Navistar, Inc. has signed a concept development agreement with UK-based Clean Air Power Ltd. to develop Navistar’s MaxxForce 13 big bore engine to run on natural gas and diesel fuel for the North American market.
The program will utilize Clean Air Power’s Dual-Fuel combustion technology (earlier post) to deliver [...]
As part of what has become a global recall of the third-generation Prius, Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA Inc, will conduct a voluntary safety recall on approximately 133,000 2010 Model Year Prius vehicles and 14,500 Lexus Division 2010 HS 250h vehicles to update software in the vehicle’s anti-lock brake [...]
Vectren (VVC) is probably not a household name, unless of course you live in Indiana or Ohio and they provide your gas or electricity. With that said, we think that investors may want to familiarize themselves with this [...]
Capstone Turbine Corporation (Nasdaq:CPST), a manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, has acquired the TA100 microturbine product line from Calnetix Power Solutions, Inc. and entered into a Manufacturing Sub-contract agreement and an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement with selected exclusive rights to package a [...]
This is a guest post by Oil Drum reader Carl Henn.
I spend a lot of time reading The Oil Drum. It helps me to understand the nature of the energy and economic problems we face. These problems are complex and important, so it is easy to spend an inordinate amount [...]
FEV, Inc., a developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, has coupled an FEV-developed Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) with a 3-cylinder engine for use as a range extender in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. The APU is designed as a flexible, compact unit using proven technology, combined to bring 40kW of [...]
Its "green energy certified" label is designed to give users a real guide to who is doing most to source renewable power.
The idea is to reassure [...]
Every day, we are hit with [...]
With limited recharging options available, “it was really frustrating,” he [...]
Seventeen partners from research, academia and industry are participating in the project Harz.ErneuerbareEnergien-mobility (Harz.EE-mobility), which will deploy a network of charging stations for plug-ins covering the entire Harz region in Germany. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF in Magdeburg are determining the optimal locations [...]
US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced the intent to create a NOAA Climate Service line office dedicated to bringing together the agency’s climate science and service delivery capabilities.
Working closely with federal, regional, academic and other state and local government and private sector partners, the new NOAA Climate Service [...]
If you've checked out any of the new reserve reports being released by oil and gas producers, you've probably noticed that the new SEC rules make comparisons to prior-year reports virtually meaningless. Fortunately for us, companies are explaining the effects in great detail and presenting their numbers [...]
The ATP Oil & Gas (Nasdaq: ATPG) faithful are getting to feel like that songbird of which the Bengali poet and Nobel laureate spoke.
First production from the firm's deepwater Telemark field, which promises to more than double 2009 production [...]
Caterpillar Inc. intends to join the FutureGen Alliance, a public-private partnership established to build a first-of-its-kind coal-fired, near-zero emissions power plant in Mattoon, Illinois.
The FutureGen facility is designed to be the cleanest coal burning plant in the world and will integrate advanced technologies for coal gasification, electricity production, emissions control, carbon dioxide [...]
Kurt Wulff (McDep Associates) submits: Six buy recommendations among Canadian producers include five concentrated on oil, Canadian Oil Sands Trust (COSWF.PK), Suncor Energy (SU), Imperial Oil ([...]
Since I will be discussing taxes let me begin with a simple statement: I am not a tax expert. What I know I've learned from reading on the web combined with a sense of common sense. For personal questions, consult with a tax expert who is familiar' [...]
It has been one really strange winter here in Annapolis, Maryland. We have already had two snowstorms that each dumped something close to 20" of snow. My wife and I just finished digging out from the most recent one yesterday afternoon, but we are now under a" [...] 
The Energy Report submits:Specializing in emerging markets, natural resources and global infrastructure, U.S. Global Investors is positioned so perfectly for the times that CEO Frank Holmes might have written its business plan and tag line—"Resourceful Investing for a Developing World"—this morning. All of these arenas of expertise [...]
Excerpt from Raymond James strategist Jeffrey Saut's latest essay (published Monday, February 8th):
“Who framed Roger Rabbit?!”... except in this case we are referring to Roger Blough. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The year was 1962, John Kennedy was President, and [...]
Ford Motor Company is unveiling the all-electric version of the Ford Transit Connect at the Chicago Auto Show; the small electric van will be in fleet operators’ hands later this year, according to the company. The 2011 Transit Connect Electric [...]
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced a recall related to the software program that controls the antilock braking system (ABS) in current-model Prius, the Prius Plug-in Hybrid, Sai and HS250h sold in Japan. (Earlier post.) The recall, for which TMC submitted notifications on Tuesday to Japan’s Ministry of Land, [...]
Protoscar, a Swiss company which has been developing CleanCar projects for 23 years, will introduce the LAMPO2 electric sports car prototype at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in March. LAMPO2 is a more energy-efficient successor to the LAMPO demonstration vehicle presented in [...]
Hedge fund portfolio disclosures are starting to come in via 13F filings for the fourth quarter 2009 and this one surprised us. A while back we mentioned that Art Samberg's hedge fund Pequot Capital was shutting down and we already covered its portfolio unwind. Interestingly [...]
This has instilled renewed doubts about the [...]
Possibly, but the regulator seems rather more prescient than its detractors, given the news that Gazprom, and its joint venture partners, are mothballing the enormous Shtokman [...]
But Dr. Pachauri [...]
Ghana Blocks Exxon Oil-Field Deal
The government of Ghana blocked the estimated $4 billion sale of a stake in a huge oil field, foiling months of talks between potential buyer Exxon Mobil Corp. and the stake's owner, Kosmos Energy LLC.
The government accused Dallas-based Kosmos of cutting Ghana's state-run oil company [...]
Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (SYMX)
F2Q10 (Qtr End 12/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
On December 16th I found myself in Birmingham, Alabama on my way to visit the offices of Southern Nuclear Operating Company. The purpose of my trip was to benchmark some of their work practices and processes. A few weeks earlier a friend at Southern had [...]
Despite its huge crude reserves, the South American OPEC member relies on hydro-electricity for 70 percent of its power needs, and a drought has hit supply since late 2009. [...]
The possibility that [...]
Under December's Copenhagen Accord, rich countries are pledging some 10 billion dollars over the next three years to help poor countries tackle climate change.
A big but so far unspecified chunk of the cash will go on programmes to prevent loss of tropical forests, which is a major source of greenhouse [...]
When it comes to renewable energy innovation and equipment manufacturing, China is challenging the West, and the outcome will decide where millions of jobs go in the future.
As The New York Times reported recently, "China vaulted past competitors in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and the United States last year to" [...]
The Obama administration is forming a new agency to study and report on the changing climate.
Also known as global warming, climate change has drawn widespread concern in recent years as temperatures around the world rise, threatening to harm crops, spread disease, increase sea levels, change storm and drought patterns and [...]
Back in October, I participated in the 2nd International Biophysical Economics Conference at SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, New York. Charlie Hall had written to me, inviting me to come and give a talk. Specifically, he wanted me to go back to my post from January 2008 called Peak Oil and the [...]
The Nikkei reports that Toyota Motor Corp. will suspend domestic production of its Sai and Lexus HS250h hybrids, which are to be recalled for faulty brakes, at the end of the week.
Japan’s top automaker intends to submit plans for a recall of the Prius hybrid to the Transport Ministry [...]
The U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release showed a surprise climb in crude stockpiles, while distillate supplies posted a smaller-than-expected draw. The agency’s bearish report further added that refiners continued to cut production, and are currently operating at their lowest rate in two decades.
This has instilled renewed [...]
Is it time for a real trade association for the Building Efficiency industry?
I was thinking about this today. I have seen one that really does the job. For those of you that have been a part of the efficiency industry for a long time, you know that it is like [...]
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP (BWP)
Q4 2009 Earnings Call
February 8, 2010 9:00 am ET
Coulomb Technologies has introduced a new, open Flex Billing system; beginning in July, users of ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations will no longer need a subscription to the ChargePoint Network. Owners of the charging stations (Hosts), including utilities, retailers, municipalities and corporations can determine the price that drivers pay to [...]
GM’ new lineup of heavy-duty diesel pickups will have B20 biodiesel capability.
To make the Duramax 6.6L and its fuel system compatible with B20, GM upgraded some seals and gasket materials to withstand the ester content of biodiesel and included an upgraded fuel filter that includes a coalescing element. It [...]
