TVA awards French company AREVA over $239 million in contracts... Tennessee Valley Authority officials last week confirmed that over the last few years the agency has awarded at least $239.2 million in contracts to AREVA for services that include furnishing radioactive fuel to its nuclear plants and for plant repairs. Of the more than 65,000 AREVA jobs worldwide, about 5,300 are in this country. The French concern has spent $7.9 million on lobbying since 1998. More...
... in light of mounting reports of overblending. Tennessee, which has a law requiring annual testing of fuel in all of the state's service stations, has recorded instances of ethanol concentrations of 12% and 13%. But an official with the State Department of Agriculture's Weights and Measures Section says that overblending does not appear to be widespread in the state. He did point out, however, that many states have no testing programs at all. More...
DECATURVILLE, Tenn. - An early morning fire at a biodiesel plant sent families scrambling to safety in Decatur County.
When the cost of coal, natural gas and other traditional fuel sources go up, Eastman Chemical feels the pain. More...
Commercial Appeal: We don't usually associate "gangs" with Bob Corker, but Tennessee's junior U.S. senator is in one -- the bipartisan "Gang of 10" whose crib on Capitol Hill has been buzzing with talk about a long-term strategy on energy. More...
National Coal Inc report: -- In Tennessee, the Baldwin preparation plant and loading facility and one underground mine were brought back into production during the second quarter, and an additional underground mine will be re-started early in the third quarter. More...
Official sales figures are hard to pin down, but the Gluskin-Townley Group, which does market research for the National Bicycle Dealers Association, estimates 10,000 electric bikes were sold in the U.S. in 2007, up from 6,000 in 2006. More...
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