Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Makes it More Convenient for Customers to Shop for Natural Gas and Electric Suppliers by Providing Limited Customer Contact Information to Third-Party Suppliers
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), today announced that it will start providing basic customer contact information to third-party natural gas and electric suppliers licensed in the state of Maryland. This decision,...
SGS to Showcase its Wind Energy Services at the Husum Wind Energy Trade Fair 2010 in Husum, Germany
SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is one of the exhibitors at the Husum Wind Energy 2010 Trade Fair in Husum, Germany. The services offered by SGS Global Competence Center...
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Restores Electric Service to More than 11,000 Customers Since Strong Storms Began Affecting Central Maryland
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), today announced that it is responding to power outages resulting from strong storms affecting its Central Maryland service area. The process of shifting employees from normal job duties...
Distribution system operators of RWE Rheinland Westfalen Netz paid around EUR 1 billion in feed-in tariffs in 2009
Figures for 2009 have shown that the distribution system operators of RWE Rheinland Westfalen Netz paid approximately EUR 1 billion in feed-in tariffs in accordance with the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). Over two...
SGS Consumer Testing Services Expands Flagship U.S. Lab & Staff
The renovation and expansion of SGS Consumer Testing Services’ flagship U.S. lab in Fairfield, N.J. was completed in April. The six-month renovation project and an increase in technical staff provide customers with quicker...
Total Claims Payments Top $256 Million
BP said today it estimates it will pay at least $60 million in advance payments in August to claimants across the Gulf Coast who have lost income or net profit due to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
32 apprentices start work at ThyssenKrupp VDM
For the apprenticeship training schemes starting on August 1, ThyssenKrupp VDM has taken on 32 new apprentices, around 50 percent more than a year earlier. With an apprenticeship training rate of seven percent, the company has...
SGS India Adds New Fire Test Method
SGS India recently added the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) Test Method 701 TM1; Fire Test for Flame Propagation of Textiles to their list of capabilities.
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Customers Encouraged to Attend Energy Management and Assistance Application Event in Anne Arundel County
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), today encouraged qualifying customers to attend an energy management and assistance application event, specifically for customers who have not applied for energy assistance during the...
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Restores Electric Service to More than 87,000 Customers in Less than 24 Hours Following Severe Storms
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), today announced that it has restored electric service to more than 88,000 customers since severe thunderstorms began to affect its Central Maryland service area Sunday afternoon. Crews...
ABB successful in bid to acquire 75% stake in its Indian subsidiary
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, said today its open offer to increase the stake in its Indian subsidiary from 52.11 percent to 75 percent has been successful.
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Restores Electric Service to More than 120,000 Customers Following Sunday’s Severe Storms
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), today announced that it continues to aggressively restore service to customers affected by Sunday’s strong and violent storms. The utility has already restored service to more than...
Have your products SGS EPA WaterSense certified
WaterSense is a partnership program administered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The program encourages efficient water use and innovation in product design to conserve one of earth's most precious resources -...
Alstom signs operation and maintenance contract extension for Gas Natural Fenosa power plants
Alstom has signed an extension of an operation and maintenance contract with Gas Natural Fenosa for its combined cycle units* in Sant Adrià del Besós (Barcelona) and San Roque (Cádiz) power plants, in Spain. The contract confirms...
Alstom opens in Chattanooga, USA, a state-of-the art turbine manufacturing facility to address the North American power generation market
On 24 June 2010, Alstom inaugurated a new production facility for steam turbines, gas turbines, large turbo-generators and related equipment for the North American fossil fuel and nuclear power generation market. It will also...
BP CEO Tony Hayward to Step Down and be Succeeded by Robert Dudley
BP today announced that, by mutual agreement with the BP board, Tony Hayward is to step down as group chief executive with effect from October 1, 2010. He will be succeeded as of that date by fellow executive director Robert...
Solar power plant Andasol 3 : assembly of all parabolic trough collectors completed
The construction works for the joint solar thermal power plant Andasol 3 are on schedule. Now one important construction progress, the assembly of the parabolic trough collectors for the solar field of Andasol 3, has been...
SGS Hong Kong Delivers Color Vision Test Program
Color vision and assessment skills are extremely important for anyone involved in the visual assessment of color especially in color related business such as textiles, printing, graphic design and cosmetics.
High Demand for SGS Time of Flight Diffraction Training Courses: The Next Course is on August 23, 2010 in Shanghai
SGS is responding to an increasing demand for TOFD training courses and therefore provides Time of Flight Diffraction training courses on a frequent basis. The next course is scheduled to run from August 23 to September 5, 2010...
Update on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico.
Subsea Source Control and Containment
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Restores Service to More Than 12,000 Customers as Severe Thunderstorms Impact Central Maryland
Utility crews to work through the night and tomorrow to restore power to nearly 80,000 customers still without power.
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), today announced it has restored electric service to more than...
SGS Solar Testhouse official opening
SGS marks the official opening of its Solar Testhouse, the new SGS photovoltaic laboratory in Hartha, Germany.
Update on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico.
Subsea Source Control and Containment
Alstom wins contracts worth around €450 million to build two combined cycle gas units for a power plant in India
Alstom has been awarded two contracts, worth approximately €450 million in total, by Indian private utility GVK Industries to build two units at the new Jegurupadu III combined cycle power plant in East Godavari District, Andhra...