Tag Archive | "Energy"
Neyart uneasy about import fees on solar panels
Tom Neyhart, president of Green Grants LLC, a New Orleans solar installation firm, said it’s too early to tell what impact a recent U.S. Commerce Department decision to levy import fees on solar panels made in China will have on his business. But he can’t help but feel uneasy about the decision. Green Grants works [...]
Continue reading...(UPDATED) PSC requests proposals for Kemper County coal plant
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
>> SEE UPDATE AS OF THURSDAY MORNING …. JACKSON — State utility regulators have asked Mississippi Power Co. and the Sierra Club to submit proposals on how to proceed with the Kemper County coal-fired power plant. The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled on March 15 that the Public Service Commission failed to lay out its reasoning [...]
Continue reading...Itron Inc. buys SmartSynch for $100 million
Thursday, February 16, 2012
SmartSynch, a Jackson-based energy technology firm, has been acquired by Itron Inc. The $100 million deal was announced yesterday and is expected to close by the second quarter of 2012. Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ:ITRI) is a leader in the global energy and water resource management market with headquarters in Liberty Lake, Wash. They work with 8,000 [...]
Continue reading...MEC hosts ‘A Capital Day’ for business community
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Speakers address energy, education and health JACKSON – Members of the business community gathered at the Marriott hotel in Jackson today to hear Gov.-elect Phil Bryant’s agenda for economic development and the details of Blueprint Mississippi, a report on improving the state’s economic health that is sponsored by the Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) and other [...]
Continue reading...BlueFire lands financing MOU for Fulton project
Sunday, November 6, 2011
BlueFire Renewables, a California-based company, has entered into a memorandum of understanding with China Huadian Engineering Co. to finance its integrated Power Plant and Biorefinery in Fulton and up to five additional plants in the United States. According to Biofuels Digest, under the MOU, Huadian will invest equity by purchasing an interest in the BlueFire [...]
Continue reading...KEMPER PLANT KEY IN HEATED PSC CONTEST
Friday, November 4, 2011
Presley, Adams debate details of coal project consumer impact Of the three incumbents RUNNING for re-election to the Mississippi Public Service Commission — which regulates public electric, gas, telecommunications, water and sewer utilities — only one faces a serious challenger. Northern District Commissioner and Democrat Brandon Presley is opposed by Republican Boyce Adams. Both have [...]
Continue reading...BlueFire Renewables lands financing MOU for Fulton project
Monday, October 31, 2011
– BlueFire Renewables lands financing MOU for Mississippi bioenergy project, 5 others Biofuels Digest reports today that California-based BlueFire Renewables has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with China Huadian Engineering Co. to finance its integrated Power Plant and Biorefinery in Fulton, Miss. and up to five additional plants in the United States. Under the [...]
Continue reading...Technology will determine Miss. solar companies’ future 
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Twin Creeks Technologies and Stion need high-tech success to compete with cheap overseas labor See related MBJ story: “Calisolar lays off 80 Calif. workers” With the continued controversy over the Obama administration’s support for the now-bankrupt Solyndra, which came weeks after the collapse of Spectrawatt and Evergreen Solar, the renewable energy industry is eagerly watching [...]
Continue reading...SmartSynch Press Conference LIVE TWEET
Monday, September 26, 2011
MBJ technology writer Stephen McDill is micro-blogging an ongoing news teleconference with executives from the Mississippi-based energy tech company SmartSynch. A company representative told us last week that SmartSynch had secured a major contract with a nationwide utility that will be big news for the company and will create Mississippi jobs. You can follow this developing [...]
Continue reading...Public land in Delta impacted by river flood
Friday, September 16, 2011
Every year, hunters flock to the Delta to take advantage of some of the best public hunting land in the state offered by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks’ wildlife management areas (WMAs) and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex. This year, however, hunters are wondering if [...]
Continue reading...- Regions sets debit card fees in bid to offset revenue losses
- Public retirement system study panel urges cost-of-living freeze
- Mississippi Medical Association: 'Personhood' initiative worries physicians
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- CARTER: S.C.’s DeMint tells veterans they don’t deserve job help
- *update* MVSU votes to oust its president
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- Cindie Christoffer: hmmmm...
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- Creative economy caught on camera
- Repo man’s delight: Mississippi tops in tardy car payments
- Mississippi affiliates help Habitat become nation’s 6th largest builder
- Vermont takes symbolic stand with first fracking ban
- Recent trends may threaten coaching diversity in college athletics
- Toyota adding 125 jobs at Huntsville, Ala., engine plant
- Warren Buffett is investing in newspapers …
- New president to be named at Delta State University
- Companies in search of venture capital enter ‘Shark Tank’ Tuesday
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
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