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Breitling Oil and Gas Announces Spud of Breitling-Denman Prospect

Breitling Oil and Gas spuds Breitling-Denman prospect in Victoria County TX. - October 02, 2010 - Breitling Oil and Gas

Premier Boxing Franchise Installs EverLast® 250w Acrylic High Bay Induction Fixtures

Metal halide high-bay fixtures have been the method of choice for illuminating gymnasiums and fitness facilities for decades, but induction lighting is now recognized as one of the best energy-efficient alternatives. When Chris Winters, owner and general manager of the LA Boxing franchise located... - September 30, 2010 - EverLast Lighting

American Right of Way Associates Announces: CEO, Don Valden Will Hold an Eagle Ford Shale Training Class

Eagle Ford Shale Training Classes - September 27, 2010 - American Right of Way Associates

CMT Worldwide Introduces the Micro-Infrastructure Lighting Solution

CMT Worldwide is proud to introduce the Micro-Lighting Solution delivering a completely integrated independent lighting system for developing markets and communities requiring more environmentally friendly lighting solutions - September 26, 2010 - CMT Worldwide, LLC

SONI Brings the Next Generation of Electricity with Its Proposed Wind Farm

SONI (System Operation Northern Ireland Ltd) is the system operator for Northern Ireland and has provided system operator and market operator functions to the country since 2007. “We’ve been operating in conjunction with EirGrid in the south of Ireland to operate on a whole island... - September 24, 2010 - WDM Group

Lackeby Water: Setting the Standard for Eco-Friendly Biogas Upgrading

With its CApure™ technology pioneering the market, Lackeby Water sits ahead of the game in the water-waste market. Starting life in Germany from the humble plumbing trade back in 1935, Lackeby Water, has since grown into a large water-waste and water-treatment company; having built 10 plants... - September 24, 2010 - WDM Group

LED & Energy Efficient Lighting Will Generate Robust Growth

Compact fluorescent lights, CFLs, light emitting diodes, LEDs, and organic light emitting diodes, OLEDs, are changing the lighting industry - September 24, 2010 - MarketResearch.com

Plant Maintenance Portal IndustrialMRO.com Debuts Its Heat Processing Equip. Guide

New industrial heating solutions for plant maintenance professionals seeking energy efficient heat processing equipment - September 23, 2010 - IndustrialLeaders.com

Wood Costs for Sawmills and Pulp Mills in Sweden on the Rise in 2010, Reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

Continued healthy markets for lumber, pulp and paper has kept demand for logs at high levels in Sweden. As a result, log and wood chip prices have increased substantially the past 12 months, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. - September 21, 2010 - Wood Resources International LLC

Rentricity Completes First Commercial Installation for Pennsylvania Water Authority

Rentricity’s 30 Kilowatt Micro Hydro Flow-to Wire System powers water pumps with “green’ electricity at the MAWC Beaver Run Water Treatment Plant in Westmoreland County, PA. - September 20, 2010 - Rentricity Inc.

Rentricity Inc. Presents to AWWA Distribution System Symposium & New Jersey Technology Council Green Summit

Frank Zammataro, President and Co-Founder, will present “Building a Smart & Sustainable Water Grid Powered by Renewable Water Energy” at the American Water Works Association 10th Annual Distributed System Conference and NJTC Green Summit. The presentation will stress the growing... - September 16, 2010 - Rentricity Inc.

Shermco Presents Donation to VFW Foundation at New Austin Facility

Shermco Charities, an organization funded by employees of Shermco Industries, recently presented a check for $3,500 to the Texas VFW Foundation at the company’s newly constructed 10,000-square-foot facility in Cedar Park, Texas. - September 16, 2010 - Shermco Industries

Shermco Gets Dallas County Records Building Back Online

After a severed water main flooded the basement of the Dallas County Records Building, shutting down power and sending several critical county-wide systems offline, Shermco Industries, based in Irving, Texas, was tasked with restoring the building’s electrical system. In order to get the... - September 16, 2010 - Shermco Industries

Efficient Energy of Tennessee Partners with the University of Tennessee's Team Living Light

Robbie Thomas, President of Efficient Energy of Tennessee (EETN) is proud to announce a newly established partnership with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Team Living Light. EETN will help promote Living Light and has offered to utilize their network to find opportunities for the team to... - September 14, 2010 - Efficient Energy Of Tennessee

Breitling Oil and Gas Readies Drilling Plan for BREITLING-DENMAN #1 Prospect

Breitling Oil and Gas plans to spud the BREITLING-DENMAN #1 prospect on September 20, 2010. - September 14, 2010 - Breitling Oil and Gas

Protor Vibration Condition Monitoring System Installed in Three Thermal Power Plants in Spain for Iberdrola

Iberdrola has launched a renewal plan for the existing condition monitoring systems in their plants in Spain. This plan will be implemented gradually and Prosig was selected to install their Protor Vibration Condition Monitoring System in three Iberdrola power stations. - September 08, 2010 - Prosig Ltd

Terraine, Inc. Offers Free 1-Year Adesso Trials

Terraine Technology (a division of Terraine, Inc.) announced today that it would be offering free, 1-year, limited use trials of the Adesso Server and Client to new customers via its website (www.myadesso.com). These trials will be limited to three users per account and 100MB of storage space. Each... - September 07, 2010 - Terraine, Inc.

Doyon Utilities Selects NorthStar Utilities Solutions' MeterSense for U.S. Army Utility Energy Management Project

Doyon Utilities (Fairbanks, Alaska) selected NorthStar Utilities Solutions' MeterSense MDMS as part of their ongoing project with the US Army to study utility energy management at three military bases in Alaska. NorthStar's MeterSense MDMS system will empower the military with utility usage information that will move the Alaska's Army installations toward meeting their energy management goals. - September 02, 2010 - NorthStar Utilities Solutions

E Source Announces Top Utilities in Large Business Customer Satisfaction

E Source study finds utility fairness and attentiveness are prime drivers of satisfaction for large business customer satisfaction. - September 02, 2010 - E Source

SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Ammonia-Resistant Lexan* DMX Resin Extends Product Life of Norka’s Energy-Efficient LED Luminaires

Norka, a leading German lighting manufacturer, chose SABIC Innovative Plastics’ extreme-performance Lexan* DMX polycarbonate (PC) copolymer resin for its new line of Luzern 38 tubular luminaires with light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Lexan DMX resin can withstand the hostile, ammonia-rich... - September 01, 2010 - SABIC Innovative Plastics

Breitling Oil and Gas to Present at 8th Annual MENA Oil and Gas Conference

Breitling Oil and Gas CEO Chris Faulkner will present at the 8th Annual Middle East and North Africa Oil and Gas Conference. - August 26, 2010 - Breitling Oil and Gas

Americas Energy Company-AECo Adds Key Deep Mine Executive

“We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Hershiel H. Hayden as Vice President – Planning & Development,” said Chris Headrick, President and CEO of Americas Energy Company. Mr. Headrick added, “Hersh brings us more than 42 years operating and engineering... - August 20, 2010 - Americas Energy Company-AECo

Spending on Electric Power Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Equipment to Reach $107 Billion in 2010

This report analyzes the growth of the transmission and distribution (T&D) industry which remains one of the most important sectors in the energy market. - August 20, 2010 - MarketResearch.com

E Source Identifies Who is Most Likely to Participate in Energy-Efficiency Programs

E Source Announces Four Segments of Energy-Efficiency Buyers for U.S. Households - August 19, 2010 - E Source

NYU Poly Incubator Companies Presented at the 2010 New Energy New York Symposium

2010 New York New Energy Symposium August 9th-10th - August 18, 2010 - Rentricity Inc.

Breitling Oil and Gas Announces Completion Operations Underway on The Burr #1 in Jefferson County, TX

Breitling Oil and Gas begins completion operations on the Burr #1, a 14,400' hackberry sand well in Jefferson County, TX. - August 17, 2010 - Breitling Oil and Gas

Northern Border Stays Secure While Saving Energy with LumaSmart LED Wallpacks

Transit company saves energy by switching to energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly LED lighting products. - August 17, 2010 - LumaSmart Technology International, Inc.

Sweet Smell of Success for Gee & Company in Isle of Man

Working on behalf of their client - leading chemicals supplier YARA - Gee has recently supplied a series of chemical dosing systems, including two Michael Smith design KTB packaged plant systems, for septicity control at four sewage pumping station (SPS) sites across the Isle of Man. - August 16, 2010 - Gee & Company (Effluent Control & Recovery) Limited

EETN and Sharp Complete Successful Installation of TVA Region’s Largest Solar Power Plant; Dedication Ceremony Draws Business Leaders and Top Government Officials

Efficient Energy of Tennessee installs One MW Solar Array using Sharp® Solar Modules Manufactured in Company’s Memphis Plant. - August 12, 2010 - Efficient Energy Of Tennessee

Edson Cleaning Facility, a Murphy Corporation, Announces Installation of New Product Separation Pit in Edson

Wayne Murphy of Edson Alberta announced today that the newly designed product separation pit has been completed and implemented in the Edson Alberta Cleaning Facility. This allows for product separation of solids, oils and reusable water. The benefits are many. The ability to reuse water on demand... - August 12, 2010 - Murphy Quarter Horses

Downtown Design Services, Inc. (DDSI) is Growing. The Tulsa, Oklahoma Based Drafting and Design Firm is Expanding Its Size and Scope.

Downtown Deisgn Services, Inc. (DDSI) is growing. The Tulsa, Oklahoma based drafting and design firm is expanding its size and scope. New Offices: DDSI now has three locations; Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado, to better serve its energy clients. New Services: DDSI now provides in-house professional... - August 11, 2010 - Downtown Design Services, Inc.

CCS-Inc. Announces New Cyber Security Subsidiary

CCS-Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of its new cyber security subsidiary, FoxGuard Solutions. FoxGuard provides the products and services needed to protect and maintain critical control systems in power generation and other critical infrastructure facilities. Critical infrastructure is... - August 11, 2010 - Comprehensive Computer Solutions

Breitling Oil and Gas Announces Completion Operations Underway in Okfuskee County, OK on The Trinity #1

Breitling Oil and Gas Completes the Trinity #1 Oil and Gas Prospect; Ties Into Paid Sales. - August 10, 2010 - Breitling Oil and Gas

Shermco Begins Training Courses at New Austin Service Center

Shermco Industries, a national provider of rotating apparatus and electrical power system testing, commissioning, repair, maintenance and training, recently began offering hands-on instructional courses at the company’s newly constructed 10,000-square-foot facility in Cedar Park, Texas. - August 01, 2010 - Shermco Industries

ENOSERV'S ‘Relay Reklaim’ Campaign Breathes New Life Into Relay Discards by Re-Purposing the Devices as Educational Tools

For anyone who has seen the Oscar-winning 2008 film WALL-E, the visual of the piles and piles of garbage overwhelming the land is not actually so far from a reality. Businesses must be wiser and more proactive in repurposing items rather than disposing of them. ENOSERV, a relay testing software... - July 24, 2010 - ENOSERV

Westar Energy Selects Macrosoft’s Emergency Resource Management Tool

Macrosoft’s Resources on Demand (RoD) Enables Utility Storm Centers to Track and Manage Crews During Large Scale Emergency Outages. - July 23, 2010 - Macrosoft

Summit Power Launches Front End Engineering Design Study for Texas Clean Energy Project

The Summit Power Group has reached a major milestone towards commencing construction by launching the pre-construction FEED study for its Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP), expected to be the world’s cleanest coal-fueled power plant located in Penwell,Texas, 15 miles west of Odessa. - July 21, 2010 - Texas Clean Energy Project

Ideal Power Converters Unveils Utility-Quality Low Harmonic VFD Motor Drive - Begins Field Tests with Austin Energy and City of Austin

Ideal Power Converters has just unveiled its utility-quality Low Harmonic VFD Motor Drive. It's patented VFD motorcontrol solution for AC induction motors eliminates the damaging harmonics found in conventional VFD systems. - July 21, 2010 - Ideal Power Converters

Texas Right of Way Associates Opens Their Eagle Ford Shale Office

TRWA Inc. (Texas Right of Way Associates) announced today that they opened their new Eagle Ford Shale office in San Antonio, Texas. Texas Right of Way Associates (TRWA, Inc) is based in Fort Worth, Texas. "TRWA, a right of way acquisitions and land survey firm will be offering Right of Way... - July 13, 2010 - TRWA, Inc.

Gee & Company Power Station Case Study

Gee & Co supplied a Package Plant solution in short order to allow an operating power station to replace its outdated chlorine dosing system without compromising efficiency. - July 11, 2010 - Gee & Company (Effluent Control & Recovery) Limited

AIRECOM Announces New Sales Manager

Central Ohio based heating, cooling and refrigeration company hires Sam Levi. AIRECOM is proud to announce that Sam Levi has accepted the newly created position of Sales Manager. Levi has eight years experience in the heating and cooling industry with expertise in light commercial and... - June 30, 2010 - AIRECOM

Breitling Oil and Gas Announces Drilling Has Begun on Well #1 of Its Trinity Prospect

Breitling Oil and Gas Corporation announced today that drilling has begun on the Trinity #1, the first of 3 wells in its Trinity oil and natural gas prospect. The Trinity #1 is located in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. The initial well is being drilled to a depth of approximately 3700 feet and should... - June 30, 2010 - Breitling Oil and Gas

HVAC Equipment, Chillers and Heaters Now Available on Worldwide Industrial

The HVAC equipment marketplace and HVAC systems directory increases its product offerings by 45% in the second quarter of 2010 - June 25, 2010 - IndustrialLeaders.com

Tim Stout Joins E Source as Utility Efficiency Services Director

E Source announced today that Tim Stout has been hired as the new director of Efficiency Services. He will be responsible for managing three utility-focused services: E Source Efficiency & Demand-Response Programs, Technology Assessment, and Intelligent Grid Services. These membership-based... - June 20, 2010 - E Source

Natural Gas Buying Guide Identifies Critical Buying Timeframes and Opportunities

Strategic Natural Gas Buying Guide, the most recent analysis from Energy Solutions, Inc., shows natural gas buyers how to deal with and make buying decisions in both today’s and tomorrow’s natural gas marketplace. - June 15, 2010 - Energy Solutions, Inc.

Announcing the 2010 E Source Utility Print Ad Awards Contest

E Source wants to recognize and reward excellence in utility print advertising and is excited to announce the launch of the 2010 E Source Utility Print Ad Awards Contest. Awards will be given out for two categories: · Print ads that promote utility products or programs (for example,... - June 11, 2010 - E Source

GetSolar Launches Online Solar Quote System

GetSolar releases a new interactive online tool that allows US residential and commercial customers to find out the true energy potential of their roofs. - June 09, 2010 - GetSolar

Lewisville Slab Leak Experts, C & W Plumbing, Offers Slab Leak Detection and Advice

Lewisville Plumbing Company C & W Plumbing offers slab leak detection for all of Dallas and the surrounding areas. “A slab leak can be very costly to homeowners. A leak in the slab is caused by plumbing pipes deteriorating under the foundation of your home,” says the Lewisville... - June 03, 2010 - C & W Plumbing