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| July 29, 2010 |
Two Solar Firms Nab $1.85 Billion in ARRA Loan Guarantees
SUGAR LAND--July 9, 2010--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The sun is shining a little brighter for two solar power companies after they were selected last week to receive $1.85 billion in federal loan guarantees under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Other companies featured: Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (NYSE:PNW)
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Contractor Awarded for ecoPower Generation's Kentucky Biomass Project
SUGAR LAND--July 26, 2010--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)-- EcoPower Generation LLC (Lexington, Kentucky) has awarded the construction contract for the company's 50-megawatt biomass power plant in Kentucky. The plant will be situated on 125-acre site and will utilize low-quality wood materials, such as sawdust, bark, wood chips and sawmill waste. A 1.5-mile transmission line will also be built to connect the plant to an American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) substation to deliver power to the grid.
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BASF Continues to Invest in Louisiana Operations
SUGAR LAND--June 30, 2010--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--BASF Corporation (Florham Park, New Jersey) is the United States corporate headquarters of parent company BASF SE (OTC:BASFY) (Ludwigshafen, Germany), one of the largest chemical companies in the world, with an employee count in excess of 100,000. At BASF's plant in Geismar, Louisiana, the company chose to continue with a roughly $100 million expansion project, which is under way and will add a methylamines unit.
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A Tale of Two Backlogs: Jacobs Engineering's Backlog Down, While Fluor Sets New Quarterly Record
SUGAR LAND--July 28, 2010--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Engineering and construction services firms Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) (Irving, Texas) and Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE:JEC) (Pasadena, California) recently reported quarterly results. Earnings for Fluor's second quarter (ended June 30) and Jacobs' third quarter (ended July 2) were both down from the same period of the previous year, although the companies' backlog activities for the quarter differed significantly.
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Johnson Controls Selects Design Firm for Planned $100 Million Battery-Recycling Plant
SUGAR LAND--July 20, 2010--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Johnson Controls Incorporated (NYSE:JCI) (JCI) (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) has selected a firm to provide architectural and engineering services for a planned $100 million grassroot automotive battery-recycling center and secondary lead plant in Florence, South Carolina. JCI makes car batteries for retailers such as AutoZone (NYSE:AZO), Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP), Pep Boys (NYSE:PBY) and Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT).
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