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Ed FEO @ Solar Summit - April 9 - San Diego
04/08/2008
Solar energy generation capacity has the potential to be one of the fastest growing sectors of energy production in the history of electric power," according to Edwin F. Feo, co-chair of the top-ranked Power, Energy & Utility group at the international law firm, Milbank,...More »
Renegy Sails Through Plan for Biomass Plant
03/19/2008
While the desert may not leap to mind as an optimum spot for a biomass project, one in Arizona got the green light largely because it was built entirely within the footprint of a large, recycled newsprint paper mill, which provides a steady supply of paper sludge as...More »
Not much for sale in midstream energy market
02/27/2008
Master limited partnerships looking to grow by adding natural gas processing, storage and transportation -- or midstream -- assets are finding shelves bare when they go to market, investment bankers told a conference on Wednesday. "There's been a decline in the number of...More »
Green Building Finance and Investment Forum
02/25/2008
Green Building Finance and Investment Forum Posted by Mark J Bennett Senior Counsel/Miller Canfield The Green Building Finance and Investment Forum held on February 20-22 in San Francisco reinforced market trends which I have recently seen accelerating relative to the...More »
Fuel For Thought: Biodiesel Finance & Investment Summit
01/24/2008
The big news to come out of last week’s Biodiesel Finance and Investment Summit is this: the biodiesel industry must evolve in order to remain viable. The crux of this evolution, however, is in what direction and to what end? The major players in the biodiesel...More »
Schweitzer shares ideas on proposed plants and energy issues
01/21/2008
The governor took partial credit for the Air Force's proposal to have a private developer build a large coal-to-liquid fuel plant at Malmstrom. He said Air Force officials made the suggestion after hearing him advocate clean-coal technology at a conference in New York. They...More »
Jerry York's State of the Auto Industry
09/19/2007
Written by Lou Whiteman Jerry York is a Michigan native who built a reputation during his years working at all of the Big Three automakers as one of the shrewdest managers in the business, culminating last year when he served as Kirk Kerkorian's adviser in the...More »
What's in a Name? If it's Thermal Depolymerization, a Lot
04/23/2007
Written by Lynn Grooms The IRS ruling makes "workable" the "renewable diesel" tax credit by defining 'thermal depolymerization' under a very broad reading to allow large integrated oil companies and chemical processors to claim a $1/gallon tax incentive as part of the...More »
Ethanol Incentives Strongly Supported
03/22/2007
Written by Brian Milne Vital in driving the rapid growth of the ethanol industry in the United States has been government support in the form of the renewable fuels standard, tax incentives, import tariffs, grants and loans. "It's the one thing in Washington that has...More »
Midstream Acquisitions Must Ensure Future Cash Flow Generation
03/07/2007
Excerpt from the March 7, 2007 edition of Gas Processors Report. Midstream players are seeing lots of sticker shock when they look to the acquisition market these days. Prices of assets are clearly higher than they were four to five years ago, and panelists at the...More »
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