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- Enersource Selects SmartGrid Solution from Intergraph and Siemens
- U of S Scientists Find Plant Gene that Affects Stress Resistance
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- Company finds way to dispose of poultry waste
- Tehelka:: Free. Fair. Fearless
- Dairy boom leads to Synlait expansion plans
- Tri-State attracting European firms
Enersource Selects SmartGrid Solution from Intergraph and Siemens
WebWire – WebWire (press release) – Jan 26, 2008
“The SmartGrid brings tremendous benefits to utilities beginning with the reduction of and more efficient response to potentially-devastating outages but also extending into many other key focus areas including cost savings safety environmental impact and the identification of potential security threats. In the future the SmartGrid will play an invaluable role in helping utilities monitor the health of their networks and make better faster more informed decisions. “Enersource also utilizes an Intergraph application for plant engineering document management and for the issuance of device numbers. Intergraph ensures an open independent data storage system to protect plant information for the life of a plant. Through a combination of geospatial technologies Intergraph will provide Enersource with a comprehensive set of applications for managing and acting on critical data from plant design to distribution operations. For decades Intergraph has been leveraging its geospatial technology and deep industry expertise to help utilities companies visually organize and manage assets and resources. Intelligent grid technology from SmartGrid is the latest evolution of Intergraph’s years of service to the utilities industry… “Enersource also utilizes an Intergraph application for plant engineering document management and for the issuance of device numbers. Intergraph ensures an open independent data storage system to protect plant information for the life of a plant. Through a combination of geospatial technologies Intergraph will provide Enersource with a comprehensive set of applications for managing and acting on critical data from plant design to distribution operations. For decades Intergraph has been leveraging its geospatial technology and deep industry expertise to help utilities companies visually organize and manage assets and resources. Intelligent grid technology from SmartGrid is the latest evolution of Intergraph’s years of service to the utilities industry. © 2008 Intergraph Corp. All rights reserved.
U of S Scientists Find Plant Gene that Affects Stress Resistance
WebWire – WebWire (press release) – Jan 26, 2008
The study-published this month in the top-ranked plant. The study-published this month in the top-ranked plant… Diagnostic antibodies suitable for such tests have been developed by Xiao and his U of S colleagues and have been licensed to California-based Zymed Laboratories Inc. and Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc. The study was funded by both the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. A copy of the team’s article is available upon request. Related Links Source This news content was configured by WebWire® editorial staff. Linking is permitted.
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Daily Advertiser – The Daily Advertiser – Jan 26, 2008
comJENNINGS -The first ethanol plant in the U. using enzymes to make ethanol from plant scraps should be built here by March 31 company officials said Friday during a site tour. Verenium a Massachusetts-based company built a small plant in Jennings in 2006 to test new ways to make cellulosic ethanol from plant matter and farm scraps like sugarcane bagasse (pulpy fiber) and wood chips. It’s one of a few pilot plants in the U… and improve the ethanol’s long-term chances with consumers. Verenium says it’s closer than most with branches in Florida and California researching and engineering an ideal enzyme to break up the cellulose into simple sugars and then into alcohol. Its Jennings site is where everything comes together for testing. “Now I’ll be able to say (to my kids) that I was part of a team that built the first cellulosic ethanol facility in the world and we’ll change the way the world collects its energy” said Richard Steiger Verenium’s vice president of engineering and construction in Jennings. In February 2007 Verenium broke ground on a 1. 4 million gallon-per-year demonstration plant right next to its Jennings pilot site.
Company finds way to dispose of poultry waste
Gainesville Times – Jan 26, 2008
org a Web site operated by the Georgia Poultry Federation that matches growers who have litter to those who wish to acquire it. A Roswell company has found yet another potential use for the waste from poultry houses. Roswell-based rem Engineering Inc. has designed and patented a system that will convert poultry waste into usable energy. The system was displayed as a part of an environmentally friendly exhibit at the International Poultry Expo which concluded Friday in Atlanta. "The litter is placed in a gasification chamber it is gasified and the gases are sent into a boiler" said Doug Latulippe of rem Engineering. "The boiler can produce steam which can generate electricity or the steam can be used for the processing needs of a feed mill rendering plant or poultry processing plant… The system was displayed as a part of an environmentally friendly exhibit at the International Poultry Expo which concluded Friday in Atlanta. "The litter is placed in a gasification chamber it is gasified and the gases are sent into a boiler" said Doug Latulippe of rem Engineering. "The boiler can produce steam which can generate electricity or the steam can be used for the processing needs of a feed mill rendering plant or poultry processing plant. "In the gasification chamber the poultry litter is burned and about 17 percent of the original product winds up as ash which can be applied to fields as fertilizer. Latulippe said the system can pay for itself in three to four years. The system requires no outside fuel sources aside from wood used to generate the fire. "The unit itself stays hot and it is self-sustaining for the whole combustion process" he said.
Tehelka:: Free. Fair. Fearless
Tehelka (subscription) – Jan 26, 2008
It was front crash-tested and is currently being tweaked by the manufacturers for side crash impact. Trade bodies like ASSCHAM and rating agencies like Crisil reckon the vehicle will help prices stabilise in the small car market that has seen many global entrants. Currently the lowest version — Maruti800 — is priced at Rs 195000 for the base model The Singur plant of Tata Motors is still facing trouble from activists who blame the Tatas for not providing adequate compensation. Tatas have denied the charge. The success of Nano also depends on its speedy supply especially when the national launch is in ctober. If trouble continues then the Tatas could move production to their plants in Pune or Pantnagar. But the process of shifting could actually delay the launch seater Nano made interesting news… They all backtracked after being told that the Commerce Minister Kamal Nath had already accepted the invitation and such a large number of cabinet ministers and top bureaucrats landing up could be a little embarrassing for Tata himself. The second incident involved India’s top car designer Dilip Chhabria also present at the auto show with his remodeled BMW. n being asked whether he would re-design Nano Chhabria shot back: “First let Indians get a feel of their dream car. I am into designer cars which are not for mass production. In their own ways the remarks reflect a growing satisfaction of India’s bubbling car market — where penetration is just seven per 1000 people as compared to 550 per 1000 in countries such as Germany — over a product offered cheap with guarantees of less fuel consumption less pollution and less parking space. As a result a group of activists from West Bengal wearing T-shirts with “Tata’s screwed Singur” slogans got scant attention despite standing at the entrance of the overcrowded hall that hosted the show. Worse Chhabria — who got India’s top actor Sanjay Dutt to launch his specially designed Ambierod a retro futuristic luxury car based on the look of the Ambassador — was zapped to see Dutt walking over to the next stall and telling prying journalists that he would prefer the Nano over the Rs 4 crore Ambierod.
Dairy boom leads to Synlait expansion plans
Stuff.co.nz – Jan 26, 2008
The $80 million milk-powder processing plant in Dunsandel is on schedule to begin production in August with more suppliers than anticipated. Synlait managing director John Penno said the factory would now process 200m litres of milk in its first year. It originally planned for 100m and then hoped for 150m. "We've had a number of people wanting to supply. We will be near capacity in our first year… A 54-tonne stainless steel evaporator was delivered on site yesterday. At 21m high it would be the biggest single piece of equipment in the factory and was thought to be the largest evaporator ever made in the world. It has 32km of stainless steel tubing inside it and was shipped to Lyttelton from the North Island after being built by NDA Engineering in Hamilton. The project has been funded via a $30m-plus loan from Japanese trading giant Mitsui $20m from the sale of Fonterra shares and $30m plus of bank debt from banks including ANZ Bank.
Tri-State attracting European firms
Huntington Herald Dispatch – Jan 26, 2008
"This process often includes multiple visits and long catalogues of questions that need to be answered. "Allevard Springs opted to come to West Virginia well before the value of the euro was as strong as it is today. It was 2003 and it was the company’s first plant in North America said Troy Thomas general manager of the plant in Prichard Industrial Park. It has plants in countries around the globe and maintains an engineering and sales office in Michigan. Allevard didn’t initially know about West Virginia but heard about it through the efforts of the state development office HADC and the Wayne County Development Authority Thomas said. Allevard produces stabilizer bars for automobile suspensions for Ford Chrysler and Mercedes and suffers as the automobile industry suffers he said. But its performance so far in the Prichard plant has been recognized as good in terms of productivity and quality Thomas said… "Allevard Springs opted to come to West Virginia well before the value of the euro was as strong as it is today. It was 2003 and it was the company’s first plant in North America said Troy Thomas general manager of the plant in Prichard Industrial Park. It has plants in countries around the globe and maintains an engineering and sales office in Michigan. Allevard didn’t initially know about West Virginia but heard about it through the efforts of the state development office HADC and the Wayne County Development Authority Thomas said. Allevard produces stabilizer bars for automobile suspensions for Ford Chrysler and Mercedes and suffers as the automobile industry suffers he said. But its performance so far in the Prichard plant has been recognized as good in terms of productivity and quality Thomas said. "ur customers appreciate the products they get from this plant" he said.