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- Biofuels, the debate continues
- Nature.com has an interesting take on American governmental mandate for more biofuels. You'll have to pay to read the whole piece, but all the talkbacks are free and some quite thoughtful. They come from enemies, friends and interested observers of the whole biofuel issue. Corn lovers to...
- Tags: Food, Natural Gas, Nature.com, Food & Beverage, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-04-13
- Giant gas field found in the Appalachia
- It's well known that the Marcellus black shale in northern Appalachia, which covers hundreds of square miles in five states (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia), contains natural gas. But now, two U.S. researchers have discovered that the reserves are much bigger than previously thought. They estimate that...
- Tags: U.S., Joint, Pennsylvania, Fracture, Natural Gas, Marcellus, J1, Telecom & Utilities, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-01-20
- Kansas's War of the Words. Does Osama love coal?
- As we blogged here weeks ago, the Kansas anti-coal decision makes it the center of a vicious battle over energy policy and, of course, big bucks. The coal forces accuse Kansas of aiding and abetting America's enemies. So now it appears the pro-coal folks think not liking coal...
- Tags: Kansas, Microsoft Word, America, Coal, Natural Gas, Osama Bib Laden, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-11-07
- Nanotechnology for the natural gas industry
- According to researchers from the University of Wyoming, nanotechnology could revolutionize the natural gas industry. They say that nanotechnology 'could help us extract more fuel and feedstock hydrocarbons from dwindling resources.' However, they recognize that the oil and gas exploration and production industry is not very innovative. If the sector...
- Tags: Industry, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Industry, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Management, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
- Photos: Fujitsu unveils king-size fuel cell
- Electronics giant inaugurates 200-kilowatt hydrogen fuel cell that will provide electricity as well as heat to buildings on its Sunnyvale campus.A proton exchange membrane PEM hydrogen fuel cell, king-size. Fujitsu inaugurated this fuel cell at its Sunnyvale, Calif., campus on Friday. The fuel cell sits in the parking lot...
- Tags: Fuel cells, photograph, fuel cell, hydrogen, Fujitsu Ltd., membrane, Amdahl, Fujitsu LifeBook, steam, chair, electron, carbon dioxide, carbon, Sunnyvale, natural gas, electronics company, data center, electronics, Japan, laptop computer
- Image galleries 2007-08-17
- Google data centers 'manufacture Internet services'
- "We’re like a large manufacturing facility, but what we manufacture is Internet services," Lloyd Taylor, director of operations for Google, said today, in publicly announcing the creation of a $600 million data center at Mid-America Industrial Park MAIIP in Pryor, Oklahoma, about 40 miles northeast of Tulsa.Google pressures power companies...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- Fuel tanks made of corncob waste
- After yesterdays story about wild grass used to produce clean fuel, lets look today at how corncob waste can be used to created carbon briquettes with complex nanopores capable of storing natural gas. These methane storage systems may encourage mass-market natural gas cars. In fact, these "briquettes are the first...
- Tags: Engineering &, Innovation, Energy &, Environment
- Blog posts 2007-02-21
- Images: Peugeot, Xbox 360 car design winners emerge
- Contest winners include a hydrogen sports car, a natural-gas SUV and a Formula 1 pod. One will join the Xbox 360.
- Tags: Game players, Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Peugeot, hydrogen, SUV, natural gas
- Image galleries 2007-02-15
- Microgy lands deals to help it turn cow manure into natural gas
- Microgy lands deals to help it turn cow manure into natural gasSounds like...a bunch of crap to me...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Microgy, natural gas
- Discussion threads 2006-11-13
- Verizon heeds call of fuel cells
- Verizon heeds call of fuel cellsThe NSA should look into this.Recently, it was reported that the NSA's spying programs would suffer if a blackout occured. Worse yet, BGE is going to jack off... I mean, jack [i]up[/i]... electrical rates some 72% since price caps expired. As of July,...
- Tags: Fuel cells, fuel cell, Verizon Communications Inc., NSA, natural gas, BGE, hydrogen
- Discussion threads 2006-08-07
- Death by deregulation
- In David Berlind's latest Alice in Wonderland trip through the American telecommunications universe -- "Are Baby Bells abusing gov't granted right-of-way?" -- he credits Bob Frankston, the co-inventor of the VisiCalc electronic spreadsheet, for inspiring this tour-de-force of imaginative fact development. Mr. Frankston's VisiCalc allowed the computer owner to invent...
- Tags: natural gas, telecommunications
- Blog posts 2005-08-23
- natural gas Distributor Atmos Energy Maximizes Efficiencies, Optimizes Asset Management With Integrated Solution
- Atmos Energy Corporation is one of the largest pure natural gas distributors in the United States. The goals were to integrate business systems, optimize work management and extend single system for human resources to all divisions. Atmos Energy choose Oracle E-Business Suite because of its ease of implementation and comprehensive...
- Tags: Asset, Human Resources, Oracle Corp., Natural Gas, Atmos, Asset Management, Telecom & Utilities, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Xcel Energy Rapidly Consolidates Core Financials for $15 Billion Corporate Entity
- Xcel Energy is the fourth largest combined electric and natural gas utility in the U.S. After combining its corporate legacy systems at the end of the merger in 2000, Xcel Energy needed a faster, more flexible ERP solution to consolidate its financials. An Xcel Energy evaluation team including representatives from...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Financials, ERP, Natural Gas, Xcel Energy, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Team Management, Hardware Upgrade, Telecom & Utilities, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Hardware
- Case studies
- Oracle Case Study: natural gas Corporation
- The origins of Natural Gas Corporation NGC go back to 1967, when it was established by the New Zealand government to buy, sell, process, transport, and wholesale natural gas. The company's multiple legacy systems and databases were raising issues of compatibility and integration. The company was looking for a common...
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Natural Gas, Hardware Upgrade, Telecom & Utilities, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Government, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software
- Case studies
- Leading natural gas Company Improves Communication, Compliance, Performance
- El Paso Corporation owns North America's largest natural gas pipeline system and is one of North America's largest independent natural gas producers. Because many of the company's employees work in the field, communicating important corporate information to the distributed work force had become a challenge. Employee communications were further complicated...
- Tags: El Paso Corp., Performance, Compliance, Natural Gas, Telecom & Utilities
- Case studies
- TXU Energy Capitalizes on e-Billing by Bringing It in House
- Facing utility deregulation and a range of potential new competitors, TXU Energy needed to differentiate itself, while also building stronger relationships with its customers. The company, which is the largest provider of electricity and natural gas services in the state of Texas, also was looking for ways to reduce operating...
- Tags: Billing, Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., Electronic Billing, Natural Gas, Telecom & Utilities
- Case studies
- Global Contractor Increases Engineer Productivity by Improving Document Control
- TGE Gas Engineering TGE is an independent engineering, procurement, and construction contractor specifically engaged in the design and construction of natural gas plants. The technical documentation developed by engineers must comply with contract terms and conditions. However, sometimes documents do not follow the Document Control Department rules and procedures, which...
- Tags: Document, Microsoft Corp., Natural Gas, TGE Gas Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Case studies
- AGL Resources Replaces DBMS Data Integration Solution With Informatica - ROI Within One Year
- AGL Resources Inc. is a regional holding company for energy and infrastructure related businesses in the Southeast. The company is the second largest natural gas-only distribution company in the United States and serves more than 1.8 million customers throughout Georgia, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and southeastern Virginia. The company wanted to gain...
- Tags: Informatica, DBMS, ROI, Natural Gas, Roi/Tco, Telecom & Utilities, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Case studies
Additional Resources
- Small differences can make a BIG difference
- I recently got a chance to talk with one VC firm that's focused some of its attention and money on cleantech. One of their investments is in OPX, which seems to have a unique approach to solving some of the energy and raw material supply issues facing the planet....
- Tags: Chemicals, Clean Technology, Costs, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move
- In a move that surprises few people, Plaxo is being acquired. The surprise - at least for some - is that it is Comcast and not one of the usual suspects of Facebook or Google. Comcast is Plaxo's biggest partner and provides hosting for all Comcast email subscriber address books....
- Tags: Plaxo Inc., Comcast Corp., Advertising & Promotion, E-mail, Marketing, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
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