Energy Weekly News back issues from January 2009:
Studies from Beijing University of Chemical Technology yield new data on science.
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, "This article presents an acetylene production process by partial oxidation/combustion of natural gas. The thermodynamic performance and exergy analysis in the process are investigated using the ...
Data on science published by Q.F. Jiang and colleagues.(Report)
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "Wind energy represents the nearest term cost-effective renewable energy source. While efforts have been made to assess wind energy potential over land around the world, offshore wind energy resources are largely unexplored, in part because ...
Researchers from Wayne State University provide details of new studies and findings in the area of science.(Report)
Jan 02, 2009 ... "The cetane number is the most significant property for measuring the ignition quality of fuels for compression ignition diesel engines. In this study, the derived cetane number (DCN) of several types of biodiesel, biodiesel components and ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) was determined ...
New energy research data have been reported by researchers at University of Split.
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from Split, Croatia, "This paper analyzes the feasibility of solar chimney power plants as an environmentally acceptable Received 17 December 2007 energy source for small settlements and islands of countries in the Mediterranean region. For the purpose of these ...
Findings from M.V.R. Mendez and co-authors broaden understanding of science.(Report)
Jan 02, 2009 ... "The detection of compounds giving information on the use of used trying oils as raw material in the production of biodiesel is of interest to guarantee the quality of the product. In this study, the most characteristic groups of compounds formed after used frying oil transesterification ...
New findings in molecular sciences described from Texas A&M University.
Jan 02, 2009 ... "Saccharomyces cerevisiae present in common Baker's yeast was used in a microbial fuel cell in which glucose was the carbon source. Methylene blue was used as the electronophore in the anode compartment, while potassium ferricyanide and methylene blue were tested as electron acceptors in ...
Studies from S.R. Parab and co-researchers yield new data on marine science.
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, "Effect of Bombay high crude oil (BHC) and its water-soluble fraction (WSF) on growth and metabolism of the phytoplankton, Thalassiosira sp. was assessed. The study revealed the signs of acute toxicity at ...
Investigators at University of Pardubice zero in on lipid research.
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to a study from Pardubice, Czech Republic, "The most used method of biodiesel production is the transesterification of vegetable oils by a basic homogeneous catalyst. A heterogeneous reaction mixture is formed by this process which contains two phases: an ester phase and a ...
Studies by A. Salim and co-authors describe new findings in oil and gas research.(Report)
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Revue de L Institut Francais du Petrole, "The contact angle of a liquid drop on a solid surface is one of the most simple, useful and sensitive parameters in the hydraulic sciences to quantify and to ...
Study results from G.G.M. Coppa et al provide new insights into nuclear power.
Jan 02, 2009 ... "This work is devoted to the derivation of alternative formulations of the one-velocity neutron transport equation," scientists writing in the journal Progress in Nuclear Energy report. "The Peierl's integral form of the transport equation is considered as the starting point ....
Researchers from Complutense University describe findings in petroleum geology.
Jan 02, 2009 ... "This paper aims to investigate the iron mineralization hosted in the submarine hydrocarbon seep-related carbonate chimneys, from the Gulf of Cadiz continental slope (SW Iberia). Chimneys are made of a general fine groundmass of major Fe-rich dolomite, ankerite and calcite, small grains of ...
Reports from Cardiff University add new data to research in energy research.
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Energy, "There has been discussion about the extent to which combined heat and power (CHP) plants with thermal stores are suitable for sustainable energy production, At the moment, in the UK the development of this type of plant is ...
Southwestern Energy Announces Capital Program and Guidance for 2009.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) announced a planned capital investment program for 2009 of approximately $2.0 billion, including approximately $1.5 billion of planned investments in its Fayetteville Shale play in Arkansas. The company's 2009 capital program includes approximately ...
Study results from University of Sydney provide new insights into energy research.(Report)
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the International Journal of Energy Research, "This study attempts to quantify the potential improvement in a natural draft wet cooling tower (NDWCT) performance that can be attained by optimizing the fill and water distribution profiles across the ...
Poll Finds Strong Support for Regulating Oil Companies to Stop 'Roller Coaster' Pricing.
Jan 02, 2009 ... In a letter to President-elect Obama and Energy Department designee Steven Chu, Consumer Watchdog urged the new administration to add regulation of the oil and refining industries to its efforts to stabilize the economy and shift to greener energy. The group points to a national poll ...
Findings from S. Dulla and co-authors broaden understanding of nuclear power.
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from Turin, Italy, "The quasi-static method is a standard tool for the space-time solution of neutron transport problems in multiplying media. Its basic principle lies in a factorization of the angular flux into the product of two functions, 'amplitude' and ...
Cavitation Technologies, Inc. Announces Initial Sale of Bioforce 9000 Nano Biodiesel Reactor Skid System.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: CVAT) announced that it has completed the first sale of its proprietary state-of the-art Bioforce 9000 Nano Biodiesel Reactor Skid System to SRS Engineering Inc. This initial sale was completed ahead of Cavitation Technologies' original ...
Conservation Services Group Praises Obama's Energy and Environmental Picks.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Conservation Services Group (CSG), a non-profit, national energy services firm based in Massachusetts, today praised President-Elect Obama for his selection of top energy and environmental officers. Stephen L. Cowell, CEO, said the appointments of Carol Browner, Stephen Chu and Lisa ...
Data on nuclear power described by C. Lombardi et al.
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from Milan, Italy, "Nuclear power to be sustainable requires the fulfilling of peculiar constraints, which include addressing the proliferation risk. One possible route for sustainability is that to adopt a fuel cycle based on thorium." "However, ...
Cohen Research Update on VIASPACE.
Jan 02, 2009 ... VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC) announced that Cohen Independent Research Group published an update note on VIASPACE yesterday. The update is available on the Cohen website -- http://www.cohenresearch.com/reports/vspc_update_12-15-08.pdf. VIASPACE CEO, Dr. Carl ...
Proton Energy Systems Awarded Contract in Qatar.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Proton Energy Systems announced it has been awarded a contract from Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction to supply HOGEN hydrogen generators for a power plant that provides electricity to Qatalum, the world's largest aluminum smelting plant. Located in Qatar, Qatalum is currently under ...
Research in the area of nuclear power reported from S.E. Corno and colleagues.
Jan 02, 2009 ... "This work is a revisitation of the rigorous analytical method to obtain the solution of the neutron space-time kinetic problem in diffusion theory for spatially non-homogeneous systems. The results obtained for simple plane geometry configurations may well serve for benchmarking numerical ...
Coreworx Secures Three Contracts Worth Over CAD $3.1M.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Acorn Energy Inc. subsidiary Coreworx is pleased to announce it recently secured three contracts worth over CAD $3.1M. The customers are multi-national firms specializing in energy, exploration and production. Despite a global economic downturn, the energy sector continues its commitments ...
Data on oil and gas research reported by researchers at University of Granada.
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to a study from Granada, Spain, "Color changes of virgin-olive-oil samples contained in cells with different thicknesses were analyzed. Ten different commercial virgin olive oils were measured at different sample thicknesses by two methods: conventional spectrophotometry (5.0, ...
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Approves Settlement Agreement for Duke Energy's Electric Security Plan.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Duke Energy Ohio (NYSE:DUK) announced that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has approved the settlement agreement on its electric security plan under Ohio's new energy law. The agreement establishes generation rates for 2009 through 2011. The settlement agreement ...
Duke Energy Ohio Implements Pilot Program for Low-Income Gas Customers.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Duke Energy Ohio announced that it is implementing a new pilot program for eligible low-income natural gas customers to help them conserve while saving money on the cost of natural gas service. The program is available to customers who are at or below 175 percent of the federal ...
Local Students Donate Christmas Gifts to Toys for Tots.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Mitch Wemmert of Mitch & Marty's CITGO at 2101 Douglas Avenue in Racine, WI believes in the magic of Christmas and the good it brings out. A long-time supporter of programs at Trinity Lutheran School in Racine, Wemmert was thrilled to hear that this year the seventh graders wanted to ...
Research from University of Arizona yields new findings on nuclear power.
Jan 02, 2009 ... "An alternative view of the Fourier transform inversion provides a new solution to the age-old problem of multigroup neutral particle transport equation in one-dimensional plane geometry. Through analytical continuation, the inversion contour shifts from the real line to accommodate pole ...
Research from A. Rochauribe et al has provided new information about oil and gas research.
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society, "Specific structured lipids (SSL), previously produced by enzymatic acidolysis of coconut oil with different levels of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) as fatty acid (FA), using a sn-1, 3 specific ...
City of Burbank to Premier World's First Plug-In Fuel Cell Transit Bus.
Jan 02, 2009 ... The City of Burbank has been selected as a national test market for a new zero-emissions, ultra-quiet prototype bus that uses a hydrogen fuel cell instead of a diesel or gasoline engine. The breakthrough vehicle will be unveiled in a spring 2009 Downtown Burbank ceremony and then go into ...
Findings from P. Darrigo and co-authors provide new insights into oil and gas research.
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from Milan, Italy, "The synthesis of a series of (1,2-) mixed short/long-chain glycerophosphocholines has been performed. Starting from glycerophosphorylcholine (GPC), and using regioselective acylation in the presence of dibutyltin oxide, a set of high-purity ...
Devon Energy Revises Schedule for 2009 Capital Expenditures Budget.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) announced that it plans to disclose its 2009 capital expenditures budget in early 2009, in conjunction with disclosure of its 2008 results. In previous years, Devon has announced its capital budget for the upcoming year in December. "With the ...
Flower Mound Resident Wins Direct Energy's Ultimate Cowboys FAN-Tasy Experience.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Flower Mound resident Robin Spangler shared an experience of a lifetime Friday with family, friends and neighbors, including her husband Jim, who celebrated a birthday like none other -- with a behind-the-scenes view of fan favorites, the Dallas Cowboys. The Spanglers were the ...
Cimarex Energy Completes Cash Offer to Repurchase Floating Rate Convertible Bonds.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE:XEC) announced the results of its offer to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding $125 million, Floating Rate Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the Convertible Notes) that were originally issued by Magnum Hunter Resources, Inc. The offer to repurchase ...
Harris Nuclear Plant License Extension Brings Long-Term Reliability to NCEMPA.
Jan 02, 2009 ... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its review of the Harris Nuclear Plant License Renewal Application and has approved the plant's relicensing for operation until 2046. The license extension assures a continued reliable and low-operating cost generation source for North ...
New energy research study findings have been reported by J. Bujak and colleagues.
Jan 02, 2009 ... "The paper presents the improvement of energy management in a steam system used for corrugated board production. The system consists of a steam boiler (fired with natural gas), steam and condensate pipelines and a corrugated board production installation (steam consumer)," investigators in ...
Exousia Announces International Distributor for Industrial Coatings.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Exousia Advanced Materials, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: EXOU) is pleased to announce that its AEGEON Advanced Coatings division has reached an agreement with The HARCO Group, a Brussels-based international distributor, to become the master distributor for AEGEON industrial coatings in the Gulf ...
Northeast Utilities and NSTAR Jointly Pursue Quebec Solutions to New England's Energy Needs.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Northeast Utilities (NYSE:NU) and NSTAR (NYSE:NST) submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a request for a declaratory order on a proposed transmission interconnection with the Canadian province of Quebec. The filing, submitted December 12, requests that the Commission ...
Feeling the Heat: Schools Look to Reduce Energy Costs Through Facility Improvements.
Jan 02, 2009 ... With the official start of winter on the horizon, schools across the country are firing up boilers to keep their buildings warm and comfortable. However, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, 25 percent of the energy used in schools is wasted due to inefficient buildings, equipment ...
E.ON Climate & Renewables and CPS Energy Sign 15-Year Power Purchase Agreement.
Jan 02, 2009 ... E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America announced a 15-year power purchase agreement with CPS Energy, the nation's largest municipally owned energy company providing both electric and natural gas service. Under this agreement, CPS Energy will purchase 115.5 megawatts (MW) ...
Mariner Energy Announces $431 Million 2009 Capital Budget and Operational Guidance With 20% Production Growth Target.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Mariner Energy, Inc. (NYSE:ME) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 2009 capital budget for exploration and development expenditures of $431 million, approximately 70% less than estimated 2008 total capital expenditures. For the Gulf of Mexico, the budget includes the ...
University of Sao Paulo reports research in oil and gas research.(Report)
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to a study from Brazil, "The objectives of this study were to evaluate isolated and synergistic antioxidant effects of coriander extract and ascorbyl palmitate (AP) in sunflower oil subjected to thermoxidation, and to verify their influence on the oxidative resistance of ...
Time for Talk With the Energy Companies Must Now be Over, Says Unite.
Jan 02, 2009 ... As the energy regulator Ofgem announces (Tuesday) that households continue to pay too much for fuel, the UK's biggest union, Unite, says that the time for talking to the energy companies must now come to an end. "The time for tough talk at the greedy energy companies ...
MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures Backs Laurus Energy.
Jan 02, 2009 ... MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm, announced that it has backed Laurus Energy, the North American leader in Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) project development. Laurus also announced that top energy executive Rebecca McDonald has joined as CEO. ...
Reports by V.R. Pestana and co-researchers describe recent advances in oil and gas research.
Jan 02, 2009 ... "The quality changes and the concentrations of tocopherols and gamma-oryzanol, during successive steps of rice bran oil refining (RBO), were studied. For this purpose, samples of crude, degummed, neutralized, bleached, dewaxed and deodorized RBO were taken from an industrial plant and ...
Owens Corning Joins Forces with T. Boone Pickens to Advance Energy Independence.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), a world leader in building materials systems and glass fiber reinforcements, today partnered with T. Boone Pickens by endorsing the Pickens Plan to advance energy independence and energy efficiency in homes and buildings. The Pickens Plan calls for ...
Statement From the American Clean Skies Foundation.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Today the American Clean Skies Foundation issued the following statement on President-elect Obama's selection of leadership for his energy and environment teams. "President-elect Barack Obama has affirmed his commitment to plot a new energy future for America built on renewable ...
Solargy Systems Inc Outlines Sales Goals for Next Year.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Solargy Systems Inc "SLGS.PK" Managing Director (MD) Carl Nurse recently discussed on the company website (www.solargysystemsinc.com) strategies for generating revenues in the current economic climate. "In the past year we have experienced significant changes. We have refocused ...
Ruckus Wireless Selected by HarborLink Network to Supply Smart Hotspot System for BP Gas Stations Across the Country.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Ruckus Wireless(TM) has been selected by HarborLink Network to provide advanced Smart Wi-Fi products to create the first nationwide managed "Smartspot" infrastructure. Smartspots are the next phase of Wi-Fi hotspots that provide sophisticated Wi-Fi services such as enhanced ...
Findings from University of Botswana provide new insights into oil and gas research.
Jan 02, 2009 ... "In the search for non-traditional seed oils, physicochemical parameters, fatty acid (FA) and triacylglycerol (TAG) profiles for five Botswana seed oils, obtained by Soxhlet extraction, were determined. GC-MS and H-1-NMR analyses showed the FA profiles for mkukubuyo, Sterculia africana, ...
Liberty Media's QVC Unveils One of North Carolina's Largest Solar Projects.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Liberty Media's QVC (NASDAQ:LINTA), working with SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ:SPWRA)(NASDAQ:SPWRB), today unveiled the installation of a 1-megawatt solar electric power farm at the QVC Rocky Mount, Inc. distribution center based in Rocky Mount, NC. The project stands as one of the state's ...
Findings in energy research reported from K. Murase and co-researchers.
Jan 02, 2009 ... "A tube-type solar still is found to be suitable for use in desert irrigation. The effectiveness of a heat accumulator with regard to distillate productivity is experimentally and numerically verified," scientists in Tokyo, Japan report. "The heat accumulator consists of tube ...
Milpitas Unified School District, Chevron Energy Solutions and Bank of America Announce Completion of 3.4 MW Solar and Energy Efficiency Project.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Milpitas Unified School District, Chevron Energy Solutions and Bank of America announced the completion of a 14-site, district-wide solar and energy efficiency project designed to supply 75 percent of the district's total annual electricity needs through solar energy. The ...
Westinghouse, FirstEnergy Sign 10-year Alliance Agreement.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Westinghouse Electric Company announced the signing of a comprehensive, 10-year agreement with FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) through which Westinghouse will provide services and support to FENOC's nuclear fleet, which includes the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in ...
Progress Energy Granted 20-Year License Renewal for Harris Plant.
Jan 02, 2009 ... After a two-year review, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved Progress Energy's (NYSE: PGN) request to extend the operating license of the Harris Nuclear Plant through 2046. Carbon-free nuclear power is a part of Progress Energy's balanced solution to meet growing energy ...
Research findings from M. Shimizu et al update understanding of oil and gas research.(Report)
Jan 02, 2009 ... "In this study, the quality characteristics, i.e., the acidity and acylglycerols, of currently produced Mallorcan oil was analyzed by titration and gas-chromatographic technique, respectively, in approximately 400 samples of monovarietal olive oil made from three genetic varieties ...
Research findings from University of Bologna update understanding of nuclear power.
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from Bologna, Italy, "Thermal plasma processes and devices have been extensively studied and designed using modeling approach in the last two decades. Still, knowledge of thermodynamic and transport properties is one of the major needs in the modeling of ...
DTE Energy Employees Keep Giving, Despite Economy.
Jan 02, 2009 ... espite tough economic times, DTE Energy employees and retirees dug deep into their pockets in 2008 to contribute $1.95 million to the United Way and other nonprofit organizations. The DTE Energy Foundation matched those donations with an additional $1.06 million, for a total of more than ...
State of Illinois, FutureGen Partners Highlight Significant Progress and Unwavering Commitment to Bring Project Home to Mattoon.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Director Jack Lavin today assembled national, state and local partners to announce new developments in the state's effort to secure the landmark FutureGen clean energy project. The progress report included new geophysical data that ...
PSE&G Sends Crews to Massachusetts in Wake of Ice Storm.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) today dispatched about 85 employees to Auburn, Massachusetts to help National Grid restore power to residents affected by last week's severe ice storm. The PSE&G contingent includes about 55 line personnel, and more than 55 vehicles from different ...
Data on oil and gas research described by researchers at Shiraz University.
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from Iran, "Despite the importance of the induction time in hydrate formation studies, the scientists have not yet developed a generalized model due to its stochastic property. In this work, the induction time of hydrate formation of multicomponent gas mixtures ...
Data on energy research published by S. Dubey and colleagues.
Jan 02, 2009 ... "This paper presents the analytical study of flat plate collector based on the computer-based thermal models considering two different cases, case A (fully covered by glass) and case B (fully covered by photovoltaic (PV) module). These models are developed based on energy balance ...
OG&E Files Rate Case Notice.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company today formally notified the Oklahoma Corporation Commission of the company's intent to file a rate case early in 2009. "Today's filing is simply a matter of required procedure giving the Commission notice that we intend to file a case in ...
PSE&G to Lower Winter Natural Gas Bills About 5 Percent.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Citing decreases in the wholesale cost of natural gas, PSE&G announced that residential gas bills will decrease by about 5 percent on January 1, 2009. A residential gas heating customer who uses 100 therms in a winter month would pay $158.74 per month, or $8.22 less under the ...
Ernst & Young LLP's Energy Center Anticipates Transactions Growth for Oil and Gas Industry in 2009.
Jan 02, 2009 ... This year has been one of the most volatile years on record for the oil and gas industry. Mid-year crude prices hit an all time high at almost $150 per barrel. By December, prices were down to less than one-third of that historic high. Despite this near-term softening in demand, the ...