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Monday, December 6, 2010

Researchers discover a way to simultaneously desalinate water, produce hydrogen and treat wastewater

http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-simultaneously-desalinate-hydrogen-wastewater.html

December 3, 2010 Researchers discover a way to simultaneously desalinate water, produce hydrogen and treat wastewater

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fresh water and reusable energy. Humans are on a constant hunt for a sustainable supply of both. Water purification requires a lot of energy, while utility companies need large amounts of water for energy production. Their goal is to find a low-energy-required treatment technology. Researchers from the University of Colorado Denver College of Engineering and Applied Science may have discovered an answer.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Northeast Utilities to buy Nstar in $4.17B deal By JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer

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Northeast Utilities will buy Nstar for $4.17 billion, forming the biggest New England utility company with 3.5 million electric and gas customers in three states.

The acquisition should help Northeast pay for large transmission projects designed to bring low-carbon power from Northern New England and Canada to higher population areas in southern New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut. The combined company plans to spend $9 billion on these and other projects from 2011 through 2015.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Quantum Energy Partners to Set Up $1-Billion Power Generation Firm

Quantum Energy Partners to Set Up $1-Billion Power Generation Firm

Quantum Energy Partners said it would create a new power generation company to acquire and develop conventional and alternative energy power plants in the U.S., the Associated Press reported. The new company, Quantum Utility Generation, would have $1 billion in financing, half from Quantum Energy Partners and half raised from financial and strategic partners.

Larry Kellerman, former president of a power-plant generation subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group, has been tapped to lead the new company. Kellerman was quoted as saying: "We look forward to working with the investor-owned and public power utilities, generation asset owners and regulatory agencies in being a value-added owner, operator and developer of generation assets."

Associated Press via Houston (Texas) Business Journal,

Dow Jones Newswires, Sept. 21.