| PETE Process Promises Successful Technology Fusion A new joint venture research work at Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, supported by Department of Energy and DARPA has come up with a new solar energy conversion process that can potentially double the efficiency of solar cells. Stanford engineers have discovered this new and totally different process to harvest energy from sun. [...]Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power alternative-energy-news.info |
Tetra, Hercules shares jump on Interior requirement Shares of both Tetra Technologies Inc. and Hercules Offshore Inc. shot up Wednesday following U.S. Department of Interior news that beginning Oct. 15, oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico must plug 3,500 oil wells that have sat idle for five years or more. (TTI) (HERO) feeds.bizjournals.com |
AGL names new Sequent CFO AGL Resources Inc. promoted Brian Little to chief financial officer of Sequent Energy Management, its Houston-based wholesale natural gas services business. (AGL) feeds.bizjournals.com |
State fines Tesoro $2.4M in deadly blast Following an April blast at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes that killed seven people, Washington state’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has determined the blast could have been prevented and fined Tesoro $2.38 million. (TSO) feeds.bizjournals.com |
Hoku Corp. gets $13M loan from China Merchants Bank Hoku Corp. has signed a credit agreement with China Merchants Bank Co.’s New York Branch to borrow $13 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. feeds.bizjournals.com |