PHOENIX, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWR) are dedicating today a 5.4-megawatt high efficiency SunPower solar power system. The system is expected to generate the equivalent of 51 percent of the electricity demand at the airport’s rental car center, two East Economy parking garages and toll plaza, saving $4.7 million over the next [...]
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New Hydraulic Breaker HB 4100 from Atlas Copco
“ Both in terms of performance and efficiency, the improvement in comparison to the predecessor model is considerable ”, explains Gordon Hambach, Product Line Manager for Hydraulic Breakers, “ here we were able to achieve increases in the double-digit percentage range .” Reduced weight and better performance of a hydraulic breaker means that similar results can be achieved with [...]
Consumers Energy Announces Tree Planting Grants
JACKSON, Mich., Feb. 21, 2012 /Coal Geology/ – Consumers Energy awarded more than $100,000 to 42 Michigan communities through its 2011 Community Tree Planting Grant Program. The utility sponsors the program annually to encourage responsible tree planting and sustainable urban forests in communities across the state. Each year, the Michigan Forest and Park Association reviews applications and forwards its grant [...]
Timken To Invest $225 Million at Its Faircrest Steel Plant in Ohio to Support Growing Demand
CANTON, Ohio, Feb. 21, 2012 /Coal Geology/ — After securing a new five-year labor agreement, officials at The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced they will move forward with a $225 million investment at the Faircrest Steel Plant in Stark County, Ohio. With this investment, the specialty alloy steel manufacturer will improve productivity, expand its product range and increase capacity [...]
Jacobs Awarded Contract for University of Minnesota Combined Heat and Power Plant
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 21, 2012 /Coal Geology/ – Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide design services for the decommissioning, historic preservation and construction of the Old Main Utility Building (OMUB) Power Plant at theUniversity of Minnesota (UMN) in Minneapolis (officially known as the Combined Heat and Power Plant project). The anticipated [...]
