GLG News by Nuclear Power Experts (North America)

The semiconductor assembly and electrical test services segment has been a bright light in the dark tunnel of the industry lately, where significant declines have been observed for memory chips and overall capital equipment expenditures.  Semiconductor packaging is a key growth segment...

    New Jersey vs. EPA was filed by several states and environmentalists against the EPA’s removal of power plants from the list of mercury sources subject to a Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standard and that mercury cannot be regulated by a cap and trade system under...

On 14 March 2008 Statoil delivered the first LNG delivery from the new Arctic Hammerfest liquefaction plant, located on the Melkoya island, to Gas de France to their Montoir-de-Bretagne terminal in Brittany.  154,500 cu m of LNG were delivered from the 4.1 mta LNG liquefaction plant (0.535 bcfd)....

The cited Blomberg article blames mainly speculators for the dramatic rise of oil and gas prices within one year.  Oil rose according to Blomberg 90% and gas 48%, both referenced to the New York Mercantile Exchange.  Of course the speculators are investing in oil and gas as long as the dollar...

    The Citigroup reports states U.S. coal supply is ample and coal plant inventory levels are adequate such that the higher coal prices of the last several weeks will not hold.  The discussion in the commentary section addresses U.S. coal supply and coal plant inventory and...

The Shell article is at http://www.ogj.com/articles/article_display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=321508&p=120&section=ARTCL&subsection=none&c=GenIn&page=1&x=y and outlines a robust 12 point energy plan presented by John D. Hofmeister, president of Shell Oil Company.  The plan calls...

Amidst further negative outlooks for memory chips in 2008, companies such as TEL and AMAT who have converted resources to supporting the expanding solar cell industry are clearly in a better position than their competitors who will be "left out in the cold" as a result of the downturn for memory...

The cited Herald Tribune article should be of interest to all green power investors and proponents.  While the alternative energy bubble has grown to $148 billion since ...

The overall potential for LED lighting is enormous which has fueled the rumors of traditional lighting companies such as General Electric showing interest in acquiring LED companies before it is too late.  For good measure, as shifting away from the highly competitive commodity oriented business...

Leading buyout firms have found a new avenue for success:  refinery partnership with the leading European independent refinery company Petroplus AG, being owned by by the private equity firms Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings.  The new partnership consists of the Blackstone Group, First...