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- Greeces Metka submits best bid for PPCs 420 MW power plant tender at…
- Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract by ERGMED for Expansion of Gasificatio…
- Biotech seeks to ease fuel’s reliance on oil corn
- Intel set to showcase China operation
- AG Weekly nline — Twin Falls Idaho
- What gets thrown away occupies days for trash-collection company…
Greeces Metka submits best bid for PPCs 420 MW power plant tender at…
Forbes – Apr 16, 2007
Metka said that it will be using Alstom technology and it will also be responsible for the maintenance of the new power plant for 12 years. The engineering company noted that it bid 62. 209 eur per MWh with the next closest bid at 62. This is the first of PPCs old plants that are being replaced.
Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract by ERGMED for Expansion of Gasificatio…
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 16, 2007
The terms of the contract award which were included in Foster Wheeler’s fourth-quarter 2006 bookings were not disclosed. Foster Wheeler in a joint venture designed and built the original IGCC plant which transforms refinery residues into synthesis gas which is burned to produce more than 550 megawatts of electricity. Completed in 2000 this was the first IGCC plant in the world to use asphalt as a feedstock and has. CPYRIGHT 2007 Business Wire.
Biotech seeks to ease fuel’s reliance on oil corn
International Herald Tribune – Apr 16, 2007
The cost of chicken and beef in the United States ticked up because feed is more expensive. That's where biotechnology comes in. Scientists are engineering microscopic bugs to extract fuel from a variety of non-corn sources including the human urinary tract a Russian fungus and the plant responsible for tequila. The quest for alternative energy is more complicated than just finding a replacement for petroleum. Scientists and a growing number of biotechnology companies are attempting to remove corn from the ethanol equation because it has created huge demand for the global food staple. Today in Business with Reuters… The cost of chicken and beef in the United States ticked up because feed is more expensive. That's where biotechnology comes in. Scientists are engineering microscopic bugs to extract fuel from a variety of non-corn sources including the human urinary tract a Russian fungus and the plant responsible for tequila. The quest for alternative energy is more complicated than just finding a replacement for petroleum. Scientists and a growing number of biotechnology companies are attempting to remove corn from the ethanol equation because it has created huge demand for the global food staple. Today in Business with Reuters.
Intel set to showcase China operation
USA Today – Apr 16, 2007
The company’s recent announcement that it plans to build a chipmaking factory in Dalian however signals that Intel has grander plans than aggressive sales and marketing for China. The company already has a significant presence in China with assembly and test plants located close to the country’s burgeoning PC manufacturing industry. But building a plant is a much more expensive and statement-making proposition. Billions of dollars are required to build a modern chipmaking factory even an outdated one like the plant Intel is planning for Dalian. Intel isn’t going to save a whole lot of money on labor costs because the real outlays in chip manufacturing are for sophisticated equipment said Risto Puhakka an analyst with VLSI Research. Plus Intel’s plant will be a so-called “greenfield” project arising on a site where the company has never built a factory Puhakka said. “It’s the first greenfield site for Intel in 15 years… This is an issue that some in the U. have worried about: If China demonstrates that it has suitable engineering know-how and infrastructure needed to support advanced chip manufacturing more and more companies might decide to set up operations there and take investment dollars out of the U. And Chinese workers trained by foreign companies like Intel might go off and start their own chipmaking operations with funding from the Chinese government potentially threatening Intel’s business far on down the road. Copyright CNET 2007Share this story:.
AG Weekly nline — Twin Falls Idaho
Ag Weekly – Apr 16, 2007
Promotions: Mark Boytim has been promoted to director of U. corporate engineering for Glanbia USA. Boytim joined Glanbia in 1996 and brings over 20 years experience to this position… Hughes formerly served as environmental specialist and risk manager and brings 12 years of experience to this position. Hughes received a bachelor’s of science degree from the School of Natural Resources and Environment at The University of Michigan and a master’s degree in environmental policy and management from The University of Denver. Kelly Johnston has been promoted to plant manager at Glanbia’s whey facility in Gooding. He will manage the facility’s day to day operations and oversee 52 employees. He formerly served as cheese and whey production manager at this plant and brings 18 years of industry experience to this position. Huff has been promoted to whey plant production manager at Glanbia’s whey production facility in Gooding from cheese production manager.
What gets thrown away occupies days for trash-collection company…
Free with registration – Las Vegas Review-Journal – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 16, 2007
Gaddy said county officials are negotiating a site for a fourth transfer station. The North Las Vegas station on Cheyenne Avenue west of Interstate 15 processes 6000 tons a day. It’s the nation’s largest under-roof transfer station and is also the site of the company’s recycling plant. Gaddy entered the trash business after he was approached by Republic Services’ predecessor Silver. CPYRIGHT 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal.