade in New York City to date. The 48-kilowatt solar power project, located in Battery Park City, is altPOWER's eighth BIPV project in NYC and their seventh in Battery Park City.
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