Texas PUC seeks to free up congested lines for wind power

Wind-farm developers, retail electric providers and others in Texas outlined their recommended approaches for dealing with overloaded power lines in ... in the "competitive renewable energy zones" in Texas. ... Commission of Texas Thursday. Such congestion forces the curtailment of wind-turbine operations [more...]

Date: 2009-03-26 05:31:09

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Texas PUC seeks to free up congested lines for wind power

Wind-farm developers, retail electric providers and others in Texas outlined their recommended approaches for dealing with overloaded power lines in ... in the “competitive renewable energy zones” in Texas. Although nearly $5 billion in transmission lines will be . . . ... Commission of Texas Thursday. Such congestion forces the curtailment of [more...]

Date: 2009-03-27 09:44:56

Opt-Out Aggregation Would “Slam” Texas Electricity Customers and Deny Them Choice

Imagine if one day, the government said you could only use one cell phone provider, chosen by the government, ... in the Texas legislature when it comes to electricity company options, as municipal governments ... to use a government-selected energy provider .   Here’s how the process would work [more...]

Date: 2009-04-06 19:47:34

No Shelter for Safe Investors in Utilities

Vulnerable companies in the utility sector are certainly showing shorting opportunities ... consumption was still rising and regulated rates were providing cover for rising energy costs. Dominion also had productive gas fields in Texas and expanding Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) ports [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 17:23:43

SAIC Gets Military Contract to Produce Jet Fuel from Algae

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ... more on agricultureSAIC will do the work at company facilities in Georgia, Florida, Hawaii and Texas ... to be seen if farmed algae provides an answer to the military’s energy needs, the production of algae [more...]

Date: 2009-01-27 23:15:31

Half Price Books: Powered by Wind Energy

Half Price Books, a new and used bookstore chain in Texas, has signed a three-year contract with Green Mountain Energy Company to supply wind energy for 30 ... about 11.3 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of wind power annually from the renewable energy provider.  The ... [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 16:12:31

Press Release - Comverge and Several of the Nation's Top Utility Companies Take Part in Hurricane Relief Efforts on Texas' Gulf Coast

2009 Comverge Clean Energy Users' Group Attendees Give Back to Conference's Host Community EAST HANOVER, N.J., April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comverge, Inc. (Nasdaq: COMV), a leading provider of smart grid, demand management, and energy eff [more...]

Date: 2009-04-04 00:06:27

Do something, dammit

By Robert Stavins The inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States is a defining moment in American history ... and energy issues -- particularly climate change policy -- provide a microcosm of the forces ... who had voted him into office. Bush's ability as Texas governor to bridge differences across the political [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 22:44:38

Transmission Battles Heat Up As Large Scale Solar Ramps

The solar industry is ramping up for a big year. The impending release of federal stimulus dollars to states, providing funds in the many millions for conservation and renewable energy production ... have utilized over 200,000 acres in Texas. Landscapes of that magnitude must obviously be located [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 02:09:00

O’Reilly 300 starting lineup

ActiveReports Document @page{size: 8.5in 11in;margin-top:0.1in;margin-left:0.3in;margin-right:0.3in;margin-bottom:0.1in;} Starting Line Up by Row Texas Motor Speedway Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Thu ... Kyle Busch NOS Energy Drink Toyota 28.685 188.252 Row 1: 2 16 Matt [more...]

Date: 2009-04-03 15:45:31

PetroQuest: Outlook Not So Shabby

PetroQuest Energy (PQ) Provides Guidance, Updates Operations - In a nutshell… outlook not as shabby as I’d expect ... they’d like to see that number fall a bit now given prices).East Texas: Current net production: 15 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-29 14:24:50

Biodiesel Suppliers, Bio Diesel and Bio Fuel

BioDiesel and Bio Fuel News Provided By MSN News U.S ... , IRELAND–(Marketwire - March 30, 2009) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — ... Tom Fehsenfeld, president of Crystal Flash Energy and chairman of the alternative energy committee [more...]

Date: 2009-04-04 10:14:48

GENBAND Unveils the S9 Gateway High Density IP Platform Based on ATCA (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

More info…PLANO, Texas—-GENBAND Inc., a market-leading developer of IP infrastructure solutions, today announced the S9 IP gateway, uniquely integrating session, security, and deep packet inspection in an efficient design that provides unmatched scale and flexibility, as well as energy and space efficiency.Redundancyhot [more...]

Date: 2009-04-01 22:30:35

SoftLayer Web Hosting Servers, Feature Nehalem Microarchitecture

Dallas, Texas - Web Hosting News - April 7, 2009 - The first hosting service provider to offer servers featuring new Intel Xeon 5500 processors, ... ), enabling more energy efficiency while increasing multi-threaded workload performance [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 14:36:34

SoftLayer Web Hosting Servers, Feature Nehalem Microarchitecture

Dallas, Texas - ( The Hosting News ) - April 7, 2009 - The first hosting service provider to offer servers featuring new Intel Xeon 5500 ... (SMT), enabling more energy efficiency while increasing multi-threaded workload performance [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 14:29:48

Southwestern Energy: 4Q08 Pre-Call Notes

SWN Reported "In Line" 4Q08 Results; Provides Further Positive Results In The Fayetteville Shale The 4Q Numbers: Production: 57 ... (1 more than last I’d heard). East Texas Update [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 09:49:25

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