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PLUNKETT’S RENEWABLE, ALTERNATIVE
& HYDROGEN ENERGY INDUSTRY
ALMANAC 2012
Jack W. Plunkett
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PLUNKETT’S RENEWABLE,
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INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2012
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Estimated Number of Alternative Fueled Vehicles in Use in the U.S., by Fuel Type: 2005-2009 57
World Total Primary Energy Consumption by Region: 2006-2035 58
World Consumption of Hydroelectricity & Other Renewable Energy by Region: 2006-2035 59
Share of Electricity Generation by Energy Source, U.S.: Projections, 1980-2035 60
Energy Consumption by Source & Sector, U.S.: 2010 61
Primary Energy Flow by Source & Sector, U.S.: 2010 62
Total Electrical Power Generation by Fuel Type, U.S.: 1981-1st 7 Months of 2011 63
Net Electricity Generation from Conventional Hydropower by Sector & Region, U.S.: 2009-2010 64
U.S. Historical Hydroelectric Generation Compared to 16-Year Average for 1995-2010 65
Energy Production by Fossil Fuels & Nuclear Power, U.S.: Selected Years, 1950-2010 66
Energy Production by Renewable Energy, U.S.: Selected Years, 1950-2010 67
Renewable Energy Consumption by Source, U.S.: Selected Years, 1950-2010 68
Renewable Energy Consumption in the Residential, Commercial & Industrial Sectors,
U.S.: 2004-2010 69
Renewable Energy Consumption in the Transportation & Electric Power Sectors, U.S.:
2004-2010 70
Summary of Fuel Ethanol Production, U.S.: 2010 71
The 15 Largest Nuclear Power Plants in the U.S.: 2010 72
Top 10 Countries by Installed Wind Generating Capacity: 2010 73
Top 15 U.S. States by Installed Wind Generating Capacity: 2010 74
Shipments of Photovoltaic Cells & Modules by Market Sector, End Use & Type, U.S.: 2008-2009 75
Shipments of Solar Thermal Collectors, U.S., 2000-2009 76
U.S. Department of Energy Funding for Scientific Research: 2010-2012 77
Federal Research & Development (R&D) & R&D Plant Funding for Energy, U.S.:
Fiscal Years 2009-2011 78
Chapter 3: Important Renewable, Alternative & Hydrogen Energy Industry Contacts 79
(Addresses, Phone Numbers and Internet Sites)
Chapter 4: THE RENEWABLE ENERGY 300:
Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 117
Industry List, With Codes 118
Index of Companies Within Industry Groups 120
Alphabetical Index 128
Index of Headquarters Location by U.S. State 131
Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 134
Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 136
Index of Firms with International Operations 142
Individual Data Profiles on Each of THE RENEWABLE ENERGY 300 145
Additional Indexes
Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 464
Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 465
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is derived by assessing the amount of a fuel required through the use of enzymes that are created through
to generate the same heat content as a typical barrel biotechnology. Also, see “Ethanol.”
of oil.
Biomass: Organic, non-fossil material of biological
Basic Research: Attempts to discover compounds, origin constituting a renewable energy source. The
materials, processes or other items that may be biomass can be burnt as fuel in a system that creates
largely or entirely new and/or unique. Basic research steam to turn a turbine, generating electricity. For
may start with a theoretical concept that has yet to be example, biomass can include wood chips and
proven. The goal is to create discoveries that can be agricultural crops.
moved along to applied research. Basic research is
sometimes referred to as “blue sky” research. Biorefinery: A refinery that produces fuels from
biomass. These fuels may include bioethanol
Bbl: See “Barrel (Petroleum).” (produced from corn or other plant matter) or
biodiesel (produced from plant or animal matter).
Bcf: One billion cubic feet.
Bitumen: A naturally occurring viscous mixture,
Bcfe: One billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent. mainly of hydrocarbons heavier than pentane, that
may contain sulfur compounds. Also, see “Tar Sands
Bi-Fuel Vehicle: A vehicle with two separate fuel (Oil Sands).”
systems designed to run either on an alternative fuel,
or on gasoline or diesel, using only one fuel at a time. Boiling Water Reactor: A type of nuclear power
Bi-fuel vehicles are referred to as “dual-fuel” reactor that uses ordinary water for both the coolant
vehicles in the CAA and EPACT. and the neutron moderator. The steam is used to
directly produce electricity through generators.
Binary Cycle Generation: A method of geothermal
electricity generation where lower-temperature BPO: See “Business Process Outsourcing (BPO).”
geothermal sources are tapped. The geothermal steam
source is used to heat another liquid that has a lower Breeder Reactor: A breeder reactor is a nuclear
boiling point, which then drives the turbine. Also see plant that produces more fissile material (such as U-
“Flash Steam Generation.” 235 or plutonium) that it actually consumes. A Fast
Breeder Reactor (FBR), once initially started, can
Biochemical Conversion: The use of enzymes and utilize depleted uranium from traditional reactors as
catalysts to change biological substances chemically fuel, thus helping to alleviate the problem of storing
to produce energy products. The digestion of organic spent nuclear fuel rods. This method is used in many
wastes or sewage by microorganisms to produce nations, but not in the U.S. America does not use
methane is an example of biochemical conversion. FBRs because they create as a byproduct weapons-
grade plutonium. A Thermal Breeder Reactor (TBR),
Biodiesel: A fuel derived when glycerin is separated once started with enriched uranium or other fissile
from vegetable oils or animal fats. The resulting material, can then be kept running with thorium (a
byproducts are methyl esters (the chemical name for chemical element that is radioactive and found in
biodiesel) and glycerin which can be used in soaps abundance in nature). Some researchers consider a
and cleaning products. It has lower emissions than TBR to be the ultimate, safest, most efficient type of
petroleum diesel and is currently used as an additive nuclear reactor, due to its use of low-cost thorium as
to that fuel since it helps with lubricity. fuel.
Bioenergy: Useful, renewable energy produced from British Thermal Unit (Btu): The quantity of heat
organic matter, which may either be used directly as needed to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water
a fuel or processed into liquids and gases. See by 1 degree Fahrenheit at or near 39.2 degrees
“Biomass.” Fahrenheit.
Bioethanol: A fuel produced by the fermentation of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO): The process
plant matter such as corn. Fermentation is enhanced of hiring another company to handle business
activities. BPO is one of the fastest-growing
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segments in the offshoring sector. Services include particular companies and/or their industries. The
human resources management, billing and purchasing “trade” part of cap and trade allows companies that
and call centers, as well as many types of customer operate efficiently on a carbon basis, and thereby
service or marketing activities, depending on the emit a lower amount of carbon than law allows, to
industry involved. Also, see “Knowledge Process sell or trade the unused part of their carbon
Outsourcing (KPO).” allowances to firms that are less efficient.
Butane: A normally gaseous straight-chain or Capacity Factor: The ratio of the electrical energy
branch-chain hydrocarbon (C4H10), extracted from produced by a generating unit for a certain period of
natural gas or refinery gas streams. It includes time to the electrical energy that could have been
isobutane and normal butane. produced at continuous full-power operation during
the same period.
Butanol (Biobutanol): Butyl alcohol, sometimes
used as a solvent. In the form of biobutanol, it is an Capex: Capital expenditures.
ethanol substitute, generally derived from sugar beets
to be used as a fuel additive. Captive Offshoring: Used to describe a company-
owned offshore operation. For example, Microsoft
Butyl Alcohol: Alcohol derived from butane that is owns and operates significant captive offshore
used in organic synthesis and as a solvent. research and development centers in China and
elsewhere that are offshore from Microsoft's U.S.
CAES: Compressed Air Energy Storage. home base. Also see “Offshoring.”
CAFTA-DR: See “Central American-Dominican Carbon Capture and Storage: See “Carbon
Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).” Sequestration (CCS).”
California Air Resources Board (CARB): The state Carbon Dioxide (CO2): A product of combustion
agency that regulates the air quality in California. Air that has become an environmental concern in recent
quality regulations established by CARB are often years. CO2 does not directly impair human health but
stricter than those set by the federal government. is a “greenhouse gas” that traps the earth’s heat and
contributes to the potential for global warming.
California Low-Emission Vehicle Program: A
state requirement for automakers to produce vehicles Carbon Intensity: The amount of carbon dioxide
with fewer emissions than current EPA standards. that a nation emits, on average, in order to create a
The five categories of California Low-Emission unit of GDP (gross domestic product, a measure of
Vehicle Program standards, from least to most economic output).
stringent, are TLEV, LEV, ULEV, SULEV and ZEV.
Carbon Monoxide (CO): A colorless, odorless gas
CANDU Reactor: A pressurized heavy-water, produced by the incomplete combustion of fuels with
natural-uranium power reactor designed by a a limited oxygen supply, as in automobile engines.
consortium of Canadian government and private
industry participants. CANDU utilizes natural, Carbon Sequestration (CCS): The absorption and
unenriched uranium oxide as fuel. Because storage of CO2 from the atmosphere by the roots and
unenriched uranium is cheaper, this kind of reactor is leaves of plants; the carbon builds up as organic
attractive to developing countries. The fuel is matter in the soil. In the energy industry, carbon
contained in hundreds of tubes that are pressure sequestration refers to the process of isolating and
resistant. This means that a tube can be refueled storing carbon dioxide (a so-called greenhouse gas).
while the reactor is operating. CANDU is a registered One use is to avoid releasing carbon dioxide into the
trademark of the CANDU consortium. air when burning coal at a coal-fired power plant.
Instead, the carbon dioxide is stored in the ground or
Cap and Trade: A system in which governments otherwise stored in a permanent or semi-permanent
attempt to reduce carbon emissions by major fashion. Other uses include the return to the ground
industry. First, an overall “cap” is placed, by of carbon dioxide that is produced at natural gas
government regulation, on total carbon emissions for wells, and the introduction of carbon dioxide into oil
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wells in order to increase internal pressure and RFG provision requires use of RFG all year in certain
production. This process is also known as carbon areas. The oxygenated gasoline provision requires the
capture and storage (CCS). use of oxygenated gasoline during certain months,
when CO and ozone pollution are most serious. The
Carcinogens: Chemicals and other substances regulations also require certain fleet operators to use
known to cause cancer. clean fuel vehicles in 22 cities.
Cast Silicon: Crystalline silicon obtained by pouring Clean Fuel Vehicle (CFV): Any vehicle certified by
pure molten silicon into a vertical mold and adjusting the Environmental Protection Agency as meeting
the temperature gradient along the mold volume certain federal emissions standards. The three
during cooling to obtain slow, vertically advancing categories of federal CFV standards, from least to
crystallization of the silicon. The polycrystalline most stringent, are LEV, ULEV and ZEV. The ILEV
ingot thus formed is composed of large, relatively standard is voluntary and does not need to be adopted
parallel, interlocking crystals. The cast ingots are by states as part of the Clean-Fuel Fleet Program.
sawed into wafers for further fabrication into CFVs are eligible for two federal programs, the
photovoltaic cells. Cast-silicon wafers and ribbon- California Pilot Program and the Clean-Fuel Fleet
silicon sheets fabricated into cells are usually referred Program. CFV exhaust emissions standards for light-
to as polycrystalline photovoltaic cells. duty vehicles and light-duty trucks are numerically
similar to those of CARB’s California Low-Emission
CCS: See “Carbon Sequestration (CCS).” Vehicle Program.
Cetane: Ignition performance rating of diesel fuel; Cogeneration: See “Combined Heat and Power
the diesel equivalent to gasoline octane. (CHP) Plant.”
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plant: A facility Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE): (P.L.
that generates power via combined cycle technology. 94-163) A law passed in 1975 that set federal fuel
See “Combined Cycle.” economy standards. The CAFE values are an average
of city and highway fuel economy test results
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL): A type of light weighted by a manufacturer for either its car or truck
bulb that provides considerable energy savings over fleet.
traditional incandescent light bulbs.
CSP: See “Concentrated Solar Power (CSP).”
Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES): A
storage system that directs surplus electricity to a Denatured Alcohol: Ethanol that contains a small
compressor, which pumps air deep into layers of amount of a toxic substance, such as methanol or
porous sandstone underneath dense, almost gasoline, which cannot be removed easily by
impermeable shale. The sandstone expands, trapping chemical or physical means. Alcohols intended for
the air, which is later released. As the air rushes industrial use must be denatured to avoid federal
upward, it fires a turbine on the surface, thereby alcoholic beverage tax.
producing energy.
Dendrimer: A type of molecule that can be used
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG): Natural gas that with small molecules to give them certain desirable
has been compressed under high pressures, typically characteristics. Dendrimers are utilized in
between 2000 and 3600 psi, held in a container. The technologies for electronic displays. See “Organic
gas expands when released for use as a fuel. LED (OLED).”
Compressor: A device to increase gas pressure Direct Current (DC): An electric current that flows
capable of causing the flow of gas. in a constant direction. The magnitude of the current
does not vary or has a slight variation.
Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV): A technology in
which the use of mirrors, lenses or other items Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC): A new energy
concentrate and thus vastly increase the intensity of concept for mobile electronic devices such as laptops
sunlight during the photovoltaic process. and cell phones. Toshiba, the pioneer in this field, has
exhibited tiny DMFCs capable of delivering up to
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP): Concentrated, or 300 milliwatts for up to 35 hours of operation. A fuel
“concentrating,” solar power is the use of solar cartridge can be replaced on an as-needed basis.
thermal collectors to absorb solar heat and then heat
water, oil or other substances with that energy. A Distributed Power Generation: A method of
good example is the Stirling Engine, which uses generating electricity at or near the site where it will
focused solar energy to heat liquid hydrogen in a be consumed, such as the use of small, local
closed-loop system. Expanding hydrogen gas creates generators or fuel cells to power individual buildings,
pressure on pistons within the engine, which turns at homes or neighborhoods. Distributed power is
a steady 1,800 RPM. The engine then powers an thought by many analysts to offer distinct
electric generator. CSP technologies include the use advantages. For example, electricity generated in this
of large numbers of mirrors that reflect and manner is not reliant upon the grid for distribution to
concentrate sunlight upon “solar towers.” As heat the end user.
accumulates in the solar towers, it produces steam
that is used to drive turbines and generate electricity. Distribution System: The portion of an electric
In the latest systems, CSP utilizes heliostats, or system that is dedicated to delivering electric energy
motor-driven mirrors, to track the sun through the sky to an end user.
during the day. (See “Heliostat.”)
E10 (Gasohol): Ethanol/gasoline mixture containing
10% denatured ethanol and 90% gasoline, by volume.
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E85: Ethanol/gasoline mixture containing 85% deal with alternative transportation fuels. EPACT
denatured ethanol and 15% gasoline, by volume. accelerates the purchase requirements for alternative
fuel vehicles (AFVs) by the federal fleet, proposes
E93: Ethanol mixture containing 93% ethanol, 5% eliminating the cap on CAFE credits that
methanol and 2% kerosene, by volume. manufacturers can earn by producing dual- and
flexible-fuel vehicles and requires fleets in large
E95: Ethanol/gasoline mixture containing 95% urban areas to purchase AFVs. EPACT also
denatured ethanol and 5% gasoline, by volume. establishes tax incentives for purchasing AFVs,
converting conventional gasoline vehicles to operate
Electric Power Industry: The privately, publicly, on alternative fuels and installing refueling or
federally and cooperatively owned electric utilities of recharging facilities by the private sector.
the United States taken as a whole. Does not include
special-purpose electric facilities. Ethanol: A clear, colorless, flammable, oxygenated
hydrocarbon, also called ethyl alcohol. In the U.S., it
Electric Power System: An individual electric is used as a gasoline octane enhancer and oxygenate
power entity. in a 10% blend called E10. Ethanol can be used in
higher concentrations (such as an 85% blend called
Electric Utility: A corporation, person, agency, E85) in vehicles designed for its use. It is typically
authority or other legal entity or instrumentality that produced chemically from ethylene or biologically
owns and/or operates facilities within the United from fermentation of various sugars from
States for the generation, transmission, distribution or carbohydrates found in agricultural crops and
sale of electric energy primarily for use by the public. cellulose residues from crops or wood. Grain ethanol
production is typically based on corn or sugarcane.
EMEA: The region comprised of Europe, the Middle Cellulosic ethanol production is based on agricultural
East and Africa. waste, such as wheat stalks, that has been treated with
enzymes to break the waste down into component
Emission: The release or discharge of a substance sugars.
into the environment. Generally refers to the release
of gases or particulates into the air. Ethyl Ester: A fatty ester formed when organically
derived oils are combined with ethanol in the
Energy: The capacity for doing work as measured by presence of a catalyst. After water washing, vacuum
the capability of doing work (potential energy) or the drying and filtration, the resulting ethyl ester has
conversion of this capability to motion (kinetic characteristics similar to petroleum-based diesel
energy). Most of the world’s convertible energy motor fuels.
comes from fossil fuels that are burned to produce
heat that is then used as a transfer medium to Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE): An aliphatic
mechanical or other means in order to accomplish ether similar to MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether).
tasks. This fuel oxygenate is manufactured by reacting
isobutylene with ethanol. Having high octane and
Energy Information Administration (EIA): An low volatility characteristics, ETBE can be added to
independent agency within the U.S. Department of gasoline up to a level of approximately 17% by
Energy, the Energy Information Administration volume. ETBE is not yet commercially available.
(EIA) develops surveys, collects energy data and
does analytical and modeling analyses of energy EU: See “European Union (EU).”
issues.
EU Competence: The jurisdiction in which the
Energy Intensity: The amount of energy needed for European Union (EU) can take legal action.
a nation to produce a unit of GDP (gross domestic
product, a measure of economic output). European Union (EU): A consolidation of European
countries (member states) functioning as one body to
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT): (P.L. 102- facilitate trade. Previously known as the European
486) A broad-ranging act signed into law on October Community (EC), the EU expanded to include much
24, 1992. Titles III, IV, V, XV and XIX of EPACT of Eastern Europe in 2004, raising the total number
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of member states to 25. In 2002, the EU launched a technology. The prices are typically much higher
unified currency, the Euro. See europa.eu.int. than those paid for electricity from conventional
power plants, because most renewable sources
Exempt Wholesale Generator (EWG): A non- operate at lower efficiency and higher cost per KWH.
utility electricity generator that is not a qualifying The intent is to encourage investment in renewable
facility under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies plants by guaranteeing a price for output that will
Act of 1978. create a positive return on investment.
FASB: See “Financial Accounting Standards Board Feedstock: Any material converted to another form
(FASB).” of fuel or energy product. For example, corn starch
can be used as a feedstock for ethanol production.
Fast Breeder Reactor: See “Breeder Reactor.”
FERC: See “Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Fast Neutron Reactor (FNR): A fast reactor is a (FERC).”
type of nuclear plant that uses uranium-238 as a fuel,
in addition to the U-235 isotope used in traditional Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB):
reactors. Variances in design determine the actual An independent organization that establishes the
designation of a reactor. Reactors that produce more Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
"fissile material" (plutonium, U-235, etc.) than they
consume are referred to as Breeder Reactors, or Fast Fissile Material: Generally, fissile material is
Breeder Reactors (FBR). On the other hand if they material than can be used as nuclear fuel in a reactor,
are net consumers of fissile material, they are Fast such as Uranium-233, Uranium-235, Plutonium-239
Neutron Reactors (FNR). (Also, see “Breeder and Plutonium-241.
Reactor.”)
Flash Steam Generation: The most common type of
Fast Reactor: An advanced technology nuclear hydroelectric power generation technique. Flash
reactor that uses a fast fission process utilizing fast steam describes a system where a high temperature
neutrons that would split some of the U-258 atoms as geothermal steam source can be used to directly drive
well as transuranic isotopes. The goal is to use a turbine. Also see “Binary Cycle Generation.”
nuclear material more efficiently and safely in the
production of nuclear energy. Flexible-Fuel Vehicles (FFVs): Vehicles with a
common fuel tank designed to run on varying blends
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): of unleaded gasoline with either ethanol or methanol.
A quasi-independent regulatory agency within the
Department of Energy having jurisdiction over Flow Cell Battery: A massive electricity storage
interstate electricity sales, wholesale electricity rates, device based on a series of modules. Each module
hydro-electric licensing, natural gas pricing, oil contains a large number of fuel cells. The flow cell
pipeline rates and gas pipeline certification. battery technology receives electricity from a
generating or transmission source, conditions it into
Federal Power Act: Regulates licensing of non- appropriate format via transformers and stores it in
federal hydroelectric projects, as well as the interstate the fuel cell modules using sophisticated technology.
transmission of electrical energy and rates for its sale On a large scale, a flow cell battery has the ability to
at wholesale in interstate commerce. It was enacted in store enough electricity to power a small city.
1920 and amended in 1935.
Fossil Fuel: Any naturally occurring organic fuel,
Federal Power Commission: The predecessor such as petroleum, coal or natural gas.
agency of the FERC, abolished when the Department
of Energy was created. Fuel Cell: An environmentally friendly
electrochemical engine that generates electricity
Feed-in Tariff (FIT): Guaranteed prices for output using hydrogen and oxygen as fuel, emitting only
from electric generation, typically offered in long- heat and water as byproducts.
term contracts to firms that operate renewable electric
generating plants based on solar, wind or wave Fusion: See “Nuclear Fusion.”
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GAAP: See “Generally Accepted Accounting (FASB) and enforced by the U.S. Security and
Principles (GAAP).” Exchange Commission (SEC). GAAP is primarily
used in the U.S.
Gas Hydrates: Gas hydrates are solid particles of
methane (which is normally found in gas form) and Generating Unit: Any combination of physically
water molecules in a crystalline form. They are connected generators, reactors, boilers, combustion
widely found in many parts of the world, including turbines or other prime movers operated together to
the U.S., South Korea, India and China, often produce electric power.
offshore. Gas hydrates have immense potential as a
source of energy and may possibly exist in much Generation (Electricity): The process of producing
larger quantities than all other known forms of fossil electric energy; also, the amount of electric energy
fuels. Unfortunately, they are not stable except under produced, expressed in watt-hours (Wh).
high pressure. Gas hydrate reserves could be very
expensive and difficult to develop as a commercial Geoengineering: The attempt to modify the Earth's
source of energy. Nonetheless, today's very high environment through artificial means in order to
prices for oil and gas may eventually make them a counteract undesirable changes in weather, water or
viable energy source. other natural systems.
Gas Turbine: Typically consists of an axial-flow air Geophysicist: A professional who applies the
compressor and one or more combustion chambers principles of physics to the field of geology.
where liquid or gaseous fuel is burned. The hot gases Geophysicists are involved in exploration for oil, gas,
are passed to the turbine, in which they expand to coal, geothermal and other underground energy
drive the generator and are then used to run the sources.
compressor.
Geothermal Electric Power Generation: Electricity
Gas Turbine Plant: A plant in which the prime derived from heat found under the earth’s surface.
mover is a gas turbine. Also see “Flash Steam Generation,” “Binary Cycle
Generation” and “Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Energy
Gasification: Any chemical or heat process used to Technology (HDR).”
convert a feedstock to a gaseous fuel.
Geothermal Plant: A plant in which the prime
Gasohol: A blend of finished motor gasoline mover is a steam turbine. The turbine is driven either
containing alcohol (generally ethanol but sometimes by steam produced from hot water or by natural
methanol) at a concentration of 10% or less by steam that derives its energy from heat found in rocks
volume. Data on gasohol that has at least 2.7% or fluids at various depths beneath the surface of the
oxygen, by weight, and is intended for sale inside earth. The energy is extracted by drilling and/or
carbon monoxide non-attainment areas are included pumping.
in data on oxygenated gasoline.
GHG: See “Greenhouse Gas (GHG).”
Gas-to-Liquids (GTL): A special process that
converts natural gas into liquids that can be burnt as Gigawatt: Equal to one billion watts of power. It is
fuel. Major investments by ExxonMobil and others in also equal to one million kilowatts or 1,000
the nation of Qatar, which contains massive natural megawatts.
gas reserves, will create an immense GTL plant
capable of making up to 750,000 of GTL daily. The Global Warming: An increase in the near-surface
product will be GTL diesel, a very low emission temperature of the Earth. Global warming has
alternative to standard diesel fuel. occurred in the distant past as the result of natural
influences, but the term is most often used to refer to
GDP: See “Gross Domestic Product (GDP).” a theory that warming occurs as a result of increased
use of hydrocarbon fuels by man. See “Climate
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Change (Greenhouse Effect).”
(GAAP): A set of accounting standards administered
by the Financial Accounting Standards Board Grain Ethanol: See “Ethanol.”
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Green Building: A building that has energy Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Energy Technology
conservation and renewable energy features designed (HDR): A technique that drills holes into the ground
to reduce energy consumption. until rock of a suitably high temperature is reached.
Pipes are then installed in a closed loop. Water is
Green Pricing: In the case of renewable electricity, pumped down one pipe, where it is heated to
green pricing represents a market solution to the extraordinarily high temperatures, and then is
various problems associated with regulatory pumped up the other pipes as steam. The resulting
valuation of the non-market benefits of renewables. steam shoots up to the surface, which drives a turbine
Green pricing programs allow electricity customers to power an electric generating plant. As the steam
to express their willingness to pay for renewable cools, it returns to a liquid state which is then is
energy development through direct payments on their pumped back into the ground. The technology was
monthly utility bills. developed by the Los Alamos National labs in New
Mexico.
Greenhouse Gas (GHG): See “Climate Change
(Greenhouse Effect).” HTS: High Temperature Superconductor wire. See
“Superconductivity.”
Grid (The): In the U.S., the networks of local
electric lines that businesses and consumers depend Hybrid-Electric Vehicle (HEV): A vehicle that is
on every day are connected with and interdependent powered by two or more energy sources, one of
upon a national series of major lines collectively which is electricity. HEVs may combine the engine
called “the grid.” The grid is divided into three major and fuel system of a conventional vehicle with the
regions: the East, West and Texas regions. The batteries and electric motor of an electric vehicle in a
regions are also known as “interconnects.” In total, single drive train.
the grid consists of about 200,000 miles of high-
voltage backbone lines and millions of miles of Hydrocarbons: Organic compounds of hydrogen
smaller local lines. and carbon. Mixtures including various hydrocarbons
include crude oil, natural gas, natural gas condensate
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): The total value of and methane.
a nation's output, income and expenditures produced
with a nation's physical borders. Hydroelectric Energy: The production of electricity
from kinetic energy in flowing water.
Gross National Product (GNP): A country's total
output of goods and services from all forms of Hydroelectric Plant: An electric generating plant in
economic activity measured at market prices for one which the turbine generators are driven by falling
calendar year. It differs from Gross Domestic Product water, typically located at a dam or major waterfall.
(GDP) in that GNP includes income from
investments made in foreign nations. Hydroelectric Power Generation: Electricity
generated by an electric power plant whose turbines
Heat Pump: A year-round heating and air- are driven by falling water. It includes electric utility
conditioning system employing a refrigeration cycle. and industrial generation of hydroelectricity, unless
otherwise specified. Generation is reported on a net
Heliostat: A motor-driven mirror which is used in basis, i.e., on the amount of electric energy generated
concentrating solar power (CSP). The mirror is after deducting the energy consumed by station
engineered so that it tracks the sun's movement auxiliaries and the losses in the transformers that are
through the sky during the day, thus capturing the considered integral parts of the station.
maximum amount of solar output. (See
“Concentrated Solar Power (CPV).”) IEEE: See “Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE).”
High-Temperature Collector: A solar thermal
collector designed to operate at a temperature of 180 IFRS: See “International Financials Reporting
degrees Fahrenheit or higher. Standards (IFRS).”
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Initial Public Offering (IPO): A company's first Joule: The meter-kilogram-second unit of work or
effort to sell its stock to investors (the public). energy, equal to the work done by a force of one
Investors in an up-trending market eagerly seek Newton when its point of application moves through
stocks offered in many IPOs because the stocks of a distance of one meter in the direction of the force;
newly public companies that seem to have great equivalent to 107 ergs and one watt-second.
promise may appreciate very rapidly in price, reaping
great profits for those who were able to get the stock Just-in-Time (JIT) Delivery: Refers to a supply
at the first offering. In the United States, IPOs are chain practice whereby manufacturers receive
regulated by the SEC (U.S. Securities Exchange components on or just before the time that they are
Commission) and by the state-level regulatory needed on the assembly line, rather than bearing the
agencies of the states in which the IPO shares are cost of maintaining several days' or weeks' supply in
offered. a warehouse. This adds greatly to the cost-
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effectiveness of a manufacturing plant and puts the specially designed ships where extensive insulation
burden of warehousing and timely delivery on the and refrigeration maintain the cold temperature.
supplier of the components. Finally, it is offloaded at special receiving facilities
where it is converted, via regasification, into a state
Kerogen: See “Oil Shale.” suitable for distribution via pipelines.
Mcfe: One thousand cubic feet of natural gas MOX Fuel (Mixed Oxide Fuel): A method of
equivalent, using the ratio of six Mcf of natural gas to reprocessing spent nuclear material. Surplus
one Bbl of crude oil, condensate and natural gas plutonium is mixed with uranium to fabricate MOX
liquids. fuel for use in a commercial nuclear power plant.
Traditionally, fuel for commercial nuclear power
Medium-Temperature Collectors: Solar thermal plants is made of low-enriched uranium. MOX fuel
collectors designed to operate in the temperature contains 5 percent plutonium. European countries
range of 140 degrees to 180 degrees Fahrenheit, but such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium and
that can also operate at a temperature as low as 110 France have been fabricating MOX fuel for many
degrees Fahrenheit. The collector typically consists years. Commercial MOX-fueled light water reactors
of a metal frame, metal absorption panels with are used in France, the United Kingdom, Germany,
integral flow channels (attached tubing for liquid Switzerland, and Belgium. In the U.S., MOX fuel
collectors or integral ducting for air collectors) and was fabricated and used in several commercial
glazing and insulation on the sides and back. reactors in the 1970's as part of a development
program.
Megawatt (MW): One million watts.
NAICS: North American Industrial Classification
Megawatthour (MWh): One million watt-hours. System. See “Industry Code.”
Methanol: A light, volatile alcohol (CH3OH) Net Generation: Gross generation minus plant use
eligible for motor gasoline blending. It is also used as from all electric utility-owned plants. The energy
a feedstock for synthetic textiles, plastics, paints, required for pumping at a pumped-storage plant is
adhesives, foam, medicines and more. regarded as plant use and must be deducted from the
gross generation.
Methyl Ester: A fatty ester formed when organically
derived oils are combined with methanol in the Net Summer Capability: The steady hourly output
presence of a catalyst. Methyl ester has that generating equipment is expected to supply to
characteristics similar to petroleum-based diesel system load exclusive of auxiliary power, as
motor fuels. demonstrated by tests at the time of summer peak
demand.
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE): An ether
manufactured by reacting methanol and isobutylene. Nonutility Power Producer: A corporation, person,
The resulting ether has high octane and low volatility. agency, authority or other legal entity or
MTBE is a fuel oxygenate and is permitted in instrumentality that owns electric generating capacity
unleaded gasoline up to a level of 15% by volume. and is not an electric utility.
Microturbine: A small, scaled-down turbine engine Nuclear Electric Power Generation: Electricity
that may be fueled by natural gas, methane or other generated by nuclear reactors of various types, such
types of gas. as heavy water, light water and boiling water.
Generation is reported on a net basis and excludes
Mmbtu: One million British thermal units. energy that is used by the electric power plant for its
own operating purposes and not for commercial use.
Mmcf: One million cubic feet.
Nuclear Fuel: Fissionable materials that have been
Mmcfe: One million cubic feet of natural gas enriched to such a composition that, when placed in a
equivalent. nuclear reactor, they will support a self-sustaining
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fission chain reaction, producing heat in a controlled Offshoring: The rapidly growing tendency among
manner for process use. U.S., Japanese and Western European firms to send
knowledge-based and manufacturing work overseas.
Nuclear Fusion: An atomic energy-releasing process The intent is to take advantage of lower wages and
in which light weight atomic nuclei, which might be operating costs in such nations as China, India,
hydrogen or deuterium, combine to form heavier Hungary and Russia. The choice of a nation for
nuclei, such as helium. The result is the release of a offshore work may be influenced by such factors as
tremendous amount of energy in the form of heat. language and education of the local workforce,
This is potentially an endless supply of energy for transportation systems or natural resources. For
mankind, somewhat similar to the power of the Sun. example, China and India are graduating high
Fusion is undergoing significant research efforts, numbers of skilled engineers and scientists from their
including a multinational research consortium named universities. Also, some nations are noted for large
ITER. In one approach, magnetic fusion, plasma numbers of workers skilled in the English language,
heated to 100 million-degrees Celsius creates such as the Philippines and India. Also see “Captive
multiple fusion bursts controlled by powerful Offshoring” and “Outsourcing.”
magnets. Under a different research approach,
massive lasers bombard a frozen pellet of fuel Ohm: The unit of measurement of electrical
creating a brief, intense fusion. resistance; the resistance of a circuit in which a
potential difference of one volt produces a current of
Nuclear Power Plant: A facility in which heat one ampere.
produced in a reactor by the fission of nuclear fuel is
used to drive a steam turbine, which in turn powers Oil Shale: Sedimentary rock that contains kerogen, a
electric generation equipment. This method is solid, waxy mixture of hydrocarbon compounds.
sometimes described as "atomic power." There are Heating the rock to very high temperatures will
several different types of nuclear power plants. The convert the kerogen to a vapor, which can then be
newest models incorporate advanced safety and condensed to form a slow flowing heavy oil that can
disaster recovery features that are vastly superior to later be refined or used for commercial purposes. The
early models. United States contains vast amounts of oil shale
deposits, but so far it has been considered not
Nuclear Reactor: An apparatus in which the nuclear economically feasible to produce from them on a
fission chain can be initiated, maintained and large scale. (Not to be confused with crude oil that is
controlled so that energy is released at a specific rate. produced from shale formulations.)
NYMEX: New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. OLED: See “Organic LED (OLED).”
(NYMEX Exchange). The company is a major
provider of financial services to the energy and Onshoring: The opposite of “offshoring.” Providing
metals industries including the trading of energy or maintaining manufacturing or services within or
futures and options contracts. It is owned by the nearby a company's domestic location. Sometimes
CME Group. referred to as reshoring.
Octane Rating: A number used to indicate motor Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Cost:
gasoline’s antiknock performance in motor vehicle Expenses associated with operating a facility (e.g.,
engines. The two recognized laboratory engine test supervising and engineering expenses) and
methods for determining the antiknock rating, or maintaining it, including labor, materials and other
octane rating, of gasoline are the research method and direct and indirect expenses incurred for preserving
the motor method. To provide a single number as the operating efficiency or physical condition of
guidance to the customer, the antiknock index (R + utility plants that are used for power production,
M)/2, which is the average of the research and motor transmission and distribution of energy.
octane numbers, was developed.
Organic LED (OLED): A type of electronic display
OECD: See “Organisation for Economic Co- based on the use of organic materials that produce
operation and Development (OECD).” light when stimulated by electricity. Also see
“Polymer,” “Polymer Light Emitting Diode (PLED),”
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“Small Molecule Organic Light Emitting Diode Passive Solar: A system in which solar energy (heat
(SMOLED)” and “Dendrimer.” from sunlight) alone is used for the transfer of
thermal energy. Heat transfer devices that depend on
Organic Polymer: See “Polymer.” energy other than solar are not used. A good example
is a passive solar water heater on the roof of a
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and building.
Development (OECD): A group of more than 30
nations that are strongly committed to the market Patent: An intellectual property right granted by a
economy and democracy. Some of the OECD national government to an inventor to exclude others
members include Japan, the U.S., Spain, Germany, from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the
Australia, Korea, the U.K., Canada and Mexico. invention throughout that nation or importing the
Although not members, Estonia, Israel and Russia are invention into the nation for a limited time in
invited to member talks; and Brazil, China, India, exchange for public disclosure of the invention when
Indonesia and South Africa have enhanced the patent is granted. In addition to national patenting
engagement policies with the OECD. The agencies, such as the United States Patent and
Organisation provides statistics, as well as social and Trademark Office, and regional organizations such as
economic data; and researches social changes, the European Patent Office, there is a cooperative
including patterns in evolving fiscal policy, international patent organization, the World
agriculture, technology, trade, the environment and Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO,
other areas. It publishes over 250 titles annually; established by the United Nations.
publishes a corporate magazine, the OECD Observer;
has radio and TV studios; and has centers in Tokyo, Peak Watt: A manufacturer's unit indicating the
Washington, D.C., Berlin and Mexico City that amount of power a photovoltaic cell or module will
distributed the Organisation’s work and organizes produce at standard test conditions (normally 1,000
events. watts per square meter and 25 degrees Celsius).
Outsourcing: The hiring of an outside company to Pebble-Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR): A nuclear
perform a task otherwise performed internally by the reactor technology that utilizes tiny silicon carbide-
company, generally with the goal of lowering costs coated uranium oxide granules sealed in “pebbles”
and/or streamlining work flow. Outsourcing contracts about the size of oranges, made of graphite. Helium
are generally several years in length. Companies that is used as the coolant and energy transfer medium.
hire outsourced services providers often prefer to This containment of the radioactive material in small
focus on their core strengths while sending more quantities has the potential to achieve an
routine tasks outside for others to perform. Typical unprecedented level of safety. This technology may
outsourced services include the running of human become popular in the development of new nuclear
resources departments, telephone call centers and power plants.
computer departments. When outsourcing is
performed overseas, it may be referred to as Photovoltaic (PV) Cell: An electronic device
offshoring. Also see “Offshoring.” consisting of layers of semiconductor materials
fabricated to form a junction (adjacent layers of
Ozone: A molecule made up of three atoms of materials with different electronic characteristics) and
oxygen. It occurs naturally in the stratosphere and electrical contacts, capable of converting incident
provides a protective layer shielding the Earth from light directly into electricity (direct current).
harmful ultraviolet radiation. In the troposphere, it is Photovoltaic technology works by harnessing the
a chemical oxidant, a greenhouse gas and a major movement of electrons between the layers of a solar
component of photochemical smog. cell when the sun strikes the material.
suited for incorporation in photovoltaic power Primary Energy Consumption: The consumption
systems. of unprocessed, unrefined fuels including coal,
natural gas and crude oil. Since uranium is a raw fuel,
PLED: See “Polymer Light Emitting Diode it may also be included. Analysis of primary energy
(PLED).” consumption may sometimes include renewable
power sources, such as hydroelectric, geothermal or
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV): A even solar and wind. Primary energy analysis is
PHEV is an automobile that features an extra high- focused on raw fuels, prior to their use in generating
capacity battery bank that gives the vehicle a longer electricity and other purposes. Also, see “Secondary
electric-only range than standard hybrids. These cars Energy Consumption.”
are designed so that they can be plugged into a
standard electric outlet for recharging. The intent is to Propane: A normally gaseous straight-chain
minimize or eliminate the need to use the car's hydrocarbon (C3H8). Propane is a colorless
gasoline engine and rely on the electric engine paraffinic gas that boils at a temperature of –43.67
instead. degrees Fahrenheit. It is extracted from natural gas or
refinery gas streams.
Polymer: An organic or inorganic substance of many
parts. Most common polymers, such as polyethylene Public Utility: An enterprise providing essential
and polypropylene, are organic. Organic polymers public services, such as electric, gas, telephone, water
consist of molecules from organic sources (carbon and sewer services, under legally established
compounds). Polymer means many parts. Generally, monopoly conditions.
a polymer is constructed of many structural units
(smaller, simpler molecules) that are joined together Public Utility District (PUD): A municipal
by a chemical bond. Some polymers are natural. For corporation organized to provide electric service to
example, rubber is a natural polymer. Scientists have both incorporated cities and towns and
developed ways to manufacture synthetic polymers unincorporated rural areas. Public utility districts
from organic materials. Plastic is a synthetic polymer. operate in six states.
Polymer Light Emitting Diode (PLED): An Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
advanced technology that utilizes plastics (polymers) (PURPA): A part of the National Energy Act.
for the creation of electronic displays (screens). It is PURPA contains measures designed to encourage the
based on the use of organic polymers which emit conservation of energy, more efficient use of
light when stimulated with electricity. They are resources and equitable rates. Principal among these
solution processable, which means they can be were suggested retail rate reforms and new incentives
applied to substrates via ink jet printing. Also for production of electricity by cogenerators and
referred to as P-OLEDs. users of renewable resources.
Power (Electrical): The rate at which energy is Publicly Owned Electric Utility: A class of
transferred. A volt ampere, an electric measurement ownership found in the electric power industry. This
unit of power, is equal to the product of one volt and group includes those utilities operated by
one ampere. This is equivalent to one watt for a direct municipalities and state and federal power agencies.
current system. A unit of apparent power is separated
into real and reactive power. Real power is the work- Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Plant: A plant that
producing part of apparent power that measures the usually generates electric energy during peak load
rate of supply of energy and is denoted in kilowatts. periods by using water previously pumped into an
elevated storage reservoir during off-peak periods,
Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR): A type of when excess generating capacity is available to do so.
nuclear power reactor that uses ordinary water as When additional generating capacity is needed, the
both the coolant and the neutron moderator. The heat water can be released from the reservoir through a
produced is transferred to a secondary coolant which conduit to turbine generators located in a power plant
is subsequently boiled to produce steam for power at a lower level.
generation.
PV: See “Photovoltaic (PV) Cell.”
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Qualifying Facility (QF): A cogeneration or small Reseller: A firm (other than a refiner) that carries on
power production facility that meets certain the trade or business of purchasing refined petroleum
ownership, operating and efficiency criteria products and reselling them to purchasers other than
established by the Federal Energy Regulatory ultimate consumers.
Commission (FERC) pursuant to the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). Resistivity (R): Measures a material's characteristic
resistance to the flow of electrical current. Resistivity
R&D: Research and development. Also see “Applied is the reciprocal of conductivity. It is denoted by the
Research” and “Basic Research.” symbol R.
Rate Base: The value of property upon which a Rural Electrification Administration (REA): A
utility is permitted to earn a specified rate of return as lending agency of the U.S. Department of
established by a regulatory authority. The rate base Agriculture. It makes self-liquidation loans to
generally represents the value of property used by the qualified borrowers to finance electric and telephone
utility in providing service. service to rural areas. The REA also finances the
construction and operation of generating plants,
Ratemaking Authority: A utility commission’s electric transmission and distribution lines, or
legal authority to fix, modify, approve or disapprove systems for the furnishing of initial and continued
rates, as determined by the powers given to the adequate electric services to persons in rural areas not
commission by a state or federal legislature. receiving central station service.
Reformulated Gasoline (RFG): Gasoline that has R-Value (R Value): A method of measuring the
its composition and/or characteristics altered to effectiveness of building materials such as insulation.
reduce vehicular emissions of pollutants, particularly Technically, it is the resistance that a material has to
pursuant to EPA regulations under the CAA. heat flow. The higher the R-Value, the better the
insulation provided. It is the inverse of U-Value. See
Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF): Fuel processed from “U-Value (U Value).”
municipal solid waste that can be in shredded, fluff or
dense pellet forms. Saas: See “Software as a Service (Saas).”
Regional Transmission Organization (RTO): See Secondary Energy Consumption: The consumption
“Independent System Operator (ISO).” of electricity, petroleum, and other refined, processed
or generated energy supplies. Also, see “Primary
Regulated Business (Utility Companies): The Energy Consumption.”
business of providing natural gas or electric service
to customers under regulations and at prices set by Semiconductor: A generic term for a device that
government regulatory agencies. Generally, utilities controls electrical signals. It specifically refers to a
have been required to operate at set prices and profit material (such as silicon, germanium or gallium
ratios because they have been granted monopoly or arsenide) that can be altered either to conduct
near-monopoly status to serve a given geographic electrical current or to block its passage. Carbon
market. Under deregulation, utility companies are nanotubes may eventually be used as semiconductors.
being granted greater flexibility to set prices and to Semiconductors are partly responsible for the
enter new geographic markets. At the same time, miniaturization of modern electronic devices, as they
consumers gain the right to choose among several are vital components in computer memory and
different utilities providers. processor chips. The manufacture of semiconductors
is carried out by small firms, and by industry giants
Renewable Energy Resources: Energy resources such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices.
that are naturally replenishing but flow-limited. They
are virtually inexhaustible in duration but limited in SIC: Standard Industrial Classification. See
the amount of energy that is available per unit of “Industry Code.”
time. Renewable energy resources include biomass,
hydro, geothermal, solar, wind, ocean thermal, wave Silicon: A semiconductor material made from silica,
action and tidal action. purified for photovoltaic applications.
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Single-Crystal Silicon (Czochralski): An extremely Software as a Service (SaaS): Refers to the practice
pure form of crystalline silicon produced by the of providing users with software applications that are
Czochralski method of dipping a single crystal seed hosted on remote servers and accessed via the
into a pool of molten silicon under high-vacuum Internet. Excellent examples include the CRM
conditions and slowly withdrawing a solidifying (Customer Relationship Management) software
single-crystal boule rod of silicon. The boule is provided in SaaS format by Salesforce. An earlier
sawed into thin wafers and fabricated into single- technology that operated in a similar, but less
crystal photovoltaic cells. sophisticated, manner was called ASP or Application
Service Provider.
Small Molecule Organic Light Emitting Diode
(SMOLED): A type of organic LED that relies on Solar Energy: Energy produced from the sun’s
expensive manufacturing methods. Newer radiation for the purposes of heating or electric
technologies are more promising. See “Polymer” and generation. Also, see “Photovoltaic (PV) Cell,”
“Polymer Light Emitting Diode (PLED).” “Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)” and “Passive
Solar.”
Small Power Producer: A producer that generates
electricity by using renewable energy (wood, waste, Solar Thermal Collector: A device designed to
conventional hydroelectric, wind, solar or receive solar radiation and convert it into thermal
geothermal) as a primary energy source. Fossil fuels energy. Normally, a solar thermal collector includes a
can be used, but renewable resources must provide at frame, glazing and an absorber, together with the
least 75% of the total energy input. It is part of the appropriate insulation. The heat collected by the solar
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, a small power thermal collector may be used immediately or stored
producer. for later use. Typical use is in solar hot water heating
systems. Also, see “Passive Solar” and “Concentrated
Smart Buildings: Buildings or homes that have been Solar Power (CSP).”
designed with interconnected electronic sensors and
electrical systems which can be controlled by Solar Tower: See “Concentrated Solar Power
computers. Advantages include the ability to turn (CSP).”
appliances and systems on or off remotely or on a set
schedule, leading to greatly enhanced energy Solar Updraft Tower: A renewable energy power
efficiency. plant that heats air in a large greenhouse, thereby
creating convection that causes air to rise and escape
Smart Grid: The use of computers to monitor and through a tall, specially-designed tower. The upward
improve the efficiency of distribution systems for moving air drives electricity-producing turbines.
electricity. Components may include remote sensors,
automated controls and integrated communications Spot Price: The price for a one-time market
between various parties on the grid. The intent is to transaction for immediate delivery to the specific
eliminate brown outs and better anticipate and deliver location where the commodity is purchased “on the
power. spot,” at current market rates.
Smart Meter: High-tech electric meters that relay Standard Cubic Foot (SCF): A regulated measure
information to electricity providers on a continual of natural gas volumes, based on a standardized
basis, showing the amount of power being used by a surface temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and
consumer or business. The intent is to better inform surface pressure of 14.65 psi.
consumers about their usage, while enabling
electricity providers to charge higher fees during Steam-Electric Plant (Conventional): A plant in
times of the day when usage is higher across its entire which the prime mover is a steam turbine. The steam
distribution network. The theory is that higher fees used to drive the turbine is produced in a boiler
during peak times and better informed consumers where fossil fuels are burned.
will lead to lower peak loads.
Structural Map: A contour map detailing elevations
SMOLED: See “Small Molecule Organic Light of sub-surface rock layers, calibrated either in linear
Emitting Diode (SMOLED).”
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measure of feet or meters, or in time measure based Canada and the Orinoco sands in Venezuela contain
on seismic surveys. vast amounts of tar sands. The Athabasca sands are
now producing commercially in high volume.
Subsidiary, Wholly-Owned: A company that is
wholly controlled by another company through stock Thermal Breeder Reactor (TBR): See “Breeder
ownership. Reactor.”
INTRODUCTION
PLUNKETT’S RENEWABLE, ALTERNATIVE & THE RENEWABLE ENERGY 300 is our unique
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takes a rounded approach for the general reader. This understand comparisons of growth, expenditures,
book presents a complete overview of the entire technologies, corporations and many other items of
renewable energy industry (see “How To Use This great importance to people of all types who may be
Book”). For example, advances in solar energy studying this, one of the most promising industries in
technologies are discussed, as well as those in wind, the world today.
hydroelectric, biomass, ethanol and geothermal.
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By scanning the data groups and the unique indexes, question for the very latest changes and data.
you can find the best information to fit your personal Where possible, we have listed contact names,
research needs. The major companies in the toll-free telephone numbers and Internet site
alternative and renewable energy are profiled and addresses for the companies, government
then ranked using several different groups of specific agencies and industry associations involved so
criteria. Which firms are the biggest employers? that the reader may get further details without
Which companies earn the most profits? These things unnecessary delay.
and much more are easy to find.
• Tables of industry data and statistics used in this
In addition to individual company profiles, an book include the latest numbers available at the
overview of renewable energy markets and trends is time of printing, generally through the end of
provided. This book’s job is to help you sort through 2010. In a few cases, the only complete data
easy-to-understand summaries of today’s trends in a available was for earlier years.
quick and effective manner.
• We have used exhaustive efforts to locate and
Whatever your purpose for researching the fairly present accurate and complete data.
alternative energy field, you’ll find this book to be a However, when using this book or any other
valuable guide. Nonetheless, as is true with all source for business and industry information, the
resources, this volume has limitations that the reader reader should use caution and diligence by
should be aware of: conducting further research where it seems
appropriate. We wish you success in your
• Financial data and other corporate information endeavors, and we trust that your experience with
can change quickly. A book of this type can be this book will be both satisfactory and
no more current than the data that was available productive.
as of the time of editing. Consequently, the
financial picture, management and ownership of Jack W. Plunkett
the firm(s) you are studying may have changed Houston, Texas
since the date of this book. For example, this December 2011
almanac includes the most up-to-date sales
figures and profits available to the editors as of
late-2011. That means that we have typically
used corporate financial data as of the end of
2010.
The two primary sections of this book are devoted Chapter 2: Renewable, Alternative &
first to the energy industry as a whole and then to the Hydrogen Energy Industry Statistics. This
“Individual Data Listings” for THE RENEWABLE chapter presents in-depth statistics on production,
ENERGY 300. If time permits, you should begin usage, reserves and more.
your research in the front chapters of this book. Also,
you will find lengthy indexes in Chapter 4 and in the Chapter 3: Important Renewable,
back of the book. Alternative & Hydrogen Energy Industry
Contacts – Addresses, Telephone Numbers
Video Tip and Internet Sites. This chapter covers contacts
For our brief video introduction to the Alternative for important government agencies, alternative
Energy industry, see energy organizations and trade groups. Included are
www.plunkettresearch.com/video/alternativeenergy. numerous important Internet sites.
Glossary: A short list of alternative and renwable Chapter 4: THE RENEWABLE ENERGY 300:
energy industry terms. Who They Are and How They Were
Chosen. The companies compared in this book (the
Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the actual count is 317) were carefully selected from the
Renewable, Alternative & Hydrogen alternative energy industry, largely in the United
Energy Industry. This chapter presents an States. 136 of the firms are based outside the U.S. For
encapsulated view of the major trends that are a complete description, see THE RENEWABLE
creating rapid changes in the alternative energy ENERGY 300 indexes in this chapter.
industry today. Individual Data Listings:
Look at one of the companies in THE
RENEWABLE ENERGY 300’s Individual Data
Listings. You’ll find the following information fields:
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later years of employment. The longer a person grows significantly as long as the market price of the
works for the employer, the higher the retirement stock holds up. Qualified employees are allocated a
benefit. These defined benefit plans are funded share of the plan based on their length of service and
entirely by the employer. The benefits, up to a their level of salary. Under federal regulations,
reasonable limit, are guaranteed by the Federal participants in ESOPs are allowed to diversify their
Government’s Pension Benefit Guaranty account holdings in set percentages that rise as the
Corporation. These plans are not portable—if employee ages and gains years of service with the
you leave the company, you cannot transfer your company. In this manner, not all of the employee’s
benefits into a different plan. Instead, upon assets are tied up in the employer’s stock.
retirement you will receive the benefits that Savings Plan, 401(k): Under this type of plan,
vested during your service with the company. If employees make a tax-deferred deposit into an
your employer offers a pension plan, it must give account. In the best plans, the company makes annual
you a summary plan description within 90 days matching donations to the employees’ accounts,
of the date you join the plan. You can also typically in some proportion to deposits made by the
request a summary annual report of the plan, and employees themselves. A good plan will match one-
once every 12 months you may request an half of employee deposits of up to 6% of wages. For
individual benefit statement accounting of your example, an employee earning $30,000 yearly might
interest in the plan. deposit $1,800 (6%) into the plan. The company will
• Defined Contribution Plans: These are quite match one-half of the employee’s deposit, or $900.
different. They do not guarantee a certain amount The plan grows on a tax-deferred basis, similar to an
of pension benefit. Instead, they set out IRA. A very generous plan will match 100% of
circumstances under which the employer will employee deposits. However, some plans do not call
make a contribution to a plan on your behalf. The for the employer to make a matching deposit at all.
most common example is the 401(k) savings Other plans call for a matching contribution to be
plan. Pension benefits are not guaranteed under made at the discretion of the firm’s board of
these plans. directors. Actual terms of these plans vary widely
• Cash Balance Pension Plans: These plans were from firm to firm. Generally, these savings plans
recently invented. These are hybrid plans—part allow employees to deposit as much as 15% of salary
defined benefit and part defined contribution. into the plan on a tax-deferred basis. However, the
Many employers have converted their older portion that the company uses to calculate its
defined benefit plans into cash balance plans. The matching deposit is generally limited to a maximum
employer makes deposits (or credits a given of 6%. Employees should take care to diversify the
amount of money) on the employee’s behalf, holdings in their 401(k) accounts, and most people
usually based on a percentage of pay. Employee should seek professional guidance or investment
accounts grow based on a predetermined interest management for their accounts.
benchmark, such as the interest rate on Treasury Stock Purchase Plan: Qualified employees may
Bonds. There are some advantages to these plans, purchase the company’s common stock at a price
particularly for younger workers: a) The benefits, below its market value under a specific plan.
up to a reasonable limit, are guaranteed by the Typically, the employee is limited to investing a
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. b) small percentage of wages in this plan. The discount
Benefits are portable—they can be moved to may range from 5 to 15%. Some of these plans allow
another plan when the employee changes for deposits to be made through regular monthly
companies. c) Younger workers and those who payroll deductions. However, new accounting rules
spend a shorter number of years with an for corporations, along with other factors, are leading
employer may receive higher benefits than they many companies to curtail these plans—dropping the
would under a traditional defined benefit plan. discount allowed, cutting the maximum yearly stock
ESOP Stock Plan (Employees’ Stock Ownership purchase or otherwise making the plans less generous
Plan): This type of plan is in wide use. Typically, the or appealing.
plan borrows money from a bank and uses those Profit Sharing: Qualified employees are awarded
funds to purchase a large block of the corporation’s an annual amount equal to some portion of a
stock. The corporation makes contributions to the company’s profits. In a very generous plan, the pool
plan over a period of time, and the stock purchase of money awarded to employees would be 15% of
loan is eventually paid off. The value of the plan profits. Typically, this money is deposited into a
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Chapter 1
of total U.S. energy production, or 8,440,000 billion and India, where demand for electricity is booming
BTUs. and dozens of new nuclear plants are planned.
Analysts at BP report that renewable power Several new plants are also planned in the UAE, and
consumption grew by 15.5% worldwide in 2010, South Korea may require several new plants.
12.6% in 2009 and 15.4% in 2008. However, this However, the early 2011 destruction by a tsunami of
impressive growth does not mean that renewables multiple nuclear reactors at Fukushima, Japan makes
account for a large amount of consumption. Instead, it much less likely that we will see a rebound in
renewables as a percent of global energy nuclear plant construction in America or Europe any
consumption were about 1.3% in 2010, about double time soon.
the rate of 0.6% in 2000. It should be noted that the use of renewable
Globally, in 2010, sources for worldwide sources does not always mean clean power
generation of electricity included about 16% generation. For example, burning wood or trash for
hydroelectric; 16% nuclear; and 2% “renewables” energy under the wrong conditions can create
including waste, wind, geothermal and solar. Coal significant pollution. Also, the clearing of land, such
remains a primary source of electric generation in as rain forests, for planting for biomass to be used in
many parts of the world. ethanol or biodiesel refining can be highly destructive
Wind power has seen rapid growth worldwide. to the environment while creating huge quantities of
Major technological advances in wind turbines carbon emissions. In addition, many types of
(including much larger blades creating very high renewable energy production require vast quantities
output per turbine, and blades that suffer very little of water.
downtime and are thus more efficient) and massive In the U.S., emphasis on alternative energy and
government incentives encouraging investment in conservation has a varied history. The 1973 oil trade
wind generation have fueled wind turbine embargo staged by Persian Gulf producers greatly
installation. In the U.S., wind power generation grew limited the supply of petroleum on the market and
dramatically from 29,007 billion BTUs in 1990 to created an instant interest in energy conservation.
258,385 billion BTUs in 2006 and 924,000 billion Thermostats were turned to more efficient levels,
BTUs in 2010. The Global Wind Energy Council solar water heating systems sprouted on the rooftops
estimated total wind generation capacity worldwide of American homes (including a system that was
at 74,052 megawatts in 2006, and forecast it to climb used for a few years at the White House) and tax
to 459,000 megawatts by the end of 2015. However, credits were launched by various government
it remains to be seen whether financing can be found agencies to encourage investment in more efficient
for that much expansion. systems that would utilize less oil, gasoline and
Solar power is enjoying significant technological electricity. Meanwhile, American motorists crawled
innovation. The most important factor in solar is the through lengthy lines at filling stations trying to top
percent of captured solar energy that is converted into off their tanks during the horrid days of gasoline
electricity, and that ratio is climbing. The use of rationing.
polymers is leading to exciting, flexible solar panels, While some consumers maintained a keen
and nanotechnology is creating breakthroughs in interest in alternative energy from an
solar technology as well. The International Energy environmentally friendly point of view, most
Agency reports that installed global solar Americans quickly forgot about energy conservation
photovoltaic capacity was 4,184 megawatts at the end when the price of gasoline plummeted during the
of 2005 within the IEA Photovoltaic Power System 1980s and 1990s. Gasoline prices as low as 99 cents
Program Member Countries. By 2010, that number per gallon were common for many years. As
had soared to 40,000 megawatts. advancing technology made oil production and
Biomass energy (including the use of energy electricity generation much more efficient, a low
from waste and the production of bioethanol) has commodity price trend kept market prices under
been growing rapidly as well, both in the U.S. and control. As a result, Americans returned to ice-cold
elsewhere. The U.S. Department of Energy reports air-conditioned rooms and purchased giant, gas-
that biomass accounted for 53.4% of all renewable guzzling SUVs, motor homes and motorboats. The
energy consumption in America during 2010. median newly constructed American single-family
As for nuclear power, we are entering an era in home built in 1972 contained 1,520 square feet; in
which the construction of new nuclear generating 2005 it contained 2,434 square feet. More square
plants will most likely accelerate rapidly in China footage means more lights, air conditioning and
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heating to power. Meanwhile, federal and state Legislation at state and national levels will
regulators made efforts to force automobile engines continue to boost renewable energy development and
and industrial plants to operate in clean-air mode, conservation technologies on a global basis. In the
largely through the use of advanced technologies, U.S., state governments have passed stringent
while requiring gasoline refiners to adopt an ever- legislation requiring that an ever-growing percentage
widening web of additives and standards that would of electric generation come from renewable means.
create cleaner-burning fuels. In Washington, D.C., the Obama administration has
Fortunately, the first energy crisis in the early major programs in place to boost federal funding of
1970s did lead to the use of technology to create renewable energy and conservation measures.
significant efficiencies in some areas. For example, However, when analyzing plans, announcements
prior to that time, as much as 40% of a typical and developments in renewable energy projects, it is
household’s natural gas consumption was for pilot best to keep an eye on a big challenge: where will
lights burning idly in case a stove or furnace was the money come from? The global financial crisis of
needed. Today, electric pilots create spark ignition 2008-09 made money much more difficult to raise for
on demand. Likewise, today’s refrigerators use about organizations, corporations, utility firms and local
one-third the electricity of models built in 1970. governments. Many alternative and renewable
Many other appliances and electrical devices have energy projects were delayed or abandoned.
become much more efficient. While the number of Nonetheless, renewable energy remains a viable
electricity-burning personal computers proliferated, business for the long term, as long as government
computer equipment makers rapidly adopted energy- support holds out. Meanwhile, technologies with a
saving PC technologies. reliable return on investment, such as hydroelectric,
Today, fluctuating oil and gas prices, along with remain extremely desirable. Conservation through
tax credits and other incentives, have created a advanced materials and technologies, such as
renewed interest in all things energy-efficient. retrofitting existing buildings with more efficient
Smaller cars, high-efficiency homes and solar power windows, insulation and air conditioning, is popular
are once again part of popular culture. At the same as long as a reasonable return on investment can be
time, renewable energy sources and cleaner-burning shown.
fuels are of great appeal to the large number of Alternative oil sources, such as oil sands and oil
American consumers who have developed a true shale, harbor vast potential reserves, but it is a
interest in protecting the environment. For example, challenge to produce them at reasonable prices per
surveys have shown that some consumers would be barrel of oil equivalent. Canada’s oil sands industry
willing to pay somewhat more for electricity if they has grown to massive size, and operators have
knew it was coming from non-polluting, renewable learned how to increase efficiency.
sources. Bioethanol and biodiesel, from an economic and
Hybrid gasoline-electric automobiles made by environmental point of view, are questionable at the
Toyota and Honda are selling well in the U.S. least, and extremely misdirected at the worst. Some
“Clean diesel” cars that deliver very high mileage are production of bioethanol appears very efficient,
extremely popular in Europe, and diesel cars made by particularly in Brazil where sugar cane is the
Volkswagen and Mercedes are increasingly popular feedstock. However, the diversion of corn and soy
in America. Meanwhile, many municipalities, such from the food chain to the energy chain for ethanol or
as the city of Seattle, Washington, are investing in biodiesel may be a very bad idea. Advanced
buses and other vehicles that are hybrids or run on technologies that capture carbon dioxide and utilize it
alternative fuels such as natural gas. Plug-in hybrid to grow oil-producing algae appear to be a promising
electric vehicles, and fully electric cars, are slowly alternative.
being introduced. At least two geothermal energy projects, where
Alternative energy is also attracting rapidly deep holes are drilled to tap the high temperatures of
growing interest from investors. Globally, venture the inner Earth, have recently been cancelled due to
capital has helped to support innovation at firms that concerns that these activities cause earthquakes.
focus on alternative energy or energy conservation Tidal energy looks promising, but both installation
technologies. Likewise, national governments are costs and maintenance remain huge obstacles.
helping to fund many energy efficiency projects, The bottom line is that most types of renewable
ranging from fuel cell research to the design and energy production simply cannot exist without
development of high-efficiency buildings. substantial government investments, incentives, loans
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and/or tax breaks. Hydroelectric is the rare cash-strapped national economies are having
exception, as it produces power at very low cost. In difficulties maintaining renewable energy subsidies.
nearly all other cases, large-scale projects based on The U.S. Department of Commerce opened a
solar, wind or wave power can only be funded trade case in late 2011 which could set punitive
through high levels of government support. tariffs of 50%-250% on Chinese-made solar panels
Consumers of such power will pay much higher rates into place. Chinese firms are considering moving
for electricity, either directly through their power some production to South Korea, Taiwan and even,
bills or indirectly through their taxes. It remains to to a limited extent, the U.S. to avoid the possible
be seen whether technologies in these fields can tariffs. In late 2008, the U.S. government extended a
advance to the point that these renewable power 30% tax credit for the installation of solar panels in
sources can be economically viable on a self- homes and businesses through 2016. However, much
sustaining basis. of the demand for solar panels created by this tax
credit has been going to the benefit of manufacturers
2) Solar Power and Photovoltaics based in China.
What could be more appealing than generating As the economy regains strength over the mid- to
usable electricity from sunshine? Ever since long-term, there are a number of initiatives being put
scientists at the famed Bell Laboratories first into place which could revitalize the solar power
demonstrated a solar cell based on silicon in 1954, sector. Along with the 30% tax credit for solar
solar power has been seen as one of the most panels in the U.S., the federal government’s stimulus
desirable, if elusive, means of creating electricity or package of 2009 included funds for new solar plants.
heat. Solar power accounted for about 109 trillion A five-year Department of Energy investment of
BTUs (British thermal units), or 0.12% of all energy $777 million beginning in 2009 was expected to
consumed in the U.S. during 2010 according to the support as many as 46 new energy research centers,
U.S. Department of Energy. Installed solar power on of which 24 will be devoted to solar power.
a global basis rose from 5,266 megawatts in 2005 to The question is, can government subsidies
40,000 megawatts in 2010, according to the continue long enough for solar energy costs to fall to
International Energy Agency. levels where they would be competitive with fossil
However, growth in the adoption of solar power fuels? Solarbuzz reported in December 2011, prices
around the globe was hard hit by the global economic per kilowatt hour (kWh) ran between 19.68 cents (for
recession of 2008-09. Spain, which accounted for commercial installed systems in sunny climates) and
half of the world’s new solar-power installations 64.23 cents (for residential installed systems in
based on wattage in 2008, suddenly capped its cloudy climates). Meanwhile, many investors are
government subsidies for new installations and cashing in on subsidies through Limited Liability
dramatically reduced support overall for clean energy Corporations (LLCs), which buy home solar systems
consumption. U.S. consumers cut back on spending, and handle installations and maintenance, in addition
including investing in alternative energy sources to selling power to the homeowners at prices just
(which are more expensive than those burning fossil below market rates. The homeowner signs over the
fuels) to power their homes and workplaces. Chinese 30% tax credit to the LLC. The system is similar to
manufacturers are taking increasingly large amounts mortgage-backed securities. Companies such as
of global market share for solar panels away from SolarCity Corp. and SunRun, Inc. are installing
makers based in the U.S., Germany and Japan. The thousands of solar systems (an estimated 10,000 in
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company is one of the 2011 for SolarCity and 17,000 for SunRun) and
most profitable Chinese manufacturers due to its reaping the benefits as new systems are paid off and
cheap prices. Casualties include Solyndra, a U.S. power purchases pile up.
firm that received a $535 million loan guarantee from On a much larger scale, major corporations are
the Department of Energy in 2009 as part of the agreeing to purchase immense new solar farms,
Obama administration’s economic stimulus package, encouraged that utility companies are forced by state
but filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2011. legislation to provide a growing percent of their
New York-based SpectraWatt also declared electricity from renewable means. This means that
bankruptcy in 2011 as did Evergreen Solar. Demand the utilities are in a situation where they have to pay
for solar panels is dropping significantly in Europe very high rates for solar installations in order to fulfill
also, especially in Germany (where annual sales in these requirements. These higher rates are being
2011 were expected to fall as much as 30%), where passed through to electricity consumers, while the
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owners of the solar farms have the potential to earn fact that peak sunlight is available only a limited part
substantial profits and tax credits. In late 2011, of the day.
Berkshire Hathaway business unit MidAmerican Traditional, crystalline solar cells are heavy and
Energy Holdings agreed to purchase the 550 expensive to manufacture. However, their efficiency
megawatt Topaz Solar Farm in California from First in converting sunlight has historically been superior
Solar. The electricity will be sold under a 25-year to thin-film. Crystalline cells are constructed with
contract with PG&E, a major utility firm that is silicon semiconducting materials. Thin-film, also
facing a requirement that 33% of California’s known as amorphous, can offer advantages in some
electricity come from renewables by 2020. GE installations, such as rooftops, because it is lighter in
Energy Financial Services made a similar agreement weight. It is somewhat flexible. Also, thin-film can
in September 2011, under which it will buy the be less expensive to manufacture.
massive Desert Sunlight Solar Farm near Riverside, The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has an
California. official goal, called the “Solar America Initiative” of
Other revenue streams come from real estate making solar power costs competitive over the near
owners who lease out space on large structures such term. Solar America is behind the PV Incubator
as industrial warehouses to solar power producers. project which awards grants for research focused on
For example, Dexus Property Group leased 1.7 improved technologies for PV manufacture and
million square feet of warehouse roof space in Perris, installation.
California to utility company Southern California The Holy Grail of the PV industry is to be able to
Edison Corp. for a 20-year term starting in late 2011. sell PV cells at less than $1.00 per watt of electricity
The utility and its parent, Edison International, plan produced (equal to five to six cents per kilowatt-
to build a solar system on the space capable of hour), which would make PV reasonably price
producing enough power for 5,200 homes. competitive with traditional electric generation in
SunPower, 60% owned by French oil company Total sunny locations. (Watts are measured at mid day
S.A., is constructing a 1.1 million square foot solar peak output of the cell.) A leading manufacturer,
installation on the roof of the Gloucester Marine MiaSolé (www.misasole.com), based in Santa Clara,
Terminal in Gloucester, New Jersey. California, announced in December 2010 that it had
Photovoltaics: Traditionally, photovoltaic (PV) achieved 15.7% efficiency in commercial-scale thin-
technology is based on layers of silicon within panels film PV cells. MiaSolé’s technology is based on
that have been engineered to attract the sun’s rays copper iridium gallium selenide (known as CIGS).
and create a flow of electric current to electrodes (the This may be a major breakthrough in terms of cost.
“photoelectric effect”). Historically, solar generation This “thin-film” is a significantly different
equipment has been much too expensive to compete technology from traditional PV, which relies on
with conventional generation on a capital investment silicon materials incorporated into bulkier, more
basis, in addition to the challenges it faces because expensive units. The challenge for thin-film
sunlight is not available 24 hours per day. However, companies has been to enhance the efficiency of the
immense amounts of effort and venture capital are units.
being invested in solar technology, both in the U.S. Nanosolar, Inc. (www.nanosolar.com) is another
and abroad, and significant progress is being made at leading company in the thin-film field. It has
the laboratory level. The efficiency of solar cells is received hundreds of millions of dollars in financing.
rising and costs per unit of output are dropping. The company’s unique technology enables it to
However, solar panels remain expensive to install, deposit a nanoparticle ink onto a thin-film surface in
and they require continuing maintenance in order to a high speed process similar to printing. High speed
keep them clean enough to operate at peak power. production lines should eventually enable the
The industry’s goal is to greatly increase the company to achieve a very low solar cell cost per
efficiency and output of solar cells. Current standard watt of electricity delivered. Instead of silicon,
PV technology converts about 15% to 20% of Nanosolar also relies on CIGS as a semiconducting
available sunlight into electricity. However, material. A competitor, HelioVolt Corp., uses the
breakthroughs in technology and efficiency are same material. Nanosolar claims that its thin-film
occurring in the laboratory at a rapid clip, thanks to solar cells have converted sunlight into electricity at
intense new investments in research. Much higher 15.3% efficiency in laboratory tests.
efficiency may eventually be commercially feasible. Another exciting thin-film company is First Solar
High efficiency is important when you consider the (www.firstsolar.com). The company uses cadmium
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telluride as a semiconducting material, which is a construction of solar plants across the Sahara to
byproduct of the mining and production of base generate electricity that would be transported to
metals such as zinc and copper. First Solar signed an European consumers through thousands of miles of
agreement with the government of China in 2009 to cable beneath the Mediterranean Sea. German
build a 2,000-megawatt photovoltaic farm in the physicist Gerhard Knies claims that the project could
Mongolian desert. The plant, part of an 11,950- provide 15% of Europe’s energy needs by 2050 at a
megawatt renewable energy park, would be the cost of about $529 billion.
world’s largest to date. To fund the park, China will
have to complete a feed-in tariff that pays a premium Internet Research Tip: Solar Power
for electricity generated from renewable sources. To find out more about solar power and the Solar
Cost for the project is estimated at between $5 and $6 America Initiative, visit the U.S. DOE, Solar Energy
billion. (These figures are based on building costs in Technologies Program at
the U.S. Actual costs in China may be lower.) The www1.eere.energy.gov/solar.
park is scheduled for completion in 2019.
Meanwhile, First Solar announced plans for two new Solar Thermal (or “CSP,” Concentrating Solar
manufacturing plants, one in Vietnam and another in Power): SolFocus (www.solfocus.com) has
the U.S. which together will nearly double the firm’s developed solar arrays that use just one-thousandth as
production capacity from 1.4 gigawatts in 2010 to much semiconductor material as standard solar
more than 2.7 gigawatts in 2012. As of late 2011, panels. The arrays are set with curved mirrors that
First Solar had 2,700 MW of projects in its pipeline. focus sunlight onto solar cells measuring one-square
centimeter, which concentrates the light 500 times.
Internet Research Tip: Photovoltaics These cells’ efficiency is greater than 38%, compared
For excellent information on the photovoltaic to the 13% to 19% efficiency for silicon photovoltaic
industry, see Solarbuzz, www.solarbuzz.com. The cells. SolFocus hopes to achieve an extremely low
site includes a survey of solar cell prices, along with cost per kilowatt-hour.
general news and resources. CSP is also used to heat fluids to extreme
temperatures (up to 750 degrees Fahrenheit), which
By 2013, Wal-Mart plans to have more than 130 produce steam that then drives a turbine. A provider
stores and distribution centers equipped with solar of this kind of solar power is Ausra, Inc, acquired by
panels. The firm’s hope is that PV can supply up to energy technology giant Areva in early 2010.
30% of a store’s power needs. Likewise, retail chains There are several major CSP facilities generating
Kohl’s, Safeway and Whole Foods Market have electricity around the world today. Most of them
installed solar panels at some of their stores. were massive construction projects that required
Meanwhile, some consumers are willing to pay extensive engineering and investment. Typically, a
for solar installations despite high costs (around CSP plant involves a large, central tower which is the
$40,000 to $70,000 per home). focus of thousands of mirrors. These towers can be
Some roof tile manufacturers are starting to as tall as skyscrapers and can take a long time to
incorporate solar cells into their roofing materials. build. A highly innovative CSP firm named eSolar
SRS Energy of Philadelphia makes roofing tiles that (www.esolar.com) may have the best idea. Its theory
blend in with Mediterranean-style homes typically is similar to that which Babcock & Wilcox is
found in California. applying to nuclear reactors: smaller and factory-
European and Asian nations are constructing built is better. In the same way that B&W plans to
large solar power plants. SunEdison officially build nuclear reactor vessels that can fit on a rail car,
activated a 70-megawatt plant in Rovigo, Italy in late eSolar has designed a small, two-piece CSP tower
2010. Zhonghao New Energy Investment of Beijing that can be built in the factory, shipped by rail and
is proposing to build a plant with up to 100 installed in one day. The tower is the focus of rays
megawatts of capacity near Dunhuang City, China. gathered by a surrounding field of mirrors. The
In 2009, a number of the largest companies in Europe mirrors are flat and roughly the scale of a mid-sized
formed a consortium called the Desertec Industrial television screen. Each mirror is mounted on a
Initiative to consider the construction of solar power motor-driven axis that enables the mirror to follow
plants in the Sahara desert. The companies include the sun throughout the day. When solar heat from the
ABB, Munich Re, HSH Nordbank and another nine array of mirrors hits the tower, it boils water that
mostly German firms. The idea calls for the makes steam and turns a turbine. The turbine powers
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an electric generator. Best of all, eSolar’s mirrors cell in October 2010. Shell and BP are also active in
and related array frames are designed to be solar cell technology.
manufactured in a robotic factory, after which they Space Solar Power (SSP): First proposed in
can fit in standard freight containers for shipment by 1968 by then-president of the International Solar
rail. Final installation at the site is relatively fast and Energy Society Peter Glaser, this technology, based
easy. The cost savings over traditional CSP may be on collecting sunlight from a geostationary orbit high
dramatic. In fact, an eSolar facility may prove to be above the Earth would enable the gathering of
considerably less expensive to build than a standard constant light that is eight times as strong as that on
photovoltaic solar cell plant of similar capacity. the ground. A solar panel on the orbiting structure
The downside of thermal solar systems is the vast would convert the light to electric current, which
quantities of fresh water required to cool the plants. would then be beamed to Earth by microwave to a
Annual water consumption by the largest thermal specified antenna. The catch is that the final output,
plants can exceed 1 billion gallons. Since thermal which is only a few hundred watts per kilogram, is
plants are typically located in sunny, desert climates too low to justify the enormous costs related to such a
to catch maximum hours of sunlight, water supply project, initially estimated to be $305 billion (in 2000
issues become even more critical. An alternative to dollars). Since then, costs have fallen somewhat due
wet cooling is dry cooling, which uses fans and heat to technological advances.
exchangers similar to the process used in automotive In May 2006, the University of Neuchatel in
radiators. Dry cooling reduces efficiency and adds Switzerland announced a technique using a film
significantly to costs, making it less attractive to created for use in space that yields power densities of
thermal plant builders. 3,200 watts per kilogram. There is also interest in
A landmark project in the Mojave Desert in SSP in Japan, where the JAXA space agency has
California broke ground in October 2010. hopes to launch a satellite by 2030 that will spread
BrightSource Energy’s $2 billion Ivanpah project into a sizable solar array capable of beaming 100
will be the largest solar thermal project in the world, kilowatts of microwave or laser power to Earth.
generating between 370 megawatts and 392 In mid-2011, researchers at the University of
megawatts and able to power more than 140,000 Surrey working with satellite manufacturer Astrium
homes during peak hours of the day. According to (a subsidiary of European aerospace firm EADS),
GTM Research, there were about 17.54 gigawatts were testing a fiber laser with a wavelength of 1.5
(GW) of CSP projects under development globally as microns, placing in within the infrared spectrum and
of mid-2011, with 8.67 GW in the U.S., followed by therefore better suited to transmission through the
Spain with 4.46 GW and China with 2.5 GW. atmosphere. Should continued tests go well, a
For the greatest efficiency, CSP can be combined prototype could be launched into space as early as
with unique power storage technologies. For 2016.
example, a system of heat storage based on Solar Updraft Towers: Yet another potential
pressurized water or molten salt allows solar heat to boon for solar power is a proposed renewable energy
be captured during daylight hours, and then used to power plant that would heat air in a large greenhouse,
turn turbines for electric generation during evening thereby creating convection that would cause air to
hours. CSP can also be combined with photovoltaics. rise and escape through a tall, specially designed
SolFocus, Inc., based in Mountain View, California, tower. The upward-moving air would drive
has developed solar arrays that use just one- electricity-producing turbines. As of late 2011, there
thousandth as much semiconductor material as was only one updraft tower in operation, and is the
standard photovoltaic solar panels. The arrays are set first phase of a $208 million multi-phase project. It is
with curved mirrors that focus sunlight onto solar located in China and is reported producing 200
cells measuring one square centimeter, concentrating kilowatts per day. There are also projects on the
the light 500 times. SolFocus had installations in drawing board in Australia, the U.S. and Spain.
California, Spain and Hawaii by 2010. However, funding for such projects remains in
Researchers at the University of Delaware set a question.
record, in mid-2007, of 42.8% efficiency in a In Australia, for example, a 50-megawatt Tapio
concentrated PV cell. Their goal is to hit 50%. On Station plant is under consideration that would
the corporate side, Massachusetts-based subsidiary feature a tower that is 1,600 feet tall and 260 feet in
Spire Semiconductor LLC (Spire Corporation is the diameter. The tower would be surrounded by a two-
parent company) produced a 42.3% efficient CPV mile diameter transparent canopy that would trap and
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heat air at ground level, which would naturally rise Internet Research Tip: Wind Power
into the tower (which acts as a kind of vacuum). For the latest on wind-powered electricity generation
Inside the tower, wind would be produced by the in the U.S., see the American Wind Energy
vacuum to power an array of turbines clustered Association at www.awea.org.
around the tower. Proponents of the project, which is
headed by Melbourne-based EnviroMission Ltd. Meanwhile, wind power installation in Europe
(www.enviromission.com.au), hope to eventually and Asia is progressing at a staggering pace. Global
power as many as 200,000 homes. In 2009, a wind generation capacity reached 197.0 gigawatts in
contract was signed between EnviroMission and 2010, according to the Global Wind Energy Council,
Southern California Public Power Authority for up from 122.2 gigawatts in 2008. China had the
construction of a 200-megawatt solar tower plant in highest total capacity installed with 44.7 gigawatts,
Arizona. A purchase agreement for the power followed by the U.S. with 40.2 gigawatts and
eventually produced by the plant was signed in Germany with 27.2 gigawatts. The Global Wind
October 2010. Energy Council projected installed global wind
capacity to reach 332 gigawatts by 2013.
3) Wind Power The European Wind Energy Association set a
Mankind has utilized wind as a form of energy target of 40 gigawatts of offshore wind power by
ever since the first sail was hoisted on a crudely built 2020, or enough electricity to power approximately
boat thousands of years ago. In the 12th century, it 34 million households. The U.K. has committed to
was used to power the first windmills. It is only raise its share of electricity generated by renewable
natural that wind should be viewed as an attractive resources from 7% in 2010 to 30% by 2020. Britain
means of generating electricity. opened the world’s largest turbine farm to date off its
Today, advanced wind-powered generating southeast coast in late 2010. The 300-megawatt
plants are common around the world. Windmill Thanet wind farm is operated by Vattenfall, an
manufacturers have continually enhanced technology. energy company in Sweden. Thanet has 100 turbines
As a result, windmills are much taller than before, installed across 13.5 square miles. Each turbine is
with vastly wider blade spans. Modern windmills 377 feet tall. The farm is part of an aggressive three-
have extremely high output and are less costly to round offshore development that could cost as much
maintain for a given amount of generation. New as $154 billion.
models also have much less downtime due to The real news in turbine manufacturing is in
breakdowns. As a result, windmill farm development China, where costs are cheaper than in the west.
became more effective, both economically and in Analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein estimated that
terms of total power created. Nonetheless, Chinese turbines are on average 20% cheaper than
government incentives remain essential to make their western counterparts as of 2011. For 2012, that
construction of such plants financially appealing. For gap could increase to 30%.
example, the U.S. Congress has steadily extended the The cost of generating electricity from wind has
Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind power fallen dramatically. In the 1980s, wind power
producers. In addition, traditional electric utilities are generation cost as much as 30 cents per kilowatt-
more and more likely to be required by local or hour. Today, that cost has dropped closer to five
national governments to use renewable sources, such cents to seven cents per hour for onshore turbines,
as wind, for a significant portion of their total power but only after factoring in tax credits and government
generation. Consequently, many major utility firms incentives. Without those incentives, wind remains
and energy concerns have been investing significant uncompetitive with traditional generation methods
amounts in new windmill farms. such as coal-fired plants. The industry’s goal today
By the third quarter of 2011, America’s wind is to enhance wind technologies and systems to the
generating capacity had reached 43,000 megawatts, point that wind is competitive without government
according to the American Wind Energy Association, aid, but that remains a considerable challenge. New
or about 3% of the electricity supply in the U.S. The technologies for storing excess wind-generated
greatest concentration of wind power in America is in electricity for later use may be the answer. New
Texas, where there were 10,223 installed megawatts technology has also enabled wind turbines to grow to
of capacity as of September 2011, up from 2,768 at massive size. For example, the Enercon E-126,
the end of 2006. Iowa ranked second in 2011 at manufactured by German wind turbine firm Enercon
3,708.
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GbmH, has a total height of 650 feet, rotor diameter megawatt storage system 3,000 feet underground.
of 413 feet and can generate up to 7.5 megawatts. The system, known as the Iowa Stored Energy Park,
Wind farms are planned for deeper water and www.isepa.com, will direct surplus electricity to a
further distances from shore than ever before, which compressor that pumps air deep into layers of porous
pose serious technical challenges. Scientists are sandstone underneath dense, almost impermeable
hoping to find a way to anchor the platforms in shale. The sandstone expands, trapping the air,
deeper water past current limits. A professor at the which is later released. As the air rushes upward, it
Massachusetts Institute of Technology proposes fires a turbine on the surface, thereby producing
using offshore oil well technology to anchor wind energy. This technology is referred to as
platforms to the ocean floor using tense metal cables. “compressed air energy storage” (CAES). If this
The process would save on building materials and prototype is successful, it could make wind
makes installation far easier than the “monopiles” generation significantly more efficient and more cost
currently used to support offshore windmills. With competitive.
the cable technology, wind platforms could be used On the northern shore of Oahu in Hawaii in 2011,
in water of up to 600 feet. German wind equipment Boston-based power firm First Wind began
manufacturer VDMA Power Systems builds turbines operations of a 30-megawatt farm that has a 15-
using steel foundations almost 100 feet deep. While megawatt battery built by Extreme Power of Austin,
deeper and more remote offshore farms are becoming Texas. The battery system is controlled by
more achievable, the cost to build and maintain can computers that keep the battery half-charged most
be three times that for onshore farms. daylight hours. As wind fluctuates, the computers
The wind industry suffered a lull in new adjust the flow of electricity to maintain the exact
development as a result of the 2008-09 global half-charged level. In addition, the system can be
economic recession. However, Morgan Stanley and used for arbitrage, meaning that it can store power at
Citigroup each invested $100 million in new wind times when prices are low and sell it when prices are
farms in the U.S., spurred by a federal program that high. It can hold 10 megawatt-hours of energy, or
pays 30% of the cost of building renewable energy about as much as a 30-megawatt farm can produce in
facilities. Investors are also awarded accelerated 20 minutes when running at full capacity. This
depreciation deductions that help offset taxes. groundbreaking technology has a high price tag, with
Meanwhile, investment in offshore wind farms was some analysts estimating the cost at around $130
booming in the EU in 2011, with a total of 141 million for the project, including $10 million for the
gigawatts of energy capacity online, under battery. The U.S. DOE provided a loan guarantee of
construction, consented or planned. The completion $117 million. The project, called Kahuku Wind, has
of these projects is subject to funding, which may the largest installed battery storage system connected
prove problematic in 2012 since most EU to a U.S. wind farm.
governments are facing trying economic times. Wind power is not without its detractors. There
In India, wind-generating equipment manufacturer are those who find the turbines to be noisy and
Suzlon Energy is ranked among the world’s largest unsightly, and others who have concerns about the
wind energy producers by installed megawatts of blades endangering birds and bats. The fact that
capacity. In addition to serving the Indian market, continued government subsidies and incentives have
Suzlon also sells machinery to companies in the U.S., been required point out the inefficiencies of the
China and Australia. technology.
China surpassed the U.S. in 2009 in terms of new In addition to the larger and larger turbines under
capacity, and continued to lead the world in 2010 development, residential customers can also invest in
with 44.7 gigawatts, followed by the U.S. with 40.2 small turbines of about 24-feet in diameter that stand
gigawatts. China required that large power on towers from 35 to 140 feet high. These systems
companies generate at least 3% of their electricity by have the potential to save users between 30% and
renewable sources by 2010. That figure rises to 8% 90% on their electric bills. Prices for the systems
by the end of 2020. (including installation) run between $8,500 and
An exciting breakthrough in wind power $80,000, depending on the size and capacity of the
technology may allow surplus energy to be stored for equipment.
use during peak hours. About 95 municipal utilities
in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota
in the U.S. are spending $200 million to build a 268-
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to penetrate the rock. The water turns to steam, steam or binary cycle plant.) As the water cools, it is
which is then captured to turn a turbine-driven pumped back into the ground.
generator. It is possible that the fracturing process Geodynamics, Ltd., www.geodynamics.com.au,
can result in tremors. This issue may be difficult to based in Milton, Queensland, Australia, has high
impossible to resolve, and much further study will be hopes for this technology. It plans to build 10 50-
required. New technologies may be required in order megawatt power stations in Cooper Basin in central
to safely drill, particularly if the site is anywhere near Australia, an area which geologists believe has the
a highly populated area. After technical problems potential to support hundreds of power plants with a
forced AltaRock Energy to shutdown operations at a capacity of up to 12.5 gigawatts. Australian
location called the Geysers in Northern California in government agency Primary Industries and Resources
early 2010, the DOE investigated. The result was the SA forecasted spending on geothermal projects
imposition of new safeguards, including the use of between 2002 and 2014 could reach $2.7 billion
ground-motion sensors, a federally-approved plan for (including $250 million in government grants), with
shut down in the event of earthquakes and the filing about 72% funding EGS projects. Meanwhile,
of estimates by the drilling company of expected Google invested more than $10 million in two
earthquake activity for review by outside experts. California EGS companies, Potter Drilling and
There are two predominant techniques for AltaRock Energy.
traditional geothermal electricity generation, Binary cycle generation makes it possible to
depending on the type of heat resource: flash steam produce power from hot springs that were previously
and binary cycle. High temperature locations can be thought too cool to efficiently use for geothermal
tapped directly, using steam coming out of the efforts. The Chena hot springs in Alaska average
ground to drive a turbine in a technique known as about 109 degrees Fahrenheit, but the springs’
flash steam generation. This is the most common owners and engineering conglomerate United
plant type in use. Where lower-temperature Technologies (www.utc.com) have devised a method
geothermal sources are tapped, hot water is used to using a refrigerant called R134a (tetrafluoroethane)
heat another liquid with a lower boiling point (such to drive turbines. Water from the hot springs is used
as isobutene or isopentane), which then drives the to heat R134a, which has a relatively low boiling
turbine. This technique is known as binary cycle point. A gas similar to steam is produced, which
generation. The drawback of binary cycle generation drives the turbines. Cooler temperatures yield
is that it is much less efficient than flash generation. smaller amounts of gas, so the designers of the Chena
Engineers have also begun combining flash and plant compensated by slashing operating costs.
binary generation, which together increase the Mass-produced air conditioner parts were substituted
efficiency of a plant. Binary cycle technology for standard geothermal components, a scheme that
enables the construction of a plant at a geothermal might be adopted by geothermal plants the world
water source that is substantially cooler than that over.
used in flash steam generation. Yet another geothermal technology is that
Technology developed at Los Alamos National developed by Bob Potter of Potter Drilling and
Labs (LANL) in New Mexico may create new Jefferson Tester of MIT called spallation.
opportunities for the utilization of geothermal plants. Superheated steam hits rock, causing crystalline
In a 26-year-long project, LANL was able to develop grains to expand, thereby causing tiny fractures.
the tools necessary to harvest heat from almost Small particles, called spalls, break off as the grains
anywhere on earth. Called Hot Dry Rock expand. The technology effectively uses steam as a
Geothermal Energy Technology (HDR), the kind of drill to melt rock. It is similar to air
technique drills holes into the ground until they reach spallation drilling previously used for mining ore.
rock that is suitably hot at about 15,000 feet. (Such a Iceland is a respected leader in geothermal and
system is also referred to as an Enhanced Geothermal hydroelectric power. Even though the country's
System or EGS.) Then, pipes are installed in a closed capacity for both is less than that of some other
loop. Water is pumped down one pipe, where it is countries, the low-population island nation of Iceland
heated to appropriately high temperatures. The supplies more than 50% of its energy needs with
resulting hot water shoots up to the surface. This is geothermal energy and another 17% by hydroelectric.
used to create steam that drives a turbine to power an Generating such a massive amount of energy with
electric generating plant. (This may be either a flash these sources is made possible by the island nation’s
incredible natural resources, but was brought to bear
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by a concentrated effort by the government and the incineration to be far more efficient. Incineration
people. produces 590 kilowatt-hours of electricity per ton of
The Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP), waste compared to the 65 kilowatt-hours produced
funded by a consortium of three Icelandic energy from landfill gas.
companies, hopes to tap extremely hot steam in an Waste-to-energy plants have taken off in several
existing geothermal well at depths of up to 2.5 miles, countries in the EU, especially Denmark where there
which is close enough to the Earth’s layer of magma were 29 waste incineration plants in operation as of
to produce steam of over 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit. early 2010, with another 10 in the planning stages or
The drilling and collecting equipment necessary is under construction. In the U.S., only 87 trash
more expensive than standard geothermal machinery, burning plants were in operation as of early 2010,
due to the higher pressures and temperatures found at almost all of which were at least 15 years old.
great depths. However, proponents of the project Major electric utilities including Southern
believe that the extra costs (which might double or Company and Progress Energy are making
triple) will be easily regained because the amount of significant biomass-to-electricity power plant
electricity produced is expected to multiply by as investments. Oglethorpe Power near Atlanta
much as 10 times. The IDDP was in testing stages as announced in 2009 that it will build two 100-
of late 2011, with a core test drilled to 2,800 meters. megawatt plants to be completed in 2014 and 2015
(For additional information, see www.iddp.is.) respectively. However, in 2011 the company
Iceland’s recent financial difficulties may put near- announced that it will not move ahead with the
term funding in question. projects. Instead, it will invest in two natural gas-
fired plants near Dalton, Georgia. This trend may
6) Biomass, Waste-to-Energy, Waste accelerate due to today’s extremely low cost of
Methane and Biofuels such as Biodiesel natural gas thanks to abundant shale gas production.
Biomass energy is the term describing the Quantities of waste, such as sewage, manure
conversion of organic material into usable energy, heaps at feedlots and the garbage filling landfills,
either by burning it directly or by harvesting create large amounts of methane gas as they
combustible gases or liquids. In some cases it can be decompose. One form of biomass energy generation
referred to as “waste-to-energy,” because a common that utilizes this phenomenon has been affectionately
application is the burning of a city’s garbage or an named “cow power.” In this method of energy
industrial plant’s production scrap, such as wood production, cow manure is placed in a holding tank,
chips or sawdust. Agricultural residues, such as rice where it is heated to around 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
straw, nutshells or wheat straw, are also useful as This allows naturally occurring bacteria to break
biomass fuels. Waste-to-energy plants have been in down the material, releasing methane, which is
use in the U.S. for decades, frequently operating in collected and burned in a generator. By this method,
tandem. A significant advantage of waste-to-energy the manure from one cow can produce about 1,200
is the fact that it reduces the amount of material kilowatt-hours per year, meaning ten cows can power
placed in overburdened landfills. The production of an average American house. Not only can cow
ethanol or biodiesel is another way to utilize biomass power produce electricity, it can also be used to
to create fuel. produce high quality (and noticeably less smelly)
Today, several factors are creating heightened fertilizer. Though it has been around for decades,
interest in waste-to-energy. One of the most cow power has not seen serious interest until
important aspects of generating electricity in this recently. It has grown much more efficient over the
manner is the fact that burning garbage takes up a lot years, and cheaper to boot. Both California and
less room than compacting it in a landfill. Many Vermont have launched assistance programs to help
municipalities are faced with severe restraints and farmers pay for the systems.
high costs in their landfill operations. Also, A leading waste disposal firm, Waste
industrial sites are extremely interested in capturing Management, Inc., is capitalizing on waste methane
their on-site waste and excess heat as a way of at a handful of the numerous landfills that it operates.
generating electricity, sometimes referred to as co- For example, working with energy management firm
generation. In comparing landfill gas harvesting and Ameresco, it is providing waste methane energy to a
waste incineration, a recent study by the BMW automobile plant in Spartanburg, South
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Energy Carolina, via a pipeline to a landfill ten miles away.
Information Administration and the DOE found Of the approximately 2,400 landfills in the U.S. as of
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July 2011, about 558 collect gas for energy use ethanol will almost double greenhouse emissions
according to the EPA, while another 510 may be over 30 years and increase greenhouse gases for 167
good candidates. years.
Both bioethanol and biodiesel are considered to be Alternative biofuel technologies are being
biomass energy sources. Many types of organic fats developed by several firms. For example, Joule
are currently used worldwide to make biodiesel, Unlimited Technologies, Inc.’s Helioculture platform
including soybean oil, rapeseed oil (the same oil that utilizes proprietary, engineered photosynthetic
is commonly sold as canola), palm oil and beef microorganisms to produce diesel, ethanol and
tallow. Unfortunately, the refining of biodiesel is not multiple chemicals without using biomass feedstocks,
a sure way to profits. Costs of capital investment are arable land or fresh water. These water-based
high, and feedstocks, particularly vegetable oils, can organisms create their own food through
be extremely expensive. In 2009, the National photosynthesis. Unlike algae, which must be
Biodiesel Board estimated that about two-thirds of harvested and processed to create hydrocarbons,
America’s biodiesel capacity was idle. Joule’s organisms release fuels continuously which
From an environmental impact point-of-view, can easily be converted to the desired form. The firm
salvaging chicken fat from a meat packing plant to can directly produce up to 15,000 gallons of diesel
use in fuels may be reasonably efficient. However, fuel and 25,000 gallons of ethanol per acre at costs as
dramatically altering the usage of vast swaths of land low as $20 per barrel of equivalent of diesel and 60
to grow plants, such as corn, for fuel is another cents per gallon of ethanol. Joule has been operating
matter. Land displacement for biofuel use has turned a pilot plant to produce ethanol in Texas since 2010.
into a global problem and a huge controversy. It plans to open a larger demonstration scale plant in
Farmers from the Americas to Brazil to Indonesia New Mexico.
have been converting land that was previously used
for food agriculture into acreage used for biofuel 7) Ethanol Production Soared, But U.S.
plant growth. At the same time, farmers elsewhere Federal Subsidy in Question
have been incentivized by high demand in the High gasoline prices, effective lobbying by
marketplace to destroy rain forest, woodlands or open agricultural and industrial interests and a growing
plains in order to plant food crops to take up the slack interest in cutting reliance on imported oil put a high
in the market, or to plant high-value plants for national focus on bioethanol in America in recent
biodiesel or bioethanol feedstock. In the U.S., the years. Corn and other organic materials, including
EPA slashed its 2010 mandate for cellulosic ethanol agricultural waste, can be converted into ethanol
from 100 million gallons to 6.5 million due to the through the use of engineered bacteria and
high costs of producing the fuel and the lack of superenzymes manufactured by biotechnology firms.
facilities capable of its manufacture. The facilities This trend has given a boost to the biotech,
that did exist at the time were government-subsidized agriculture and alternative energy sectors. At present,
pilot projects. corn is almost the exclusive source for bioethanol in
In early 2008, studies were published in the America. This is a shift of a crop from use in the food
respected scientific journal Science that attempted to chain to use in the energy chain that is unprecedented
quantify the net effect of these changes in land use. in all of agricultural history—a shift that is having
When woodlands or prairies are cleared and burned profound effects on prices for consumers, livestock
to make way for crops, vast amounts of carbon are growers (where corn has long been a traditional
released into the atmosphere. Among the biggest animal feed) and food processors.
culprits are farmers clearing rain forest in Indonesia In addition to the use of ethanol in cars and
in order to plant palms for the harvesting of palm oil trucks, the chemicals industry, faced with daunting
for biodiesel, and those clearing rain forest in Brazil increases in petrochemicals costs, has a new appetite
for planting of soy for biodiesel. (Clearing grassland for bioethanol. In fact, bioethanol can be used to
in the U.S. in order to plant corn for bioethanol is create plastics—an area that consumes vast quantities
another problem.) The 2008 studies found that these of oil in America and around the globe. Archer
activities create immense carbon emission problems, Daniels Midland has a plant in Clinton, Iowa that
far in excess of any carbon saved over the short term produces 110 million pounds of plastic per year
by burning a plant-based fuel as opposed to a through the use of biotechnology to convert corn into
petroleum-based fuel in cars and trucks. On a polymers.
worldwide basis, changed land use to corn-based
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Ethanol is an alcohol produced by a distilling billion to purchase a 46% interest in Guarani, one of
process similar to that used to produce liquors. A Brazil’s largest sugar millers.
small amount of ethanol is added to much of the In America, partly in response to the energy
gasoline sold in America, and most U.S. autos are crisis of the 1970s, Congress instituted federal
capable of burning “E10,” a gasoline blend that ethanol production subsidies in 1979. Corn-based
contains 10% ethanol. E85 is an 85% ethanol blend grain ethanol production picked up quickly, and
that may grow in popularity due to a shift in federal subsidies have amounted to several billion
automotive manufacturing. Although only about dollars. The size of these subsidies and
2,777 of the 170,000 U.S. service stations sold E85 as environmental concerns about the production of grain
of the beginning of 2011, there may be an increase in ethanol produced a steady howl of protest from
demand for ethanol in the U.S. due to mandates by observers through the years. Nonetheless, the Clean
the U.S. government calling for reduced dependence Air Act of 1990 further boosted ethanol production
on oil. by increasing the use of ethanol as an additive to
Yet, despite the millions of vehicles on the road gasoline. Meanwhile, the largest producers of
that can run on E85 and billions of dollars in federal ethanol, such as Archer Daniels Midland (ADM),
subsidies to participating refiners, many oil have reaped significant subsidies from Washington
companies seem unenthusiastic about the adoption of for their output. Between 2005 and 2009, the federal
the higher ethanol mix. E85 requires separate government spent $17 billion in tax credits. For 2010,
gasoline pumps, trucks and storage tanks, as well as the budget called for another $5.4 billion.
substantial cost to the oil companies (the pumps With the U.S. government’s budget deficit
alone cost about $200,000 per gas station to install). mounting to more than $1.5 trillion as of 2011, many
The plants needed to create ethanol cost $500 million lawmakers are looking for ways to cut government
or more to build. Many drivers who have tried filling spending. Ethanol production hit record levels in
up with E85 once revert to regular unleaded when 2010 and 2011, and is creating a surplus. Some
they find as much as a 25% loss in fuel economy politicians are calling for a reduction or even the
when burning the blend. phasing out of government subsidies for ethanol
Ethanol is a very popular fuel source in Brazil. In production.
fact, Brazil is one of the world’s largest producers of The U.S. Energy Act of 2005 specifically
ethanol, which provides a significant amount of the required that oil refiners mix 7.5 billion gallons of
fuel used in Brazil’s cars. This is due to a concerted renewable fuels such as ethanol in the nation’s
effort by the government to reduce dependency on gasoline supply by 2012. Ethanol production in the
petroleum product imports. After getting an initial U.S. reached 13.23 billion gallons in 2010, up from
boost due to government subsidies and fuel tax 10.75 billion gallons in 2009, according to the U.S.
strategies beginning in 1975, Brazilian producers Energy Information Administration (EIA). Iowa,
developed methods (typically using sugar cane) that Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota and South Dakota are
enable them to produce ethanol at moderate cost. The the biggest producers, in that order. Although grain
fact that Brazil’s climate is ideally suited for farmers and ethanol producers enjoyed high prices at
sugarcane is a great asset. Also, sugar cane can be the onset, a glut of ethanol supply eventually caused
converted with one less step than corn, which is the market prices to plummet. Next, the Energy
primary source for American ethanol. Brazilian Independence and Security Act of 2007 called for
automobiles are typically equipped with engines that even more ethanol production, with a goal of 36
can burn pure ethanol or a blend of gasoline and billion gallons per year by 2022 including 21 billion
ethanol. Brazilian car manufacturing plants operated gallons to come from cellulosic and advanced biofuel
by Ford, GM and Volkswagen all make such cars. sources. However, environmental concerns, the
In June 2011, Royal Dutch Shell, a global energy sizeable investments needed to construct ethanol
giant, and Cosan Industria e Comerica SA of Brazil refineries and questions about the advisability of
announced a new joint venture to be one of the using a food grain as a source for fuel made these
world’s largest producers of ethanol. Based in Brazil, goals unattainable using existing technologies. In
their firm, known as Raizen, will eventually have addition, the automobile industry expects a
sugarcane crushing capacity of 100 million tons significant amount of market share to slowly shift to
yearly. Elsewhere in Brazil, oil giant Petroleo electric or hybrid electric vehicles over the long term,
Brasileiro (“Petrobras”) recently invested about $1 which will reduce dependency on liquid fuels, such
as gasoline and ethanol. The Renewable Fuel
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Standard of 2010 reduced ethanol requirements to 15 expected to produce 130 million gallons of ethanol
billion gallons of the 36 billion gallons of renewable yearly. Iogen’s technology will be used in one of the
fuel that must be used for transport by 2022. refineries, to be located in Shelley, Idaho. Partners in
Until recently, some of the largest ethanol the refinery include Royal Dutch Shell. Cellulosic
production companies have suffered severe financial ethanol proponent Novozymes and its partner Poet
problems. Notably, VeraSun filed for bankruptcy LLC were seeking government funding in early 2011
protection in late 2008, citing high corn prices and to build a new plant by 2013.
difficulty in obtaining trade credit. The 2008-09 Meanwhile, the Canadian government plans to
plummet in the price of crude oil made ethanol look support the Canadian biofuel industry with up to 500
much less attractive from a cost point-of-view. million Canadian dollars for construction of next-
However, as of 2011, with oil prices hovering close generation plants. Iogen is expected to receive part of
to $100 per barrel and therefore making ethanol those funds for construction of a commercial scale
prices more attractive, most major ethanol producers cellulosic ethanol plant.
such as Valero Energy, POET and Archer Daniels
Midland are in the black. Biotech Breakthrough Modifies Corn for Faster
Traditional grain ethanol is typically made from Conversion to Ethanol
corn or sugarcane. In contrast to grain ethanol, In February 2011, the U.S. Department of
“cellulosic” ethanol is typically made from Agriculture approved commercial planting for a
agricultural waste like corncobs, wheat husks, stems, revolutionary, genetically modified corn seed
stalks and leaves, which are treated with specially developed by Syngenta. The modification causes the
engineered enzymes to break the waste down into its corn to produce an enzyme that breaks down corn
component sugars. The sugars (or sucrose) are used starch into sugar, thus taking the first step needed to
to make ethanol. Since agricultural waste is plentiful, produce ethanol within the corn itself, instead of
turning it into energy seems a good strategy. within a refinery.
Cellulosic ethanol can also be made from certain
types of plants and grasses. In the U.S., BP and Verenium announced plans
The trick to cellulosic ethanol production is the in February 2009 to form a joint venture to build, on
creation of efficient enzymes to treat the agricultural a commercial scale, a cellulosic ethanol plant in
waste. The U.S. Department of Energy is investing Highlands County, Florida. In July 2010, BP Biofuels
heavily in research, along with major companies such North America acquired Verenium’s cellulosic
as Dow Chemical, DuPont and Cargill. Another biofuels business and became the sole investor in the
challenge lies in efficient collection and delivery of new plant. The plant is expected to cost $300 million
cellulosic material to the refinery. It may be more and have the capacity to produce 36 million gallons
costly to make cellulosic ethanol than to make it from of ethanol yearly from agricultural waste.
corn. In any event, the U.S. remains far behind Brazil Other companies, such as Syngenta, DuPont and
in cost-efficiency, as Brazil’s use of sugar cane Ceres, are genetically engineering crops so that they
refined in smaller, nearby biorefineries creates can be more easily converted to ethanol or other
ethanol at much lower costs per gallon. energy producing products. Syngenta, for example, is
Iogen, a Canadian biotechnology company, testing a bio-engineered corn that contains the
makes just such an enzyme and has been operating a enzyme amylase. Amylase breaks down the corn’s
test plant to determine how economical the process starch into sugar, which is then fermented into
may be. The company hopes to construct a $300 ethanol. The refining methods currently used with
million, large-scale biorefinery with a potential traditional corn crops add amylase to begin the
output of 50 million gallons per year. Its pilot plant in process.
Ottawa utilizes wheat straw and corn stalks. In mid- Environmentalists are concerned that genetically
2009, a Shell gasoline station in Ottawa, Canada engineering crops for use in energy-related yields
became the first retail outlet in that nation to sell a will endanger the food supply through cross-
blend of gasoline that features 10% cellulosic pollination with traditional plants. Monsanto is
ethanol. focusing on conventional breeding of plants with
In the U.S., the Department of Energy has naturally higher fermentable starch content as an
selected six proposed new cellulosic ethanol alternative to genetic engineering.
refineries to receive a total of $385 million in federal Another concern relating to ethanol use is that its
funding. If completed, these six refineries are production is not as energy efficient as that of
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biodiesel made from soybeans. According to a study Novozymes, a Danish bioindustrial product
at the University of Minnesota, the farming and manufacturer, has developed an enzyme blend
processing of corn grain for ethanol yields only 25% containing an agent called GH-61 that has the
more energy than it consumes compared to 93% for potential to speed chemical reactions. Enzymes
biodiesel. Likewise, greenhouse gas emissions containing GH-61 may reduce production costs to the
savings are greater for biodiesel. According to one extent that producing ethanol can be competitive on a
estimate, producing and burning ethanol results in price basis with fossil fuels. Novozymes says that the
12% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than burning cost of the enzyme, called Cellic, is about 50 cents
gasoline, while producing and burning biodiesel per gallon, or less than a third of the projected $1.90
results in a 41% reduction compared to making and per gallon total cost (naturally, the retail price per
burning regular diesel fuel. A 2009 vote by Illinois’ gallon would be higher). Poet’s Emmetsburg plant
Air Resources Board requires the use of “lower will utilize the substance in its ethanol production.
carbon intensity” fuels starting in 2011, which may Another potential for ethanol production plants is
have a negative long term effect on the use of to retool them to produce other kinds of
ethanol. biochemicals. For example, Houston, Texas startup
Global warming concerns were heightened in Glycos Biotechnologies, Inc. is developing an add-on
2009 by a report by the International Council for process to use glycerin, a by-product of ethanol, to
Science (ICSU) that concluded that the production of make chemicals suitable for use in fabrics, insulation
biofuels, including ethanol, has hurt rather than and foodstuffs. Other firms pursuing similar avenues
helped the fight against climate change. The report include Genomatica, Inc., Gevo, Inc. and Myriant
cites findings by a scientist at the Max Planck Technologies LLC.
Institute for Chemistry in Germany that biofuels
expand the harmful effects of a gas called nitrous SPOTLIGHT: Biofuels
oxide, which may be 300 times worse for global Corn and sugar cane are not the only sources for
warming than carbon dioxide. The amounts of nitrous creating biofuels.
oxide released when farming biofuel crops such as Municipal/Agricultural Waste: Might be cheaply
corn may negate any advantage gained by reduced produced, but could be in limited supply compared to
carbon dioxide emissions. the billions of gallons of fuel needed in the market
In addition, ethanol production requires place.
enormous amounts of water. To produce one gallon Wood: Easily harvested and in somewhat healthy
of ethanol, up to four gallons of water are consumed supply; however, cellulose can be more difficult to
by ethanol refineries. Add in the water needed to extract from wood than from other biosources.
grow the corn in the first place, and the number Algae: The slimy green stuff does have the potential
grows to as much as 1,700 gallons of water for each for high yields per acre, but the process for distilling
gallon of ethanol. its cellulose is complex, requiring a source of carbon
Other concerns regarding the use of corn to dioxide to permeate the algae.
manufacture ethanol include the fact that a great deal Grasses/Wheat: Including switchgrass, miscanthus
of energy is consumed in planting, reaping and and wheat straw, the supply could be almost
transporting the corn in trucks. Also, high demand for limitless. The challenge here is creating efficient
corn for use in biorefineries has, from time-to-time, methods for harvesting and infrastructure for
dramatically driven up the cost per bushel, creating delivering it to biorefineries.
burdens on consumers. Vegetable Oils: Including soybean, canola,
As of 2010, new technology was being tested that sunflower, rapeseed, palm or hemp. It is difficult to
would produce ethanol from corn cobs that have been keep production costs of these oils low.
stripped of edible kernels.
POET is a South Dakota-based producer of
ethanol from corn that operates 27 plants in seven
U.S. states. It hopes to construct a plant in
Emmetsburg, Iowa that will be one of the first in the
U.S. to produce cellulosic ethanol on a large scale,
using non-food sources such as corn cobs, leaves,
husks and stalk (as opposed to corn kernels).
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SPOTLIGHT: Algae Draws Major Investment predicted with great accuracy, and thus so can the
Algae’s potential as a source of biofuel got a big power produced by a plant. The main drawback of
boost from an unlikely source in 2009. ExxonMobil this power source is its high initial equipment cost,
announced plans to invest $300 million or more in which runs many times that of conventional power
San Diego, California-based Synthetic Genomics, a sources.
company headed by genome pioneer Craig Venter. In a traditional tidal energy plant, a dam is
Dr. Venter is studying ways in which an ideal species constructed that opens temporarily in order to capture
of algae can be developed for a unique culturing tides as they flow inward. When the tidal flow has
process. This process induces algae to release their stopped, the dam closes. When the tide goes out,
oil (naturally stored as a foodstuff for the organisms), water behind the dam is released which powers a
which can then be manipulated so that the oxygen turbine in a manner similar to traditional
molecules in the oil are disposed of, leaving a pure hydroelectric power generation. These systems work
hydrocarbon suitable for use as biofuel. Another plus best when there is a dramatic difference, at least 16
to Venter’s process is that carbon dioxide claimed feet, between low tide and high tide.
from industrial plant exhaust is used in the culturing Promising news for tidal power is coming from a
process and then released in the atmosphere. This radical design—a tidal mill that looks a lot like a
does not make algae biofuel production carbon land-based windmill. The tidal mill consists of three
neutral, but it does utilize carbon dioxide twice 30-foot long blades and weighs 180 tons. This
before it’s released. Should the study go well, design can offer several benefits, including minimal
ExxonMobil has pledged an additional $300 million interference with sea life. Hammerfest Stroem, the
in funding to further develop the process to an electric company in Hammerfest, Norway, has
industrial scale. An organism called blue-green algae constructed a 20-tidal mill site with a capacity of 32
(although technically it is a kind of bacteria and not gigawatt-hours, at a cost of $100 million. In March
an algae) can produce fuel using photosynthesis. 2011, ScottishPower Renewables received approval
Found in non-potable standing water and in barren from the Scottish Government to develop a 10
fields, the bacterium secretes a class of hydrocarbon megawatt tidal power array in The Sound of Islay
molecules called alkanes that are chemical using 10 HS1000 tidal turbines.
doppelgangers for hydrocarbons. Joule Unlimited, Another tidal power development with potential
Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech is the Archimedes Wave Swing (AWS), a large,
company, holds a patent on the process that uses the submersed telescopic cylinder filled with air. Inside
bacterium to create ingredients for diesel fuel. The is a “floater” that moves up and down as pressure
firm plans to build a commercial plant slated for surrounding the cylinder changes due to waves. That
completion in 2012. movement, which corresponds with the ebb and flow
of the tide, is converted to electricity via a linear
8) Tidal Power generator. Each AWS unit is about 39 feet in
The enormous potential of harnessing the diameter and has an average output of 2.5 megawatts
movement of the tides to provide electrical power is in a rough sea (producing about 5 gigawatts per
leading to the development of many tidal generating year). The system has been tested in a pilot plant off
facilities. Much of recent development has been the coast of Portugal. A company called AWS Ocean
centered in Europe and the U.K. One of the largest Energy Ltd. (www.awsocean.com) tested a small
projects is located in the La Rance estuary in France. scale model of its ASW-III prototype on Loch Ness
Completed in 1966, the project generates 600 million in Scotland in 2010, and hopes to deploy a full scale
kilowatt-hours per year. The Orkney Islands off the prototype in 2012, and have an operational
coast of Scotland rim the Scapa Flow, an underwater commercial farm of AWS units the following year.
formation that is almost ideal for harvesting tidal The firm has received about $3.6 million in venture
power and the site of several installations. The capital from Shell Technology Ventures and Scottish
Scottish Government hopes to generate 1,600 Enterprise’s Scottish Co-investment Fund.
megawatts of tidal power by 2020, which would be Another ocean-driven technology uses “wave
equal to about 46% of the 2011 output from the energy converters,” which have been tested in waters
country’s two coal-fired plants. near New Jersey, Hawaii, Scotland, England and
The main benefit of tidal power, in comparison Western Australia. The converters are semi-
with other forms of renewable energy, is its submerged cylinders of almost 400 feet in length and
predictability. The timing and force of tides can be more than 11 feet in diameter. The cylinders are
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jointed and undulate in wave action like snakes. The Grove created an operating model based on platinum
energy of the wave action is resisted by hydraulic and zinc components. Much later, the U.S. Apollo
rams in the joints. The rams then pump high- space program used fuel cells for certain power needs
pressure fluid into chambers that feed the fluid to a in the Apollo space vehicles that traveled from the
motor. The motor, in turn, drives a generator that Earth to the Moon.
creates electricity. Power from all the joints is In basic terms, a fuel cell consists of quantities of
transported down an umbilical cable connecting the hydrogen and oxygen separated by a catalyst. Inside
cylinder to a junction on the sea floor that the cell, a chemical reaction within the catalyst
consolidates the power and sends it to shore via generates electricity. Byproducts of this reaction
another cable connection. The cylinders are designed include heat and water. Several enhancements to
to work in concert, connected by mooring lines, basic fuel cell technology are under research and
forming a wave “farm.” development at various firms worldwide. These
A working example of a wave energy converter include fuel cell membranes manufactured with
is the Pelamis, built by Pelamis Wave Power advanced nanotechnologies and “solid oxide”
(formerly Ocean Power Delivery, Ltd.), technologies that could prove efficient enough to use
www.pelamiswave.com, an Edinburgh, Scotland- on aircraft. Another option for fuel cell membranes
based company focused on ocean wave power are those made of hydrocarbon, which cost about
generation. In December 2009, the company one-half a much as membranes using fluorine
announced a joint venture with Vattenfall, one of compounds.
Europe’s largest utilities, to develop a wave power Fuel cells require a steady supply of hydrogen.
project off the Shetland Islands. The venture, called Therein lies the biggest problem in promoting the
Aegir Wave Power, was building a wave farm of widespread use of fuel cells: how to create, transport
between 14 and 16 Pelamis machines with a and store the hydrogen. At present, no one has been
combined output of 10-20 megawatts as of late 2011. able to put a viable plan in place that would create a
A Pelamis installation began the first commercial network of hydrogen fueling stations substantial
generation off the coast of Portugal in September enough to meet the needs of everyday motorists in
2008. Called Agucadoura, the project includes three the U.S. or anywhere else.
P1-A Pelamis machines. In partnership with Many currently operating fuel cells burn hydrogen
renewable generator company E.ON UK (www.eon- extracted from such sources as gasoline, natural gas
uk.com), Pelamis installed a five-megawatt wave or methanol. Each source has its advantages and
power project off the coast of Cornwall called disadvantages. Unfortunately, burning hydrocarbons
WestWave in late 2010. It consists of seven Pelamis such as oil, natural gas or coal to generate the energy
converters connected to an existing offshore necessary to create hydrogen results in unwanted
electrical “socket” called Wave Hub. Pelamis units emissions. Ideally, hydrogen would be created using
communicate with operators onshore via fiber optic renewable, non-polluting means, such as solar power
cables, backed up by wireless systems. This affords or wind power. Also, nuclear or renewable sources
operators remote monitoring of power absorbed and could be used to generate electricity that would be
generated as well as system status. Webcams are used to extract hydrogen molecules from water.
embedded within the machines for visual monitoring. The potential market for fuel cells encompasses
Each unit is about 460 feet long and capable of diverse uses in fixed applications (such as providing
generating as much as 750 kilowatts. an electric generating plant for a home or a
For the near future, Irish firm OpenHydro plans neighborhood), portable systems (such as portable
to open the world’s largest tidal energy plant in 2012. generators for construction sites) or completely
Located off the French coast near Paimpol-Brehat in mobile uses (powering anything from small hand-
Brittany, the project will consist of four two- held devices to automobiles). The potential
megawatt turbines, each weighing 850 tons, with advantages of fuel cells as clean, efficient energy
enough capacity to power 4,000 French homes. sources are enormous. The fuel cell itself is a proven
technology—fuel cells are already in use, powering a
9) Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Power U.S. Post Office in Alaska, for example. (This
Research Continues project, in Chugach, Alaska, is the result of a joint
The fuel cell is nothing new, despite the venture between the local electric association and the
excitement it is now generating. It has been around U.S. Postal Service to install a one-megawatt fuel cell
since 1839, when Welsh physics professor William facility.) Tiny fuel cells are also on the market for
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use in powering cellular phones and laptop Now, Nissan and other leading automobile firms
computers. have ambitious plans for electric-drive vehicles (as
Shipments of fuel cell-equipped mobile devices opposed to today’s hybrid electric cars which run on
could grow very rapidly if they can eliminate the electricity only part of the time, relying on a gasoline
need for frequent recharging of current battery- engine the rest of the time). Given the financial
powered models. The “Medis 24/7 Power Pack” is a constraints that automakers are working under today,
portable, disposable power source for small these car manufacturers have downgraded or
electronic devices such as cell phones and MP3 abandoned their focus on fuel cells. In particular,
players. Manufactured by Medis Technologies, it is technical breakthroughs in advanced batteries for
based on Direct Liquid Fuel cell technology, and may electric vehicles are occurring quickly. This will spur
be of particular utility in military applications. the electric car market while lessening the near-term
Elsewhere, MTI MicroFuel Cells manufactures a interest in fuel cells.
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direct methanol fuel cell technology that it calls
Mobion. GM invested $1 billion in fuel cell vehicle
research. The company leased 100 fuel cell-equipped
Internet Research Tip: Micro Fuel Cells Equinox crossover vehicles to customers as a test,
For more information on research involving fuel cells starting in early 2008. The Equinox will go about
for small applications, visit: 200 miles on a hydrogen fill up. Initially, the
MTI MicroFuel Cells www.mtimicrofuelcells.com vehicles were provided to government officials,
Tekion Solutions, Inc. www.tekion.com celebrities, journalists and business leaders in New
York City, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles. GM
Electric Vehicles vs. Fuel Cells has long had aggressive goals for commercializing
Nearly all of the major automobile makers had and producing fuel cell vehicles. However, the
significant fuel cell research initiatives at one time. financial and technical hurdles would be high, and
While the potential for fuel cell-powered vehicles GM assigned itself a daunting task. It may never
seemed extremely promising, the automobile industry happen, unless GM can see its way to real profits
has made a profound and long-lasting shift toward from fuel cells. Nonetheless, in January 2008, the
plug-in electric hybrids and all-electric vehicles as firm unveiled a fuel cell concept car, the Cadillac
the new technology base of choice. This is due to Provoq, at the Consumer Electronics Show, which is
several reasons, including: held in Las Vegas each year. One of GM’s thoughts
1) The tremendous success and wide consumer for eventual commercial development is a wide
acceptance of Toyota’s Prius hybrid car. This variety of car and truck bodies that would mount onto
success gave Toyota early dominance in the electric a single, radical “skateboard” chassis design, which
car field while other makers were still dreaming integrates the engine directly into the chassis. The
about fuel cells. An important feature of the Prius is skateboard stores fuel cell stacks and hydrogen
its very affordable price—something that might never supplies as well as circuitry that manages the flow of
be accomplished in a fuel cell vehicle. electric power through the various systems necessary
2) The technical hurdles of distributing, storing to stop, start and maneuver the vehicle. The chassis
and transporting hydrogen as a fuel have proven would include a docking port that links the body
extremely difficult to overcome. above to the electronic control systems. However,
3) The costs of building a fuel cell platform for the firm’s deep financial problems of 2008-09 that
automobiles remains vastly more expensive than led to bankruptcy and a government bailout, along
building an electric or hybrid vehicle. with its intense focus on the Chevy Volt electric car
4) Consumers, bureaucrats, investors and (with a booster gasoline engine) have combined to
legislators already understand and trust the safety and move GM’s fuel cell project to the back burner,
ease of use of electricity, whether fixed or portable. perhaps forever.
This cannot be said for hydrogen. GM is not the only manufacturer with significant
investments in fuel cells. Honda is currently leasing
test models of its FCX Clarity fuel cell-powered car
to small numbers of customers in the U.S. and Japan.
Toyota began making a small number of fuel cell-
powered cars available on 30-month leases in July
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2006. In late 2007, a prototype Highlander usually reserved for luggage or passengers. The use
hydrogen-hybrid fuel cell vehicle traveled 2,300 of hydrogen offers multiple technical challenges.
miles from Alaska to Vancouver, Canada, getting After the initial enthusiasm over fuel cells, during
more than 300 miles per tank of hydrogen. In which many governments planned to introduce large
September 2010, Toyota stated that it hoped to have a numbers of fuel cell power plants and vehicles,
fuel-cell vehicle on the market in limited quantities in energy agencies have scaled back their goals. The
2015, but only in a few regions where hydrogen difficulties surrounding the technology are proving
fueling stations would be available. much more stubborn than they initially appeared to
The former DaimlerChrysler invested about $1 be. For example, Japan, one of the largest
billion in its own fuel cell initiative. In 2008 proponents of fuel cell technology, initially wanted
Chrysler featured its ecoVoyager concept car at the 50,000 fuel cell vehicles on the road by 2010, a goal
Detroit Auto Show. Nonetheless, Chrysler’s that couldn’t be met.
bankruptcy of 2009 made risky ventures such as fuel Unfortunately, fuel cells remain grossly
cell research much less feasible. As of 2007, Ford expensive due to their limited production and the
had 30 fuel cell-powered Focus compact cars in industry’s current low-technology base. Moreover,
customer trials, but decided in 2009 to divert hydrogen is not readily available to drivers. GM’s
hydrogen fuel cell research funds to focus on electric head of strategic planning projected that 12,000
vehicles. stations in the largest cities across the U.S. would
British startup manufacturer developed a fuel put 70% of the population within two miles of a
cell-powered prototype in 2009 that is about the size hydrogen filling station. The cost would be about $1
of a golf cart. Though small, the vehicle is tough million per station. Numerous solutions have been
thanks to a body made of carbon composites. There proposed through the years. Honda promoted a
is an electric motor for each of the car’s wheels, and Home Energy Station in Southern California that it
ultracapacitors capture and store energy when the hoped would convert natural gas into enough
brakes are engaged. Riversimple’s car has a range of hydrogen to power fuel cells that could run a family’s
about 199 miles per tank and a top speed of about 50 vehicle, as well as supply electricity and hot water for
mph. The company hopes to build hydrogen filling the family home.
stations in British cities. Another problem is that many people still have
Mercedes-Benz also has a hydrogen vehicle, the concerns about the safety of hydrogen. Naturally
B-Class F-Cell. The B-Class F-Cell has a range of gaseous at room temperature, storing hydrogen
249 miles and a top speed of 109 mph. As of early involves using pressurized tanks that can leak and, if
2011, the vehicle was available to Americans only in punctured, could cause explosions. It is also difficult
Los Angeles, California, because southern California to store enough hydrogen in a vehicle to take it the
is currently the only region in the country with more 300+ miles that drivers are used to getting on a tank
than one hydrogen fueling station. There were five of gasoline. To do so, hydrogen must be compressed
stations in early 2011, with another 13 planned for to 10,000 pounds per square inch and stored on board
completion by the end of 2012. in bulky pressure tanks.
Meanwhile, BMW unveiled a hybrid of sorts in One idea for storage is cooling the hydrogen to a
2006 that allows drivers to use either hydrogen or liquid state and storing it in a cooled tank, but this
gasoline at the flick of a switch. (The hydrogen is requires constant refrigeration. A mid-term solution
not used in a fuel cell. Instead, it is burned as a fuel to the problem of creation and storage of hydrogen is
in an internal-combustion engine that ordinarily to use existing fuels, such as methane, gasoline and
would burn gasoline.) The car uses a V-12 engine diesel. These fuels could be broken down in the car,
that can be powered by either fuel. BMW put 100 of on-demand, to produce hydrogen, which would then
its Hydrogen 7 cars on loan to celebrities in power the fuel cell. Although this would relieve the
California and Germany in 2007. In 2010, BMW hydrogen storage problems, it would not remove the
was testing a hydrogen-electric drivetrain hybrid that need for fossil fuels and it would still produce
might be used in next-generation Minis and front- emissions such as carbon dioxide, though in reduced
wheel-drive BMWs, according to Britain’s Autocar quantities.
web site. Since more hydrogen than gasoline is The Bush administration launched a “Hydrogen
required to run an engine the same number of miles, Fuel Initiative” in 2003, and Congress provided over
the prototype has a hydrogen tank that utilizes space $1 billion for research. In May 2008, the EU’s
government funded 470 million Euros for fuel cell
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and hydrogen research, and Germany has promised 2011, thanks to advanced technologies and efficient
as much as 500 million Euros. In 2010, U.S. manufacturing. The firm projected revenues of about
President Obama signed a Nationwide Hydrogen $2.8 billion for 2011, growing to about $3.7 billion in
Highway Initiative into law that requires the Federal 2012.
Transit Administration and the Department of Energy The typical price of solar panels has plummeted
to build up to 200,000 hydrogen fueling stations not from nearly $5.00 per watt in 2006 to slightly over
more than five miles apart in more regions of the $1.00 by the beginning of 2012. In wind turbines,
country. Will this be enough to bring fuel cells to the Chinese manufacturers sell at prices 20% to 30%
mass market? Maybe not. It remains to be seen below equipment made in the U.S. and Europe. That
whether such stations will be constructed, despite the price gap could continue to widen.
possibility of up to $2.1 million in subsidies for each Although China’s economy and infrastructure are
new hydrogen filling station, and up to $300,000 for maturing at a rapid rate, labor costs associated with
the addition of a hydrogen pump to an existing filling renewable energy equipment are still relatively low,
station. In addition, there are still massive challenges and Chinese universities are producing engineers at
to solve in designing and marketing vehicles that can an astonishing rate. First year engineers employed in
store and burn hydrogen fuel. A U.S. Department of the green energy-intensive province of Hunan earn
Energy study determined that it would take public about $3,000 per year as of 2011.
funding of $45 billion to get 10 million fuel cell cars China’s Suntech Power has become the world’s
on the road by 2025, assuming that mass production largest manufacturer of crystalline-silicon solar
would create a dramatic reduction in the cost of panels. Founded in 2001, the company’s production
manufacturing fuel cells, and that public funding capacity grew from 10 megawatts per year at first to
would encourage the development of a network of more than 1,000 megawatts in 2010. It has offices in
fueling stations. Meanwhile, electric cars are clearly 13 countries. Suntech continues to work on lowering
the next wave. costs even as its researchers find ways to increase
efficiency. Today’s cutting-edge solar panels convert
10) China Becomes a Leader in Wind and approximately 18% of the energy in light into
Solar Equipment and Installed electricity compared to 13% when the company
Capacity started production.
China, home to some of the world’s dirtiest air
due to massive coal-fired power plants and a large 11) Electric Cars and Plug-in Hybrids
base of heavy industries, rapidly became one of the (PHEVs) Enter Market in Low
world’s major producers of solar panels and wind Numbers
turbines, which it is using both for export and for For the near term, electric cars will range from
domestic installations. Industry analysts projected 100% electric power vehicles that have relatively
that China would produce more than one-half of the short ranges and are plugged-in at home overnight to
world’s solar panels in 2010. As of late 2010, the recharge—to cars like the Chevrolet Volt which runs
Chinese clean energy industry employed more than 1 primarily on an electric motor only, but includes a
million workers, filling demand in the U.S. and the small gasoline-powered generator engine that will
EU where solar panel makers are facing tough times. recharge the batteries when needed and give an
American and European solar and wind equipment occasional boost to the drivetrain as well. The Volt is
manufacturers have been hard hit by intense, low- designed to go up to 40 miles without recharging, and
price competition from Chinese firms. Several has the capability to be recharged by plug-in at home.
bankruptcies have resulted. Early sales, especially in the U.S. have been slow.
The Chinese government has been extremely The Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf, for example,
supportive of solar and wind equipment firms, had sold 928 and 173 units respectively through the
providing low-cost land for manufacturing facilities, end of February 2011. Many challenges face 100%
low-cost loans and other aid. The situation had electric cars. GM hopes to boost Volt sales to about
become so difficult for American solar firms by 2011 50,000 units yearly in the near term, and Nissan
that a group of them demanded that the U.S. hopes to boost production of the Leaf to 500,000
government investigate whether China was violating yearly. It remains to be seen whether consumer
trade agreements. Nonetheless, an American firm, demand will rise to these levels. On an encouraging
First Solar, Inc., a maker of thin-film photovoltaic note, the Chevy Volt was named the North American
modules, was the world’s low price leader as of late Car of the Year at the influential Detroit Auto Show
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in 2011. Ford plans to offer an all-electric Focus in $1-billion project was abandoned in 1999. In 2002,
2012 that will feature smartphone apps that tell the Ford announced that it would give up on the Think,
driver where the nearest charging station is. an electric car model in which it had invested $123
Nissan is taking a different tack with the debut of million. These efforts were an attempt to satisfy
the Leaf, a fully electric vehicle released in government demands, not an attempt to fill early
December 2010. With a range of up to 100 miles, the consumer needs. Today’s electric cars and hybrids
five-seat Leaf sedan is powered by a 480-pound are intended to be major product lines for
lithium-ion battery that can be recharged overnight automakers.
on household current. The official retail price is Plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) are similar to standard
about $32,780, less up to $7,500 federal tax credit in hybrids, but they enable the owner the option of
the U.S. The first vehicles are being assembled in plugging-in at home overnight to recharge the
Japan, but the firm is investing as much as $2 billion battery. This will eliminate the need to run the car’s
to retool its Smyrna, Tennessee plant to begin gasoline engine, using only battery power as long as
manufacturing Leafs and lithium-ion batteries. the relatively short range isn’t exceeded. (Standard
Nissan got the jump on GM by committing R&D hybrids recharge only by running the gasoline-
funding to lithium-ion batteries as early as 1990. The powered side of the car, and by drawing on the drag
company has a next generation battery in the pipeline produced by using the brakes.) Toyota made 500
that promises a range of up to 186 miles per charge. PHEV versions of its Prius available for testing by
Nissan had developed much of its electric vehicle selected consumers during 2010 (150 of them in the
technology in partnership with Renault. U.S.).
In addition to adequate battery life, engineers
working on electric vehicles are wrestling with the All-electric cars as well as advanced hybrids will
fact that conveniences such as air conditioning, make a steady push into global auto markets due
heating and stereos drain a lot of electricity. to:
Technical advances in these accessories may be 1) Potential technical breakthroughs in batteries,
necessary, since consumers will not buy such cars in making them lighter, less expensive and longer-
volume without them. lasting. Nanotechnology may be applied to solve
Battery maker Johnson Controls, Inc. is battery challenges.
expanding its Power Solutions divisions with two 2) An electric car research, development and
new manufacturing plants. However, recent research investment focus at major car manufacturers.
performed by the company revealed that only 3% of 3) Toyota quickly proved global consumer
American drivers are financially suited to all-electric acceptance (and technological superiority) by selling
vehicles (meaning they travel many miles per year by millions of hybrid vehicles worldwide after the 1997
primarily making short trips). J.D. Power & debut of the Prius. Eventually, Toyota hopes to be
Associates estimates that by 2020, hybrid vehicles selling 1 million hybrid vehicles each year.
will make up 5.5% of the U.S. car market and 4) Electricity is user-friendly and easy to
battery-powered electric vehicles 1.9%. understand. Electric utility companies are generally
Despite the $5 billion in U.S. federal subsidies in favor of the electric car trend. Governments are
for battery manufacturing plants and research and largely enthusiastic and supportive (including
development plus the $7,500 tax credit per vehicle financial support to manufacturers and incentives for
for the first 200,000 units per manufacturer, most consumers).
drivers are finding electric cars too expensive, taking 5) Innovative entrepreneurs are focusing on the
too long to recharge and coming up short when it electric vehicle.
comes to driving range per charge. The Nissan Leaf, 6) In California, the largest auto market in the U.S.,
for example (the battery alone is estimated to cost the California Air Resources Board (CARB) requires
$15,600) requires a 240-volt charger that customers at least 7,500 vehicles with no tailpipe emissions be
must install for $2,200. Each charge takes about sold between 2012 and 2014.
eight hours for a range of about 100 miles, depending 7) Last, but not at all least, in the proper package
on weather conditions. and at an affordable price, consumers see electric cars
A little history is in order: An all-electric car has as green (low- to no-emissions), highly desirable
long sounded logical to many people. GM launched modes of transportation.
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Unfortunately, the car was a complete flop, and the
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Irvine, California startup Fisker claimed in 2010 advances, such as the use of lightweight, long-lasting
to have orders for about 1,600 of its $87,900 Karma. lithium-ion batteries (the type used in cellular phones
By 2011, it was making deliveries to customers. and laptop computers) have helped the vehicles
Another high-end electric vehicle is the Tango T600, evolve into marketable alternatives for short-trip
made by Commuter Cars Corporation. For $108,000, driving. The ZAP Xebra, a three-wheel, four-door
drivers can take the two-seater (one seat behind the vehicle with a sticker price of $11,700, can reach
other) from zero to 60 miles per hour in about four speeds of up to 40 mph and have a range of 40 miles
seconds, and reach a top speed of more than 130 mph per charge. ZAP stands for “zero air pollution.”
(there is also a $150,000 model which uses more Chrysler’s Global Electric Motorcars LLC subsidiary
powerful lithium batteries). offers several models, including vehicles with options
Mitsubishi offers a tiny plug-in vehicle, the such as heated seats, steel bumpers and cup holders.
MiEV, at a price of more than $40,000. The MiEV Prices start at about $7,395, but buyers may be
can travel up to 100 miles on a charge. Mitsubishi eligible for a tax credit.
sold approximately 4,000 of the pricey cars in Japan Ford is using $5.9 billion in U.S. Energy
during fiscal 2010. Department loans to develop 13 fuel efficient models,
Chinese auto manufacturer BYD Co. hoped to including the manufacture of 5,000 to 10,000 electric
begin test marketing and all-electric vehicle, the e6, vehicles as early as 2011-2012. The funds will be
in the U.S. in 2011. The company is also in used partly to retool manufacturing plants in Illinois,
negotiations to supply the city of Los Angeles with Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio.
electric buses, a deal which could result in a GM is collaborating with utility companies in
manufacturing facility in California. nearly 40 states to work out issues relating to power
However, the big news in electric cars is at Tesla. grids and the added demand that electric vehicles
The $109,000 Tesla Roadster, which can go up to pose. Nissan has similar alliances to promote plug-in
125 miles per hour and run 244 miles per charge, can stations (it also designated a supplier of home
also accelerate from zero to 60 mph in about 4 charging stations using a 220-volt plug similar to
seconds! those used for clothes dryers that promised to
Tesla, www.teslamotors.com, is a serious recharge batteries in less than eight hours). GM and
business startup, with substantial amounts of venture other manufacturers are working on computer chips
capital raised, and another $465 million in federal and software to imbed in electric vehicles that will
loans set in 2009. By early 2011, the firm had communicate with utility systems regarding the best
delivered 1,500 Tesla Roadsters. Another Tesla times to recharge for the best prices. Recharging on a
model, the Model S family sedan capable of carrying summer afternoon, for example, would put a strain on
seven people, was unveiled in 2009, with commercial grids already powering air conditioners while off-
production hoped to start as early as 2012. The peak charging would not only be cheaper but more
Model S is to have a base price of less than $60,000. efficient since power plants typically have excess
Tesla has taken a simple route to solve the problem electrical capacity at night.
of batteries: the Tesla Roadster has 6,831 lithium- Many observers believe that two kinds of
ion, laptop computer batteries linked together in the chargers are necessary, one for home use and another
trunk. for use in commercial parking spaces. This need
In May 2010, the Toyota Motor Corporation opens the door for as much as $12 billion in
purchased a $50 million stake in Tesla. As part of infrastructure costs. A number of companies are
the deal, Tesla is taking over a large car hoping to cash in on PHEV charging needs, including
manufacturing plant in Freemont, California that was Coulomb Technologies, a California firm which
formerly operated as a joint venture of Toyota and plans to install thousands of public chargers in U.S.
GM. The new funds and manufacturing facility cities (each station costs between $2,000 and $5,000).
affords Tesla significant expansion capability. ECOtality, a manufacturer based in Arizona, won a
Toyota and Tesla will jointly develop an electric $100 million U.S. federal grant to develop its
version of Toyota’s compact RAV4 SUV. Toyota chargers. The company, in collaboration with
also plans to manufacture a compact electric car Nissan, hopes to install 11,000 chargers in five U.S.
designed for short urban trips. states by 2013.
On the lowest end of the electric-powered The U.S. government will likely be an early
spectrum are small vehicles that began several years buyer of PHEVs for its fleets. However, the most
ago as glorified golf carts. Recent technological successful market for electric cars may be Europe
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rather than the U.S. European drivers are generally innovative company. Thanks to its long term
accepting of small vehicles. More importantly, expertise in battery powered products, it could easily
gasoline prices in Europe are extremely expensive, grow to be a significant force in electric cars, and its
often $7 per gallon or more due to high taxes, new E6 plug-in electric car may be a strong
providing much greater incentive for plug-in cars. competitor. However, its auto sales in 2010 were far
Moreover, European drivers are generally below projections. A subsidiary of America-based
accustomed to taking shorter trips than consumers Berkshire Hathaway, led by famed investor Warren
who drive the wide open spaces of the U.S. and Buffett, purchased a 10% stake in BYD in 2008.
Canada. Among the biggest problems facing consumer
Meanwhile, governments in Japan and China are adoption of electric cars is the cost of the batteries,
pushing electric vehicles in a big way. Japan offers a which can run thousands of dollars per vehicle,
consumer subsidy of about $9,000 per vehicle and the depending on the type of batteries and the place of
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) recently manufacture. Factoring this into the initial purchase
formed a consortium to develop a technology price of the car makes electric vehicles expensive.
standard for rapid battery charging. In China, the Thus, among the big ideas in electric cars is a radical
government is planning to spend $17 billion on concept spearheaded by Shai Agassi, formerly of
electric vehicle technology through 2020 with the enterprise software giant SAP. Agassi’s startup,
goal of getting 5 million electric cars (global bank called Better Place (www.betterplace.com), is
HSBC estimates that to be 35% of global electric promoting a business model where drivers would
vehicle market) on Chinese roads. Chinese swap depleted batteries for charged batteries, or plug
manufacturer Chery Automobile Company into convenient power stations, paying for their
completed a $500 million R&D center in the city of choice of plans: unlimited miles, a monthly
Wuhu that is largely dedicated to electric vehicles. maximum or pay as they go. Under one potential
FedEx Corp., Staples, Inc. and the Frito-Lay business model, electric cars would be purchased by
division of PepsiCo are purchasing 20-foot electric consumers without the battery costs built-in. Instead,
trucks built by American truck manufacturer Navistar the batteries would be owned by Better Place and
International Corp. and British battery manufacturer leased to the car owners. The company would
Modec, and also trucks built by Smith Electric provide swappable, charged batteries as a service at a
Vehicles. Each truck costs about $150,000 and has a cost-per-mile driven, or cost-per-battery swapped.
range of between 60 and 100 miles per charge. Since The initial price of the car would then be comparable
typical delivery routes are fairly short and usually to that of a gasoline-powered vehicle, and the
completed by nightfall, electric trucks seem ideal for consumer would pay for the battery as used, rather
the delivery market. Limited range poses few than up-front.
problems and the trucks can be recharged at night Making consumers comfortable that they can
during off-peak hours. Staples estimates it will save have charged batteries when needed is key to this
about $6,500 per year in fuel costs per electric plan. Better Place would provide convenient,
vehicle. Another plus in electric trucks is the braking closely-spaced charging stations in places like
system. The batteries in electric vehicles are parking garages and shopping centers. A trial project
recharged when braking, which has a side benefit of was underway in Tokyo in 2010, and the firm hopes
putting less wear and tear on breaks than heavy diesel to develop a long-term relationship with China’s
engines. Brakes for electric trucks last four or five Chery Automobile Company. In January 2010,
years compared to diesel trucks’ one to two. Better Place raised an additional $350 million in
China-based BYD Company Limited entered the venture capital. In early 2011, BetterPlace began
car manufacturing business in 2003 by acquiring a installing 10 recharging stations in Honolulu, Hawaii.
small, floundering firm that was owned by the Those charging stations will be useful for drivers
Chinese government. Under BYD, its inexpensive who have time to wait for a charge between trips to
F3 sedan became a popular in China. More and from work or the grocery store. But what about
importantly, BYD has begun selling a plug-in hybrid drivers whose batteries are nearly depleted, or who
in China, the F3DM. At about $22,000, the F3DM are on longer non-stop trips? This is where the
can go about 63 miles in electric-only mode, and can swappable batteries and swapping stations come in.
recharge quickly from its backup gasoline engine or In early 2009, Better Place demonstrated the first
from a plug-in feature. Watch for a continuing such swapping station, in Tel Aviv, Israel. There,
stream of breakthroughs from this extremely robotic arms can remove a car’s battery, clean it of
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battery plant. The factory will make batteries for Yet another new battery concept on the horizon is
Ford’s planned plug-in hybrid as early as 2012. a liquid battery developed by David Bradwell when
In the U.S. the 2009 American Recovery and he was a graduate student at MIT in 2007. The
Reinvestment Act provided $2.4 billion for technology uses electrodes and an electrolyte that
investment in lithium-ion batteries. By late 2010, 17 liquefy during operation, enabling the battery to
new battery plants in Michigan were in production, handle high currents without fracturing. It is hoped
under construction or in the planning stages that such a battery could be used to store enormous
according to the state Department of Energy, Labor amounts of solar or wind power for use at night or
and Economic Growth. when the wind is not blowing. Even better, Bradwell
Nissan is investing several billion dollars in the believes that the system could ultimately cost less
construction of manufacturing plants for advanced than $100 per kilowatt-hour for a new installation.
batteries and retooling existing assembly plants to The plethora of companies investing in and
result in the production of up to 500,000 vehicles per developing new battery technologies is likely to
year on three continents. The lithium manganese cause a glut on the market as early as 2014 and on
battery technology was developed in a joint venture into 2015, according to analysts at PRTM
between Nissan and NEC. In Tennessee Nissan is Management Consulting, a unit of Pricewater-
spending $1.6 billion in loans backed by the U.S. houseCoopers. PRTM forecasts the global electric
Department of Energy on a lithium-ion battery plant vehicle industry will reach $300 billion by 2020,
and an electric vehicle assembly line. which includes a potential $50 billion for battery
Nissan made a significant breakthrough in manufacturers.
lithium-ion technology with the development of its The estimated cost of a 24 kilowatt-hour lithium-
laminated battery. Its shape and flexibility allow it to ion battery pack in late 2010 was $15,600. Other
be used in a variety of models and they have two analysts are concerned that prices for lithium
times the capacity and power of traditional batteries batteries will remain high over the mid-term.
of the same weight (but at half the size). Nissan’s Although the U.S. Department of Energy set a goal of
Leaf runs on a 24-kilowatt-hour laminated battery reducing car battery costs by 70% by 2014, many
made of 192 lithium-manganese cells capable of experts agree that the goal is too aggressive. This is
generating enough current to power an AC motor to due to the fact that costs for components and
107 horsepower. materials (such as nickel, manganese and cobalt) are
Over the long-term, watch for further advances in likely to remain high in response to increased
battery technology that may fuel vehicles for up to demand.
400 miles per charge. That will make a tremendous
difference in consumer interest. The expensive Tesla Companies to Watch in Advanced Battery
roadster already claims a relatively long range of Technology:
more than 240 miles.
IBM, along with automotive companies such as A123 Systems, Inc.
Toyota, is working on a radical new lithium battery ActaCell
that could be far lighter than current lithium batteries Altair Nanotechnologies
and have a range of as much as 500 miles. The Better Place
Battery 500 Project is researching a “lithium-air” BYD
battery that, instead of shuttling ions back and forth EnerDel division of Ener1
between two metal electrodes, moves them between Johnson Controls-Saft joint venture
one metal electrode and air. The concept is similar to NEC
zinc-air batteries used to power hearing aids. The Nissan
problem there is that zinc-air batteries are not Panasonic
rechargeable and limited to a very small size. If all Quantum Technologies
goes well, IBM hopes to have a prototype of the Sharp
battery in the laboratory by 2012 and a full-size demo Tesla
battery by 2015. Spurring the project along is a bill
introduced in the U.S. Senate in mid-2010 that offers Source: Plunkett Research, Ltd.
a $10 million prize to the developer of a commercial
electric car battery with a 500 mile range per charge.
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13) Natural Gas-Powered Vehicles Off to the gas tank holds the equivalent of a mere eight
a Slow Start gallons of gasoline. However, growing numbers of
Cars and trucks that run on either compressed drivers are looking for economical as well as
natural gas (CNG) or liquid natural gas (LNG) are environmentally friendly alternatives such as the
already in use around the world, especially in Civic GX. GM offered natural gas powered versions
municipal fleets and school buses. Natural Gas of its Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size
Vehicles for America (www.ngvc.org) estimates that vans as of late 2010.
there are 13 million natural gas-powered vehicles
worldwide as of 2011. The International Association 14) Homes and Commercial Buildings Go
of Natural Gas Vehicles projects that there will be Green
more than 50 million natural gas vehicles worldwide In a growing trend, many homebuilders across
by 2020. However, the U.S. count is only about the U.S. are constructing homes in accordance with
112,000 as of late 2011. A large percentage of all the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB)
new public transit buses run on natural gas. This fuel “green” specifications. These specifications require
is an attractive technology, not only because it is resource-efficient design, construction and operation,
highly developed, but also because it is economically focusing on environmentally friendly materials.
feasible and environmentally friendly. While initially Today’s much higher energy costs are spurring this
costing as much as $8,000 more per vehicle than trend. In addition, local building codes in many
standard fuel equivalents, natural gas engines save cities, such as Houston, are requiring that greater
30% or more on fuel costs, making the investment energy efficiency be incorporated in plans before a
potentially worthwhile over the long term. Emissions building permit can be issued.
are significantly lower overall, and have much lower There are several advantages to building along
concentrations of polluting particles and harmful eco-sensitive lines. Lower operating costs are
gases. Recognizing the possible economic benefits, incurred because buildings built with highly energy-
UPS has put about 1,500 natural gas trucks in service efficient components have superior insulation and
to haul its packages, including test trucks running on require less heating and/or cooling. These practices
compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas or include using oriented strand board instead of
propane. Airport buses are often natural gas- plywood; vinyl and fiber-cement sidings instead of
powered. wood products; and insulated foundations, windows
Some proponents, including financier T. Boone and doors. Low-maintenance landscaping demands
Pickens (who partly owns Clean Energy Fuels, a less water and weeding. Heating and cooling
company that installs natural gas fueling stations), equipment with greater efficiency is being installed,
believe natural gas is a viable alternative for diesel as well as dishwashers, refrigerators and washing
fuel for semi-trailer trucks. Unlike switching to machines that use between 40% and 70% less energy
electric batteries or fuel cells, natural gas powered than their 1970s counterparts. Wastewater heat
trucks that travel primarily on major highways would recovery systems use hot wastewater to heat
not need as many new fueling stations. One problem incoming water. Even toilets are more efficient than
with the idea is that trucks that run on natural gas are before. Current models use a mere 1.28 gallons of
more expensive than their diesel counterparts. water per flush, as opposed to four gallons in the 70s.
United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) ordered 48 natural The main disadvantage is that this kind of
gas trucks in 2011 for $195,000 each (compared to building is often more expensive than traditional
the $95,000 it spends per diesel-powered tractors). It construction methods. Added building costs often
was able to do so thanks to $4 million in U.S. federal reach 10% to 15% and more per home; however,
stimulus money. Pickens estimates that $5 billion some homebuyers are willing to pay the increased
should be spent over five years to put 140,000 natural price for future savings on utilities and maintenance.
gas trucks on U.S. highways and build the necessary As energy prices increased over the last decade,
fueling stations. builders became more amenable to constructing
Meanwhile, a natural gas-powered Honda Civic homes with energy-savings measures. In addition,
GX is on the U.S. market in selected locations. Its some consumers are inclined to spend more when
sticker price is a modest $25,190, and up to $7,000 in they feel they are buying environmentally friendly
state and federal tax credits are available. The products, including homes. (Marketing analysts refer
downside is that there are only about 1,100 CNG to this segment as “LOHAS,” a term that stands for
stations in the U.S., making refueling difficult; and “Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability.” It refers to
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consumers who choose to purchase items that are close. Designed by Chicago architecture firm SOM,
natural, organic, less polluting and so forth. Such the tower is planned to be 58% more energy efficient
consumers may also prefer products powered by than traditional skyscrapers by using solar roof
alternative energy, such as hybrid cars.) panels, novel wind turbines embedded in four
The U.S. government and all 50 states offer tax openings spaced throughout the tower and walls with
incentives in varying amounts to builders using solar eight-inch air gaps that trap heat which then rises to
technology. A handful of “zero-energy homes” that power heat exchangers for use in cooling systems.
produce as much electricity as they use are being The building encompasses about 2.3 million square
built (see www.zeroenergy.com.) By installing feet of floor space.
photovoltaic panels or other renewable sources to A growing number of buildings are being
generate electricity, and using improved insulation retrofitted to use energy more efficiently. One
and energy-efficient appliances and lighting, the example is the initiative underway at Citigroup, Inc.
zero-energy goal may be achieved, at least in sunny The banking firm is turning off lobby escalators,
climates such as those in the American West and incorporating more natural light and using recycled
Southwest. materials in dozens of its properties around the world.
In the commercial sector, businesses may have Citigroup says it can save as much as $1 per square
several reasons to build greener, more energy- foot per year by making its offices more efficient.
efficient buildings. To begin with, long-term Elsewhere, Google, Inc. installed a solar rooftop at its
operating costs will be lower, which will likely more California headquarters as early as 2007, and retail
than offset higher construction costs. Next, many chains such as Wal-Mart and Kohl’s are installing
companies see great public relations benefit in the solar panels on their California stores. In Wal-Mart’s
ability to state that their new factory or headquarters case, it had 31 solar installations in California and
building is environmentally friendly. Many office Hawaii by mid-2010, and had an additional 20 to 30
buildings, both public and private, are featuring sites in California and Arizona planned.
alternative energy systems, ultra-high-efficiency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
heating and cooling, or high-efficiency lighting. In sponsored a contest in 2010, challenging commercial
California, many public structures are incorporating buildings to cut energy use over a 12-month period.
solar power generation. The winner was the Morrison Residence Hall at the
Even building maintenance is getting involved— University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The hall
building owners are finding that they can save huge cut its energy consumption by approximately 36%
amounts of money by scheduling janitorial service and saved more than $250,000 on its energy bills.
during the day, instead of the usual after-hours, after- Green initiatives during the year included expanding
dark schedule. In this manner, there is no need to a solar-powered hot water system, upgrading lighting
leave lighting, heating or cooling running late at night and convincing students to cut down on hot water
for the cleaning crews. use.
An exemplary green office building is Bank of Sports stadiums are also going green in a big
America Tower (formerly One Bryant Park), a 54- way. Lincoln National Field, the home of the
story skyscraper on the Avenue of the Americas in Philadelphia Eagles, announced in late 2010 plans to
New York City. Completed in 2009, the $1.2-billion install 2,500 solar panels, 80 wind turbines (each
project is constructed largely of recycled and measuring 20 feet high) and a natural gas and
recyclable materials. Rainwater and wastewater is biodiesel-burning generator. The field is contracting
collected and reused, and a lighting and dimming with Florida-based Solar Blue, which will spend $30
system reduces electrical light levels when daylight is million to install the equipment. In return, the Eagles
available. The building supplies about 70% of its will pay Solar Blue fixed amounts for energy with
own energy needs with an on-site natural gas burning increases of 3% per year for a period of 20 years.
power plant. It was the first skyscraper to rate Solar Blue is free to sell excess energy created in the
platinum certification by adhering to the Leadership stadium to the local utility. Staples Center in Los
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Angeles and New Meadowlands Stadium in New
standards, set by the U.S. Green Building Council in York also have significant green initiatives
2000 (see www.usgbc.org). underway.
The Pearl River Tower, a 71-story skyscraper set LEED standards have been adopted by
to open in 2011 in Guangzhou, China, may be the companies such as Ford, Pfizer, Nestlé and Toyota,
first major zero-energy building, or may at least come which have all built LEED-certified structures in the
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U.S. In addition, the standards have been adopted by trucking fleet by 25% by the year 2008, and up to
25 states and 48 cities for government-funded 50% by 2015.
projects, including New York, Los Angeles and Dow Chemical has invested $100 million (plus a
Chicago. Industry analysts estimate the value of $10 million grant from the Department of Energy) in
government-financed construction projects at $200 researching new plastic photovoltaic roof panels
billion per year. One of the world’s largest green using thin-film solar cells. Prototypes of the product,
complexes is the campus of King Abdullah called Powerhouse, were tested in early 2010 with a
University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in goal of commercial release of the product sometime
Saudi Arabia. The campus spans more than 118 in 2011. Dow has not published pricing, but
million square feet of classrooms, laboratories and a observers estimate that Powerhouse (or products like
coral reef ecosystem, and features more than 13,500 it) would cost a homeowner about $10,000 after
square feet of solar thermal panels and upwards of subsidies and tax rebates for approximately 1,000
54,300 square feet of photovoltaic arrays. square feet of roofing material. This compares to
LEED is not without competition. Another green about $5,000 for traditional asphalt shingles. Dow
verification program called Green Globes is backed projects the value of the solar shingles market could
by the Green Building Initiative in the U.S. Green reach $5 billion by 2015.
Building Initiative is a group led by a former timber
company executive and funded by several timber and Internet Research Tip: Green Buildings
wood products firms. Several U.S. states have For a look at government-sponsored projects in
adopted Green Globes guidelines instead of those green commercial buildings, see:
supported by LEED for government-subsidized 1) Rebuilding America,
building projects. In Canada, a version of Green www.energyfuturecoalition.org/What-Were-
Globes for existing buildings is overseen by the Doing/Energy-Efficiency/Rebuilding-America
Building Owners and Managers Association of 2) U.S. Green Building Council, www.usgbc.org
Canada (BOMA Canada) under the brand “BOMA
Best.” Green Globes is more wood friendly than In Europe, the EU has mandated that member
LEED, which is not surprising considering the states revisit building codes every five years and
involvement of the timber industry. It promotes the create standards of energy efficiency. Buildings are
use of wood and wood products in construction with also required to submit an energy certificate that can
fewer restrictions than LEED, which approves of be shown to prospective buyers and renters.
wood if it comes from timber grown under Elsewhere, nations such as Japan that are focused on
sustainable forestry practices approved by the Forest becoming much more energy-efficient are
Stewardship Council, an international accrediting emphasizing the use of green methods in new
group. construction.
In a similar vein, the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) established WaterSense, a voluntary 15) Proposals for U.S. Electricity Grid
public-private partnership program to promote water- Enhancements Include a “Smart
efficient products and services; and EnergyStar, a Grid,” Regional Transmission
program that promotes energy efficiency.
Organizations (RTOs) and
WaterSense certifies low-flow toilets that use a mere
Technologies such as Flow Cell
1.28 gallons per flush, creates standards for
Batteries
bathroom-sink faucets that flow at no more than 1.5
Proposed solutions to the U.S. electricity grid’s
gallons per minute and offers a certification program
problems range from reorganization to massive
for irrigation companies that use water-efficient
investments in advanced computerization to barely
practices. EnergyStar homes are at least 15% more
proven technologies. Some engineers promote the
efficient than homes built to the 2004 U.S. residential
use of immense, high-capacity batteries called “flow
code.
cell batteries” to store enough excess electricity to
Retail giant Wal-Mart has been pursuing an
make the grid much more flexible and reliable. The
aggressive policy to reduce energy use in its stores.
use of large-scale storage systems scattered around
The company is investing $500 million to reduce
the grid would mean that generating companies could
greenhouse gas emissions from its stores and
create excess power during periods of slow demand,
distribution centers by 20% through 2012. The firm
store that electricity and then sell it through the grid a
also pledged to increase the fuel efficiency of its
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few hours later when demand picks up. It would also competing interests. The grid’s three interconnects
mean that spikes in demand, such as the demand are broken down into about 120 control areas, but
caused by air conditioners turned on during an operators of those control areas have very little
extremely hot summer afternoon, could be served authority beyond making requests (but not demands)
quickly by drawing on stored power. A few of these of utilities participating within those areas.
large battery energy storage systems are already in U.S. state and federal agencies are making efforts
place in Japan, Australia, Alaska and Utah. Others to increase the grid’s efficiency and enforce
are being tested in several locations worldwide. compliance to regulatory standards. After the
Battery systems such as these not only add massive blackout of August 2003, a joint U.S.-
reliability to an electricity grid system, they also Canadian taskforce was created that stipulated 46
lower costs and improve efficiency. For example, recommendations for improvement to the monitoring
wholesale power can be purchased at night, when of transmission lines and for use of the grid. Each
demand and energy prices are low, and then sold the recommendation has since been implemented. These
next day during peak hours for a premium. recommendations included the establishment of
New technology may eventually enable batteries Independent System Operators (ISOs), which are
to store the high current necessary for utility-scale independent, nonprofit organizations. ISOs ensure
storage. MIT has developed liquid metal batteries that electric generating companies have equal access
that use a liquid electrolyte made from metals and to the power grid. They may be replaced by larger
heated to 700 degrees Celsius (1,292 degrees Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs), which
Fahrenheit) to maintain a molten state. Meanwhile, would each cover a major area of the U.S. The North
start-up Seeo is making a solid state battery of a American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC),
polymer electrolyte material that would last longer www.nerc.com, is now responsible for enforcing
than other batteries and store more energy. mandatory reliability standards on utilities. NERC
fines are levied when performance falls below those
SPOTLIGHT: Battery Energy Storage Systems standards.
For more information on battery energy storage The utilities industry is pushing its own vision of
systems, check the following company web sites: the grid’s future, via the respected Electric Power
ABB www.abb.com Research Institute (EPRI, www.epri.com), an
Prudent Energy www.pdenergy.com organization of members representing more than 90%
Telepower Australia www.telepower.com.au of the electricity generated and delivered in the U.S.
A123 Systems www.a123systems.com EPRI envisions creating an environment in which
utilities are encouraged to invest heavily in new
Other super-capacity storage technologies transmission technologies. Part of its plan is aimed at
include flywheels, pumped hydro storage and developing constant communication among the
compressed air energy storage. (A lack of efficient, systems pushing power to, and pulling power from,
large-scale storage systems has also been one of the the grid. EPRI hopes the grid will become a self-
factors holding back the development of solar repairing, intelligent, digital electricity delivery
power.) For additional thoughts along these lines, system. As a result, a systems breakdown in one area
visit the Electricity Storage Association at might be compensated for by users or producers
www.electricitystorage.org. elsewhere, aborting potential blackout situations.
Superconductive wires also hold promise over The total investment required would be more than
the long-term. (See “Superconductivity Comes of $100 billion.
Age.”) Meanwhile, shorter-term solutions to the Another part of its technology platform is based
grid’s inadequacies are needed. Multiple changes on making the grid “smarter,” by using state of the art
could vastly increase the reliability and efficiency of digital switches and sensors to monitor and manage
the grid. Currently, the grid is something of a free- the grid—a vast improvement over today’s
for-all. Thousands of utility companies utilize it, but equipment. This smart grid would incorporate
there is little communication among those companies sensors throughout the entire delivery system,
regarding their real-time operating status. At the employ instant communications and computing
same time, regulation of the grid desperately needs to power and use solid-state power electronics to sense
be revamped. Companies that transmit via the grid and, where needed, control power flows and resolve
and that might be interested in investing in grid disturbances instantly. The upgraded system would
infrastructure currently must deal with a quagmire of have the ability to read and diagnose problems. It
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would be self-repairing, by automatically isolating granted approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory
affected areas and re-routing power to keep the rest Commission (FERC) to offer transmission services at
of the system running. Another advantage of this negotiated rates, with operation to begin as early as
smart grid is that it would be able to seamlessly 2014.
integrate an array of locally installed, distributed An additional technology advantage to the Tres
power sources, such as fuel cells and solar power, Amigas project is that it will run on DC (direct
with traditional central-station power generation. current) rather than traditional AC (alternative
current), which is much more efficient and will result
Internet Research Tip: in less electricity being lost during transmission.
For the latest in research regarding generation and Furthermore, Tres Amigas plans to utilize
distribution of power by electric utility companies, compressed air energy storage technology. This
see the Palo Alto, California-based Electric Power means that wind farms could produce power even
Research Institute (EPRI) at my.epri.com. when there is low demand, and that power could be
stored for later use as needed.
Also, the GridWise Alliance, www.gridwise.org, is a New smart utility meters are beginning to be
consortium of public and private utility and energy installed at consumers’ locations in major U.S.
companies that supports a stronger electricity grid. markets that transmit usage data to utilities, display
Members include General Electric (GE), IBM, the price fluctuations and alert utilities to service
Tennessee Valley Authority and Honeywell interruptions instantaneously. The meters save
International. utilities the cost of employing meter readers and
promote conservation since homeowners can plan
activities such as washing clothes or charging plug-in
In 2009, a new transmission “interconnect” was
devices at night when prices are lower. Homes with
proposed that would connect the Eastern, Western
solar panels can use the smart meters to measure and
and Texas grids. Called the Tres Amigas
sell excess power back to the utility. There’s even
superstation, the project will be located in Clovis,
the ability, for homeowners willing to participate, for
New Mexico, and will use superconducting cable to
utilities to remotely adjust air conditioning and
convert different kinds of current from each region
heating systems to cheaper settings when demand is
into a common direct current for transmission.
high. Homeowners might adjust settings remotely as
(Superconductivity is created by cooling transmission
well. The use of smart meters can have dramatic
cable to as low as minus 418 degrees Fahrenheit, thus
benefits for electric utilities in two ways. First, such
enabling the system to transmit electricity with
meters can promote conservation, thus delaying the
almost none of the power loss associated with
need to invest in expensive new generating capacity.
standard cables.) The current would be converted
Second, the utilities can use a dynamic pricing
again to the necessary type to match the destination
method that enables them to charge considerably
grid. The interconnect theory behind the project
higher rates during times of peak demand.
means that electricity can be seamlessly moved from
one grid to the next as needed in a more efficient and
Internet Research Tip: Smart Meters
cost-effective manner.
For an excellent explanation of smart meters, how
Tres Amigas is spearheaded by Tres Amigas
LLC, run by Phil Harris, the former CEO of PJM they work and how they save energy, see CenterPoint
Interconnection LLC, a major grid-operations Energy’s Energy InSight web page:
www.centerpointenergy.com/services/electricity/resi
concern. American Superconductor Corporation will
provide planning services as well as the dential/smartmeters
superconducting cable. The Clovis location is less
than 100 miles from substations in each of the In October 2009, U.S. President Obama
existing grids, and would be especially useful in announced grants totaling $3.4 billion (part of the
transmitting power generated from the massive wind $862 billion economic stimulus package) to be
power farms in West Texas. The greater connectivity provided to 100 companies including utilities,
afforded by the superstation could promote the manufacturers, cities and other agencies in 49 states.
development of new energy sources. Despite the $1 The funds, which are being matched by grant money
billion cost for the venture, Tres Amigas had moved from private sources totaling an additional $4.7
ahead with construction planning and had been billion, would be used to pay for approximately 18
million smart meters, 700 automated substations and
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200,000 smart transformers. Working together, are including ABB, Cisco Systems, Ambient Corp., IBM
intended to result in higher efficiency, reliability and and Microsoft are all promoting new products that
sustainability. (China has invested more in this support smart grid needs. ABB, for example,
sector, pumping $7.32 billion into grid projects in specializes in high-voltage direct current links
2010 according to market research firm Zpyrme.) (HVDC) that are ideally suited for transmitting power
Since state regulators must okay new initiatives over long distances. Likewise, appliance
undertaken by utilities, a number of roadblocks have manufacturers such as General Electric, Whirlpool
slowed the process, in some cases leaving utilities and LG are developing new, smart products that turn
with precious little time to lock in funds promised by themselves off when electricity demand is high (and
the government. For example, Baltimore Gas & most expensive) and back on when demand falls.
Electric, a subsidiary of Constellation Energy Group,
was rejected by the Maryland Public Service SPOTLIGHT: Ray Bell’s Smart Meter
Commission when it proposed smart grid Silicon Valley entrepreneur Ray Bell has a
improvements in June 2010. The DOE responded by serious entry in the smart meter market with his
extending its deadline for state approval which was advanced technology concept. In addition to
eventually granted. measuring power usage, the Bell meter acts as an
San Francisco, California and Dallas, Texas are Internet router, monitoring energy usage remotely
two examples of metro areas where smart meters are and noting problems instantaneously. Better yet, the
being installed. In San Francisco, Pacific Gas & meters communicate via WiMAX for extra-long
Electric (PG&E) plans to install as many as 10 range wireless transmission. Bell signed a deal with
million advanced electric and gas meters by 2012. In General Electric to license his wireless interface and
Dallas, Oncor Electric Delivery Co. plans to install 3 network software, which GE uses in manufacturing
million meters. The San Francisco project is the meters and marketing them to utilities. Intel
budgeted at about $2.3 billion. On a national basis, Capital (the capital arm of Intel, which is a
27.3 million smart meters had been installed by mid- manufacturer of WiMAX chip sets) is another
2011, compared to 15.6 million a year earlier, investor in Bell’s startup company, Grid Net,
according to FERC. www.grid-net.com. The global market opportunity is
Proponents of smart meters claim that their vast. New smart units cost between $125 and $300
efficiencies will offset the high installation costs. each. Bell and GE face competition from
PG&E estimated that about 70% of its initial Washington state-based Itron, among others, but Grid
investment will be recouped due to savings in Net’s GE and Intel-backed credentials place it in the
maintenance crew costs. Widespread use of the forefront of the smart meter market.
meters creates a smarter network, as their powerful
technology allows communication to flow from 16) The Industry Takes a New Look at
utilities to consumers and back again. Nuclear Power
The meters also have detractors. Power The first man-made nuclear fission was achieved
companies have received complaints from customers in 1938, unlocking atomic power both for destructive
claiming that their bills are vastly higher due to the and creative purposes. In 1951, usable electricity
meters showing falsely high readings. In several was created via a nuclear reactor for the first time,
states, class action lawsuits have been filed. In some thanks largely to research conducted at the Manhattan
cases, manufacturers are blaming a lack of consumer Project that developed the first atomic weapons
education with regard to reading and using the during World War II.
meters. In others, a fast rollout of the new meters By the 1970s, nuclear power was in widespread
caused problems when old billing systems incurred use, in the U.S. and abroad, as a source of electricity.
erroneous charges when interfacing with the new As of 2010, nuclear power provided about 19.59% of
equipment. the electricity generated in the U.S., created by 104
Technology firms are hoping to cash in on the licensed nuclear reactors, according to the Nuclear
federal funds-supported smart meter initiative. Energy Institute. The U.S. Department of Energy
According to research firm IDC Energy Insights, predicted that 1,000 nuclear plants will be running
North American utilities were projected to spend worldwide by 2050, up from 439 in 2008. This
$17.5 billion on computer software, hardware and prediction may be in jeopardy due to the post-
communications services related to intelligent grid earthquake disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power
technology between 2010 and 2013. Companies plant in Japan in 2011. Even before the Japanese
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crisis, by late 2010, as many as seven proposed The nation of France was an early adopter of
American reactor projects had been deferred due to nuclear power. The French approved a single, very
funding problems. Obtaining financing for these cost-effective nuclear plant design and built it over
extremely expensive projects is a main issue. Exelon and over again around the nation. France currently
suspended plans to build a twin reactor in Texas, gets nearly 80% of its electricity from nuclear
while Constellation Energy abandoned a new project sources. The decisions by several countries to
in Maryland after the federal government refused to abandon new plants will be a significant blow to
reduce an $880 million fee that it proposed to charge French companies such as AREVA SA and
in return for guaranteeing a $7.6 billion loan Electricite de France SA which build reactors and
necessary to build the plant. provide expertise in the technology on a global basis.
The potential for accidents, meltdowns and other
disasters has never been far from the minds of many SPOTLIGHT: AREVA Group
consumers (after all, for many of us the first image 2010 Sales: $13.2 billion
that comes to mind upon hearing the word “nuclear” 2010 Profits: $1.28 billion
is a nuclear bomb). The 1979 Three Mile Island Employees: 47,851
nuclear power plant accident in the U.S. led to the Headquarters: Paris, France
cancellation of scores of nuclear projects across the AREVA Group was created through the merger
nation. This trend was later reinforced by the disaster of AREVA T&D, COGEMA and FRAMATOME
at Chernobyl in what was then the Soviet Union. ANP, which combined the French Government’s
Regulatory agencies took an even harder line on U.S. interests in several nuclear power and information
nuclear power plants, and plants in countries around technology businesses. The CEA (Commissariat a
the world after a meltdown at the Fukushima plant in l’Energie Atomique), the French atomic energy
March 2011, the worst disaster since Chernobyl. commission, owns 79% of the company. The firm
As of late 2011 in the U.S., one new reactor was has manufacturing facilities in over 43 countries and
under construction, the Watts Bar 2 in Tennessee; a sales network in over 100 countries. AREVA
and four were in the planning stages (Vogtle in operates in five divisions: mining; front-end; reactors
Georgia, V.C. Summer in South Carolina, Levy and services; back-end; and renewable energy. The
County in Alabama and Bellefonte 1 in Alabama). mining division handles the uranium ore exploration,
Engineering giant Bechtel was selected to complete mining and processing operations of the company,
Unit 2 at Watts Bar, which had been sitting in an with mines located in Canada, Kazakhstan and Niger.
incomplete state for years. The project will cost $2.5 Through the front-end division, and wholly-owned
billion and be online as early as 2012, with subsidiary AREVA NC, the company manages
generating capacity to serve 650,000 homes. concentration, conversion and enrichment of uranium
However, nuclear power plants in many other ore, as well as nuclear fuel design and fabrication.
parts of the world are in jeopardy as popular opinion The reactors and services division offers design and
turned against the technology in the wake of construction services for nuclear reactors and other
Fukushima, despite the fact that nuclear power can non-carbon dioxide emitting power generation
dramatically reduce a nation’s carbon emissions. systems. Through AREVA NP, 34%-owned by
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced plans Siemens, the firm designs and constructs nuclear
to shut down all 17 of its nuclear reactors by 2022. power plants and research reactors and offers
In 2010, these nuclear plants generated 23% of instrumentation and control, modernization and
Germany’s electricity. The government hopes to maintenance services, components manufacture and
have renewable sources make up the difference, as it the supply of nuclear fuel. The back-end division
had already made plans to increase renewable provides treatment and recycling of used fuel, as well
energy’s role from 13% in 2010 to 35% by 2020. In as cleanup of nuclear facilities. The renewable
ensuing years, German power costs will likely rise energy division invests in and develops sites for wind
significantly as it scrambles to build new sources to energy, bioenergy, solar power and hydrogen power,
take up the slack in power demand. Switzerland also as well as energy storage. In June 2011, AREVA
announced plans to abandon new nuclear projects and announced that it created a joint venture company
phase out existing reactors as they reach the end of called Beijing-RIC with the China Nuclear Power
their usability. Italy, also, announced a one-year Engineering Company.
freeze in March 2011 on plans to re-launch nuclear
projects.
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Estimates of final costs for a new, 1,000- above another 1,000 feet of solid rock. Supporters
megawatt unit in the United States range from $6 to maintain that one central depository is far safer than
$12 billion, depending on whom you ask. However, the current method of storing waste underwater near
the history of nuclear reactor construction is littered each reactor site. Waste would be transported to a
with cost overruns, delays and complications. What central repository by truck and rail, and it would be
is needed for renewed development is a focus on sealed in armored casks designed to withstand
standardized, advanced technology designs that can puncturing and exposure to fire or water. However,
be built over and over again. This would hopefully the Obama Administration vowed to end
streamline the regulatory process, reduce financial development of the site, which has sucked up $13
risks and encourage investment. New construction is billion in federal funds to date, and little further
unlikely anywhere in the world without substantial construction is expected for the near term. The 2011
government guarantees and assistance. The fact that federal budget called for the elimination of funding
nuclear power can dramatically reduce a nation’s for the project.
carbon emissions is a big plus.
The manufacture of advanced-technology TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT: TerraPower
reactors on a large scale in America could do a great A unique, private technology research firm based
deal to boost the nation’s beleaguered manufacturing in Bellevue, Washington, Intellectual Ventures
sector. AREVA has a joint venture with Northrop www.intellectualventures.com, has proposed a
Grumman in which they may jointly manufacture revolutionary nuclear reactor concept it calls
reactor equipment at Northrop’s Newport News, TerraPower. This technology would use a new class
Virginia shipyard. The venture, called AREVA of reactor called TWR or traveling-wave reactor that
Newport News LLC was building a 300,000 square would solve the current nuclear waste problem.
foot engineering and manufacturing facility at a cost TWRs would use today’s stockpiles of depleted
of about $360 million that would employ 400 uranium from power plants as its primary fuel source.
workers. Unfortunately, the project was put on hold The TWR would essentially be a reactor-reprocessor.
in May 2011 due to slow-moving government Traditional reactors rely on uranium-235, and their
approval and loan processes and the Fukushima operation leaves a more common uranium-238 as
disaster. waste. Every year or two, traditional reactors must
In a bill signed by former President Bush in be opened and refueled, and the “spent” uranium-238
August 2005, the U.S. government offers several waste is stockpiled. Millions of pounds of it are now
incentives for the construction of reactors, including in storage. A TWR could be fed that uranium-238,
$18.5 billion in new federal financing assistance to be which it would convert into a desirable fuel,
granted by the Department of Energy for nuclear site plutonium-239. Similar conversion of U-238 has
construction. In 2010, President Obama requested an already been proven, but present technologies for
additional $36 billion in federal loans for new plant reprocessing into plutonium are expensive and
construction as part of the 2011 budget. complicated. TWR could represent a significant step
Although nuclear power plants are far more forward while reducing the potential of diverting
costly to construct than plants producing energy from plutonium to use in atomic weapons.
fossil fuels, they may have lower operating costs. At
one time, the Electric Power Research Institute Another underground disposal project is in
(EPRI) projected that new reactors will be capable of Finland at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant. The
producing electricity at about $49 per megawatt-hour, proposed site will store spent fuel rods in iron
compared to $55 per megawatt-hour for gasified coal canisters sealed in copper shells to resist corrosion.
and $65 per megawatt-hour for energy made from The canisters will be placed in holes surrounded by
pulverized coal at plants that sequester carbon clay far below ground. The project is slated for
dioxide. However, fluctuating prices of oil, natural completion in 2020.
gas, coal and uranium make long term operating costs The alternative to the storage of nuclear waste is
hard to predict. reprocessing, in which spent fuel is dissolved in nitric
Nuclear Waste and Uranium Reprocessing: The acid. The resulting substance is then separated into
controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste uranium, plutonium and unusable waste. The
repository project in Nevada was intended to create a positive side of reprocessing is the recycling of
permanent location for America’s nuclear waste. It uranium for further nuclear power generation.
was designed to store waste 1,000 feet underground Surplus plutonium can be mixed with uranium to
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fabricate MOX (mixed oxide fuel) for use in a African project and most of PBMR Ltd’s hopes for
commercial nuclear power plant. MOX fuel contains success. As of 2011, the company was down to nine
5% plutonium. Commercial MOX-fueled light water employees.
reactors are used in France, the United Kingdom, The world’s most promising pebble bed project is
Germany, Switzerland and Belgium. In the U.S., being carried out at the Tsinghua Institute of Nuclear
MOX fuel was fabricated and used in several and New Energy Technology in China. China
commercial reactors in the 1970s as part of a actually has a working model that was completed,
development program. The negative side of tested and brought on line in 2000-04. Even though
reprocessing is that the resulting plutonium may be this test prototype generates a relatively minute 10
used for nuclear weapons. Additionally, megawatts, it is theoretically only a matter of scaling
environmentalists are extremely concerned about the up the design to create a commercially viable project.
potentially high levels of radioactivity produced The best part of the Chinese design is modularity.
during reprocessing, as well as the transportation of Future, full-size sites will consist of small 100-
reprocessed waste. megawatt reactors that can be grouped and chained
Safer New Nuclear Power Technologies: New into a single plant, making a more distributed energy
technologies may eventually enable construction of model possible, where capacity can be upscaled as
nuclear generating plants that are less expensive to needed. The Chinese appear to be solving the high
build and much safer to operate than those of temperature problem by operating the reactors at a
previous generations. relatively low 750 degrees Celsius. Cooling is being
PBMR, Ltd. (www.pbmr.co.za), is a pioneer in considered using steam cycle technology as an
“pebble-bed modular reactor” (PBMR) technology. alternative to helium. Two pebble bed plants are
It is based in South Africa, where at one point the planned in China. The test site, in Shidao, could
firm hoped to build a working reactor. However, eventually house up to 18 reactors. It remains to be
funding was never definite and the company is seen whether the Chinese can create a commercially-
attempting to regroup. Earlier, scientists in Germany viable reactor in this manner, but this is a serious
operated a 15-megawatt prototype PBMR from 1967 effort that looks promising. Success could have a
to 1988. Pebble-bed technology utilizes tiny silicon great impact on global nuclear development.
carbide-coated uranium oxide granules sealed in Other nuclear technologies will be used
“pebbles” about the size of oranges, made of elsewhere in China. In December 2006,
graphite. Helium is used as the coolant and energy Westinghouse, a major maker of nuclear power
transfer medium. This containment of the radioactive plants (and owned by Toshiba in Japan), announced a
material in small quantities has the potential to multi-billion dollar deal to sell four new nuclear
achieve an unprecedented level of safety. However, plants, its AP1000 model, to China. The deal
multiple challenges remain, partly stemming from the includes work to be performed by U.S. engineering
fact that PBMRs operate at very high temperatures. giant Shaw Group, Inc. AREVA Group also has a
For several years, various efforts around the world deal with China for two reactors and approximately
have attempted to create viable high-temperature, 20 years worth of atomic fuel.
gas-cooled reactors similar to this. Westinghouse, like competitor GE, is focusing on
In 2008, PBMR, Ltd. said that it created its first an advanced, water-cooled reactor technology. The
enriched uranium-coated particles, 14,000 of which world’s first AP1000 plant began construction in
are contained in one of its “pebbles.” In September March 2009 at Sanmen, in the Shejiang province of
2009, the firm announced that it had manufactured its China. China may have as many as 100 reactors by
first complete pebbles, each containing 9.6% 2030, up from 11 in 2009, a nine-fold increase.
enriched uranium. Sixteen pebbles were shipped to The AP1000 is considered a generation 3+
Russia for two years of irradiation tests to reactor technology. Advanced generation reactors
demonstrate the fuel’s integrity under reactor feature higher operating efficiency, greater safety and
conditions. Successful tests would mean that the fuel design that uses fewer pumps and other moving parts
is ready to be used in a demonstration reactor. in order to simplify construction and operation, and
PBMR Ltd. had a setback in 2010 when make emergency responses more dependable.
Westinghouse withdrew from a consortium formed to “Passive” safety systems are built-in that require no
build a pebble bed reactor in South Africa. The outside support, such as external electric power and
withdrawal, coupled with significant cost overruns human action, to kick in. For example, the AP1000
and delays, caused the cancellation of the South features systems for passive core cooling, passive
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leak containment cooling and leak containment small and simple) mini-reactor in a remote village in
isolation. Passive systems rely on the use of gravity, Alaska in the near future.
natural circulation and/or compressed gas in order to Yet another alternative to traditional nuclear
react to emergencies. reactors is thorium liquid fuel reactors, which are
In the U.S. a consortium called NuStart Energy fueled by molten fluoride salt containing thorium.
was founded in 2004 by energy companies including Thorium is far more abundant than uranium and it
Duke Energy, Entergy Nuclear, Exelon, FLP Group, creates uranium 223 continuously, resulting in
Progress Energy, SCANA, Southern Company and approximately 90 times as much energy from the
the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), as well as same quantity of uranium. In addition, it generates
reactor builders Westinghouse and General Electric. less waste, which itself has a much shorter half-life
The consortium’s mission is to demonstrate the than uranium. India has significant reserves of
feasibility of obtaining Construction and Operating thorium (about 319,999 tons or 13% of the world’s
Licenses (COLs) from the NRC so that utility firms total), and has been working on the technology since
will be encouraged to move ahead with new projects. the 1950s. Since then, about one ton of thorium
NuStart (www.nustartenergy.com) is also committed oxide fuel has been irradiated experimentally in
to promoting the use of advanced technology and pressurized heavy water reactors and has been
engineering design for new reactors in the U.S. reprocessed, according to the Bhabha Atomic
The long term future of nuclear plant design may Research Centre (BARC). A reprocessing center for
be exemplified by the work of Babcock & Wilcox. thorium fuels is being built at Kalpakkam. In
This company was founded decades ago as a November 2011, India announced plans to build a
manufacturer of boilers and it has a lengthy history of prototype thorium-fuelled advanced heavy water
making components, such as pressure vessels, for the reactor that will generate 300 megawatts of
energy industry. It has adapted its technology base in electricity.
order to design an innovative nuclear generation
concept, the mPower modular reactor. It is a low SPOTLIGHT: Fusion Power
cost, high efficiency design of compact size. The As opposed to nuclear fission, nuclear fusion is
engineers leading the project were focused on one the reaction when two light atomic nuclei fuse
concept: to create a reactor pressure vessel, the core together, forming a heavier nucleus. That nucleus
of the unit, that can be built at a factory and be small releases energy. So far, fusion power generators burn
enough to fit on a railroad car for delivery to the final more energy than they create. However, that may
site. This overcomes the massive, custom change with the construction of the International
engineering and construction challenges that typically Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in
drive the cost of a site-built nuclear plant to more Southern France. To be completed in 2016 at a cost
than $6 billion, and the time required for completion of about $11.7 billion, the reactor is a pilot project to
to several years. One modular unit from Babcock & show the world the feasibility of full-scale fusion
Wilcox could be installed in relatively short order, power.
and could power a single large industrial complex or
a few thousand homes. Several of these small, low- The Middle East, where industrial and residential
cost units could be combined at one site to create need for electricity is set to soar, is a ripe area for
power stations of enough overall capacity to power a nuclear power plant development. Saudi Arabia
small city. The air-cooled design is described as plans to build 16 new nuclear plants by 2030, at a
passively safe. The firm already has a lengthy cost of more than $100 billion. Nearby in the UAE,
history in the nuclear field, as it builds reactors for the government has awarded a South Korean
the U.S. Navy. consortium with a contract for the construction of
Several other firms are pursuing the mini-reactor four new nuclear plants at a cost of $20.4 billion.
business, including Westinghouse and NuScale
Power. Santa Fe, New Mexico-based Hyperion
Power Generation hopes to be able to sell a small
reactor, suitable to power about 20,000 American
homes, for only $50 million. Hyperion is utilizing
technology that originated more than 50 years ago at
the nearby Los Alamos Labs. Competitor Toshiba
hopes to install a test unit of its “4S” (super safe,
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energy as a conventional ultracapacitor. The MIT highly informative description of the product to be
researchers are working on improved techniques to found within the package. Since PLEDs can be
speed the process of creating the nanotubes. incorporated into flexible substrates, displays for
advertising or information purposes can be built in
18) Polymers Enable New Display the shape of curves. The possibilities are nearly
Technologies with PLEDs/May Hold endless. Most likely, new uses will develop as larger
Key to High Efficiency Polymer Solar and larger numbers of PLEDs are manufactured and
Cells (PV) higher volume leads to lower prices.
State of the art LEDs (light emitting diodes) have For example, Canadian technology firm
the potential to greatly reduce energy usage while Carmanah Technologies Corp. (www.carmanah.com)
providing very high quality lighting and displays. In combined LEDs with solar panels for use in marine
addition, solar power is now being combined with the buoys. It has expanded further into lighting products
latest LEDs to create fully-renewable energy light for airfields, railways and general outdoor lighting,
sources. providing lights that are easy to install as well as
The LED was first developed in 1962 at the powered entirely by renewable solar energy.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. LEDs
are important to a wide variety of industries, from 19) Clean Coal and Coal Gasification
wireless telephone handsets to signage to displays for Technologies Advance/Carbon
medical equipment, because they provide a very high Capture (CCS) Proves Costly
quality of light with very low power requirements. In 2010, global production of coal was 3.73
They also have an extremely long useful life and billion tons of oil equivalent, up from 3.41 billion
produce little heat output. All of these characteristics tons in 2009, according to BP plc. While coal is an
are great improvements over a conventional abundant resource in many parts of the world, it is
incandescent bulb or the LCD (liquid crystal display). generally burned in a manner that creates significant
On a groundbreaking day in 1989 at Cambridge amounts of air pollution. On a global scale, the
University, researchers discovered that organic LEDs burning of coal produces more carbon dioxide than
(OLEDs) could be manufactured using polymers. any other fossil fuel source. “Clean coal”
The plastic substance known as PPV technologies have been developed, but such
(polyphenylenevinylene) emits light when layered technologies are enormously expensive.
between electrodes. The resulting product is referred In the U.S., coal comes from several different
to as a PLED (polymer light emitting diode). Soon, regions. The Northern Appalachian area of the
many industries realized the advantages of PLEDs as Eastern U.S. and the Illinois Basin in the Midwest
display devices that emit their own light. In contrast, produce coal that is high in sulfur, which emits more
the older LCD (liquid crystal display) technology pollutants. In contrast are the enormous stores of
works on a system whereby a separate light source coal in Wyoming and Montana, which burn at lower
has to be filtered in several stages to create the temperatures and produce less energy than high-
desired image. PLED is more direct, more efficient sulfur coal, but create less pollution. In existing
and much higher quality. PLED is also an excellent mines, the U.S. has about 250 billion tons of
system for the manufacture of extremely thin displays recoverable coal. Combined with coal seams outside
that can work at very low voltage. The useful life of of mines, the U.S. has 500 billion tons of recoverable
a PLED can be 40,000 hours. Advanced displays coal.
utilizing PLED can be viewed at angles approaching According to BP, coal accounted for 29.6% of
180 degrees, and they can produce quality images in global energy consumption in 2010, compared to
flat panels, even at very low temperatures. 25.6% in 2000. China used 48.2% of the global
Cambridge Display Technology (CDT, supply and made up almost two-thirds of global
www.cdtltd.co.uk), a subsidiary of Sumitomo consumption growth. Meanwhile, use of coal in the
Chemical Group, points out several exciting uses for OECD nations rose by 5.2% (the largest year over
these polymer LEDs that may develop over the mid- year rise since 1979). Production was up sharply in
term. For example, the low energy requirements of the U.S. and Asia, but slowed in the EU in 2010.
PLEDs could be used to create packaging for As of 2010, a number of U.S. utilities were
consumer or business goods that have a display turning away from coal in favor of less polluting
incorporated into the front of the package. This fuels such as natural gas. This is due partly to stricter
display could provide a changing, entertaining and emissions regulations now placed on coal-burning
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plants. Texas-based Calpine acquired 19 power smokestack and sequester it for storage before it can
plants from Pepco Holdings, Inc. for $1.63 billion. be cleaned. Unfortunately, scrubbers are extremely
The bulk of the plants burn natural gas, and Calpine expensive. Costs of $400 million for a single
is planning to convert its coal burning concerns in scrubber are common. For example, Progress Energy
New Jersey and Delaware to gas also. North budgeted $1 billion on the technology for three of its
Carolina utility Progress Energy plans to close 11 newer coal-burning plants, which generate enough
coal burning plants by 2017. revenue to justify the expense.
In 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency Multiple clean coal technologies are in
(EPA) established the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, development. Scientists at the University of Texas
which affected about 1,000 power plants in 27 U.S. are developing a new technology that blasts sound
states. The plants must cut emissions of sulfur waves into the flue ducts of coal-fired power plants.
dioxide by 73% and nitrogen oxide by 54%, from The noise, which registers at more than 150 decibels
2005 levels, by 2012. The requirements were (about as loud as a jet engine at takeoff) causes tiny
estimated to cost businesses and their customers $2.4 ash particles in the emission stream to vibrate and
billion per year to implement. stick to larger ones, thereby making larger particles
The Rule created an immediate uproar. A that are easier to capture by pollution control
number of analysts stated major concerns about its equipment like scrubbers.
impact on the reliability and stability of the U.S. Yet another technology to reduce emissions is the
power grid. Others consider the total costs to the use of photosynthesis to capture exhaust gases, such
economy to be much too high, particularly while the as CO2, from power plants. A company called GS
economy is struggling to recover from the Great CleanTech (now a part of GreenShift Corporation,
Recession of 2007-09. The Federal Energy www.greenshift.com) developed a CO2 Bioreactor
Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced in that converts a concentrated supply of carbon dioxide
August 2011 that 81 gigawatts of generating capacity into oxygen and biomass in the form of algae, which
is likely to be lost by 2018 as coal plants are can then be converted into fuel. Competitor
restricted or closed. That amounts to approximately GreenFuel Technologies (www.greenfuelonline.com)
8% of all U.S. generating capacity, which could uses a different method of recycling carbon dioxide
easily result in blackouts and rolling brownouts in from flue gases, achieving the same end result:
addition to substantial raises in electricity rates. algae. An early test of GreenFuel’s reactor at the
The EPA subsequently softened the requirements Massachusetts Institute of Technology promised the
with a proposal in October 2011 to offer 10 U.S. removal of 75% of the carbon dioxide in the exhaust
states more flexibility in meeting the rule and all 27 sampled. The biggest company in this field is
states now have until 2014 to comply instead of Synthetic Genomics, www.syntheticgenomics.com,
2012. Even after these changes, this is still a which received a massive investment from
daunting regulation with the potential for massive ExxonMobil.
economic consequences. The Institute of Clean Air Coal-gasification plants could become a trend for
Technologies estimates that the market for pollution electric generation plant construction over the long
control and monitoring technology could soar from term. However, costs remain a significant obstacle.
$4 billion in 2011 to $10 billion by 2014. Such plants use a process that first converts coal into
Charlotte, North Carolina-based LP Amina has a synthetic gas, later burning that gas to power the
developed revolutionary technologies for cleaner coal electric generators. The steam produced in the
use that it is testing with utilities in China and Russia. process is further used to generate electricity. The
One technology reduces the size of coal particles so process is called Integrated Gasification Combined
that they burn more efficiently while reducing Cycle (IGCC). While these plants are much more
emissions of nitric oxide and nitrogen-dioxide. expensive to construct than traditional coal-burning
Further developments appear to reduce greenhouse plants, they produce much less pollution. Since the
gas emissions by as much as 25%. coal isn’t actually burnt, these plants can use lower-
High-sulfur coal is now easier to sell in some cost coal that is high in sulfur. In addition, such
markets, since advanced filtering units called plants reduce the amount of mercury emitted from
scrubbers are in use by a growing number of electric the use of coal by as much as 95%. Two existing
generating companies. Scrubbers are multistory “demonstration” plants use IGCC technology, built
facilities that are built adjacent to smokestacks. They and operated with federal subsidies. They are located
capture sulfur as the coal exhaust billows through the in Mulberry, Florida and West Terre Haute, Indiana.
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Japan has constructed a demonstration plant, the Alliance signed an agreement with the DOE to build
Nakoso Power Station at Iwaki City. the FutureGen 2.0 CO2 pipeline network and CO2
American Electric Power (AEP), a Columbus, storage site to be built in Morgan County, Illinois.
Ohio electric utility, shelved plans to build an IGCC Carbon capture and storage is a global effort,
carbon-capture plant in West Virginia due to the especially in Europe where $10.5 billion in
company’s concerns that state regulators would not government funding has been promised for new
allow it to be reimbursed for $668 million cost above projects, according to Bloomberg new Energy
through raises in customer utility rates. Without Finance (BNEF). Funding is far less in other
substantial government support on the federal and countries: $5.1 billion in the U.S.; $4.9 billion in
state levels, power companies are unlikely to be able Canada; and $2.5 billion in Australia.
to afford IGCC efforts.
An additional step that can be added to IGCC 20) Production of Synthetic Crude from
plants is the capture or “sequestration” of carbon Kerogen Trapped in Shale Advances
dioxide. The technology to do so already exists. For Through New Technologies
example, Norway’s Statoil has used it for years at its While the U.S. has much smaller oil sands
natural-gas wells in the North Sea. The sequestered deposits than those of Canada, it is rich in a different
carbon dioxide can be pumped underground. unconventional oil formation: oil shale. Oil shale is
Fortunately, carbon dioxide can be used in oil and a rock formation containing the oil precursor
gas wells to enhance recovery in a process known as kerogen, which can be processed into synthetic oil of
CO2 flooding. These floods sit near large, natural very high quality, similar to sweet crude. Kerogen-
reservoirs of CO2. The DOE estimated that U.S. oil bearing shales are younger, in geologic terms, than
production using CO2 flooding could multiply formations that contain crude oil. Natural forces
fourfold by 2020. have not yet converted the sedimentary kerogen
deposits into crude. (This type of field is not to be
Internet Research Tip: Carbon Capture and confused with production of actual crude oil from
Sequestration (CCS) shale in the Bakken Shale and other fields.) Oil shale
For an excellent discussion of carbon capture and yields between 10 and 60 gallons of kerogen-based
sequestration technologies, research and oil equivalent per ton of rock. Vast reserves are in
demonstration projects, see the U.S. Department of the Green River Formation in the Western U.S.,
Energy’s web site for the NETL (National Energy including parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.
Technology Laboratory) The richest U.S. fields (those that contain at least 15
www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/carbon_seq/index.ht gallons per ton) are thought to hold a total of 1.8
ml. trillion barrels of oil equivalent.
During the 1970s, after the oil embargo crisis, the
South African fuel company Sasol Ltd. has had federal government strongly encouraged both energy
success in making liquid fuel from coal that powers conservation and alternative production. In 1979, it
gasoline, diesel and jet engines. Germany first used established the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corp., endowing
the technology, which is called Fischer-Tropsch after it with billions of dollars for research and
the scientists who developed it, during World War II. development of new fuels. As a result, major oil
In the decades since then, the technology has been companies attempted to commercialize oil shale, but
refined and improved to the point that Sasol provides those efforts were largely abandoned by the 1980s as
a significant portion of South Africa’s fuel needs and oil prices fell. There were also concerns about
is expanding with gas-to-liquids plants in Qatar and environmental damage from shale mining, and there
Nigeria. were many technical hurdles to face. Commercial
In the U.S., recent federal stimulus funding production seemed impossible. By 1985, Congress
includes money for carbon capture and sequestration killed the Synthetic Fuels Corp.
research and demonstration. FutureGen Alliance, Today, producing oil from shale remains a major
www.futuregenalliance.org, a project involving a challenge, but the immense oil needs of Americans
utilities consortium funded by subsidies from the combined with fluctuating prices for petroleum
U.S. government, hopes to build a plant in Mattoon, means that oil shale will receive a new look by the
Illinois to test cutting-edge techniques for converting industry. As long as the price of crude oil remains
coal to gas, capturing and storing pollutants and above $50, oil shale production may become
burning gas for power. By late 2010, FutureGen attractive. For example, Shell Exploration &
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Production has a well-advanced test site in Colorado cable in its own energy grids. Other small but
where it is attempting to perfect a technology that successful implementations have occurred in the U.S.
warms the kerogen while in the ground, by using
heated rods that are sunk into layers of shale and then Internet Research Tip:
pumping out the resulting liquid. The system is For an easy-to-understand overview of
called the In Situ Conversion Process (ICP). (See superconductivity and its many current and future
www.shell.us/home/content/usa/aboutshell/projects_l applications, visit the Superconductivity Technology
ocations/mahogany/technology for details.) Center of the Los Alamos National Labs:
ExxonMobil is researching similar technology called www.lanl.gov/orgs/mpa/mpastc.shtml
Electrofrac which cracks shale deposits with
hydraulic pumps and then pours in electrolytic fluid Today, the Holy Grail for researchers is a quest
to separate the kerogen from the rock. Shale deposits for materials that will permit superconductivity at
can be deep—up to hundreds of feet below the temperatures above the freezing point, even at room
surface. Shell’s technology is moving ahead rapidly, temperature. There are two types of super-
with more than 200 oil shale development patents conductivity: “low-temperature” superconductivity
filed, it is the firm’s biggest R&D investment. Shell (LTS), which requires temperatures lower than minus
has even announced that it will work with the 328 degrees Fahrenheit; and “high-temperature”
government of China to develop shale deposits there. superconductivity (HTS), which operates at any
Other firms seek to “mine” the rock and then temperature higher than that. The former type
process the oil from the shale using high heat in requires the use of liquid helium to maintain these
furnaces. There are vast ecological problems with excessively cold temperatures, while the latter type
this method, however, as the process is very similar can reach the required temperatures with much
to strip mining. cheaper liquid nitrogen. Liquid nitrogen is pumped
through HTS cable assemblies, chilling thin strands
21) Superconductivity Comes of Age of ceramic material that can carry electricity with no
Superconductivity is based on the concept of loss of power as it travels through the super-cooled
using super-cooled cable to distribute electricity over cable. HTS wires are capable of carrying more than
distance, with little of the significant loss of electric 130 times the electrical current of conventional
power incurred during traditional transmission over copper wire of the same dimension. Consequently,
copper wires. It is one of the most promising the weight of such cable assemblies can be one-tenth
technologies for upgrading the ailing electricity grid. the weight of old-fashioned copper wire.
Superconductivity dates back to 1911, when a While cable for superconductivity is both exotic
Dutch physicist determined that the element mercury, and expensive, the cost is plummeting as production
when cooled to minus 452 degrees Fahrenheit, has ramps up, and the advantages can be exceptional.
virtually no electrical resistance. That is, it lost zero Increasing production to commercial levels at an
electric power when used as a means to distribute economic cost, as well as producing lengths suitable
electricity from one spot to another. Two decades for transmission purposes remain among the largest
later, in 1933, a German physicist named Walther hurdles for the superconductor industry.
Meissner discovered that superconductors have no Applications that are currently being implemented
interior magnetic field. This property enabled include use in electric transmission bottlenecks and in
superconductivity to be put to commercial use by expensive engine systems such as those found in
1984, when magnetic resonance imaging machines submarines.
(MRIs) were commercialized for medical imaging. Another major player in HTS components is
In 1986, IBM researchers K. Alex Muller and Sumitomo Electric Industries, the largest cable and
Georg Bednorz paved the path to superconductivity wire manufacturer in Japan. The firm has begun
at slightly higher temperatures using a ceramic alloy commercial production of HTS wire at a facility in
as a medium. Shortly thereafter, a team led by Osaka. In addition, Sumitomo has developed electric
University of Houston physicist Paul Chu created a motors based on HTS coil. The superconducting
ceramic capable of superconductivity at temperatures motors are much smaller and lighter than
high enough to encourage true commercialization. conventional electric motors, at about 90% less
In May 2001, the Danish city of Copenhagen volume and 80% less weight.
established a first when it implemented a 30-meter- Another leading firm, AMSC, formerly
long “high temperature” superconductivity (HTS) American Superconductor (www.amsc.com), sells
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Chapter 2
Products
To convert:
tonnes to
barrels to tonnes kilolitres to tonnes tonnes to kilolitres
barrels
From Multiply by:
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) 0.086 11.6 0.542 1.844
Gasoline 0.118 8.5 0.740 1.351
Kerosene 0.128 7.8 0.806 1.240
Gas oil/diesel 0.133 7.5 0.839 1.192
Fuel oil 0.149 6.7 0.939 1.065
Natural Gas (NG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
To convert to:
billion cubic billion cubic million tonnes oil million tonnes trillion British million barrels oil
meters NG feet NG equivalent LNG thermal units equivalent
From Multiply by:
1 billion cubic meters NG 1 35.3 0.90 0.74 35.7 6.60
1 billion cubic feet NG 0.028 1 0.025 0.021 1.01 0.19
1 million tonnes oil
1.111 39.2 1 0.82 39.7 7.33
equivalent
1 million tonnes LNG 1.36 48.0 1.22 1 48.6 8.97
1 trillion British thermal units 0.028 0.99 0.025 0.021 1 0.18
1 million barrels oil
0.15 5.35 0.14 0.11 5.41 1
equivalent
Units
1 metric tonne = 2204.62 lb. 1 kilocalorie (kcal) = 4.187 kJ = 3.968 Btu
= 1.1023 short tons 1 kilojoule (kJ) = 0.239 kcal = 0.948 Btu
1 kilolitre = 6.2898 barrels 1 British thermal unit (Btu) = 0.252 kcal = 1.055 kJ
1 kilolitre = 1 cubic meter 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) = 860 kcal = 3600 kJ = 3412 Btu
Calorific equivalents:
One tonne of oil equivalent equals approximately:
10 million kilocalories 1.5 tonnes of hard coal
Solid fuels
42 gigajoules 3 tonnes of lignite
Heat units
40 million Btu Gaseous fuels See Natural gas and LNG table
Electricity 12 megawatt-hours
Note: One million tonnes of oil or oil equivalent produces about 4,400 gigawatt-hours (= 4.4. terawatt-hours) of electricity in a modern power station.
Compressed
Gasoline No. 2 Diesel Biodiesel (B20) Natural Gas (CNG) Electricity
Octane 86 to 94 8 to 15 ~25 120+ N/A
Number
Cetane 5 to 20 40 to 55 46 to 60 N/A N/A
Number
Crude Oil Crude Oil Soy bean oil, waste Underground Coal; however,
cooking oil, animal reserves nuclear, natural
Main Fuel fats and rapeseed gas, hydroelectric
Source oil and renewable
resources can also
be used.
109,000 - 125,000 128,000 - 130,000 117,000 - 120,000 33,000 - 38,000 Btu N/A
Btu Btu Btu (compared to @ 3000 psi; 38,000
Energy
diesel #2) - 44,000 @ 3600 psi
Content per
Gallon
Produces harmful Produces harmful Reduces particulate CNG vehicles can Electric vehicles
emissions; emissions; matter and global demonstrate a have zero tailpipe
however, gasoline however, diesel and warming gas reduction in ozone- emissions;
and gasoline diesel vehicles are emissions forming emissions however, some
vehicles are rapidly rapidly improving compared to compared to some amount of
Environmental
improving and and emissions are conventional diesel; conventional fuels; emissions can be
Impacts of
emissions are being being reduced, however, NOx however, HC contributed to
Burning Fuel
reduced. especially with emissions may be emissions may be power generation.
after-treatment increased. increased.
devices.
Available at all Available at select Available in bulk Roughly 941 CNG Most homes, gov't
fueling stations. fueling stations. from an increasing stations can be facilities, fleet
number of found across the garages, and
suppliers. Most country. California businesses have
states currently has the highest adequate electrical
have some concentration of capacity for
biodiesel stations CNG stations, with charging, but
Fuel available to the nearly a quarter of special upgrades
Availability public, for a U.S. the U.S. total. Home may be required.
total of about 633. fueling has also There are about
North Carolina has been available 4971 charging
the highest since 2005. stations
concentration of nationwide, with
stations, with 143. over 1370 of these
in California.
Cetane Number
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Corn, grains or Natural Gas, Underground A by-product of Natural gas, coal or
agricultural waste Methanol and other reserves petroleum refining or woody biomass
Main Fuel energy sources. natural gas processing
Source
~80,000 Btu Gas: ~6,500 ~73,500 Btu ~84,000 Btu 56,000 - 66,000 Btu
Btu@3,000 psi;
Energy Content ~16,000 Btu@10,000
per Gallon psi; Liquid: ~30,000
Btu
Energy Ratio 1.42 to 1 or 70% N/A 1.55 to 1 or 66% 1.36 to 1 or 74% 1.75 to 1 or 57%
Compared to
Gasoline
Liquid Compressed Gas or Liquid Liquid Liquid
Physical State Liquid
E-85 vehicles can Zero regulated LNG vehicles can LPG vehicles can M-85 vehicles can
demonstrate a 25% emissions for fuel demonstrate a demonstrate a 60% demonstrate a 40%
reduction in ozone- cell-powered reduction in ozone- reduction in ozone- reduction in ozone-
forming emissions vehicles, and only forming emissions forming emissions forming emissions
Environmental compared to NOx emissions compared to some compared to compared to
Impacts of reformulated possible for internal conventional fuels; reformulated gasoline. reformulated
Burning Fuel gasoline. combustion engines however, HC gasoline.
operating on emissions may be
hydrogen. increased.
U.S. E-85 fueling There are only a Public LNG stations Propane is one of the Though still
stations are most small number of are limited (only most accessible considered a
heavily concentrated hydrogen stations about 43 nationally, alternative fuels in the qualified alternative
in the Midwest, but, in across the country, mostly in California), U.S. There are nearly fuel, the use of
all, nearly 2494 56, 23 of which are in and LNG is also 2551 filling stations Methanol has
stations are available. California. Most are available through nationwide, with high dramatically declined
available for private several suppliers of concentrations in since the early
Fuel use only. cryogenic liquids. California (227 1990s. It is used to a
Availability stations) and Texas greater degree in
(491 stations). racing cars, as well
as in Chinese
automobiles.
Other Fuels4 3 3 3 3 3
OECD
OECD Americas 122.3 124.3 122.9 126.1 131.0 135.9 141.6 147.7 0.7%
United Statesa 99.8 101.7 100.1 102.0 104.9 108.0 111.0 114.2 0.5%
Canada 14.0 14.3 14.3 14.6 15.7 16.4 17.6 18.8 1.0%
Mexico/Chile 8.5 8.3 8.5 9.5 10.4 11.5 13.0 14.7 2.1%
OECD Europe 82.8 82.3 82.2 83.6 86.9 89.7 91.8 93.8 0.5%
OECD Asia 39.2 39.4 39.2 40.7 42.7 44.2 45.4 46.7 0.7%
Japan 23.3 23.0 22.4 22.2 23.2 23.7 23.7 23.8 0.2%
South Korea 9.4 9.8 10.0 11.1 11.6 12.4 13.1 13.9 1.2%
Australia/NewZealand 6.5 6.6 6.8 7.4 7.8 8.1 8.5 8.9 1.0%
Total OECD 244.3 246.1 244.3 250.4 260.6 269.8 278.7 288.2 0.6%
Non-OECD
Non-OECD Europe and Eurasia 48.9 49.6 50.5 51.4 52.3 54.0 56.0 58.4 0.5%
Russia 29.1 29.7 30.6 31.1 31.3 32.3 33.7 35.5 0.6%
Other 19.8 19.9 19.9 20.4 21.0 21.7 22.3 22.9 0.5%
Non-OECD Asia 121.0 128.6 137.9 188.1 215.0 246.4 274.3 298.8 2.9%
China 73.4 78.9 86.2 124.2 140.6 160.9 177.9 191.4 3.0%
India 18.8 20.0 21.1 27.8 33.1 38.9 44.3 49.2 3.2%
Other 28.8 29.7 30.7 36.2 41.3 46.7 52.1 58.2 2.4%
Middle East 24.0 24.0 25.6 31.0 33.9 37.3 41.3 45.3 2.1%
Africa 17.2 17.8 18.8 21.5 23.6 25.9 28.5 31.4 1.9%
Central and South America 25.9 26.5 27.7 31.0 34.2 38.0 42.6 47.8 2.0%
Brazil 11.5 12.1 12.7 15.5 17.3 19.9 23.2 26.9 2.8%
Other 14.4 14.5 15.0 15.6 16.9 18.1 19.5 20.8 1.2%
Total Non-OECD 237.0 246.5 260.5 323.1 358.9 401.7 442.8 481.6 2.3%
Total World 481.3 492.6 504.7 573.5 619.5 671.5 721.5 769.8 1.6%
Btu = British Thermal Unit
OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (A membership group of 30+ highly developed nations)
Notes: Energy totals include net imports of coal coke and electricity generated from biomass in the U.S. Totals may not equal sum of
components due to independent rounding. The electricity portion of the national fuel consumption values consists of generation for domestic
use plus an adjustment for electricity trade based on a fuel's share of total generation in the exporting country.
OECD
OECD Americas 10.7 10.7 11.8 14.2 15.8 17.3 18.8 19.9 2.0%
United States 6.4 6.2 7.0 8.6 9.5 10.6 11.3 11.8 1.9%
Canada 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.3 4.9 5.2 5.7 6.0 1.5%
Mexico/Chile 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.8 2.1 4.0%
OECD Europe 7.6 8.1 8.4 12.0 14.2 15.8 16.5 17.1 2.7%
OECD Asia 2.0 1.9 1.9 3.1 3.6 3.9 4.1 4.3 3.1%
Japan 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.6 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.9%
South Korea 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 3.0%
Australia/NewZealand 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 3.3%
Total OECD 20.4 20.7 22.1 29.3 33.6 37.1 39.4 41.4 2.4%
Non-OECD
Non-OECD Europe and Eurasia 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.6 3.9 4.2 4.6 5.0 1.9%
Russia 1.9 1.9 1.7 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.8 3.1 2.1%
Other 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.6%
Non-OECD Asia 10.5 11.2 12.6 20.3 27.3 30.5 34.1 38.2 4.2%
China 4.7 5.3 6.4 11.2 15.8 17.8 19.7 21.8 4.6%
India 2.4 2.5 2.4 3.5 4.7 5.3 6.0 6.7 3.9%
Other 3.5 3.5 3.7 5.6 6.8 7.4 8.4 9.7 3.6%
Middle East 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 6.6%
Africa 3.5 3.6 3.7 4.3 4.7 5.1 5.6 6.0 1.9%
Central and South America 9.2 9.6 9.8 10.7 12.1 14.1 16.3 18.1 2.3%
Brazil 5.5 5.9 6.0 7.2 8.2 9.7 11.5 13.1 2.9%
Other 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.9 4.4 4.7 5.0 1.0%
Total Non-OECD 26.8 27.8 29.2 39.3 48.6 54.6 61.2 68.1 3.2%
Total World 47.1 48.5 51.3 68.5 82.2 91.7 100.6 109.5 2.9%
Btu = British Thermal Unit
OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (A membership group of 30+ highly developed nations)
Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. U.S. totals include net electricity imports, methanol and liquid
hydrogen. Numbers for the U.S. are based on information in the 2010 Annual Energy Outlook.
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Commerical, 4.2
Consumption by Sector Quad. Btus, 4.3%
(Qradrillion Btu, Percent) Transportation, 27.4
Quad. Btus, 28.0%
Industrial, 20.0
Residential, 6.8 Quad. Btus, 20.4%
Quad. Btus, 7.0%
Notes: Sum of components may not equal 100 percent due to independent rounding.
Petroleum: Does not include biofuels that have been blended with petroleum, which are included in "Renewable Energy.”
Natural Gas: Excludes supplemental gaseous fuels.
Coal: Includes less than 0.1 quadrillion Btu of coal coke net exports.
Renewable Energy: Includes conventional hydroelectric power, geothermal, solar/PV, wind, and biomass.
Industrial: Includes industrial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and industrial electricity-only plants.
Residential & Commercial: Includes commercial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial electricity-only plants.
Electric Power: Includes electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants whose primary business is to sell electricity, or
electricity and heat, to the public.
Regions are defined as follows: New England = Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont;
Middle Atlantic = New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania; East North Central = Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin; West
North Central = Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, N. Dakota, S. Dakota; South Atlantic = Delaware, D.C., Florida,
Georgia, Maryland, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Virginia, W. Virginia; East South Central = Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi,
Tennessee; West South Central = Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas; Mountain = Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming; Pacific Contiguous= California, Oregon, Washington; Pacific Noncontiguous = Alaska,
Hawaii.
1
The electric power sector comprises electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS 22 category
whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public.
2
Commercial/Industrial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants with NAICS other than 22; includes a small number of
commercial/industrial electricity-only plants.
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350
300
250
200
150
100
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Energy Production by Fossil Fuels & Nuclear Power, U.S.: Selected Years,
1950-2010
(In Billions of Btus; Latest Year Available)
Fossil Fuels Nuclear
Year Natural Gas 1 Natural Gas Electric Total2
Coal Crude Oil Total Power
(Dry) Plant Liquids
1950 14,060,135 6,232,975 11,446,729 822,828 32,562,667 0 35,540,385
1955 12,369,608 9,344,668 14,409,682 1,239,721 37,363,680 0 40,147,667
1960 10,817,398 12,656,133 14,934,611 1,460,974 39,869,117 6,026 42,803,347
1965 13,055,285 15,775,441 16,521,381 1,882,795 47,234,902 43,164 50,673,882
1970 14,607,064 21,665,670 20,401,210 2,512,128 59,186,071 239,347 63,495,439
1975 14,989,315 19,640,343 17,729,318 2,374,297 54,733,273 1,899,798 61,320,192
1980 18,597,726 19,907,600 18,248,917 2,253,630 59,007,873 2,739,169 67,175,384
1985 19,325,166 16,980,380 18,992,407 2,240,771 57,538,724 4,075,563 67,698,304
1990 22,487,548 18,326,155 15,571,185 2,174,714 58,559,602 6,104,350 70,704,627
1991 21,636,424 18,228,736 15,700,826 2,305,740 57,871,727 6,422,132 70,362,376
1992 21,694,132 18,375,100 15,222,866 2,362,961 57,655,059 6,479,206 69,955,461
1993 20,335,654 18,584,037 14,494,391 2,408,002 55,822,084 6,410,499 68,315,363
1994 22,202,083 19,348,014 14,102,561 2,390,979 58,043,637 6,693,877 70,725,632
1995 22,129,550 19,082,245 13,886,754 2,441,583 57,540,133 7,075,436 71,173,992
1996 22,790,148 19,344,268 13,722,899 2,529,910 58,387,225 7,086,674 72,485,899
1997 23,309,614 19,393,795 13,658,020 2,495,207 58,856,635 6,596,992 72,471,857
1998 24,045,199 19,613,280 13,235,130 2,420,459 59,314,068 7,067,809 72,876,215
1999 23,295,084 19,340,704 12,451,046 2,527,649 57,614,483 7,610,256 71,742,198
2000 22,735,478 19,661,518 12,358,101 2,610,916 57,366,013 7,862,349 71,331,982
2001 23,547,080 20,165,568 12,281,564 2,547,136 58,541,347 8,028,853 71,734,563
2002 22,732,237 19,438,838 12,163,319 2,559,168 56,893,563 8,145,429 70,772,921
2003 22,093,652 19,633,303 12,026,027 2,346,260 56,099,243 7,958,858 70,039,769
2004 22,852,099 19,074,254 11,503,152 2,465,850 55,895,355 8,221,985 70,187,541
2005 23,185,189 18,556,015 10,962,615 2,333,842 55,037,660 8,160,810 69,427,313
2006 23,789,510 19,021,706 10,801,102 2,355,836 55,968,153 8,215,414 70,791,751
2007 23,492,742 19,824,741 10,721,012 2,408,589 56,447,084 8,455,364 71,439,733
2008 23,851,368 20,702,884 10,508,538 2,419,358 57,482,148 8,427,297 73,114,303
2009 21,627,246 21,094,578 11,348,257 2,573,782 56,643,863 8,356,019 72,602,973
2010P 22,076,944 22,095,064 11,668,760 2,685,751 58,526,519 8,440,888 75,031,467
P
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Preliminary data.
1
Includes lease condensate.
2
This total includes generation from renewable sources such as hydro-electric, geothermal, solar, wind and
biomass.
2
Includes energy from wood and wood-derived fuels; municipal solid waste from biogenic sources, landfill gas, sludge waste,
agricultural byproducts and other biomass (through 2000, also includes non-renewable waste such as municipal solid waste
from non-
3
Geothermal electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the geothermal energy plants heat rate), and geothermal heat
pump and direct use energy.
4
Solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil-fueled plants heat-rate), and solar
thermal direct use energy.
5
Wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil-fueled plants heat rate).
1 2 3 4 5 Total
Production 7,151 294,314 6,688 4,989 3,475 316,617
Texas 10,089 1
Iowa 3,675 2
California 3,253 3
Minnesota 2,205 4
Washington 2,104 5
Oregon 2,104 6
Illinois 2,045 7
Oklahoma 1,482 8
North Dakota 1,424 9
Wyoming 1,412 10
Indiana 1,339 11
Colorado 1,299 12
New York 1,274 13
Kansas 1,074 14
Pennsylvania 748 15
MW = Megawatts
End Use
Electricity Generation
Grid Interactive 489,554 86,043 9,591 585,189 500,854
Remote 7,550 569 - 8,119 15,527
Communication 1,678 139 - 1,817 2,622
Consumer Goods 120 170 - 290 312
Transportation 951 10 - 961 916
Water Pumping 903 20 - 923 1,145
Cells/Modules to OEMs3 2,610 845 - 3,455 2,659
Health 373 8 - 381 217
Number of Companies 26 26 27 26 24 25 44 60 74 88
Total Shipments1 8,354 11,189 11,663 11,444 14,114 16,041 20,744 15,153 16,963 13,798
Imports 2,201 3,502 3,068 2,986 3,723 4,546 4,244 3,891 5,517 3,456
Exports 496 840 659 518 813 1361 1,211 1,376 2,247 1,577
Total Domestic
7,857 10,349 11,004 10,926 13,301 14,680 19,532 13,777 14,716 12,221
Shipments2
By Type of Collector:
Low Temperature
7,948 10,919 11,126 10,877 13,608 15,224 15,546 13,323 14,015 10,511
Shipments3
Average per
723 1092 856 906 1512 1,522 1,413 1,025 1,274 809
Manufacturer
Medium Temp. Shipments 400 268 535 560 506 702 1346 1,797 2,560 2,307
Average per
25 16 31 33 30 41 38 35 41 32
Manufacturer
High Temp. Shipments4 5 2 2 7 - 115 3852 33 388 980
Federal Research & Development (R&D) & R&D Plant Funding for
Energy, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2009-2011
(In Millions of US$)
%
2009 2009 2010 2011 Change
Funding Category and Agency
Actual ARRA* Prelim. Proposed (2010-
11)
Total 2,234 1,560 2,392 2,549 6.6
Department of Energy 2,095 1,560 2,266 2,421 6.8
Energy programs 2,095 1,175 2,266 2,148 -5.2
Energy efficiency and renewable energy 850 1,116 996 1,031 3.5
Electricity delivery and energy reliability 75 10 122 144 18.0
Fossil energy 540 49 511 458 -10.4
Nuclear energy 630 0 637 515 -19.2
ARPA-E 0 385 0 273 NA
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 0 81 78 -3.7
Tennessee Valley Authority 18 0 17 20 17.6
U.S. Department of Agriculture (Biomass R&D) 20 0 28 30 7.1
ARPA-E = Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. NA = Not Available.
* For total FY 2009 amounts, sum FY 2009 Actual and FY 2009 ARRA (funds appropriated through the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009).
Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Percentage change calculated on unrounded data.
Chapter 3
The International Energy Agency (IEA) Clean Coal The Clean Cities Program, sponsored by the U.S.
Centre was established to promote clean coal in its 24 Department of Energy, is a federal program to
member countries. promote the use of alternative transportation fuels in
U.S. cities.
National Research Center for Coal & Energy
(NRCCE) WestStart-CALSTART
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Evansdale Dr. Pasadena, CA 91106 US
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(NRCCE) at West Virginia University promotes the transportation technologies and to foster companies
coal industry through research and service programs. that will help clean the air, lessen dependence on
foreign oil, reduce global warming and create jobs.
World Coal Institute (WCI)
149-151 Regent St. V. Alternative Energy-Ethanol
Heddon House, 5th Fl.
London, W1B 4JD UK American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE)
Phone: 44-0-20-7851-0052 5000 S. Broadband Ln., Ste. 224
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organization that represents the coal industry Web Address: www.ethanol.org
worldwide. The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) is a
nonprofit organization representing farmers,
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Transportation other businesses in the ethanol industry.
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter (The)
(FCHEA) Grinnell St.
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hydrogen energy technologies in the U.S. features news, events coverage, opinion pieces and
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Fuel Cell Europe state of the fuel cell industry.
44 rue des Palais, Bte. 71
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Northwest.
British Hydropower Association
12 Riverside Pk. X. Alternative Energy-Solar
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Dorset, BH21 1QU UK American Solar Energy Society (ASES)
Phone: 01202-880333 4760 Walnut St., Ste. 106
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The British Hydropower Association is the trade Fax: 303-443-3212
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The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is a
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Phone: 202-429-3971 Web Address: www.uic.fr
Fax: 202-429-3976 UIC, the Union des Industries Chimiques (Union of
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The Council for Chemical Research (CCR) specialty and pharmaceuticals. It provides support to
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members involved in the chemical sciences and innovation, communication and legal.
engineering.
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International Council of Chemical Associations
(ICCA) International Council on Clean Transportation
Ave. E. Van Nieuwenhuyse 4, Box 1 (ICCT)
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Phone: 32-2-676-74-15 Washington, DC 20005 US
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The International Council of Chemical Associations By assembling a small group of about 30 top
(ICCA) represents chemical manufacturers and government officials and policymakers from the 10
producers all over the world. largest motor vehicle markets—which together
account for 85% of the world’s new car and truck
Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SCIC) sales—and providing them and other interested
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#25-04,The JTC Summit practices, and technical resources for improving the
609434 Singapore efficiency and environmental performance of cars,
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E-mail Address: secretariat@scic.sg sustainable transportation.
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The Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SCIC) is
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of Singapore in the private sector. Its membership Associations
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and traders. Canadian Advanced Technology Alliances
(CATAAlliance)
Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) 207 Bank St., Ste. 416
14/15 Belgrave Sq. Ottawa, ON K2P 2N2 Canada
London, SW1X 8PS UK Phone: 613-236-6550
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The Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) is a organizations for the research, development and
professional association for networking and problem technology sectors.
solving in the international chemical industry.
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Petroleum Engineers (AIME) 30 Bei San Huan Dong Lu
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devoted to the science of the production and use of comprehensive research and development institute in
minerals, metals, energy sources and materials. the building industry in China. Some related
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American Nuclear Society (ANS) Engineering, Institute of Building Fire Research,
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organization unifying professional activities within Phone: 91-346-60-00
the nuclear science and technology fields. ANS Fax: 91-346-60-05
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of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the nation's Web Address: www.eia.doe.gov
economic accountant, preparing estimates that The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is a
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to the American public, U.S. Congress, other federal economic, environmental and safety interests of the
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Chapter 4
The companies chosen to be listed in 1) Generally, these are corporations based in the
PLUNKETT’S RENEWABLE, ALTERNATIVE & U.S., however, the headquarters of 136 firms are
HYDROGEN ENERGY INDUSTRY ALMANAC located in other nations.
comprise a unique list. THE RENEWABLE 2) Prominence, or a significant presence, in
ENERGY 300 (the actual count is 317 companies) alternative energy and supporting fields. (See the
were chosen specifically for their dominance in the following Industry Codes section for a complete
many facets of the alternative energy industry in list of types of businesses that are covered).
which they operate. Complete information about each 3) The companies in THE RENEWABLE
firm can be found in the “Individual Profiles,” ENERGY 300 do not have to be exclusively in
beginning at the end of this chapter. These profiles the alternative energy field.
are in alphabetical order by company name. 4) Financial data and vital statistics must have been
THE RENEWABLE ENERGY 300 includes available to the editors of this book, either
leading companies from all parts of the United States directly from the company being written about or
as well as many other nations, and from all from outside sources deemed reliable and
alternative energy and related industry segments, accurate by the editors. A small number of
such as wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric and companies that we would like to have included
special services relating to the industry. are not listed because of a lack of sufficient,
Simply stated, the list contains 317 of the most objective data.
successful, fastest growing firms in alternative and
renewable energy and related industries in the world.
To be included in our list, the firms had to meet the
following criteria:
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Mining
212 Mining (Except Oil & Gas)
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology
541712N Nanotechnology-General
Retailing
Nonstore Retailers
454319 Other Fuel Dealers, Retail
Services
Construction
237 Construction, Heavy & Civil Engineering
237130 Construction, Power & Communication
Lines and Structures
Waste Management
333319 Water Treatment Systems and Technology
Real Estate
5311 Real Estate Operations & Development--
General
Consulting & Professional Services
541330 Engineering Services
541690 Consulting--Scientific & Technical
541712 Research & Development-Physical,
Engineering & Life Sciences
Waste Management
562 Waste Disposal, Waste Management
Transportation
Aerospace
33641 Aerospace & Aircraft Related Manufacturing
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Company Industry Sales Profits
Code (U.S. $ thousands) (U.S. $ thousands)
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 334111 74,288,300 -229,530
Computer Networking & Related Equipment, Manufacturing
COMVERGE INC 33411 119,389 -31,351
ECHELON CORP 33411 111,037 -31,312
SILVER SPRING NETWORKS 33411 70,224 -148,449
Construction, Heavy & Civil Engineering
ABENGOA SA 237 7,908,900 294,400
ACCIONA SA 237 9,371,870 230,820
AECON GROUP INC 237 2,871,780 28,550
BECHTEL GROUP INC 237 32,500,000
BLACK & VEATCH HOLDING COMPANY 237 3,300,000
CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY NV 237 3,642,318 204,559
FLUOR CORP 237 20,849,300 441,100
FOMENTO DE CONSTRUCCIONES Y CONTRATAS SA
(FCC) 237 16,939,300 421,310
FOSTER WHEELER AG 237 4,067,719 230,709
HOCHTIEF AG 237 29,120,500 416,020
IMPREGILO SPA 237 2,790,090 185,480
RELIANCE POWER LIMITED 237 172,192 152,894
VINCI 237 47,566,100 2,484,410
Construction, Power & Communication Lines and Structures
SKYFUEL INC 237130
SOLARRESERVE 237130
Consulting--Scientific & Technical
AMERESCO INC 541690 618,226 28,726
ENERNOC INC 541690 280,157 9,577
ENTEGRIS INC 541690 688,416 84,356
RECYCLED ENERGY DEVELOPMENT LLC 541690
Contract Electronics Manufacturing
KYOCERA CORP 334419 13,205,900 493,100
Electrical Equipment, Manufacturing
ABB LTD 335 31,589,000 2,732,000
ALSTOM SA 335 26,434,800 1,760,090
AREVA GROUP 335 13,252,500 1,285,370
BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY (THE) 335 2,688,811 153,526
BSST LLC 335
GE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE 335 37,514,000 7,271,000
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 335 40,172,200 336,940
SIEMENS AG 335 103,974,000 5,566,940
UQM TECHNOLOGIES INC 335 8,692 -4,141
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC 335
Engineering Services
ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD 541330 439,000 -80,000
BIOS-BIOENERGIESYSTEME GMBH 541330
CH2M HILL COMPANIES LTD 541330 5,422,801 93,695
ENGLOBAL CORP 541330 320,615 -11,752
MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL INC 541330 2,403,743 201,666
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Company Industry Sales Profits
Code (U.S. $ thousands) (U.S. $ thousands)
Ethanol Fuel Manufacturing
ABENGOA BIOENERGY CORP 325193
AMYRIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES INC 325193 80,311 -82,790
AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS INC 325193 448,234 -291,757
COSAN SA INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO 325193 10,476,500 447,500
GREEN PLAINS RENEWABLE ENERGY 325193 2,132,968 48,012
HAWKEYE ENERGY HOLDINGS LLC 325193
IOGEN CORPORATION 325193
MASCOMA CORP 325193
PACIFIC ETHANOL INC 325193 328,332 71,045
QTEROS INC 325193
REX AMERICAN RESOURCES CORPORATION 325193 170,264 8,652
Fuel Cells Manufacturing
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC 335999 65,019 -34,936
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION 335999
ELECTROCHEM INC 335999
ELTRON RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT INC 335999
FUELCELL ENERGY INC 335999 69,777 -56,235
HYDROGENICS CORPORATION 335999 20,930 -8,557
IDATECH LLC 335999
MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY INC 335999 6,224 -12,504
MTI MICROFUEL CELLS INC 335999
NUVERA FUEL CELLS INC 335999
PLUG POWER INC 335999 19,473 -46,959
RELION INC 335999
SFC ENERGY AG 335999 19,150 -5,920
TEKION INC 335999
UTC POWER 335999
Grain Distribution, Milling & Oilseed Processing
AG PROCESSING INC 3112
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO 3112 61,682,000 1,930,000
CARGILL INC 3112 107,900,000 2,600,000
PETER CREMER NORTH AMERICA LP 3112
Industrial Gas Manufacturing
AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC 325120 9,026,000 1,029,000
AMERICAN AIR LIQUIDE HOLDINGS INC 325120 19,175,832 1,995,210
PRAXAIR INC 325120 10,116,000 1,195,000
Instrument Manufacturing, including Measurement, Control, Test & Navigational
BADGER METER INC 3345 276,634 28,662
FLOWSERVE CORP 3345 4,032,036 388,290
MOTECH INDUSTRIES INC 3345 1,345,877 4,563
Machinery, Manufacturing
ATS AUTOMATION TOOLING SYSTEMS INC 333 561,110 11,850
CATERPILLAR INC 333 42,588,000 2,700,000
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE) 333 150,211,000 11,644,000
GEODYNAMICS LTD 333 0 -15,700
MITSUBISHI CORP 333 59,030,300 3,573,000
PORVAIR PLC 333 102,300 3,500
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Company Industry Sales Profits
Code (U.S. $ thousands) (U.S. $ thousands)
SOLARGENIX ENERGY LLC 333
Medical/Dental/Surgical Equipment & Supplies, Manufacturing
3M COMPANY 33911 26,662,000 4,085,000
Mining (Except Oil & Gas)
CAMECO CORPORATION 212 2,032,000 492,500
Nanotechnology-General
ALTAIR NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC 541712N 7,830 -22,286
ENERG2 541712N
LUNA INNOVATIONS 541712N 34,538 -2,620
NANOSYS INC 541712N
Nuclear Fuels & Other Inorganic Chemicals
BELGONUCLEAIRE SA 325188
USEC INC 325188 2,035,400 7,500
Oil & Natural Gas Exploration & Production
BP PLC 211111 297,107,000 -3,324,000
CANADIAN OIL SANDS LTD 211111 3,180,000 886,000
CHEVRON CORPORATION 211111 204,928,000 19,136,000
CNX GAS CORPORATION 211111 5,236,021 358,626
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION (EXXONMOBIL) 211111 370,125,000 30,460,000
MESA ENERGY HOLDINGS INC 211111 62 6,561
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC 211111 368,056,000 20,127,000
SHELL OIL CO 211111 120,000,000
STATOIL ASA 211111 96,846,100 7,002,030
SUNCOR ENERGY INC 211111 31,461,000 3,594,000
SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD 211111
TOTAL SA 211111 230,233,000 15,622,200
Oil Field Services
HALLIBURTON COMPANY 213112 17,973,000 1,842,000
Other Basic Organic Chemicals/Biofuels
BIODICO INC 325199
BRASIL ECODIESEL 325199 228,075 -2,541
CHANGING WORLD TECHNOLOGIES INC 325199
DYNAMOTIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS CORPORATION 325199
GREEN STAR PRODUCTS INC 325199
IMPERIAL WESTERN PRODUCTS INC 325199
IMPERIUM RENEWABLES INC 325199
KIOR INC 325199 0 -45,930
SAPPHIRE ENERGY 325199
SEQUENTIAL BIOFUELS LLC 325199
SOLAZYME 325199 37,970 -16,200
SYNTHETIC GENOMICS INC 325199
SYNTROLEUM CORPORATION 325199 8,410 -9,536
Other Fuel Dealers, Retail
CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP 454319 211,834 -44,568
Other Petrochemical & Coal Products Manufacturing
EVERGREEN ENERGY INC 324199 403 -24,658
HEADWATERS INC 324199 654,699 -49,482
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Company Industry Sales Profits
Code (U.S. $ thousands) (U.S. $ thousands)
Paints & Coatings, Manufacturing
SULZER LTD 325510 3,863,400 364,533
Petrochemicals Manufacturing
ATLANTIC METHANOL PRODUCTION COMPANY LLC 325110
METHANEX CORP 325110 1,967,000 102,000
Real Estate Operations & Development--General
BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 5311 13,623,000 1,454,000
Rendering & Meat Byproduct Processing
GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES INC 311613
Research & Development-Physical, Engineering & Life Sciences
CHEVRON TECHNOLOGY VENTURES 541712
DUCON TECHNOLOGIES INC 541712
GE GLOBAL RESEARCH 541712
RENEGY HOLDINGS INC 541712
VERENIUM CORPORATION 541712 52,073 19,933
Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 333295 9,548,667 937,866
GT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES INC 333295 544,245 87,256
Semiconductors (Microchips)/Integrated Circuits/Components, Manufacturing
EMCORE CORP 33441 191,278 -23,694
SPIRE CORPORATION 33441 79,842 -408
SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES INC 33441 8,547 -11,968
Solar Cells, LEDs & Other Semiconductor Products
1366 TECHNOLOGIES INC 334413
ALEO SOLAR AG 334413 783,000 44,500
AVANCIS GMBH & CO KG 334413
BOSCH SOLAR ENERGY AG 334413
BP SOLAR 334413
CANADIAN SOLAR INC 334413 1,495,509 50,569
CENTRAL ELECTRONICS LIMITED 334413
CHINA SUNERGY CO LTD 334413 517,219 51,734
CHINA TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP CORP 334413 8,149 -5,330
CONERGY AG 334413 1,294,400 -63,300
ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INC 334413 254,416 -456,009
ENTECH SOLAR INC 334413 246 -18,280
E-TON SOLAR TECH CO LTD 334413 681,301 -8,796
EVERGREEN SOLAR INC 334413 338,785 -465,437
FIRST SOLAR INC 334413 2,563,515 664,201
GINTECH ENERGY CORPORATION 334413 982,340 150,830
GLOBAL SOLAR ENERGY 334413
HANWHA SOLARONE CO LTD 334413 1,142,236 114,930
HELIOVOLT CORP 334413
ICP SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES 334413
ISOFOTON 334413
JA SOLAR HOLDINGS CO LTD 334413 1,812,700 273,610
JINKOSOLAR HOLDING CO LTD 334413 705,281 133,617
KONARKA TECHNOLOGIES INC 334413
KYOCERA SOLAR CORP 334413
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Company Industry Sales Profits
Code (U.S. $ thousands) (U.S. $ thousands)
LDK SOLAR CO LTD 334413 2,577,378 294,367
MIASOLE INC 334413
NANOSOLAR INC 334413
PHOTOWATT INTERNATIONAL SA 334413
POWERFILM INC 334413
Q.CELLS SE 334413 1,924,500 26,900
SCHOTT SOLAR 334413
SOLARONE SOLUTIONS LLC 334413
SOLARWORLD AG 334413 1,854,800 124,000
SOLFOCUS INC 334413
SOLOPOWER 334413
SOLTECTURE GMBH 334413
SPECTROLAB INC 334413
STR HOLDINGS INC 334413 371,829 49,311
SUNIVA INC 334413
SUNPOWER CORPORATION 334413 2,219,230 178,724
SUNTECH POWER HOLDINGS CO LTD 334413 2,901,899 236,900
SUNWAYS AG 334413 316,600 13,300
TERRA SOLAR GLOBAL INC 334413
TRINA SOLAR LTD 334413 1,857,689 311,453
UNITED SOLAR OVONIC 334413
VHF TECHNOLOGIES SA 334413
WURTH ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO KG 334413
YINGLI GREEN ENERGY HOLDING CO LTD 334413 1,896,898 210,446
Steel & Metals--Fabricated Metals Components, Manufacturing
AROTECH CORPORATION 332 73,741 -917
DYNETEK INDUSTRIES LTD 332 25,600 -3,000
UMICORE SA 332 13,783,600 353,800
Superconducting Materials & Other Wire
AMSC CORPORATION 335929 315,955 16,248
Turbine & Turbine Generator Set Unit Manufacturing
ABENGOA SOLAR 33361 237,923 40,939
CAPSTONE TURBINE CORP 33361 61,554 -67,241
CLIPPER WINDPOWER LLC 33361
ENERCON GMBH 33361
GAMESA CORPORACION TECNOLOGICA SA 33361 3,953,240 72,540
IBERDROLA RENOVABLES SAU 33361 2,567,200
NORDEX AG 33361 1,372,000 29,500
REPOWER SYSTEMS SE 33361 1,716,921 78,471
SINOVEL WIND GROUP CO LTD 33361 3,184,300 447,400
SUZLON ENERGY LIMITED 33361 4,468,300 -213,000
TALBOTT'S BIOMASS ENERGY SYSTEMS LTD 33361
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S 33361 9,981,480 225,010
WINWIND OY 33361
XINJIANG GOLDWIND SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 33361 2,712,180 355,314
Utilities-Alternative Energy Generation
AIRTRICITY 221119
BP ALTERNATIVE ENERGY 221119
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Company Industry Sales Profits
Code (U.S. $ thousands) (U.S. $ thousands)
BRIGHTSOURCE ENERGY INC 221119
CAITHNESS ENERGY LLC 221119
COVANTA ENERGY CORPORATION 221119
ENEL GREEN POWER SPA 221119 3,091,724 698,979
ESOLAR INC 221119
GRUPPO FALCK SPA 221119 263,459 56,346
NACEL ENERGY CORP 221119 1,200 -2,800
NAVITAS ENERGY INC 221119
NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES LLC 221119
ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES 221119 373,230 37,318
RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS 221119
SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT 221119
SHELL WINDENERGY BV 221119
SIEMENS CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER LTD 221119
SKYPOWER LIMITED 221119
SOLARCITY 221119
Utilities-Electric
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY 2211
CALPINE CORPORATION 2211 6,545,000 31,000
CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORP 2211 341,925 20,954
CEZ AS 2211 11,100,082 2,632,451
CHEUNG KONG INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS LTD 2211 361,217 645,426
ENEL SPA 2211 95,749,700 5,842,700
FIRSTENERGY CORP 2211 13,339,000 784,000
IBERDROLA SA 2211 40,848,500 3,853,700
IDACORP INC 2211 1,036,029 142,798
NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY 2211 2,568,000 181,000
NEXTERA ENERGY INC 2211 15,317,000 1,957,000
ONTARIO POWER GENERATION INC 2211 5,375,000 649,000
PACIFICORP 2211 4,432,000 566,000
PROGRESS ENERGY INC 2211 10,190,000 856,000
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 2211 12,409,000 1,307,000
SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 2211 17,456,000 1,975,000
TATA POWER 2211 3,878,800 401,800
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) 2211 10,874,000 972,000
VATTENFALL AB 2211 19,215,342 1,376,736
Utilities-Electric & Gas
AES CORPORATION (THE) 221 16,647,000 9,000
ALLIANDER NV 221 2,032,777 315,162
AVISTA CORPORATION 221 1,558,740 92,425
COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA - COPEL 221 4,157,297 595,064
DOMINION RESOURCES INC 221 15,197,000 2,808,000
ESSENT NV 221 8,696,947 1,084,238
EXELON CORPORATION 221 18,644,000 2,563,000
MANITOBA HYDRO-ELECTRIC 221 2,039,000 163,000
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS CO 221 11,100,000
PG&E CORPORATION 221 13,841,000 1,099,000
PNM RESOURCES INC 221 1,673,520 -44,690
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PUGET ENERGY INC 221 3,122,217 26,095
RWE AG 221 70,761,495 4,390,260
RWE NPOWER 221 75,638,045 4,691,887
SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY PLC 221 33,338,000 1,911,000
UNISOURCE ENERGY CORPORATION 221 1,453,677 111,477
WISCONSIN ENERGY CORP 221 4,202,500 456,500
Utilities-Electric, Wholesale Generation
INTERNATIONAL POWER PLC 221121 8,013,419 865,719
SUNEDISON LLC 221121
ZORLU ENERJI ELEKTRIK URETIM AS 221121 233,200 -35,500
Utilities-Hydroelectric
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 221111 3,055,131
BRITISH COLUMBIA HYDRO AND POWER AUTHORITY 221111 3,289,000 447,000
COMPANHIA ENERGETICA DE SAO PAULO 221111 1,657,900 259,700
COMPANHIA ENERGETICA MINAS GERAIS (CEMIG) 221111 7,300,000 1,300,000
HYDRO ONE INC 221111 5,124,000 591,000
HYDRO-QUEBEC 221111 12,338,000 2,515,000
ITAIPU BINACIONAL 221111
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR HYDRO 221111 620,100 77,500
PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 221111 1,783,000 125,000
WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 221111 1,425,905 36,354
Utilities-Nuclear Generation
BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC 221113
ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE SA (EDF) 221113 86,443,300 1,353,100
ENTERGY CORP 221113 11,487,577 1,270,305
GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION 221113
STP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY 221113
UNISTAR NUCLEAR ENERGY LLC 221113
WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION 221113
Ventilation, Heating & Air-Conditioning Manufacturing
INGERSOLL-RAND PLC 3334 14,079,100 665,100
Waste Disposal, Waste Management
ASIA ENVIRONMENT HOLDINGS LTD 562 78,869 -2,076
COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BASICO DO ESTADO DE
SAO PAULO (SABESP) 562 5,352,000 945,300
CORY ENVIRONMENTAL 562
GEOPLASMA LLC 562
UNITED ENVIROTECH LTD 562 69,000 15,000
VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT 562 48,681,000 812,750
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC 562 12,515,000 953,000
Water Treatment Systems and Technology
ENERGY RECOVERY INC 333319 45,853 -3,608
HYFLUX LTD 333319 462,610 71,000
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CALIFORNIA CONNECTICUT
AMYRIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES INC; Emeryville FUELCELL ENERGY INC; Danbury
APPLIED MATERIALS INC; Santa Clara GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE); Fairfield
BECHTEL GROUP INC; San Francisco PRAXAIR INC; Danbury
BIODICO INC; Santa Barbara STR HOLDINGS INC; Enfield
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION; Sunnyvale UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; Hartford
BP SOLAR; San Francisco UTC POWER; South Windsor
BRIGHTSOURCE ENERGY INC; Oakland
BSST LLC; Irwindale DELAWARE
CAPSTONE TURBINE CORP; Chatsworth DUPONT (E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO);
CHEVRON CORPORATION; San Ramon Wilmington
CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP; Seal Beach
CLIPPER WINDPOWER LLC; Carpinteria FLORIDA
ECHELON CORP; San Jose NEXTERA ENERGY INC; Juno Beach
ENERGY RECOVERY INC; San Leandro NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES LLC; Juno Beach
ENOVA SYSTEMS INC; Torrance
ESOLAR INC; Burbank GEORGIA
IMPERIAL WESTERN PRODUCTS INC; Coachella COMVERGE INC; Norcross
MIASOLE INC; Santa Clara EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES INC; Milton
NANOSOLAR INC; San Jose GE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE; Atlanta
NANOSYS INC; Palo Alto GEOPLASMA LLC; Atlanta
NEXANT INC; San Francisco SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE); Atlanta
PACIFIC ETHANOL INC; Sacramento SUNIVA INC; Norcross
PG&E CORPORATION; San Francisco
QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES
IDAHO
WORLDWIDE INC; Irvine
IDACORP INC; Boise
SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT;
Sacramento
SAPPHIRE ENERGY; San Diego ILLINOIS
SILVER SPRING NETWORKS; Redwood City ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO; Decatur
SOLARCITY; San Mateo CATERPILLAR INC; Peoria
SOLARRESERVE; Santa Monica EXELON CORPORATION; Chicago
SOLAZYME; San Francisco RECYCLED ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; Westmont
SOLFOCUS INC; Mountain View
SOLOPOWER; San Jose IOWA
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY; HAWKEYE ENERGY HOLDINGS LLC; Ames
Rosemead MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS CO; Des
SPECTROLAB INC; Sylmar Moines
SUNEDISON LLC; Belmont POWERFILM INC; Ames
SUNPOWER CORPORATION; San Jose
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MINNESOTA OKLAHOMA
3M COMPANY; St. Paul SYNTROLEUM CORPORATION; Tulsa
CARGILL INC; Wayzata
NAVITAS ENERGY INC; Minneapolis OREGON
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION; Portland
MISSOURI IDATECH LLC; Bend
ABENGOA BIOENERGY CORP; Chesterfield PACIFICORP; Portland
SIGMA-ALDRICH CORP; St. Louis PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
Portland
NEBRASKA SEQUENTIAL BIOFUELS LLC; Portland
AG PROCESSING INC; Omaha
GREEN PLAINS RENEWABLE ENERGY; Omaha PENNSYLVANIA
AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC; Allentown
NEVADA CNX GAS CORPORATION; Canonsburg
ALTAIR NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC; Reno
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TENNESSEE
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA); Knoxville
TEXAS
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA); Knoxville
ACTIVE POWER INC; Austin
AMERICAN AIR LIQUIDE HOLDINGS INC; Houston
ATLANTIC METHANOL PRODUCTION COMPANY
LLC; Houston
AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS INC;
Dallas
CALPINE CORPORATION; Houston
CHEVRON TECHNOLOGY VENTURES; Houston
ENGLOBAL CORP; Houston
ENTECH SOLAR INC; Fort Worth
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION (EXXONMOBIL);
Irving
FLOWSERVE CORP; Irving
FLUOR CORP; Irving
HALLIBURTON COMPANY; Houston
HELIOVOLT CORP; Austin
KIOR INC; Pasadena
MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL INC; Houston
MESA ENERGY HOLDINGS INC; Dallas
SHELL OIL CO; Houston
STP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY; Wadsworth
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC; Houston
UTAH
GREEN STAR PRODUCTS INC; Salt Lake City
HEADWATERS INC; South Jordan
VERMONT
CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORP;
Rutland
GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION;
Colchester
VIRGINIA
AES CORPORATION (THE); Arlington
DOMINION RESOURCES INC; Richmond
LUNA INNOVATIONS; Roanoke
WASHINGTON
AVISTA CORPORATION; Spokane
ENERG2; Seattle
IMPERIUM RENEWABLES INC; Seattle
PUGET ENERGY INC; Bellevue
RELION INC; Spokane
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CANADA FINLAND
AECON GROUP INC; Toronto WINWIND OY; Espoo
ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD; Mississauga
ATS AUTOMATION TOOLING SYSTEMS INC; FRANCE
Cambridge ALSTOM SA; Levallois-Perret
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC; Burnaby AREVA GROUP; Paris
BRITISH COLUMBIA HYDRO AND POWER ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE SA (EDF); Paris
AUTHORITY; Vancouver PHOTOWATT INTERNATIONAL SA; Bourgoin-Jallieu
BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC; Toronto TOTAL SA; Courbevoie
CAMECO CORPORATION; Saskatoon VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT; Paris
CANADIAN OIL SANDS LTD; Calgary VINCI; Rueil-Malmaison
CANADIAN SOLAR INC; Kitchener
DYNAMOTIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS CORPORATION;
Vancouver
GERMANY
ALEO SOLAR AG; Prenzlau
DYNETEK INDUSTRIES LTD; Calgary
AVANCIS GMBH & CO KG; Torgau
HYDRO ONE INC; Toronto
BASF SE; Ludwigshafen
HYDROGENICS CORPORATION; Mississauga
BOSCH SOLAR ENERGY AG; Erfurt
HYDRO-QUEBEC; Montreal
CONERGY AG; Hamburg
ICP SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES; Montreal
ENERCON GMBH; Aurich
IOGEN CORPORATION; Ottawa
EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG; Essen
MANITOBA HYDRO-ELECTRIC; Winnipeg
HOCHTIEF AG; Essen
METHANEX CORP; Vancouver
NORDEX AG; Hamburg
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR HYDRO; St.
Q.CELLS SE; Bitterfeld-Wolfen
John's
REPOWER SYSTEMS SE; Hamburg
ONTARIO POWER GENERATION INC; Toronto
RWE AG; Essen
SKYPOWER LIMITED; Toronto
SFC ENERGY AG; Brunntahl-Nord
SUNCOR ENERGY INC; Calgary
SIEMENS AG; Munich
SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD; Fort McMurray
SOLARWORLD AG; Bonn
TEKION INC; Burnby
SOLTECTURE GMBH; Berlin
SUNWAYS AG; Konstanz
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SPAIN
ABENGOA SA; Seville
ABENGOA SOLAR; Madrid
ACCIONA SA; Alcobendas
FOMENTO DE CONSTRUCCIONES Y CONTRATAS
SA (FCC); Madrid
GAMESA CORPORACION TECNOLOGICA SA;
Vitoria-Gasteiz
IBERDROLA RENOVABLES SAU; Madrid
IBERDROLA SA; Bilbao
ISOFOTON; Madrid
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3M COMPANY www.3m.com
Industry Group Code: 33911
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Y Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Health Care Products
Specialty Materials & Textiles 3M Company is involved in the research, manufacturing and
Industrial Products marketing of a variety of products. The firm is organized into
Safety, Security & Protection Products six segments: Health Care; Consumer and Office; Display
Display & Graphics Products and Graphics; Electro and Communications; Industrial and
Consumer & Office Products Transportation; and Safety, Security and Protection. The
Electronics & Communications Products Health Care segment’s products include medical and surgical
Fuel Cell Technology supplies, skin infection prevention products, drug delivery
systems, orthodontic products, health information systems
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: and veterinary products. The Consumer and Office segment
Nida-Core Corp. includes office supply, stationery, construction, home
3M Cogent, Inc. improvement, protective material and visual systems
Hybrivet Systems, Inc.
products. The Display and Graphics segment's products
Cogent, Inc.
Attenti Holdings S.A. include optical film and lenses for electronic displays; touch
Arizant, Inc. screens and monitors; screen filters; reflective sheeting; and
commercial graphics systems. The Electro and
Communications segment’s products include packaging and
interconnection devices (used in circuits); fluids used in
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be computer chips; high-temperature and display tapes;
intentionally listed here more than once.
pressure-sensitive tapes and resins; and products for
George W. Buckley, CEO telecommunications systems. The Industrial and
Inge G. Thulin, COO Transportation segment’s products include vinyl, polyester,
George W. Buckley, Pres. tapes, a variety of non-woven abrasives, adhesives, specialty
Patrick D. Campbell, CFO/Sr. VP materials, supply chain execution software, filtration systems,
Robert D. MacDonald, Sr. VP-Mktg. & Sales paint finishing products, engineering fluids and components
Angela S. Lalor, Sr. VP-Human Resources for catalytic converters. The Safety, Security and Protection
Frederick J. Palensky, Exec. VP-R&D services segment provides products for personal protection,
Frederick J. Palensky, CTO safety and security, energy control, commercial cleaning and
Marschall I. Smith, General Counsel/Sr. VP-Legal Affairs
Roger H.D. Lacey, Sr. VP-Strategy & Corp. Dev.
protection, passports and secure cards. In October 2010, the
David W. Meline, Chief Acct. Officer firm acquired remote people monitor supplier, Attenti Holdings
Brad T. Sauer, Exec. VP-Health Care Bus. S.A., and developer of patient warming products for the
H.C. Shin, Exec. VP-Industrial & Transportation Bus. prevention of hypothermia in surgery settings, Arizant, Inc. In
Joaquin Delgado, Exec. VP-Electro & Comm. Bus. December 2010, the company acquired biometric security
Joe E. Harlan, Exec. VP-Consumer & Office Bus. systems provider, Cogent, Inc., with the latter subsequently
George W. Buckley, Chmn. becoming a subsidiary of 3M called 3M Cogent, Inc. In
John K. Woodworth, Sr. VP-Corp. Supply Chain Oper. January 2011, the firm opened an innovation center in Dubai
Phone: 651-733-1110 Fax: 651-733-9973 and acquired fiber-reinforced foam materials manufacturer,
Toll-Free: 800-364-3577 Nida-Core Corp. In February 2011, the company acquired
Address: 3M Center, St. Paul, MN 55144 US Hybrivet Systems, Inc., provider of toxin detection products.
The company offers employees medical and dental
insurance; domestic partner benefits; tuition reimbursement;
and adoption assistance.
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: MMM
2010 Sales: $26,662,000 2010 Profits: $4,085,000 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $23,123,000 2009 Profits: $3,193,000 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $25,269,000 2008 Profits: $3,460,000 Employees: 80,057 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $24,462,000 2007 Profits: $4,096,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $5,901,401 Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $1,553,068 Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 4 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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A123SYSTEMS www.a123systems.com
Industry Group Code: 33591
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Y Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Batteries, Design & Manufacture
Lithium-Ion Batteries A123Systems is the innovator of a powerful, long-lasting,
Nanotechnology environmentally safe Lithium-Ion battery derived from
Batteries for Electric Automobiles nanoscale materials, called Nanophosphate lithium battery
Nanophosphate technology. Founded in 2001 in Watertown, Massachusetts,
the company has gone beyond its MIT-research-based design
operations to make use of manufacturing space in the U.S.,
China, Korea and Germany. The batteries, which currently
take the form of cylindrical cells, are presently in mass
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: production after successful testing and customer evaluation.
A123Systems China The results indicate that this battery sports numerous features
Hymotion, Inc. that set it apart from its sister products on the market. For
example, it was proven to have discharge rates as high as
100C; a fast charge time; high thermal conductivity; very little
sensitivity to environmental temperature; virtually no toxicity;
and a long cycle life. The battery design is capable of
powering a diverse range of high power rechargeable battery
applications, including power tools; hybrid electric vehicles,
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be power cells for which are developed through the firm’s
intentionally listed here more than once.
Hymotion division; heavy duty vehicle fleets; aviation
David Vieau, CEO propulsion systems; specialized military equipment, including
David Vieau, Pres. directed energy weapons and stealth drive applications; and
John Granara, Interim CFO medical devices.
Andrew Cole, VP-Human Resources & Organizational Dev.
Bart Riley, VP-R&D
Bart Riley, CTO
Eric Pyenson, General Counsel/VP
Louis Golato, VP-Oper.
Dan Borgasano, Public Rel.
John Granara, VP-Finance/Controller
Geoff Taylor, VP-Quality
Robert Johnson, VP-Energy Solutions Group
Jason Forcier, VP-Automotive Solutions Group
Desh Deshpande, Chmn.
Phone: 617-778-5700 Fax: 617-778-5749
Toll-Free:
Address: 321 Arsenal St., Arsenal on the Charles, Watertown,
MA 02472 US
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: AONE
2010 Sales: $97,312 2010 Profits: $-152,937 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $91,049 2009 Profits: $-86,589 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $68,525 2008 Profits: $-80,431 Employees: 2,032 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $41,349 2007 Profits: $-30,993 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $375,000 Bonus: $174,938
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $275,000 Bonus: $78,375
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: ABB
2010 Sales: $31,589,000 2010 Profits: $2,732,000 Int’l Ticker: ABBN
2009 Sales: $31,795,000 2009 Profits: $2,901,000 Int’l Exchange: Zurich-SWX
2008 Sales: $34,912,000 2008 Profits: $3,118,000 Employees: 116,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $29,183,000 2007 Profits: $3,757,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,981,704 Bonus: $944,280
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $1,251,606 Bonus: $1,524,037
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 4 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
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ABENGOA SA www.abengoa.es
Industry Group Code: 237
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Y Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Y Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Y Solar: Y Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Y Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Y Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Specialty Engineering and Construction
Ethanol Production Abengoa S.A. is a Spanish technology company that offers
Recycling & Waste Management Services products and services geared toward sustainable
Bioenergy development in the infrastructure, environment and energy
IT Services sectors. The company, which operates in over 70 countries,
Construction-Plants & Infrastructure is divided into six business units: solar; bioenergy;
Solar Energy Generation environmental services; information technology and services;
industrial engineering and construction; and the Focus-
Abengoa Foundation. The solar business unit, comprised of
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: subsidiary Abengoa Solar, promotes, constructs and operates
DII tower, parabolic trough and ISCC hybrid solar electric
Focus-Abengoa Foundation generating plants. Abengoa Bioenergy, the bioenergy unit
Befesa
produces bioethanol from vegetable products, which is used
Telvent
Abengoa Bioenergy Corp. to manufacture a petrol additive or can be blended directly
Abengoa Solar with petrol or gas oil. Environmental services, provided by
Befesa, an international waste management company,
focuses on aluminum, salt slag and zinc waste recycling,
industrial waste management and water management. The
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be information technology unit, managed by subsidiary Telvent,
intentionally listed here more than once.
offers real-time solutions for energy, environment, traffic and
Manuel Sanchez Ortega, Co-CEO transport sectors. The industrial engineering and construction
Amando Sanchez Falcon, CFO unit engineers, operated by Abeinsa, constructs and
Avaro Polo Guerrero, Dir.-Human Resources maintains electrical and mechanical infrastructures, and also
Enrique Aroca Moreno, Dir.-Info. Systems develops, constructs and operates industrial and power
Maarten Hoogstraate, Legal Counsel plants. The Focus-Abengoa Foundation is a restoration
Javier Camacho Donezar, Dir.-Strategy & Corp. Dev. project that seeks to preserve the baroque art and Spanish
Patricia Malo de Molina Melendez, Dir.-Comm. heritage of the historic Hospital of the Venerable Priests.
Barbara Zubiria Furest, Dir.-Investor Rel. Abengoa Solar maintains a joint-venture company with
Jesus Angel Garcia-Quilez Gomez, Dir.-Corp. Finance
Amando Sanchez Falcon, Chief Economics Officer
Desertec called DII, which seeks to develop renewable
Rogelio Bautista Guardeno, Dir.-Risk Mgmt. energy production in the Middle East.
M.A. Jimenez-Velasco Mazario, Gen. Sec.
Felipe Benjumea Llorente, Chmn./Co-CEO
Alfonso Gonzalez Dominguez, Pres., Latin America Bus. Group
Phone: 34-95-493-71-11 Fax: 34-95-493-70-02
Toll-Free:
Address: Parcela ZE-3, Campus Palmas Altas, Seville, 41012
Spain
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $7,908,900 2010 Profits: $294,400 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $5,492,210 2009 Profits: $570,740 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $4,134,360 2008 Profits: $393,080 Employees: 26,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $3,525,360 2007 Profits: $309,770 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 6 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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ACCIONA SA www.acciona.es
Industry Group Code: 237
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Y Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Y Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Y Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Y Green Buildings Tech.: Y
Waste to Energy: Wind: Y Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Y Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Y Hydroelectric: Y Photovoltaic/Solar: Y Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind: Y
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Heavy Construction
Infrastructure Services Acciona S.A. develops and manages infrastructure and
Road Concessions related projects in Spain and internationally. The company
Logistics Services has six primary divisions: Infrastructure; Real Estate; Energy;
Airport Services Water; Environmental & Urban Services; and Logistics &
Passenger Ferries Transport Services. The Infrastructure division builds roads,
Urban & Environmental Services bridges, railways, dams, canals, sewer systems, hospitals,
Alternative Energy Installation seaports and airports. The Real Estate division is involved in
property management, car park operations, apartments,
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: shopping centers, office buildings, university campus
Acciona Logistics accommodations and general real estate development. The
Acciona Rail Services Energy division is focused on the development of renewable
Acciona Airport Services
energy facilities, primarily through the installation of wind
Acciona Forwarding
Acciona Interpress farms and solar arrays. The Water division is involved in the
Acciona TrasMediterranea engineering, construction and management of drinking water
Acciona Thermosolar SL plants, sewage treatment plants and reverse-osmosis
Acciona Agua desalination plants. The Environmental & Urban Services
division offers street cleaning, municipal solid waste
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be collection, park design and maintenance and facility
intentionally listed here more than once.
management services. The Logistics & Transport Services
Juan Gallardo, CFO division encompasses subsidiaries such as Acciona Logistics;
Pio Cabanillas, Head-Global Brand & Mktg. Acciona Rail Services; Acciona Airport Services; Acciona
Jorge Vega-Penichet, General Counsel/Corp. Sec. Forwarding, a provider of logistic services, Acciona
Juan Muro-Lara, Head-Corp. Dev. Interpress, a magazine and press distribution firm; and
Joaquin Mollinedo, Chief Institutional Rel. Officer Acciona TrasMediterranea, a passenger ferry and cargo
Juan Muro-Lara, Head-Investor Rel. shipping firm. The company is active in over 30 countries
Juan Ignacio Entrecanales Franco, Vice Chmn. across Europe, North and South America, Africa, the Middle
Pedro Martinez, Pres., Infrastructure Div. East and Asia. In February 2011, Acciona announced the
Luis Castilla, Pres., Acciona Agua
Alfonso Callejo, Chief Corp. Resources Officer
sale of 15% of Acciona Thermosolar S.L. to Mitsubishi
Jose Manuel Entrecanales, Chmn. Corporation for approximately $60 million. In July 2011, the
Frank Gelardin, Head-Int'l firm announced that its fourth concentrated solar power plant
in Spain, the 50 megawatt (MW) Palma del Rio I, had gone
Phone: 34-91-663-28-50 Fax: 34-91-663-28-51 into service. In August 2011, Acciona Agua commissioned its
Toll-Free: first desalination plant in Fouka, Algeria. In September 2011,
Address: Ave. De Europa, 18, Parque Empresarial La Moreleja, the firm announced the completion of three wind parks in
Alcobendas, 28108 Spain Mexico totaling 306 MW; in addition, the firm announced a
joint venture with Spanish construction firm FCC to build a
new container port in Cadiz, Spain.
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $9,371,870 2010 Profits: $230,820 Int’l Ticker: ANA
2009 Sales: $10,374,100 2009 Profits: $1,720,540 Int’l Exchange: Madrid-MCE
2008 Sales: $17,094,300 2008 Profits: $626,280 Employees: 31,687 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $10,734,400 2007 Profits: $1,282,240 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: ACPW
2010 Sales: $64,955 2010 Profits: $-3,925 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $40,311 2009 Profits: $-11,033 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $42,985 2008 Profits: $-13,442 Employees: 181 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $33,601 2007 Profits: $-20,492 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $354,187 Bonus: $648,900
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $232,054 Bonus: $210,002
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $2,871,780 2010 Profits: $28,550 Int’l Ticker: ARE
2009 Sales: $2,196,360 2009 Profits: $43,130 Int’l Exchange: Toronto-TSX
2008 Sales: $1,492,630 2008 Profits: $47,160 Employees: 1,643 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $1,187,260 2007 Profits: $38,410 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $489,770 Bonus: $946,894
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $431,781 Bonus: $834,782
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $3,378,240 2009 Profits: $66,765 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $4,085,521 2008 Profits: $137,060 Employees: 4,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 8/31
2007 Sales: $2,585,287 2007 Profits: $75,520 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
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AIRTRICITY www.airtricity.com
Industry Group Code: 221119
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Y Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Wind Generation
Retail Electricity Sales Airtricity is a Dublin based company which produces and sells
Hydropower Purchase & Resale wind-generated electricity. Airtricity contracts directly with
Electricity & Gas Duel Fuel Plans end user customers and sells at retail prices. The firm
Electricity Plans supplies electricity to more than 375,000 Irish customers
Gas Plans through 32 operational wind farms throughout Europe, which
Onshore Wind Farms generate over 500 megawatts (MWs) of power. The firm’s
Offshore Wind Farms renewable energy development affiliate company, known as
SSE Renewables, maintains marine, biomass,
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: offshore/onshore wind farm, hydro and solar projects in the
Scottish and Southern Energy plc U.K. and continental Europe. The company is currently
Greater Gabbard Wind Farm developing two of Europe’s larger wind farms: Greater
Clyde Wind Farm
Gabbard, a 504 MW offshore wind farm located off the Suffolk
SSE Renewables
coast of England; and Clyde, a 350 MW onshore wind farm
located in the Upper Clyde Valley in Scotland. Airtricity is a
subsidiary of Scottish and Southern Energy plc, a generator
of renewable energy in the UK and Ireland, with a current
renewable electricity generation capacity of over 3,400 MW
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be and over 1,400 MW of renewable energy projects under
intentionally listed here more than once.
development.
Kevin Greenhorn, Managing Dir.
Paul Dowling, COO
Steve Cowie, Chief Exec.-Scotland
Mark Ennis, Chief Exec.-Aircity Supply
Phone: 353-1-655 6400 Fax: 353-1-655 6444
Toll-Free:
Address: Airtricity House, Ravenscourt Office Park, Dublin,
Ireland 18 UK
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY
PLC
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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ALLIANDER NV www.alliander.com
Industry Group Code: 221
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Y Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Y Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Y Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Electric & Gas Utility
Energy-Related Engineering, Maintenance & Management Services Alliander NV (formerly part of Nuon NV) is holding company
Municipal Lighting, Traffic & Camera Systems whose subsidiaries distribute power and offer energy-related
services, primarily in the Netherlands. It operates through two
branches: Liandon and Liander. Liandon is a technical
support firm that primarily provides engineering, management
and maintenance services for private power grids and other
large industrial installations. To date, it has provided these
services for approximately 670 industrial customers in the
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Netherlands and other countries. Liandon is the service
Liandon provider for Liander. Liander distributes both electricity and
Liander gas to 3 million electricity customers and 2.6 million gas
Liandyn
customers in the Netherlands, including both private and
Nuon NV
Endinet corporate clients. Liander also provides engineering and
support services for power systems, including energy-related
construction and maintenance services. In an effort to makes
its business a greener enterprise, Liander began offering its
customers biogas extracted from cow manure. Additionally,
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be Liandon and Liander are researching other alternative energy
intentionally listed here more than once.
sources, such as biofuels extracted from algae, or microbial
M.R. van Lieshout, CFO fuel cells, a term it uses for bacterium that convert biomaterial
Carlo van der Borgt, Media Rel. into carbon dioxide (CO2) and electricity. In addition to
Enno Dykmann, Investor Rel. Liandon and Liander, Alliander also operates the gas and
P.C. Molengraaf, Chmn.-Mgmt. Board electricity network manager Endinet. Endinet provides the
E.M. d'Hondt, Chmn. operation, design and maintenance of the gas and electricity
Phone: 31-26-844-23-28 Fax: grids in the Eindhoven and Oost-Brabant regions. In June
Toll-Free: 2011, the firm announced the merger between itself and its
wholly-owned subsidiary Alliander Finance N.V.
Address: Utrechtseweg 68, Arnhem, 6812 AH The Netherlands
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $2,032,777 2010 Profits: $315,162 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $2,052,714 2009 Profits: $442,930 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 5,316 Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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ALSTOM SA www.alstom.com
Industry Group Code: 335
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Y Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Equipment-Electric Power Distribution
Energy & Transport Infrastructure Alstom S.A. is a world leader in integrated power plant, power
Power Plant Machinery production services, air quality control systems and rail
Rail Transport Services transport systems with operations in over 70 countries. The
Rail Transport Manufacturing company divides its activities into three sectors: transport,
Technical Consulting & Power Plant Refurbishment power generation and transmission. Alstom Transport
develops and markets a complete range of systems,
equipment and services for the railway market. Alstom offers
rolling stock for high speed and very high speed trains,
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: regional and commuter trains, locomotives, freight cars,
Alstom Power metros, trams and tram-trains. The transport division has
Alstom Transport contracts to build or has built railway cars and equipment for
Alstom Grid
transit systems across the globe, from Russia, China and
Areva
Transmashholding India to Brazil, Italy and the U.S., among others. The power
Amstar Surface Technology Ltd. generation segment, operating as Alstom Power, designs,
BrightSource Energy, Inc. manufactures, supplies and services products and systems
Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. for the power generation sector. Its products and services
include boilers, turbines (gas, hydroelectric and steam),
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be turbogenerators, air quality control systems, product
intentionally listed here more than once.
retrofitting and control systems. It also provides
Patrick Kron, CEO refurbishment and maintenance of existing plants as well as
Nicolas Tissot, CFO turnkey solutions for range of fossil fuel-based and renewable
Bruno Guillemet, Sr. VP-Human Resources energy power generation facilities. Alstom’s transmission
Keith Carr, Group General Counsel business, operating under the moniker Alstom Grid, was
Philippe Joubert, Deputy CEO acquired in June 2010 from Areva. In March 2011, Alstom
Philippe Cochet, Exec. VP/Pres., Alstom Thermal Power acquired Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (UISOL); which
Henri Poupart-Lafarge, Exec. VP/Pres., Transport Sector develops and commercializes the software platform
Patrick Kron, Chmn. DRBizNET. In March 2011, Alstom invested a further $75
Phone: 33-1-41-49-20-00 Fax: 33-1-41-49-24-85 million in BrightSource Energy, Inc.; this follows an initial
Toll-Free: investment of $55 million in May 2010. In April 2011, Alstom
Address: 3 Ave. Andre Malraux, Levallois-Perret, 75795 France and Shanghai Electric Group announced their intent to create
a 50/50 joint company, Alstom-Shanghai Electric Boiler Co.
In May 2011, the firm purchased a 25% stake in the Russian
rail manufacturer Transmashholding. In September 2011,
Alstom Grid was awarded an approximately $91 million
contract in Iraq to design, manufacture, and install the Mosul
East gas-insulated switchgear substation.
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $28,147,300 2011 Profits: $621,500 U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $26,434,800 2010 Profits: $1,760,090 Int’l Ticker: ALSO
2009 Sales: $25,209,200 2009 Profits: $1,647,090 Int’l Exchange: Paris-Euronext
2008 Sales: $22,746,000 2008 Profits: $1,107,600 Employees: 85,225 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $21,880,300 2007 Profits: $686,800 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,484,610 Bonus: $1,812,200
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 11,390 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $230,019
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $286,603 2011 Profits: $-186,284 U.S. Stock Ticker: AMSC
2010 Sales: $315,955 2010 Profits: $16,248 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $182,755 2009 Profits: $-16,635 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $112,396 2008 Profits: $-25,447 Employees: 848 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $52,183 2007 Profits: $-36,675 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $600,000 Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $330,000 Bonus: $4,976
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: AMRS
2010 Sales: $80,311 2010 Profits: $-82,790 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $64,608 2009 Profits: $-64,800 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $13,892 2008 Profits: $-42,336 Employees: 346 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $500,000 Bonus: $424,048
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $360,000 Bonus: $100,000
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: AMAT
2010 Sales: $9,548,667 2010 Profits: $937,866 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $5,013,607 2009 Profits: $-305,327 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $8,129,240 2008 Profits: $960,746 Employees: 13,045 Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31
2007 Sales: $9,734,856 2007 Profits: $1,710,196 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $972,462 Bonus: $3,400,000
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $565,961 Bonus: $1,400,000
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: ARTX
2010 Sales: $73,741 2010 Profits: $- 917 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $74,534 2009 Profits: $-3,054 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $68,949 2008 Profits: $-3,838 Employees: 418 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $57,719 2007 Profits: $-3,501 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $400,000 Bonus: $265,000
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $179,776 Bonus: $89,900
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $695,400 2011 Profits: $-17,800 U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $561,110 2010 Profits: $11,850 Int’l Ticker: ATA
2009 Sales: $794,820 2009 Profits: $44,620 Int’l Exchange: Toronto-TSX
2008 Sales: $616,540 2008 Profits: $-21,750 Employees: 3,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $571,180 2007 Profits: $-79,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Joint Venture
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 80 Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: NISSAN MOTOR CO LTD
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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BASF SE www.basf.com
Industry Group Code: 325
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Y Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Chemicals Manufacturing
Agricultural Products BASF SE, formerly BASF AG, is a chemical manufacturing
Oil & Gas Production company that serves customers in more than 200 countries.
Plastics The firm operates in six business segments: chemicals;
Coatings plastics; performance products; agricultural solutions;
Nanotechnology Research functional solutions; and oil and gas. The chemicals segment
Nutritional Products manufactures inorganic, petrochemical and intermediate
Agricultural Biotechnology chemicals for the pharmaceutical, construction, textile and
automotive industries. The plastics segment manufactures
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: polystyrene and performance polymers for the manufacturing
Wintershall AG and packaging industries. The performance products
BASF Canada segment produces pigments, inks, printing supplies, coatings
BASF Future Business GmbH
and polymers for the automotive, oil, packaging, textile,
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
BASF Hock Mining Chemical Company Ltd. detergent, sanitary care, construction and chemical industries.
BASF AG BASF also employs chemical nanotechnology to produce
Inge Watertechnologies AG pigments used to color coatings, paints, plastics and
sunscreen. The firm's agricultural solutions segment
produces genetically engineered plants, nutritional
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be supplements, herbicides, fungicides and insecticides for use
intentionally listed here more than once.
in agriculture, public health and pest control. The functional
Kurt W. Bock, Chmn.-Exec. Board solutions segment develops automotive and industrial
Hans-Ulrich Engel, CFO catalysts; construction chemicals; and coatings and refinishes
Margret Suckale, Dir.-Human Resources for the automotive and construction markets. The oil and gas
Andreas Kreimeyer, Exec. Dir.-Research segment, operated through Wintershall AG, focuses on
Kurt W. Bock, Exec. Dir.-Info. Svcs. petroleum and natural gas exploration and production in North
Andreas Kreimeyer, Exec. Dir.-Eng & Chemicals Research America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In
Kurt W. Bock, Dir.-Strategic Planning & Controlling January 2011, BASF announced the completion of its
Stefanie Wettberg, VP-Corp. Comm. acquisition of CRI/Criterion’s styrene catalysts business. In
Kurt W. Bock, Head-Investor Rel.
Stefan Marcinowski, Exec. Dir.-Crop Protection
August 2011, the firm announced the completion of its
Jurgen Hambrecht, Chmn. acquisition of ultra filtration specialists Inge
Martin Brudermueller, Exec. Dir.-Asia Pacific Div. Watertechnologies AG. In October 2011, BASF and Ji’Ning
Harald Schwager, Head-Global Procurement & Logistics Hock Mining & Engineering Equipment Company Ltd.
received approval for the formation of a joint venture company
Phone: 49-621-60-0 Fax: 49-621-60-42525
in China to be called BASF Hock Mining Chemical Company
Toll-Free: Ltd.; BASF will take a majority stake of 75% in the new
Address: 38 Carl-Bosch St., Ludwigshafen, 67056 Germany venture.
U.S. employees are offered medical, dental and vision
insurance; life insurance; disability coverage; an employee
savings plan; tuition reimbursement; adoption assistance; and
a supplier discount.
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $93,180,980 2010 Profits: $1,083,466 Int’l Ticker: BAS
2009 Sales: $67,557,500 2009 Profits: $1,879,080 Int’l Exchange: Frankfurt-Euronext
2008 Sales: $83,990,800 2008 Profits: $3,925,610 Employees: 110,289 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $78,122,600 2007 Profits: $5,479,950 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,532,893 Bonus: $2,124,987
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $982,371 Bonus: $1,063,144
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 5 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: BCONQ
2010 Sales: $ 896 2010 Profits: $-22,680 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 968 2009 Profits: $-19,060 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 68 2008 Profits: $-23,568 Employees: 73 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $1,389 2007 Profits: $-12,918 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $330,532 Bonus: $69,063
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $222,294 Bonus: $21,714
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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BELGONUCLEAIRE SA www.belgonucleaire.be
Industry Group Code: 325188
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Y Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Y Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Nuclear Fuels
Nuclear Byproducts Reprocessing Belgonucleaire SA (BN) was established in 1957 to develop
civilian uses of nuclear energy and plutonium-based fuels. It
is jointly owned by the Belgian government, through SCK
CEN, a research center for nuclear energy programs; and
Tractabel Engineering, a Belgian energy company and a
division of Suez-Tractable, S.A. In 1973, the company
developed the MIMAS process, by which weapons-grade
plutonium, depleted uranium and other radioactive byproducts
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: of nuclear weapons and energy production are reprocessed
SCK CEN to form MOX (Mixed Oxide) fuel, which is manufactured as a
Tractabel Engineering 992.1 pound pellet consisting of approximately 92% uranium
MIMAS
oxide and 8% plutonium oxide. Since, after processing, MOX
MOX
is no longer a weapons grade radioactive material, it has the
advantage of decreasing the available supply of plutonium
and uranium for making nuclear weapons, thus reducing the
risk of proliferation, while at the same time producing more
fuel for use in nuclear reactors. However, reactors must be
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be significantly modified before MOX can be used. BN has lent
intentionally listed here more than once.
its expertise to other European countries, offering
Jean Van Vliet, Gen. Mgr. consultations regarding nuclear power-related physics and
Achiel De Backer, Dir.-Personnel design, as well as helping them build MOX manufacturing
Jacques Laurent, Chmn. plants. The company has also been in discussions with
Russia to assist in building a MOX production plant. The
Phone: 32-2-774-05-11 Fax: 32-2-774-05-47
MOX production plant in the U.S., located at the Savannah
Toll-Free: River site in South Carolina, is slated to begin operations in
Address: Ave. Ariane, 4, Brussels, 1200 Belgium 2016.
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $3,300,000 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $2,700,000 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $3,200,000 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 8,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $3,200,000 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Y Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Government-Owned
2010 Sales: $3,055,131 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $2,870,284 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $3,036,618 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30
2007 Sales: $3,268,640 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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BP PLC www.bp.com
Industry Group Code: 211111
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Y Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Refining BP plc is one of the world’s largest integrated oil companies,
Renewable & Alternative Energy with reserves of 18.3 billion barrels of oil and gas equivalent
Lubricants and daily production of about 3.8 million barrels of oil
Natural Gas equivalent. Its core brands include BP, Aral, am/pm, Castrol
Photovoltaic Modules and Wild Bean Cafe. The company operates through three
Gas Stations & Convenience Stores segments: Exploration and Production (E&P); Refining and
Marketing (R&M); and Alternative Energy. E&P manages
BP’s upstream activities, including oil and gas exploration,
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: field development and production; and midstream activities,
BP including the management of crude oil and natural gas
Aral pipelines, processing and export terminals and liquefied
am/pm
natural gas (LNG) processing facilities. R&M focuses on
Companhia Nacional de Acucar e Alcool
Castrol refining, marketing and transporting crude oil and petroleum
Wild Bean Café products to wholesale and retail customers. This segment
also includes the firm’s aromatics and acetyls businesses.
Alternative Energy processes and markets biofuels, such as
ethanol and biodiesel; manages the company’s solar, wind
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be and gas-fired power businesses; and conducts biofuel
intentionally listed here more than once.
research. BP operates in over 80 countries worldwide. In
Robert Dudley, CEO 2010, a major deepwater Gulf of Mexico well on which BP is
Byron E. Grote, CFO the operator and majority owner blew out, creating a massive
Iain C. Conn, CEO-Mktg. & Refining oil spill and significant liabilities for the firm. As a result, BP
Helmut Schuster, Dir.-Human Resources announced a change of CEO and it has been selling assets in
Mike Daily, Exec. VP-Exploration order to raise cash. In March 2011, BP sold its 93% interest
Bob Fryar, Exec. VP-Prod. in the Wattenberg Plant for $575.5 million to a subsidiary of
Rupert Bondy, Group General Counsel Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and also sold 33 refined products
Bernard Loonet, Exec. VP-Dev. terminals and 992 miles of pipeline to Buckeye Partners L.P.
Lamar McKay, Exec. VP
Steve Westwell, Exec. VP-Strategy & Integration
for $225 million. In April 2011, the company announced the
Carl-Henric Svanberg, Chmn. sale of ARCO Aluminum, Inc. to a consortium of Japanese
companies for $680 million. In September 2011, BP
Phone: 44-2074-96-4000 Fax: 44-20-7496-4630 announced that it would acquire 3% of Companhia Nacional
Toll-Free: de Acucar e Alcool, a Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer.
Address: 1 St. James's Sq., London, SW1Y 4PD UK
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $297,107,000 2010 Profits: $-3,324,000 Int’l Ticker: BP
2009 Sales: $239,272,000 2009 Profits: $16,759,000 Int’l Exchange: London-LSE
2008 Sales: $361,143,000 2008 Profits: $21,666,000 Employees: 92,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $284,365,000 2007 Profits: $21,169,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,842,150 Bonus: $2,394,890
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $1,372,044 Bonus: $2,056,519
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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BP SOLAR www.bpsolar.com
Industry Group Code: 334413
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Y Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Y Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Y Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Y Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Solar Power Module Manufacturing
Packaged Solar Power Systems BP Solar designs, manufactures and markets solar electric
Solar System Accessories systems for residential, commercial and industrial
Custom Solar System Design & Consultation applications. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BP
Solar System Installation Alternative Energy, which in turn is a subsidiary of BP plc. At
Community Solar Education & Preparation one time, BP Solar had 203 megawatts (MWs) of cell
Project Feasibility Studies production capacity through its four major manufacturing
Home Solar Power Modules plants in Spain, the U.S. and India. The firm has installed
solar panels in more than 160 countries. These panels have
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: offset approximately 15.43 million tons of carbon dioxide.
BP plc Some of the firm’s costumers include Ericsson, Long Island
BP Alternative Energy Power Authority, NEC and Telstra. In early 2010, BP Solar
and FedEx completed their third joint solar project. Faced
with falling market prices for solar panels due to intense
competition from Chinese manufacturers, BP Solar made the
decision in 2011 to focus on developing solar installations and
wind down its manufacturing capability. The firm announced
that its Frederick, Maryland plant in the U.S. would be phased
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be out by early 2012. In November 2011, the company
intentionally listed here more than once.
completed a 32-MW solar farm in Long Island, New York.
Reyad Fezzani, CEO
Eric Daniels, VP-Global Tech.
Michael Petrucci, VP-Global Oper.
Reyed Fezzani, Chmn.
Phone: 415-284-1900 Fax:
Toll-Free:
Address: 90 New Montgomery St., Ste. 1500, San Francisco, CA
94105 US
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: BP PLC
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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Jorge Carlos Aguilera, CEO
Guilherme Augusto D'Avila Mello Raposo, COO
Eduardo de Come, CFO
Eduardo de Come, Chief Investor Rel. Officer
Jose Mendes Renno, Chmn.
Phone: 55-21-3137-3100 Fax: 55-21-3137-3101
Toll-Free:
Address: Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 1461, 4th Fl, S. Twr., Sao
Paulo, 01452-921 Brazil
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $228,075 2010 Profits: $-2,541 Int’l Ticker: ECOD3
2009 Sales: $201,730 2009 Profits: $-51,110 Int’l Exchange: Sao Paulo-SAO
2008 Sales: $202,710 2008 Profits: $-113,830 Employees: 1,764 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $141,000 2007 Profits: $-15,800 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $13,623,000 2010 Profits: $1,454,000 Int’l Ticker: BAM
2009 Sales: $12,082,000 2009 Profits: $454,000 Int’l Exchange: Toronto-TSX
2008 Sales: $12,909,000 2008 Profits: $649,000 Employees: 18,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $9,343,000 2007 Profits: $787,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $374,445 Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $374,445 Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: AMERIGON INC
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $222,000 Bonus: $78,000
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: CBT
2010 Sales: $2,893,000 2010 Profits: $154,000 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $2,243,000 2009 Profits: $-77,000 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $3,191,000 2008 Profits: $86,000 Employees: 3,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30
2007 Sales: $2,616,000 2007 Profits: $129,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $837,500 Bonus: $1,600,000
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $387,500 Bonus: $454,000
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: CSIQ
2010 Sales: $1,495,509 2010 Profits: $50,569 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $630,961 2009 Profits: $22,778 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $705,006 2008 Profits: $-9,388 Employees: 8,733 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $302,798 2007 Profits: $- 210 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $43,745,000 2010 Profits: $2,910,150 Int’l Ticker: 7751
2009 Sales: $34,440,000 2009 Profits: $1,412,800 Int’l Exchange: Tokyo-TSE
2008 Sales: $44,990,780 2008 Profits: $3,397,231 Employees: 28,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $43,179,800 2007 Profits: $4,705,400 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $109,560,000 2011 Profits: $4,242,000 U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $107,900,000 2010 Profits: $2,600,000 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $116,600,000 2009 Profits: $3,333,000 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $106,300,000 2008 Profits: $3,951,000 Employees: 126,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 5/31
2007 Sales: $88,266,000 2007 Profits: $2,343,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: CAT
2010 Sales: $42,588,000 2010 Profits: $2,700,000 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $32,396,000 2009 Profits: $895,000 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $51,324,000 2008 Profits: $3,557,000 Employees: 104,490 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $44,958,000 2007 Profits: $3,541,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,550,004 Bonus: $868,001
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $895,957 Bonus: $327,253
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 6 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: CV
2010 Sales: $341,925 2010 Profits: $20,954 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $342,098 2009 Profits: $20,749 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $342,162 2008 Profits: $16,385 Employees: 517 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $329,107 2007 Profits: $15,804 Parent Company: GAZ METRO LTD PARTNERSHIP
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $410,000 Bonus: $16,191
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $228,000 Bonus: $16,370
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 4 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
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CEZ AS www.cez.cz
Industry Group Code: 2211
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Y Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Y Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Y Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Y Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Electricity Generation & Distribution
Heat Generation & Distribution CEZ A.S. is a Czech company engaged in the production,
Nuclear Research sale and related maintenance and support of electricity and
Telecommunications heat generation. The firm, through its CEZ Group subsidiary,
Energy Facility Construction & Maintenance is also engaged in telecommunications, informatics, nuclear
Raw Materials Mining research, planning, construction and maintenance of energy
Wind Power facilities, mining raw materials, and processing energy by-
Solar Power products. CEZ serves approximately 7 million customers in
the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Poland and is capable of
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: generating over 60,000 GWh of electricity via 37 hydropower
CEZ Group plants, 18 coal power plants, two nuclear power plants, three
Energotrans wind farms, seven solar power generating facilities and one
combined cycle and gas-fired power plant. The company has
a considerable international presence through its nearly 120
subsidiaries and associates. The bulk of the firm’s activities
are concentrated in Eastern Europe with operations in
Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Germany and Hungary.
In July 2011, subsidiary CEZ Group announced that it is
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be acquiring the heating supply company Energotrans and
intentionally listed here more than once.
selling its 50% equity stake in the mining corporation
Daniel Benes, CEO MIBRAG.
Martin Novak, CFO
Alan Svoboda, Chief Sales Officer
Hana Krbcova, Chief Personnel Officer
Ivan Lapin, Chief Admin. Officer
Pavel Cyrani, Chief Strategy Officer
Peter Bodnar, Chief Investment Officer
Vladimir Hlavinka, Chief Prod. Officer
Vladimir Schmaz, Dir.-Mergers & Acquisitions
Daniel Benes, Chmn.
Tomas Pleskac, CEO-Int'l Div.
Jiri Kudrnac, Chief Dist. Officer
Phone: 420-2-11041111 Fax: 420-2-11042001
Toll-Free:
Address: Duhova 2/1444, Prague, 140 53 Czech Republic
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $11,100,082 2010 Profits: $2,632,451 Int’l Ticker: CEZ
2009 Sales: $10,798,200 2009 Profits: $2,937,940 Int’l Exchange: Frankfurt-Euronext
2008 Sales: $9,842,180 2008 Profits: $2,578,300 Employees: 32,627 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $7,650,000 2007 Profits: $1,330,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $361,217 2010 Profits: $645,426 Int’l Ticker: 1038
2009 Sales: $295,530 2009 Profits: $718,250 Int’l Exchange: Hong Kong-HKEX
2008 Sales: $315,470 2008 Profits: $571,590 Employees: 1,045 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $240,640 2007 Profits: $616,620 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 7 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: CVX
2010 Sales: $204,928,000 2010 Profits: $19,136,000 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $171,636,000 2009 Profits: $10,483,000 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $273,005,000 2008 Profits: $23,931,000 Employees: 62,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $220,904,000 2007 Profits: $18,688,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,793,750 Bonus: $3,000,000
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $946,042 Bonus: $1,260,000
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: CHEVRON CORPORATION
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: CBI
2010 Sales: $3,642,318 2010 Profits: $204,559 Int’l Ticker: BDZ
2009 Sales: $4,556,503 2009 Profits: $174,289 Int’l Exchange: Frankfurt-Euronext
2008 Sales: $5,944,981 2008 Profits: $-21,146 Employees: 13,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $4,363,492 2007 Profits: $165,640 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Y Top Exec. Salary: $985,000 Bonus: $2,493,125
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $616,911 Bonus: $942,786
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: CTDC
2010 Sales: $8,149 2010 Profits: $-5,330 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $-5,635 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 233 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be
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Dilma Seli Pena, CEO
Rui de Britto Alvares Alfonso, CFO
Marcelo S.H. de Freitas, CTO
Rui de Britto Alvares Alfonso, Chief Investor Rel. Officer
Manuelito Pereira Magalhaes, Corp. Mgmt. Officer
Marcelo S.H. de Freitas, Enterprises & Environment Officer
Edson de Oliveira Giriboni, Chmn.
Phone: 55-11-3388-8200 Fax: 55-11-3813-0254
Toll-Free:
Address: 300 Rua Costa Carvalho Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, 05429-
000 Brazil
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $5,352,000 2010 Profits: $945,300 Int’l Ticker: SBSP3
2009 Sales: $4,974,200 2009 Profits: $874,200 Int’l Exchange: Sao Paulo-SAO
2008 Sales: $3,713,840 2008 Profits: $37,190 Employees: 15,330 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: S Y
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Mauro Guilherme Jardim Arce, CEO
Vicente K. Okazaki, CFO
Mituo Hirota, Dir.-Prod.
Mauro Guilherme Jardim Arce, Dir.-Eng.
Armando Shalders Neto, Dir.-Admin.
Vicente K. Okazaki, Dir.-Investor Rel.
Mauro Guilherme Jardim Arce, Dir.-Construction
Jose Anibal Peres de Pontes, Chmn.
Phone: 55-11-56131200 Fax: 55-11-56126849
Toll-Free:
Address: Ave. Nossa Senhora do Sabara no. 5312, Sao Paulo,
04447-011 Brazil
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $1,657,900 2010 Profits: $259,700 Int’l Ticker: CESP6
2009 Sales: $1,688,900 2009 Profits: $340,100 Int’l Exchange: Sao Paulo-SAO
2008 Sales: $1,432,110 2008 Profits: $-1,358,130 Employees: 1,463 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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CONERGY AG www.conergy-group.com
Industry Group Code: 334413
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Y Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Y Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Photovoltaics
Conergy AG is engaged in the design, manufacture,
installation and operation of photovoltaic (PV) systems. The
company operates in two segments: Conergy PV and the
Components Segment. The Conergy PV segment comprises
the sales and marketing of self-produced and purchased PV
products systems solutions; while the Components segment
comprises the company’s manufacturing activities. The firm
manufactures wafer, cell and module lines; its products
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: include solar-power installations with PV panels, tracking
Conergy systems inverters, mounting products and system monitoring
SunTechnics tools. Conergy operates three manufacturing facilities in
Germany: in Frankfurt (Oder), Rangsdorf and Bad Vilbel. The
firm’s brands include Conergy and SunTechnics. Conergy PV
is also involved in the development, financing and
implementation of large-scale PV projects. In January 2011,
the firm announced plans to construct five new solar projects
in Italy with a combined total capacity of 4.1 MW; additionally,
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be the firm announced the sale of its subsidiary Gustrower
intentionally listed here more than once.
Warmepumpen GmbH to SmartHeart Inc. In April 2011,
Sebastian Biedenkopf, Managing Dir. Conergy opened its third solar park in Northern Germany
Alexander Gorski, COO completed in the last 12 months. In the same month, it
Antje Stephan, Head-Corp. Comm. finished a 12.4 MW facility in Thailand, its third solar park in
Christoph Marx, Dir.-Investor Rel. the country. In May 2011, Conergy announced the
Philip Comberg, Chmn. completion of its first solar power system in North America,
Phone: 49-40-2371-020 Fax: 49-40-2371-02148 located on the roof top of Fujifilm’s branch office in Oahu,
Toll-Free: Hawaii. In June 2011, the company completed a 1.5 MW
solar park in Arta, Greece and a 2 MW solar park in Grevena,
Address: Anckelmannsplatz 1, Hamburg, 20537 Germany Greece. In July 2011, Conergy completed Great Britain’s
largest solar power plant, at 5 MW. In November 2011, the
firm disclosed plans to build an 8.2 MW and a 1.2 MW solar
park in Grimmen and Thalham, Germany respectively.
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $1,294,400 2010 Profits: $-63,300 Int’l Ticker: CGY
2009 Sales: $795,760 2009 Profits: $-105,810 Int’l Exchange: Paris-Euronext
2008 Sales: $1,503,660 2008 Profits: $-317,560 Employees: 1,574 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $896,000 2007 Profits: $-314,400 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $10,476,500 2010 Profits: $447,500 Int’l Ticker: CSAN3
2009 Sales: $8,894,600 2009 Profits: $611,100 Int’l Exchange: Sao Paulo-SAO
2008 Sales: $1,580,250 2008 Profits: $-27,610 Employees: 35,351 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: DD
2010 Sales: $31,505,000 2010 Profits: $3,031,000 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $26,109,000 2009 Profits: $1,755,000 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $30,529,000 2008 Profits: $2,007,000 Employees: 60,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $29,378,000 2007 Profits: $2,988,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,130,768 Bonus: $1,500,000
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $625,563 Bonus: $603,000
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 7 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: DYMTF
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 25 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $521,430 Bonus: $66,142
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $333,381 Bonus: $42,288
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: ELON
2010 Sales: $111,037 2010 Profits: $-31,312 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $103,338 2009 Profits: $-32,034 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $134,047 2008 Profits: $-25,831 Employees: 318 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $137,577 2007 Profits: $-14,512 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $428,483 Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $342,000 Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Government-Owned
2010 Sales: $86,443,300 2010 Profits: $1,353,100 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $78,451,000 2009 Profits: $5,176,100 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $84,695,000 2008 Profits: $4,621,600 Employees: 158,842 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $81,629,000 2007 Profits: $7,689,700 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 6 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: EMKR
2010 Sales: $191,278 2010 Profits: $-23,694 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $176,356 2009 Profits: $-136,069 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $239,303 2008 Profits: $-80,860 Employees: 900 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30
2007 Sales: $169,606 2007 Profits: $-58,722 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $434,129 Bonus: $95,000
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $425,167 Bonus: $85,000
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $95,749,700 2010 Profits: $5,842,700 Int’l Ticker: ENEL
2009 Sales: $82,128,400 2009 Profits: $6,964,190 Int’l Exchange: Milan-BI
2008 Sales: $78,495,900 2008 Profits: $6,832,520 Employees: 78,313 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $56,395,100 2007 Profits: $5,055,010 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $970,693 Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $791,580 Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: HEV
2010 Sales: $77,406 2010 Profits: $-68,801 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $34,800 2009 Profits: $-51,004 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $6,848 2008 Profits: $-52,460 Employees: 769 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 280 2007 Profits: $-63,938 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $500,000 Bonus: $250,000
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $430,000 Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker: EWEC
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange: Brussels-Euronext
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 12,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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ENERG2 www.energ2.com
Industry Group Code: 541712N
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Y Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Y Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Energy Storage
EnerG2 develops advanced nano-structured materials for
energy storage breakthroughs. The company is currently
focused on customizing electrode materials to enhance
energy and power density in ultracapacitor, advanced lead-
acid batteries and lithium ion chemistries. Ultracapacitors,
also known as electric double layer capacitors, are
electrochemical capacitors with very high energy density
levels. The firm is also developing advanced storage
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: capabilities for hydrogen and methane molecules. EnerG2
Firelake Capital Management utilizes sol-gel processing, a chemical synthesis that gels
Northwest Energy Angels colloidal suspensions to form solids through heat and
WRF Capital
catalysts. EnerG2 focuses much of its efforts and attention
Frontier Angel Fund
OVP Venture Partners on three core carbon material groups: monoliths, nano-
Sustainability Investment Fund (The) composites and powders. Monoliths, which are used in
University of Washington methane and natural gas storage systems, are composed of
Yaletown Venture Partners powders in generally solid forms. Nano-Composites, which
are essential to hydrogen storage, are created when carbon
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be materials are mixed with chemical and metal hydrides. The
intentionally listed here more than once.
firm uses powders in infinitely variable carbon particle sizes in
Eric Luebbe, CEO order to make high-performance electrode materials for
Chris Wheaton, COO ultracapacitors. With regard to batteries, an area EnerG2
Chris Wheaton, CFO began applying its technology to in April 2011, the company
Henry Costantino, VP-R&D hopes to be able to extend the life of lead acid batteries for
Aaron Feaver, CTO large scale renewable energy power grid usage and utilize its
Phil Souza, VP-Mfg. carbons to create more efficient lithium batteries for hybrid
Mark Liffmann, VP-Bus. Dev. cars. EnerG2’s investors include WRF Capital, the University
Phone: 206-547-0445 Fax: 425-650-7012 of Washington, Frontier Angel Fund, the Sustainability
Toll-Free: Investment Fund, Yaletown Venture Partners, Firelake Capital
Address: 100 N.E. Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98105 US Management, Washington Technology Center, OVP Venture
Partners and Northwest Energy Angels. In 2010, the firm
began construction on a synthetic high-performance carbon
electrode material production facility in Albany, Oregon.
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $232,546 2011 Profits: $-302,745 U.S. Stock Ticker: ENER
2010 Sales: $254,416 2010 Profits: $-456,009 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $316,293 2009 Profits: $8,547 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $255,861 2008 Profits: $3,853 Employees: 1,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30
2007 Sales: $113,567 2007 Profits: $-25,231 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $436,488 Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $290,160 Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: ENOC
2010 Sales: $280,157 2010 Profits: $9,577 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $190,675 2009 Profits: $-6,829 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $106,115 2008 Profits: $-36,662 Employees: 484 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $70,242 2007 Profits: $-23,582 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $401,538 Bonus: $475,000
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $326,250 Bonus: $300,000
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: ENTG
2010 Sales: $688,416 2010 Profits: $84,356 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $398,644 2009 Profits: $-57,721 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $554,699 2008 Profits: $-517,002 Employees: 2,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $626,238 2007 Profits: $44,359 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $598,154 Bonus: $25,004
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $382,154 Bonus: $15,957
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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ESSENT NV www.essent.eu
Industry Group Code: 221
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Y Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Y Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Y Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid: Y
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Electric & Gas Utility
Waste Management Services Essent NV is a Netherlands-based energy company. The
Heat Generation firm, which is wholly-owned by major European electricity/gas
company RWE AG, operates in the electricity, heat, gas, wind
energy and biofuel sectors. Annually, the company produces
about 23% of the Netherlands’ sustainable energy. Essent
supplies electricity to approximately 2.3 million customers,
including 2.13 million customers in the Netherlands and
172,000 in Belgium. The company has an installed capacity
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: of about 160 megawatts (MW) of combined heat and power
RWE AG (CHP) units at the houses of the customers of its subsidiary
RWE Energy Nederland Westland Energie Services. CHP units are up to 80% more
Windpark Westereems
efficient than independent heat end electricity generators.
The firm also supplies gas to roughly 1.9 million customers,
1.92 million of which are in the Netherlands and 59,000 of
which are in Belgium. The company’s wind power operations
consist of twelve wind energy parks on the Dutch mainland.
One of these parks, Windpark Westereems, is one of the
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be largest in the Netherlands, with a production capacity of 156
intentionally listed here more than once.
MW. Essent’s Amercentrale power plant simultaneously
Peter Terium, CEO burns biomass with coal. Its Cuijk biomass plant, which solely
Arjan Blok, CFO burns wood chips to produce biomass, supplies power to
Nina Skorupska, CTO roughly 60,000 Dutch households. In addition to these
Erwin van Laethem, Chief Commercial Officer facilities, the company owns four power plants with a
Rein Willems, Chmn. combined capacity of over 3,200 MW; a cogeneration facility;
Phone: 31-73-853-4939 Fax: 31-26-851-1389 and two hydropower plants that produce 35.3 million kilowatt
Toll-Free: hours per annually. Since RWE AG acquired Essent, it has
combined the operations of its former subsidiary RWE Energy
Address: Willemsplein 4, Hertogenbosch, 5211 AK The Nederland with those of Essent.
Netherlands
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $8,696,947 2010 Profits: $1,084,238 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $7,531,880 2009 Profits: $5,804,700 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $8,612,270 2008 Profits: $1,207,560 Employees: 784 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $11,125,300 2007 Profits: $1,494,330 Parent Company: RWE AG
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $19,184,100 2010 Profits: $1,058,730 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $16,030,300 2009 Profits: $294,220 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $21,002,200 2008 Profits: $377,100 Employees: 34,407 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $19,603,000 2007 Profits: $1,190,040 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: XOM
2010 Sales: $370,125,000 2010 Profits: $30,460,000 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $301,500,000 2009 Profits: $19,280,000 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $459,579,000 2008 Profits: $45,220,000 Employees: 83,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $390,328,000 2007 Profits: $40,610,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $2,207,000 Bonus: $3,360,000
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $1,085,000 Bonus: $2,144,000
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: FSLR
2010 Sales: $2,563,515 2010 Profits: $664,201 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $2,066,200 2009 Profits: $640,138 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $1,246,301 2008 Profits: $348,330 Employees: 6,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $503,976 2007 Profits: $158,354 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $850,000 Bonus: $2,510,352
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $555,000 Bonus: $10,160
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: FLR
2010 Sales: $20,849,300 2010 Profits: $441,100 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $21,990,300 2009 Profits: $732,875 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $22,325,900 2008 Profits: $748,903 Employees: 39,229 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $16,691,000 2007 Profits: $527,961 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,248,042 Bonus: $3,663,280
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $791,835 Bonus: $1,310,540
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 6 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: FWLT
2010 Sales: $4,067,719 2010 Profits: $230,709 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $5,056,334 2009 Profits: $361,358 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $6,854,290 2008 Profits: $526,620 Employees: 12,105 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $5,107,243 2007 Profits: $393,874 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,250,000 Bonus: $1,625,000
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $817,111 Bonus: $1,274,700
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: FSYS
2010 Sales: $430,632 2010 Profits: $40,284 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $452,325 2009 Profits: $49,841 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $382,697 2008 Profits: $23,342 Employees: 1,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $265,331 2007 Profits: $5,883 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $589,344 Bonus: $149,395
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $397,920 Bonus: $74,000
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: FCEL
2010 Sales: $69,777 2010 Profits: $-56,235 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $88,016 2009 Profits: $-68,674 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $100,735 2008 Profits: $-93,357 Employees: 441 Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31
2007 Sales: $48,234 2007 Profits: $-68,674 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $386,005 Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $278,493 Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $37,514,000 2010 Profits: $7,271,000 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $37,134,000 2009 Profits: $6,842,000 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $38,570,000 2008 Profits: $6,080,000 Employees: 82,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $30,698,000 2007 Profits: $4,817,000 Parent Company: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE)
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 2,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE)
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: DANISCO A/S
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be
intentionally listed here more than once.
Wen-Yan Pan, Chmn.
Phone: 886-37-586-198 Fax: 886-37-586-199
Toll-Free:
Address: No. 21 Kebei 1st Rd., Jhunan, 350 Taiwan
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $982,340 2010 Profits: $150,830 Int’l Ticker: 3514
2009 Sales: $514,923 2009 Profits: $2,310 Int’l Exchange: Taipei-TPE
2008 Sales: $492,000 2008 Profits: $59,330 Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $212,290 2007 Profits: $15,140 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: GPRE
2010 Sales: $2,132,968 2010 Profits: $48,012 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $1,304,174 2009 Profits: $19,790 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 605 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $450,000 Bonus: $37,492
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $280,000 Bonus: $10,242
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: GSPI.PK
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: HW
2010 Sales: $654,699 2010 Profits: $-49,482 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $666,676 2009 Profits: $-415,550 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $886,404 2008 Profits: $-169,680 Employees: 2,860 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30
2007 Sales: $1,207,844 2007 Profits: $20,054 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $650,000 Bonus: $568,473
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $317,750 Bonus: $220,076
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $110,064,400 2011 Profits: $3,138,700 U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $109,058,000 2010 Profits: $-1,026,200 Int’l Ticker: 6501
2009 Sales: $103,003,801 2009 Profits: $-8,109,571 Int’l Exchange: Tokyo-TSE
2008 Sales: $113,390,020 2008 Profits: $-587,060 Employees: 361,745 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $87,107,200 2007 Profits: $-278,800 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
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HOCHTIEF AG www.hochtief.de
Industry Group Code: 237
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Y Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Y Green Buildings Tech.: Y
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Y Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Heavy Construction
Airport Management & Consulting Services HOCHTIEF AG is a construction services provider that
Infrastructure Development designs, builds, finances and operates facilities worldwide.
Geothermal Plant Construction The company operates through 4 divisions: HOCHTIEF
Green Building Engineering Services Americas, HOCHTIEF Europe, HOCHTIEF Asia-Pacific and
HOCHTIEF Concessions. The Americas division includes the
activities of subsidiaries in the U.S. and Brazil, including
Turner Construction Company, a U.S. general construction
contractor and green building engineering firm; and Flatiron,
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: among the top 10 suppliers in the U.S. transportation
Turner Construction Company infrastructure construction sector. The Europe division’s
Flatiron leading company, HOCHTIEF Solutions A.G., provides civil
HOCHTIEF Solutions AG
and structural engineering, as well as building construction
HOCHTIEF AirPort
HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions services. The core of the Asia-Pacific division is Leighton
Leighton Holdings Ltd Holdings, Ltd., which operates the Australian subsidiaries
Leighton Asia (Northern) Ltd Leighton Contractors Pty., Leighton Properties Pty., John
Leighton Asia (Southern) Ltd Holland Group Pty. and Thiess Pty.; and Leighton Asia
(Northern), Ltd. and Leighton Asia (Southern), Ltd., in Hong
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be Kong. The concessions division covers business areas such
intentionally listed here more than once.
as airports, roads, municipal infrastructure and public-private
Frank Stieler, CEO partnership (PPP) projects, including the operations of
Peter Sassenfeld, CFO subsidiaries HOCHTIEF AirPort and HOCHTIEF PPP
Peter Noack, Managing Dir.-HOCHTIEF Dev. Czech Rep. Solutions. The company’s concessions portfolio contains
Frank Stieler, Chmn. approximately six airports, eight roads, more than 100
Martin Rohr, Dir.-HOCHTIEF Americas schools, 18 police facilities, a community center and a military
Phone: 49-201-824-0 Fax: 49-201-824-2777 base. In addition to these primary divisions, subsidiary
Toll-Free: HOCHTIEF Insurance Broking & Risk Management Solutions
handles insurance services for the company’s units, while
Address: Opernplatz 2, Essen, 45128 Germany HOCHTIEF ViCon offers virtual design and construction
services to HOCHTIEF units and outside clients.
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $29,120,500 2010 Profits: $416,020 Int’l Ticker: HOT
2009 Sales: $24,519,300 2009 Profits: $263,470 Int’l Exchange: Frankfurt-Euronext
2008 Sales: $25,783,870 2008 Profits: $419,100 Employees: 70,657 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $22,205,420 2007 Profits: $165,870 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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HYDRO-QUEBEC www.hydroquebec.com
Industry Group Code: 221111
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Y Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Y Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Y Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Y Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Y Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Electric Utility
Hydroelectric & Wind Power Hydro-Quebec (HQ), owned by the government of Quebec, is
Hybrid Drive Train Systems one of the largest generators and distributors of electric power
Construction & Engineering in Canada and the largest supplier of electricity to Quebec.
Technical Consulting & Services The company serves over 4 million residents of Quebec. Its
Technology & Research businesses include distribution, transmission, generation,
PEV Charging Stations construction and technological innovation, in partnership with
universities, industry and research centers. HQ operates over
571 dams and 26 large reservoirs and holds various oil and
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: gas exploration permits. Although its focus is on the Quebec
Hydro-Quebec Production region, the firm’s operations include dozens of subsidiaries in
Hydro-Quebec Distribution regions including the U.S., Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Hydro-Quebec TransEnergie
The firm’s subsidiaries include the following. Hydro-Quebec
Societe d’Energie de la Baie James
Hydro-Quebec Equipement et services partages Production generates the firm’s electricity, operating 60
Technologies M4, Inc. hydroelectric generating stations (which account for 94% of
Hydro-Quebec International, Inc. the firm’s installed generating capacity), one nuclear facility
(2%) and 28 thermal plants (4%), with a combined capacity of
36.67 gigawatts (GW). Hydro-Quebec TransEnergie operates
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be the firm’s transmission system of over 20,700 miles of
intentionally listed here more than once.
transmission lines and 514 substations. Hydro-Quebec
Thierry Vandal, CEO Distribution, operating nearly 70,000 miles of distribution
Thierry Vandal, Pres. lines, sells the firm’s electricity in Quebec and in the U.S.
Bruno Gingras, VP-Human Resources through short- and long-term contracts. The firm’s
Elie Saheb, Exec. VP-Tech. engineering and construction services, including building
Marie-Jose Nadeau, Sec. transmission lines and substations, are provided by Societe
Marie-Jose Nadeau, Exec. VP-Corp. Affairs d’Energie de la Baie James and Hydro-Quebec Equipment et
Jean-Hugues Lafleur, VP-Finance, Treasury & Pension Fund services partages. Technologies M4, Inc. is an innovator in
Richard Cacchione, Pres., Hydro-Quebec Generation developing hybrid drive train systems used by major
Andre Boulanger, Pres., Hydro-Quebec TransEnergie
Lise Croteau, VP-Acct. & Control
manufacturers in hybrid cars. Lastly, Hydro-Quebec
Michael L. Turcotte, Chmn. International, Inc. offers consultations for dam safety,
Isabelle Courville, Pres., Hydro-Quebec Dist. operations, engineering, nuclear technology, testing and
research. Recently, the company, in partnership with several
Phone: 514-289-2211 Fax: 514-289-5440 other Canadian firms, has been developing Canada’s first
Toll-Free: public charging network for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). It
Address: 75 Rene-Levesque Blvd. W., 20th Fl., Montreal, QC expects these charging stations to be operational in early
H2Z 1A4 Canada 2012.
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Government-Owned
2010 Sales: $12,338,000 2010 Profits: $2,515,000 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $12,303,400 2009 Profits: $2,871,000 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $11,974,600 2008 Profits: $2,957,630 Employees: 23,659 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $10,095,200 2007 Profits: $2,379,290 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $408,377 Bonus: $121,508
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $358,055 Bonus: $99,034
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 4 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $462,610 2010 Profits: $71,000 Int’l Ticker: 600
2009 Sales: $404,060 2009 Profits: $57,020 Int’l Exchange: Singapore-SIN
2008 Sales: $425,350 2008 Profits: $44,850 Employees: 2,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 4 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $2,567,200 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker: IBR
2009 Sales: $2,624,550 2009 Profits: $484,780 Int’l Exchange: Madrid-MCE
2008 Sales: $2,652,240 2008 Profits: $509,730 Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $1,191,300 2007 Profits: $146,900 Parent Company: IBERDROLA SA
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y
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IBERDROLA SA www.iberdrola.es
Industry Group Code: 2211
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Y Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Y Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Electricity Generation & Distribution
Wind Generation Iberdrola S.A., a Spanish electric utility, serves over 30 million
Hydroelectric Generation customers worldwide, generating over 154,000 gigawatts
Engineering & Construction hours (GWh) of electricity and with an installed capacity of
Telecommunications 44,991 megawatts (MW) in 2010. Iberdrola is one of the
Real Estate world’s leaders in renewable energy with an installed capacity
Gas & Water Distribution of 12,532 MW and generating 25,405 GWh in 2010. The firm
has moved beyond power generation in recent years, due to
the deregulation of the Spanish electric industry, and now is
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: involved in engineering and construction, real estate, gas and
Westec Environmental Solutions water distribution and telecommunications. The company
Elektro operates subsidiaries in the U.K., U.S., Europe, India, South
Iberdrola Renovables SAU
America, Africa, the Middle East and Russia. In January
2011, Iberdrola Renovables SAU announced the acquisition
of the Beii Nee Stipa wind farm in Mexico from Gamesa. In
March 2011, Iberdrola announced that it will absorb its
subsidiary Iberdola Renovables into the parent company. In
April 2011, the firm announced the completion of the
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be acquisition of the electricity distributor Elektro from AEI for
intentionally listed here more than once.
$2.4 billion. In June 2011, the company announced the
Jose Ignacio Sanchez Galan, CEO acquisition of a 20% holding in Westec Environmental
Jose Sainz Armada, CFO Solutions. In July 2011, Iberdrola Renovables announced the
Julián Martínez-Simancas Sánchez, Sec. acquisition of the wind farms Conesa II and Savalla from
Jose Luis San Pedro Guerenabarrena, Dir.-Oper. Gamesa.
Jose Luis del Valle Doblado, Dir.-Strategy & Studies
Fernando Becker Zuazua, Dir.-Corp. Resources
Jose Luis San Pedro, Head-Iberia & Latin America.
Jose Ignacio Sanchez Galan, Chmn.
Amparo Moraleda, Head-Int'l Bus.
Phone: 34-944-151-411 Fax: 34-944-663-194
Toll-Free:
Address: 8 Cardenal Gardoqui, Bilbao, 48008 Spain
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $40,848,500 2010 Profits: $3,853,700 Int’l Ticker: IBE
2009 Sales: $34,755,500 2009 Profits: $3,791,200 Int’l Exchange: Madrid-MCE
2008 Sales: $33,821,600 2008 Profits: $3,839,900 Employees: 31,340 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $25,500,000 2007 Profits: $3,440,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: INVESTEC LIMITED
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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ISOFOTON www.isofoton.com
Industry Group Code: 334413
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Y Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Y Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Photovoltaic Cells
Thermal Collector Manufacturing Isofoton, based in Spain, is among the top producers of
photovoltaic cells in the world, offering photovoltaic and
thermal solutions based on solar energy. A leader in
European manufacturing and the largest producer of
photovoltaic cells in Spain, the company has been recognized
for its success in opening up foreign markets for its country’s
economy. Isofoton has completed projects in more than 60
countries on five continents. It operates in the U.S. solar
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: market through subsidiary Isofoton North America, Inc. The
Isofoton North America Inc firm has demonstrated a strong commitment to using solar
Affirma-Toptec energy to improve conditions in developing countries, with
Affirma Energy Engineering & Technology
many of its projects designed to provide energy for schools
TopTec
and infrastructure in remote rural locations in Ecuador, Peru,
Nepal, Indonesia, Tunisia, Ghana, Gambia, Morocco, Algeria
and Senegal. The company aims to provide energy solutions
for areas with limited power grid access, allowing them to
supplement the energy obtained from conventional sources
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be without harming the environment. Isofoton’s total photovoltaic
intentionally listed here more than once.
production is 180 megawatts (MW), while its total thermal
Ignacio de Colmenares Y Brunet, CEO production is 21 MW. Per year, Isofoton generates
Emiliano Perezagua, COO approximately 70 million kilowatts of photovoltaic electricity.
Jesus Alonso, Dir.-R&D In addition to stand-alone rural electrification projects,
Isofoton also produces grid-connected systems and thermal
Phone: 34-9-14-14-78-00 Fax: 34-91-414-79-00
solar systems used in public lighting, water supply,
Toll-Free: telecommunications, indoor heating and, in Spain, the heating
Address: Paseo de la Castellana 259, Madrid, 28014 Spain of swimming pools and spas. In order to facilitate its
international operations, the firm also provides financial, legal,
technical and training services to its clients. In mid 2010,
Isofoton was acquired by Affirma-Toptec, a consortium
between Affirma Energy Engineering & Technology and
TopTec.
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: AFFIRMA-TOPTEC
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $16,685,400 2011 Profits: $1,612,600 U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $13,205,900 2010 Profits: $493,100 Int’l Ticker: 6971
2009 Sales: $11,399,859 2009 Profits: $298,040 Int’l Exchange: Tokyo-TSE
2008 Sales: $12,904,360 2008 Profits: $1,072,440 Employees: 66,608 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $10,880,483 2007 Profits: $902,576 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: KYOCERA CORP
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: LDK
2010 Sales: $2,577,378 2010 Profits: $294,367 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $1,103,546 2009 Profits: $-237,568 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $1,643,495 2008 Profits: $66,408 Employees: 22,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $523,946 2007 Profits: $144,301 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: LUNA
2010 Sales: $34,538 2010 Profits: $-2,620 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $34,572 2009 Profits: $-19,845 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $36,898 2008 Profits: $-6,286 Employees: 187 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $33,682 2007 Profits: $-7,849 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $250,000 Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $185,000 Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: MKTY
2010 Sales: $6,224 2010 Profits: $-12,504 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $6,263 2009 Profits: $-3,099 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $6,224 2008 Profits: $-12,504 Employees: 51 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $9,028 2007 Profits: $-9,575 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $323,077 Bonus: $175,000
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $176,712 Bonus: $9,415
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $11,100,000 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $11,200,000 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $12,700,000 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 15,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $12,376,000 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Y Top Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Bonus: $13,000,000
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $822,917 Bonus: $5,000,000
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
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2011 Sales: $67,689,300 2011 Profits: $6,021,400 U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $59,030,300 2010 Profits: $3,573,000 Int’l Ticker: 8058
2009 Sales: $80,032,700 2009 Profits: $4,083,990 Int’l Exchange: Tokyo-TSE
2008 Sales: $78,400,500 2008 Profits: $4,627,900 Employees: 58,723 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $46,297,333 2007 Profits: $3,784,493 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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2011 Sales: $1,448,235 2011 Profits: $6,180 U.S. Stock Ticker: MOD
2010 Sales: $1,163,234 2010 Profits: $-29,279 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $1,408,714 2009 Profits: $-108,612 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $1,601,672 2008 Profits: $-68,633 Employees: 6,497 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $1,525,492 2007 Profits: $42,691 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $697,350 Bonus: $1,396,875
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $431,025 Bonus: $570,110
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: NEXTERA ENERGY INC
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
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NORDEX AG www.nordex-online.com
Industry Group Code: 33361
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Y Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Y Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Y Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind: Y
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Wind Turbine Manufacturing
Nordex AG is a German manufacturer of wind energy
systems, specializing in wind turbines. The company’s wind
turbines range from 1.5-2.5 megawatts (MW) and include the
N100, a 2.5 MW turbine; the N90, which is available in a 2.5
MW version as well as a 2.5 MW offshore version; the N80,
also a 2.5 MW turbine; and the N77 and the N82, which both
have 1.5 MW and are available exclusively in the Asia-Pacific
region. Nordex offers planning, delivery, installation and
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: commissioning services for all its products. Additionally, the
Nordex USA, Inc. firm offers maintenance, service and financing for its
N100 products. The company maintains rotor blade production
N90
facilities in Germany and China and currently has a total rated
N82
N80 output of over 7,100 MW from more than 4,600 individual
Beebe Community Wind Farm LLC wind turbines in 34 countries worldwide. Nordex has offices
Way Wind LLC and subsidiaries in 19 countries. The firm operates two
Nordex Energy GmbH wholly-owned subsidiaries Nordex Energy GmbH and Nordex
Energy B.V. In March 2011, Nordex USA entered into a joint
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be venture with Beebe Community Wind Farm LLC for the co-
intentionally listed here more than once.
development and construction of a wind farm in Michigan. In
Jurgen Zeschky, CEO April 2011, the firm announced that its largest wind farm in
Marc Sielemann, COO France, with a capacity of 75 MW, is now online. In June
Bernard Schaferbarthold, CFO 2011, Nordex USA entered into a joint venture with Way Wind
Lars Bondo Krogsgaard, Chief Sales Officer LLC for the co-development and construction of a wind farm
Eberhard Voss, CTO in Nebraska. In July 2011, Nordex USA announced the
Ralf Peters, Head-Corp. Comm. completion of the largest project ever undertaken by the
Ralf Peters, Head-Investor Rel. Nordex Group. The project consisted of 60 N90/2500 wind
Uwe Luders, Chmn. turbines in Colorado and will produce 150 MW. In August
Ralf Sigrist, Pres., Nordex USA, Inc.
2011, the firm announced the expansion of its business in
Phone: 49-40-30030-1000 Fax: 49-40-30030-1101 Eastern Europe with its entry into the Romanian market with
Toll-Free: projects totaling 20 MW.
Address: Langenhorner Chaussee 600, Hamburg, 22419
Germany
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $1,372,000 2010 Profits: $29,500 Int’l Ticker: NDX
2009 Sales: $1,560,300 2009 Profits: $31,920 Int’l Exchange: Paris-Euronext
2008 Sales: $1,702,070 2008 Profits: $71,340 Employees: 2,504 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $937,090 2007 Profits: $67,990 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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NOVOZYMES www.novozymes.com
Industry Group Code: 325414
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Industrial Enzyme & Microorganism Production
Biopharmaceuticals Novozymes is a biotechnology company that specializes in
Enzymes microbiology and enzymes. The firm currently sells over 700
Microbiology products in 130 countries worldwide. It splits its business into
two main areas: Enzyme Business and BioBusiness. The
Enzyme Business, which accounts for almost 95% of sales, is
split into detergent, technical, food and feed enzymes.
Enzymes are used in detergents, such as Mannaway and
Stainzyme Plus, which break down water-insoluble stains into
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: matersoluble molecules that can be rinsed away. Technical
Mannaway enzymes transform starch in sugar for starch and fuel
Stainzyme Plus industries and are applied in the textile, leather, forestry and
Spirizyme
alcohol industries. Technical enzymes include the brand
Sucrozyme
Acrylaway name Spirizyme. The company’s food enzymes increase the
Saczyme quality or production efficiency in the production of food
EMD/Merck Crop Bioscience Inc. products such as bread, wine, juice, beer, noodles, alcohol
Ronozyme NP and pasta. Food enzyme products such as Acrylaway,
Saczyme and Viscoferm are designed to improve the quality
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be or production speed of foods such as bread, wine, juice, beer
intentionally listed here more than once.
and pasta. Feed enzymes, such as Ronozyme NP, are
Steen Riisgaard, CEO designed to increase the nutritional value of feed and improve
Steen Riisgaard, Pres. phosphorus absorption in animals. This leads to faster
Benny Loft, CFO/Exec. VP growth of animals, while improving the environment by
Henrik Meyer, VP-Mktg. decreasing the phosphorus released through manure. The
Per Falholt, Exec. VP-R&D firm’s BioBusiness includes microorganisms and
Thomas Nagy, Exec. VP-Stakeholder Rel. biopharmaceutical ingredients. Microorganisms have three
Thomas Videbaek, Exec. VP-Bio Bus. main applications: wastewater treatment, cleaning products
Peder Holk Nielsen, Exec. VP-Enzyme Bus. and natural growth enhancements for plants and turf grass.
Adam Munroe, Regional Pres., North America
Pedro Luis Fernandes, Regional Pres., Brazil
Biopharmaceutical products, such as proteins, are provided
Henrik Gurtler, Chmn. by the company as a replacement of human/animal
Michael Fredskov Christiansen, Regional Pres., China substances, lowering the risk of disease transfer in
pharmaceutical products. The company is also developing
Phone: 45-44-46-00-00 Fax: 45-44-46-99-99 ways to use microorganisms to produce chemicals from
Toll-Free: renewable sources. In February 2011, Novazymes acquired
Address: Krogshoejvej 36, Bagsvaerd, 2880 Denmark EMD/Merck Crop BioScience Inc., a company that develops
agricultural biologicals. The subsidiary previously belonged to
Merck KGaA.
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $1,887,240 2010 Profits: $313,050 Int’l Ticker: NZYM
2009 Sales: $1,544,030 2009 Profits: $218,230 Int’l Exchange: Copenhagen-CSE
2008 Sales: $1,453,610 2008 Profits: $189,510 Employees: 5,114 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $1,327,270 2007 Profits: $185,940 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
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PACIFICORP www.pacificorp.com
Industry Group Code: 2211
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Y Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Y Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Electric Utility
Hydroelectric, Wind & Geothermal Power PacifiCorp, a subsidiary of Mid-American Energy Holdings
Coal Mining Co., is an electric utility that generates, distributes and
Energy Marketing markets electricity. PacifiCorp serves business, residential
and industrial customers in Oregon, Washington and
California through its Pacific Power subsidiary; its Rocky
Mountain Power subsidiary serves customers in Utah,
Wyoming and Idaho. Its PacifiCorp Energy subsidiary
controls the firm’s electric generation, commercial and energy
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: trading functions as well as its coal-mining operations.
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. Combined, PacifiCorp’s subsidiaries provide electricity to
Pacific Power approximately 1.7 million customers. It also operates roughly
Rocky Mountain Power
15,900 miles of transmission lines, over 62,000 miles of
PacifiCorp Energy
overhead distribution lines and over 14,000 miles of
underground distribution lines, with 900 substations and 80
generating plants across the West. PacifiCorp has a
generating capacity of over 10,483 megawatts (MW), largely
from coal-fired and gas-fired generating plants, but also from
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be hydroelectric, geothermal and wind power plants. Roughly
intentionally listed here more than once.
63% of the company’s power supply is derived from coal;
Gregory E. Abel, CEO 12% is derived from natural gas; 5% from hydroelectric
A. Richard Walje, CEO/Pres., Rocky Mountain Power resources; and 4% from other energy sources. The
Patrick Reiten, CEO/Pres., Pacific Power remaining 16% of PacifiCorp’s energy is purchased from third
Micheal Dunn, CEO/Pres., PacifiCorp Energy parties. The firm operates 47 hydroelectric generation
Gregory E. Abel, Chmn. facilities; 11 coal-fueled plants; six natural gas plants; 12 wind
Phone: 503-813-5000 Fax: plants; and two geothermal facilities.
Toll-Free: 888-221-7070 PacifiCorp offers employees flexible spending accounts; an
Address: 825 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR 97232 US employee assistance program; a 401(k) plan; and medical,
dental and vision insurance.
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $4,432,000 2010 Profits: $566,000 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $4,457,000 2009 Profits: $542,000 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $4,498,000 2008 Profits: $458,000 Employees: 5,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $4,258,000 2007 Profits: $439,000 Parent Company: MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS
CO
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $351,900 Bonus: $583,217
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $265,740 Bonus: $623,417
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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2011 Sales: $114,221,700 2011 Profits: $972,600 U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $90,202,900 2010 Profits: $-2,079,360 Int’l Ticker: 6752
2009 Sales: $85,729,000 2009 Profits: $-4,183,620 Int’l Exchange: Tokyo-TSE
2008 Sales: $93,428,320 2008 Profits: $2,905,150 Employees: 366,937 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $81,831,200 2007 Profits: $1,949,650 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $102,300 2010 Profits: $3,500 Int’l Ticker: PRV
2009 Sales: $85,840 2009 Profits: $2,640 Int’l Exchange: London-LSE
2008 Sales: $85,210 2008 Profits: $6,530 Employees: 504 Fiscal Year Ends: 11/30
2007 Sales: $75,120 2007 Profits: $6,330 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Joint Venture
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 1,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $3,122,217 2010 Profits: $26,095 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $3,328,501 2009 Profits: $159,252 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $3,357,773 2008 Profits: $154,929 Employees: 2,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $3,220,147 2007 Profits: $184,464 Parent Company: PUGET HOLDINGS LLC
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $825,000 Bonus: $507,705
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $395,000 Bonus: $154,429
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 5 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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Q.CELLS SE www.q-cells.com
Industry Group Code: 334413
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Y Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Y Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Y Green Buildings Tech.: Y
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Y Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Y Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Solar Cells Manufacturing
String Ribbon Solar Cell Technology Q-Cells SE is one of the top European manufacturers and
Crystalline Silicon on Glass Technology marketers of integrated solar systems, producing solar cells,
Solar Park Planning & Development modules and large-scale solar grids. It also works to expand
thin-film technologies through its subsidiaries. The firm offers
three main photovoltaic (PV) cell products. The Q6LMXP3 is
a mono-crystalline cell that offers 10% more power than multi-
crystalline formats and has a mean efficiency of 18.8%. The
Q6LPT3-G2 is multi-crystalline cell with a raw material
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: structure that is rendered nearly invisible through an acid
Q-Cells International GmbH texturing process, improving light absorption and a nominal
Calyxo GmbH efficiency of 15.4%-17.4%. The Q6LTT-G23 is similar to the
VHF-Technologies SA
Q6LPT3-G2, also featuring an acid-textured surface for better
SunFilm AG
Solibro GmbH light absorption; in addition, this cell features a backside with
VHF-Technologies SA 3x6 busbar pads. The firm has several subsidiaries, including
Q-Cells International GmbH, which develops and operates
large solar parks and rooftop arrays; and Solibro GmbH, a
producer of thin-film solar modules. Additionally, the firm
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be owns a 93% share in Calyxo GmbH, which produces thin-film
intentionally listed here more than once.
modules based on a cadmium-telluride technology for which
Nedim Cen, CEO Q-Cells owns a worldwide license. It holds a 58% share of
Andreas Von Zitzewitz, COO VHF-Technologies SA, a Switzerland-based company
Clemens Jargon, Head-Mktg. & Sales developing a technology for applying silicon on a flexible
Nedim Cen, Head-Human Resources plastic substrate in order to produce flexible solar modules.
Andreas Von Zitzewitz, Head-R&D Q-Cells also maintains a 50% interest in SunFilm AG, a
Nedim Cen, Head-Legal & Compliance producer of tandem junction silicon based thin-film solar
Nedim Cen, Head-Corp. Strategy modules. In March 2011, the firm announced plans to expand
Nedim Cen, Head-Corp. Comm. into the U.K. market and that it would be opening an office in
Florian Holzapfel, CEO-Calyxo GmbH
Franz Vollmann, Managing Dir.-Malaysia
London. In April 2011, Q-Cells announced its entry into the
Karlheinz Hornung, Chmn. Japanese residential market with integrated PV solutions,
Marc Van Gerven, CEO-Q-Cells North America making it the first German company to do so. In July 2011,
Andreas Von Zitzewitz, Head-Purchasing & Logistics the firm announced the sale of its Zerbst II power plant to
MCG Management Capital Group.
Phone: 49-3494-6699-0 Fax: 49-3494-6699-199
Toll-Free:
Address: Sonnenallee 17-21, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, 06766 Germany
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $1,924,500 2010 Profits: $26,900 Int’l Ticker: QCE
2009 Sales: $1,047,150 2009 Profits: $-1,771,640 Int’l Exchange: Frankfurt-Euronext
2008 Sales: $1,634,610 2008 Profits: $248,990 Employees: 2,379 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $1,116,600 2007 Profits: $192,900 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $550,223 Bonus: $566,925
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $436,154 Bonus: $449,156
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: AVISTA CORPORATION
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $1,716,921 2010 Profits: $78,471 Int’l Ticker: RPW
2009 Sales: $1,819,680 2009 Profits: $78,160 Int’l Exchange: Paris-Euronext
2008 Sales: $221,850 2008 Profits: $2,070 Employees: 2,456 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $857,000 2007 Profits: $26,700 Parent Company: SUZLON ENERGY LIMITED
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $301,674 2011 Profits: $5,069 U.S. Stock Ticker: REX
2010 Sales: $170,264 2010 Profits: $8,652 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $68,638 2009 Profits: $-3,297 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 382 2008 Profits: $33,867 Employees: 58 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31
2007 Sales: $201,881 2007 Profits: $11,351 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $256,950 Bonus: $106,536
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $180,320 Bonus: $208,824
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $368,056,000 2010 Profits: $20,127,000 Int’l Ticker: RDSA
2009 Sales: $278,188,000 2009 Profits: $12,718,000 Int’l Exchange: Amsterdam-Euronext
2008 Sales: $458,361,000 2008 Profits: $26,476,000 Employees: 93,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $355,782,000 2007 Profits: $31,926,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
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RWE AG www.rwe.com
Industry Group Code: 221
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Y Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Y Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Utilities-Electricity, Natural Gas & Water
Wind Energy Generation RWE AG is one of the largest energy and gas companies in
Gas Pipelines & Distribution Europe, providing electricity to over 16 million customers and
Waste & Wastewater Management Services gas to 8 million. The company is involved in the generation,
Construction Services transmission, sale and trade of electricity and gas, and also
Water Utility participates in the water industry throughout Continental
Nuclear Power Generation Europe. The firm’s electricity subsidiary, RWE Power AG,
Energy Marketing uses various types of energy production: nuclear, hard coal,
lignite, gas, oil and hydropower. The company’s RWE-DEA
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: subsidiary explores for and produces natural gas in Germany,
RWE Power AG Norway, Egypt and Denmark. RWE Supply & Trading
RWE-DEA comprises the operations of the former RWE Trading and
RWE Supply & Trading
RWE Gas Midstream divisions and acts as the interface for
RWE Deutschland AG
RWE npower trade between RWE and the global market, trading such
RWE Innogy commodities as electricity, gas, coal, freight, oil and emission
Essent certificates. RWE Deutschland AG, was created January
RWE Innogy 2011, and is comprised of RWE Group’s German distribution
network, sales and energy efficiency operations. RWE
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be npower is a leading electricity and gas supplier throughout the
intentionally listed here more than once.
United Kingdom and is active in renewable energy as well as
Jurgen Grossmann, CEO traditional carbon-based sources. RWE Innogy is a
Rolf Martin Schmitz, COO/Exec. VP consolidation of the firm’s renewable expertise and power
Jurgen Grossmann, Pres. stations. Essent is RWE’s subsidiary operating and acting as
Rolf Pohlig, CFO/Exec. VP one of the largest power and gas producers throughout the
Alwin Fitting, Chief Human Resources Officer/Exec. VP Netherlands. In September 2011, RWE announced the sale
Leonhard Birnbaum, Chief Commercial Officer/Exec. VP of the company’s 74.9% stake in Amprion, a German
Jurgen Frech, Head-Group Press Rel. transmission system operator.
Manfred Schneider, Chmn.-Supervisory Board
Phone: 49-201-12-15250 Fax:
Toll-Free:
Address: Opernplatz 1, Essen, 45128 Germany
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $70,761,495 2010 Profits: $4,390,260 Int’l Ticker: RWE
2009 Sales: $59,530,700 2009 Profits: $4,538,420 Int’l Exchange: Frankfurt-Euronext
2008 Sales: $60,839,700 2008 Profits: $3,250,990 Employees: 70,856 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $56,170,000 2007 Profits: $3,640,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $141,842,000 2010 Profits: $14,811,600 Int’l Ticker: 000830
2009 Sales: $123,691,000 2009 Profits: $8,587,090 Int’l Exchange: Seoul-KRX
2008 Sales: $97,035,500 2008 Profits: $4,420,700 Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $92,260,000 2007 Profits: $8,560,000 Parent Company: SAMSUNG GROUP
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $19,620,991 2011 Profits: $-463,285 U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $20,327,200 2010 Profits: $-593,280 Int’l Ticker: 6764
2009 Sales: $18,067,918 2009 Profits: $-951,286 Int’l Exchange: Tokyo-TSE
2008 Sales: $20,389,900 2008 Profits: $287,000 Employees: 92,675 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $19,650,000 2007 Profits: $-390,000 Parent Company: PANASONIC CORPORATION
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $43,832,400 2011 Profits: $2,327,400 U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $33,338,000 2010 Profits: $1,911,000 Int’l Ticker: SSE
2009 Sales: $39,330,700 2009 Profits: $173,700 Int’l Exchange: London-LSE
2008 Sales: $23,601,200 2008 Profits: $1,350,400 Employees: 20,249 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $17,150,800 2007 Profits: $1,200,270 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $336,447
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $120,000,000 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $100,000,000 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $100,818,000 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 22,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $87,548,000 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
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SHELL WINDENERGY BV
www.shell.com/home/content/innovation/people_planet/wind/
Industry Group Code: 221119
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Y Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Wind Turbine Electricity Generation
Shell Windenergy BV is engaged in the development and
operation of commercial-scale wind developments. The firm
is a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell and part of its Shell Gas
& Power division. It owns interests in 11 wind projects with a
total capacity of around 1,100 megawatts (MW). Of this
capacity, nearly 900 MW are located in the U.S. The
company’s operations in the U.S. include the Rock River
facility in Wyoming; the Brazos and White Deer facilities in
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Texas; the Cabazon, Bear River and Whitewater facilities in
Royal Dutch Shell plc California; and the Colorado Green facility in Colorado.
European projects include the Harburg facility near Hamburg,
Germany; the La Muela project in Spain; and an offshore wind
park, Egmond aan Zee, in the Netherlands. The company
also holds interest in the La Muela Windpark in Spain with
TXU Europe Energy Trading B.V.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be
intentionally listed here more than once.
Jorma Ollila, Chmn.
Phone: 31-70-377-9111 Fax: 31-70-377-3113
Toll-Free:
Address: Carel van Bylandtlaan 30, The Hague, 2501 AN The
Netherlands
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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SIEMENS AG www.siemens.com
Industry Group Code: 335
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Y Information Systems: Y
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Y Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Y Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Y Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind: Y
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Electrical Equipment Manufacturing
Energy & Power Plant Systems & Consulting Siemens AG is one of the largest electrical engineering and
Medical & Health Care Services & Equipment electronics companies in the world, operating in the industry,
Lighting & Optical Systems energy and healthcare sectors. Additionally, Siemens is one
Automation Systems of the largest providers of ecofriendly technologies, which
Transportation & Logistics Systems generates more than one third of its annual revenue. Based
Photovoltaic Equipment in Germany, the firm sells products and services to
approximately 190 countries around the globe. The industry
sector’s offerings range from industry automation products
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: and services to building, lighting and mobility systems, as well
Siemens IT Solutions & Services as system integration for plant businesses. Additionally, this
Siemens Financial Services sector provides networking technology for transportation
Siemens Canada
systems, including airport logistics, postal automation and
Siemens Corporate Technology
Siemens Energy & Automation Inc railway electrification. The energy sector offers products and
Siemens Energy Services services related to the generation, transmission and
Siemens Healthcare distribution of power, as well as for the extraction, conversion
Osram and transportation of oil and gas. The healthcare sector
develops, manufactures and markets diagnostic and
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be therapeutic systems, devices and consumables, as well as
intentionally listed here more than once.
information technology systems for clinical and healthcare
Peter H. Loscher, CEO administration settings. Besides these activities, subsidiaries
Peter H. Loscher, Pres. Siemens IT Solutions & Services (SIS) as well as Siemens
Joe Kaeser, Head-Finance Financial Services support their industry activities as business
Brigitte Ederer, Head-Corp. Human Resources & Labor Director partners, meanwhile continuing to build up their own business
Joe Kaeser, Head-IT Solutions & Svcs. with external customers. In March 2011, the company
Klaus Helmrich, Chief Tech. Officer announced plans to spin off Osram, one of the world’s largest
Siegfried Russwurm, Corp. Sec. lighting companies, and to take it public later in the year. In
Joe Kaeser, Head-Corp. Finanace & Controlling October 2011, Siemens announced its investment of 1 billion
Roland Busch, CEO-Infrastructure & Cities Sector
Hermann Requardt, CEO-Healthcare Sector
Euros in Russia. In November 2011, Siemens announced the
Peter Y. Solmssen, Head-Corp. Legal & Compliance expansion of its Commercial Finance operations in India, in
Michael Suess, CEO-Energy Sector order to aid business and public sector customers in more
Gerhard Cromme, Chmn. efficient investment and how to maximize growth
Barbara Kux, Chief Sustainability Officer opportunities.
Phone: 49-69-797-6660 Fax:
Toll-Free:
Address: Wittelsbacherplatz 2, Munich, 80333 Germany
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $97,931,500 2011 Profits: $8,185,900 U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $103,974,000 2010 Profits: $5,566,940 Int’l Ticker: SIE
2009 Sales: $113,842,000 2009 Profits: $3,404,080 Int’l Exchange: Frankfurt-Euronext
2008 Sales: $107,580,000 2008 Profits: $8,189,070 Employees: 360,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30
2007 Sales: $115,406,000 2007 Profits: $3,535,760 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $4,618,982 Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $2,098,621 Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 5 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be
intentionally listed here more than once.
Han Junliang, Pres.
Gang Tao, CFO/VP
Danghui Chen, CTO/VP
Liu Zhengqi, VP
Deng Yan, VP
Lecheng Li, VP
Han Junliang, Chmn.
Phone: 86-10-6251-5566 Fax: 86-10-8250-0072
Toll-Free:
Address: 59 Zhongguancun St., Culture Bldg., Beijing, 100872
China
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $3,184,300 2010 Profits: $447,400 Int’l Ticker: 601558
2009 Sales: $2,151,100 2009 Profits: $296,600 Int’l Exchange: Shanghai-SHE
2008 Sales: $806,200 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 1,196 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: CIM GROUP
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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SOLARCITY www.solarcity.com
Industry Group Code: 221119
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Y Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Y Green Buildings Tech.: Y
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Y Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Y Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Solar Panel Leasing
Solar Panel Installation SolarCity is a full-service provider of solar power technologies
Solar Array Design Services to residential, commercial and government customers. The
Solar Array Maintenance & Repair firm provides initial consultation, design and engineering
services; installation, maintenance and monitoring services;
and sales and financing of solar panels and solar energy
systems. The firm offers several options for consumers.
SolarCity’s SolarLease product allows participants to install
solar systems with no money down, avoiding the initial setup
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: costs generally associated with solar system setup.
GroSolar Customers using the SolarLease then pay SolarCity a set
SolarLease monthly lease payment; in return, SolarCity monitors,
maintains and repairs the systems for the entirety of the lease
period. When this period expires, customers have the option
of upgrading to a new system with the latest solar technology,
extending the lease in 5 year increments or having the panels
removed for free. SolarCity’s PurePower option offers
consumers the option of purchasing solar power directly from
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be SolarCity. The firm installs a solar array on the customer’s
intentionally listed here more than once.
residence or place of business; the customer then purchases
Lyndon Rive, CEO the electricity produced by the array from SolarCity at market
Peter Rive, COO rates. SolarCity maintains ownership of the solar arrays and
Robert Kelly, CFO is responsible for monitoring, maintenance and repairs. The
Diana Helfrich, VP-Mktg. firm does not manufacture the products it leases; instead, it
Linda Keala, VP-Human Resources sources its solar technologies from various solar companies.
Ben Tarbell, VP-Prod. The company also offers energy efficiency consulting.
Seth Weissman, General Counsel/VP-Legal SolarCity operates in Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland,
Mark Roe, VP-Oper. Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Arizona,
Aaron Gillmore, VP-Solar Dev.
John Stanton, VP-Gov't Affairs
California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Washington
Ben Cook, VP-Structured Finance D.C. In February 2011, SolarCity acquired northeastern U.S.
Tom Leyden, VP-Commercial Sales solar panel installer GroSolar. In September 2011, the firm
Chrysanthe Gussis, VP and the U.S. government agreed to a major deal in which
Elon Musk, Chmn. SolarCity will install as many as 160,000 rooftop solar
Phone: 650-638-1028 Fax: 650-638-1029 installations at the privately run military housing complexes of
124 military bases in 34 states. The deal will roughly double
Toll-Free: 888-765-2489
the amount of installed solar panels in the country.
Address: 3055 Clearview Way, San Mateo, CA 94402 US
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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SOLARRESERVE www.solar-reserve.com
Industry Group Code: 237130
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Y Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Concentrated Solar Power Technology
Energy Storage Technology SolarReserve develops solar energy power plants that
generate and store electricity using molten salt Solar Power
Tower technology. The company’s founding partners are
United Technologies, a leading advanced technology
company, and US Renewables Group, an investment firm
dedicated to renewable power and clean fuel ventures.
Molten salt technology, originally developed by the
Rocketdyne division of Hamilton Sundstrand, a wholly-owned
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, uses
United Technologies Corp. thousands of tracking mirrors (called heliostats) to focus solar
US Renewables Group energy onto the top of a Power Tower. Within the receiver,
Rocketdyne
the concentrated sunlight heats molten salt, a mixture of
Hamilton Sundstrand
Solar Power Tower sodium and potassium nitrate, to over 1,000 degrees
Good Energies Fahrenheit. Because molten salt maintains 98% thermal
Nazarian Enterprises efficiency, the energy stored within it can be used 24 hours
Argonaut Private Equity per day, without needing constant sunlight. No fossil fuels are
required to operate the molten salt plants. SolarReserve
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be holds the exclusive worldwide license to build Concentrated
intentionally listed here more than once.
Solar Power (CSP) plants using molten salt technology. The
Kevin Smith, CEO company’s target regions for CSP development include the
Michael Whalen, CFO Southwest U.S., southern Europe, Australia and Africa. The
William R. Gould, Jr., CTO firm’s other partners include Citi’s Sustainable Development
Tim J. Connor, VP-Eng. Investors, Good Energies, Nazarian Enterprises, Argonaut
Chris Costanzo, Dir.-Legal Private Equity, Credit Suisse, and the PCG Clean Energy
Tom Georgis, VP-Dev. Fund. In November 2010, the firm formed a joint venture with
Chris Gerlach, Dir.-Finance the China-based GCL-SolarReserve to build solar projects
Matt Held, VP-Project Mgmt. & Construction within the U.S. In December 2010, the firm obtained approval
Alistair Jessop, VP-Dev.
Lee Bailey, Chmn.
to build molten solar power plants in Nevada and California.
Phone: 310-315-2200 Fax: 310-315-2201
Toll-Free: 866-622-2778
Address: 2425 Olympic Blvd., Ste. E. 500, Santa Monica, CA
90404 US
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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SOLARWORLD AG www.solarworld.de
Industry Group Code: 334413
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Y Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Y Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Y Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Y Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Solar Cells
Solar & Wind Energy Parks, Operation & Construction SolarWorld AG produces and markets products for various
Renewable Energy Power Stations stages of solar power generation. It is also involved in the
Silicon Mining, Processing & Recycling planning, construction and operation of solar energy power
Silicon Wafers stations. The group has 11 locations worldwide, including
production plants, as well as a holding company and joint
ventures. Its activities are categorized into five business
segments: Wafers, Cells, Modules, Trading and Other. The
Wafers segment involves the production of crystalline solar
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: wafers to be later used in solar cell production. Subsidiaries
SolarWorld Innovations GmbH in this segment include Deutsche Solar in Germany and
SolarWorld Industries America LP SolarWorld Industries America, L.P. in the U.S. The Cells
Sunicon AG
segment involves the production of silicon-based solar cells
SolarWorld California LLC
SolarWorld Iberica SL for use in solar power modules, and includes subsidiaries
SolarWorld Africa PTY Ltd Deutsche Cell in Germany and SolarWorld Industries in the
SolarWorld Asia Pacific PTE Ltd U.S. The Modules segment involves the hook-up and framing
Solar Cycle GmbH of solar cells into modules used in power generation, and
involves subsidiaries Solar Factory in Germany and
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be SolarWorld Industries in the U.S. The Trading segment
intentionally listed here more than once.
involves the international distribution of SolarWorld modules
Frank H. Asbeck, CEO and complete systems. Subsidiaries in this segment include
Boris Klebensberger, COO SolarWorld California, LLC; SolarWorld Iberica S.L. in Spain;
Philipp Koecke, CFO SolarWorld Africa (PTY.) Ltd.; and SolarWorld Asia Pacific
Frank Henn, Chief Sales Officer PTE Ltd., located in Singapore. Other subsidiaries of the
Georg Gansen, Deputy Chmn. company include SolarWorld Innovations GmbH, which is in
Claus Recktenwald, Chmn. charge of research and development activities; and Sunicon
Phone: 49-228-559-20-0 Fax: 49-228-559-20-99 AG, which provides raw materials to the company. Since
Toll-Free: taking over the solar activities of the Shell Group, SolarWorld
has been expanding its presence in North America. In July
Address: Martin-Luthur-King-St. 24, Bonn, 53175 Germany
2011, the firm and a group of companies including Preiss-
Daimler Chemical Park established new joint venture called
Solar Cycle GmbH to produce metal products from recycled
solar modules. SolarWorld holds a 24% interest in the new
company.
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $1,854,800 2010 Profits: $124,000 Int’l Ticker: SWV
2009 Sales: $1,329,710 2009 Profits: $77,070 Int’l Exchange: Frankfurt-Euronext
2008 Sales: $1,370,150 2008 Profits: $223,790 Employees: 950 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $1,090,400 2007 Profits: $178,900 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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SOLAZYME www.solazyme.com
Industry Group Code: 325199
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Y Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Biofuel Research & Development
Solazyme is a renewable oil and bioproducts firm. The
company has developed technology that allows for the large
scale production of oil and biomaterials from algae in
standard fermentation facilities in an efficient manner.
Solazyme’s indirect photosynthesis bioproduction process,
which reduces carbon dioxide by as much as 95% versus
fossil fuel production, utilizes microalgae to convert biomass
directly into oil and other biomaterials. In addition to fossil
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: fuels, this technology can be utilized in an array of products,
Soladiesel BD including foods, oleochemicals and cosmetics. The firm has
Soladiesel RD manufactured thousands of gallons of oil and hundreds of
Solazyme Health Sciences
tons of biomaterials. The company’s products include
Whole Cell Cosmetics
Golden Chlorella High Protein Soladiesel BD and Soladiesel RD for use in cars and military
Golden Chlorella Omega vehicles; and Solajet, for use as fuel for jets. Through division
Altruest Solazyme Health Sciences, Solazyme uses its technology to
Solajet create products such as Alguronic Acid, a unique family of
polysaccharides which has been shown to prevent DNA
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be damage and stimulate collagen/elastin production; Golden
intentionally listed here more than once.
Chlorella High Protein and Golden Chlorella Omega,
Jonathan S. Wolfson, CEO nutraceuticals that act as ingredients in consumer products,
Jeff Webster, COO such as supplements, powder blends, smoothies, juices and
Harrison F. Dillon, Pres. health/fitness bars; and Whole Cell Cosmetics, which adds
Tyler W. Painter, CFO nutrient-rich microalgae to shampoos, conditioners and skin
Harrison F. Dillon, CTO moisturizers. Solazyme Health Sciences also participates in
Adrian Galvez, Sr. VP-Eng. the development of Altruest, a skin care beauty product that
Paul T. Quinlan, General Counsel/Sr. VP has been clinically-proven to reduce the appearance of
Genet Garamendi, VP-Corp. Comm. wrinkles, pore-size and skin roughness. Altruest combines a
Peter J. Licari, Exec. VP-Tech.
Rogerio Manso, Chief Commercialization Officer-Tailored Oils
topical serum containing Alguronic Acid and an oral
Frederic Stoeckel, Sr. VP/Gen. Mgr.-Solazyme Health Sciences supplement with ingredients such as algal micronutrients and
Jerry Fiddler, Chmn. algal oil. In late 2010, Solazyme formed an exclusive
distribution agreement with Sephora International to distribute
Phone: 650-780-4777 Fax: 650-989-6700 Algenist in Sephora stores in certain countries in Europe and
Toll-Free: select countries in Asia and the Middle East. In 2011, the firm
Address: 225 Gateway Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94080 US formed development agreements with Unilever and Dow.
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: SZYM
2010 Sales: $37,970 2010 Profits: $-16,200 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $9,160 2009 Profits: $-16,280 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 116 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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SOLOPOWER www.solopower.com
Industry Group Code: 334413
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Y Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Thin-Film Photovoltaic Cell Manufacturing
SoloPower develops thin-film photovoltaic (PV) cells and
modules. The firm is in the process of manufacturing and
commercializing advanced, high-efficiency, low-cost Copper-
Indium-Gallium-Selenide (CIGS) based devices that enable
solar electricity generation at costs that are competitive with
traditional power generation methods. The company’s
proprietary electrochemical process provides nearly 100%
materials utilization and several other advantages over
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: traditional PV products, including less waste generation;
continuous processing with high throughput using low-cost
equipment; extremely thin active layers; improved
compositional control; high conversion efficiency; and the
ability to deposit films on large areas and a variety of
shapes/forms. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(NREL) has measured the efficiency of the firm’s flexible
CIGS PV module product line at 19.9%, and has measured
efficiencies of 15.81-square-inch SoloPower cells as high as
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be 12.2%. SoloPower was founded by Bulent Basol and
intentionally listed here more than once.
Homayoun Talieh, who hold 159 patents (as well as more
Tim Harris, CEO than 60 pending) and have over 50 combined years of
Tim Harris, Pres. experience in the PV and semiconductor industries. In
Ryan Benton, CFO February 2011, the firm agreed to establish a new solar panel
Peter Kesser, Sr. VP-Mktg. & Sales manufacturing plant in Wilsonville, Oregon.
Mustafa Pinarbasi, CTO
Albert J. Boro, Jr., General Counsel/Sec.
Ed Casey, Sr. VP-Oper.
Albert J. Boro, Jr., Sr. VP-Strategic Bus. Dev.
Bruce M. Khouri, Chief Commercial Officer
Lou DiNardo, Chmn.
Phone: 408-281-1582 Fax: 408-281-8342
Toll-Free:
Address: 5981 Optical Ct., San Jose, CA 95138 US
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2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $12,409,000 2010 Profits: $1,307,000 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $12,361,000 2009 Profits: $945,000 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $14,112,000 2008 Profits: $1,348,000 Employees: 18,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $10,233,000 2007 Profits: $1,063,000 Parent Company: EDISON INTERNATIONAL
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $1,936,000
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: BOEING COMPANY (THE)
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: SPIR
2010 Sales: $79,842 2010 Profits: $- 408 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $69,871 2009 Profits: $-5,282 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $64,964 2008 Profits: $4,775 Employees: 194 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $37,068 2007 Profits: $-1,933 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $507,500 Bonus: $2,480
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $185,000 Bonus: $25,000
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: STO
2010 Sales: $96,846,100 2010 Profits: $7,002,030 Int’l Ticker: STL
2009 Sales: $79,003,700 2009 Profits: $3,004,650 Int’l Exchange: Oslo-OBX
2008 Sales: $98,337,900 2008 Profits: $6,530,720 Employees: 33,076 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $89,000,000 2007 Profits: $7,520,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Y Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 6 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
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2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $3,863,400 2010 Profits: $364,533 Int’l Ticker: SUL1.DE
2009 Sales: $3,184,880 2009 Profits: $257,040 Int’l Exchange: Zurich-SWX
2008 Sales: $3,530,040 2008 Profits: $306,950 Employees: 13,740 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $3,362,260 2007 Profits: $240,070 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
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SUNWAYS AG www.sunways.eu
Industry Group Code: 334413
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems: Y
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Y Green Buildings Tech.: Y
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Y Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Y Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Photovoltaic Cells
Consulting Sunways AG develops and produces silicon-based high-
Photovoltaic System Planning & Implementation performance solar cells, solar inverters and solar modules for
Electrical Appliances Trading use throughout the photovoltaic industry. The firm also offers
consultancy services, planning, implementation and delivery
of large and small photovoltaic systems on behalf of
architects, planners, designers and investors. Company
subsidiaries include Sunways Production GmbH, a wholly-
owned subsidiary headquartered in Arnstadt, Germany, which
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: operates a production facility of approximately 11,500 square
Sunways Production GmbH feet dedicated to the manufacture of mono- and multi-
Eco Line crystalline solar cells. Sunways AG also operates
international offices in Barcelona, Spain; Konstanz, Germany;
and Bologna, Italy. Sunways AG has an active research and
development department, which partners with project
sponsors, such as the European Union and the German
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Technology, to
develop various projects. These include the producing of
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be back-contact and bifacial solar cells, facade systems and
intentionally listed here more than once.
demonstration projects using transparent solar cells. In
Michael Wilhelm, CEO December 2010, the company launched the Eco Line of
Jorg von Strom, COO mono- and multi-crystalline solar modules, which are
Michael Wilhelm, CFO lightweight and offer improved output efficiency.
Jurgen Frei, Chief Sales & Mktg. Officer
Roland Burkhardt, Head-R&D
Roland Burkhardt, CTO
Michael Wilhelm, Chief Strategy Officer
Harald F. Schaefer, Head-Corp. Comm.
Astrid Forst, Dir.-Investor Rel.
Jorg von Strom, Managing Dir.-Sunways Production GmbH
Otto Mayer, Chmn.
Phone: 49-7531-996-77-0 Fax: 49-7531-996-77-10
Toll-Free:
Address: Macairestrasse 3-5, Konstanz, 78467 Germany
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $316,600 2010 Profits: $13,300 Int’l Ticker: SWW
2009 Sales: $231,870 2009 Profits: $22,080 Int’l Exchange: Frankfurt-Euronext
2008 Sales: $192,680 2008 Profits: $2,480 Employees: 340 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $271,100 2007 Profits: $1,600 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: SCON
2010 Sales: $8,547 2010 Profits: $-11,968 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $10,816 2009 Profits: $-12,979 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $11,293 2008 Profits: $-12,701 Employees: 105 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $321,179 Bonus: $102,925
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $251,162 Bonus: $1,980
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $3,611,600 2011 Profits: $-267,400 U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $4,468,300 2010 Profits: $-213,000 Int’l Ticker: 532667
2009 Sales: $5,651,900 2009 Profits: $51,200 Int’l Exchange: Bombay-BSE
2008 Sales: $2,964,300 2008 Profits: $223,200 Employees: 14,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $1,585,620 2007 Profits: $171,560 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $294,519 Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $121,456 Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $3,973,800 2011 Profits: $420,800 U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $3,878,800 2010 Profits: $401,800 Int’l Ticker: 500400
2009 Sales: $3,689,900 2009 Profits: $272,400 Int’l Exchange: Bombay-BSE
2008 Sales: $2,299,440 2008 Profits: $222,760 Employees: 4,270 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $1,367,230 2007 Profits: $160,380 Parent Company: TATA GROUP
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: TDY
2010 Sales: $1,644,200 2010 Profits: $120,500 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $1,652,100 2009 Profits: $113,300 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $1,722,000 2008 Profits: $111,300 Employees: 9,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $1,622,300 2007 Profits: $98,500 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $847,808 Bonus: $1,765,100
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $433,974 Bonus: $507,200
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 4 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $84,076,400 2011 Profits: $1,811,300 U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $74,288,300 2010 Profits: $-229,530 Int’l Ticker: 6502
2009 Sales: $72,732,800 2009 Profits: $-3,755,040 Int’l Exchange: Tokyo-TSE
2008 Sales: $76,680,800 2008 Profits: $1,274,100 Employees: 202,638 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $64,330,700 2007 Profits: $1,242,340 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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TOTAL SA www.total.com
Industry Group Code: 211111
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Y Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Y Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Petrochemicals Total S.A. is one of the world's largest energy companies,
Specialty Chemicals with operations in more than 130 countries. The firm's
Hydrocarbons activities are divided into three segments: Upstream,
Service Stations Downstream and Chemicals. The Upstream sector handles
Photovoltaic Cells oil and gas exploration, development and production. Total
produces 2.28 million barrels of oil (BOE) per day, with
proven reserves of 10.5 billion BOE. The company has
exploration and production activities in more than forty
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: countries and produces oil or gas in thirty countries. The
Total Downstream segment does trading, shipping, refining and
Elan marketing of petroleum and other fuels; it is a leader in
Elf
Europe and Africa in the refining and service station market.
Bostik Inc
Total Petrochemicals Total has a worldwide network of approximately 16,425
Total UK Limited service stations under the Total, Elf and Elan brand names.
UTS Energy Corp. The Chemicals division prepares petrochemicals and
fertilizers for the industrial/commercial markets; it is also
involved in rubber processing, resins, adhesives and
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be electroplating. The company is focusing on high-growth
intentionally listed here more than once.
zones (such as Africa, the Mediterranean Basin and Asia) as
Christophe de Margerie, CEO well as specialty products such as liquefied petroleum gas,
Patrick de la Chevardiere, CFO aviation fuel, lubricants, waxes, bitumens and solvents. Total,
Michel Benezit, Pres., Mktg. & Refining Electrabel and IMEC have collaborated to form a company
Francois Viaud, Sr. VP-Human Resources called Photovoltech for the production of photovoltaic cells
Yves-Louis Darricarrere, Pres., Exploration & Prod. and modules. In April 2010, Total sold Mapa Spontex, its
Jean-Jacques Guilbaud, Chief Admin. Officer consumer specialty chemicals business, to U.S.-based
Peter Herbel, Dir.-Legal Affairs Jarden Corporation. In October 2010, the company
Jean-Jacques Mosconi, Dir.-Strategy purchased Canada-based UTS Energy Corp. for $1.42 billion.
Francois Cornelis, Pres., Chemicals
Philippe Boisseau, Exec. Dir.-Upstream
Christophe de Margerie, Chmn.
Jacques Marraud des Grottes, Sr. VP-Exploration & Prod., Africa
Sonia Sikorav, Chief Purchasing Officer
Phone: 33-1-47-44-45-46 Fax: 33-1-47-44-58-24
Toll-Free:
Address: 2 Place Jean Miller, La Defense 6, Courbevoie, 92400
France
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $230,233,000 2010 Profits: $15,622,200 Int’l Ticker: FP
2009 Sales: $152,376,000 2009 Profits: $11,476,400 Int’l Exchange: Paris-Euronext
2008 Sales: $213,742,000 2008 Profits: $14,117,800 Employees: 92,855 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $182,404,000 2007 Profits: $17,572,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $1,457,656
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: ULBI
2010 Sales: $178,577 2010 Profits: $-6,179 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $172,109 2009 Profits: $-9,241 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $254,700 2008 Profits: $13,663 Employees: 1,169 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $137,596 2007 Profits: $5,583 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $840,000 Bonus: $270,000
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $675,000 Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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UMICORE SA www.umicore.com
Industry Group Code: 332
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Y Batteries/Storage: Y Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Y Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Y Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Precious Metals Products & Services
Zinc Smelting & Mining Umicore S.A. is a metals and materials provider with
Thin-Film Products operations across six continents.
Battery Materials & Recycling Umicore operates four divisions: Catalysis; Energy Materials;
Electro-Optic Materials Performance Materials; and Recycling. The Catalysis division
Emissions Control Catalysts is organized into Automotive Catalysts and Catalyst
Technologies. Automotive Catalysts produces catalysts used
in automotive emission abatement systems for both light-duty
and heavy-duty vehicles. Catalyst Technologies produces
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: organic and inorganic precious metals based catalysts for the
Element Six Abrasives fine chemicals, life science and pharmaceutical industries.
Energy Materials is further divided into three business units:
Cobalt Specialty Materials (CSM); Electro-Optic Materials
(EOM); and Thin Film Products. CSM’s products include
compounds used in rechargeable batteries, fine powders
used in hard-metal and diamond tools and metallic
compounds for ceramics and catalytic applications. EOM
creates germanium materials such as substrates for
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be photovoltaics and LEDs, materials for photonics and lenses
intentionally listed here more than once.
and optical assemblies for night vision applications. Thin Film
Marc Grynberg, CEO Products produces metallic targets for producing ultra-thin
Ludo Vandervelden, CFO coatings on a wide range of applications, including
Ignace de Ruijter, Sr. VP-Human Resources photovoltaics and displays. Umicore’s Performance Materials
Egbert Lox, Sr. VP-R&D segment is further broken down into five business units:
Edwin D’Hondt, Sr. VP-Info. Systems Building Products, which produces zinc roofing, rainwater and
Denis Goffaux, CTO/Exec. VP façade systems for the construction industry; Electroplating,
Klaus Ostgathe, Sr. VP-Thin Film Prod. which produces electrolytes for electronics, wear protection
Geraldine Nolens, Sr. VP-Legal Affairs and decorative applications; Platinum Engineered Materials,
Stephan Csoma, Sr. VP-Gov't Affairs
Hugo Morel, Exec. VP-Recycling
which produces platinum equipment for use in the production
Pascal Reymondent, Exec. VP-Performance Materials of high quality glass and platinum gauzes for fertilizer
William Staron, Exec. VP-Catalysts production as well as systems for the abatement of nitrous
Marc Van Sande, Exec. VP-Energy Materials oxide; Technical Materials, which produces contract, brazing
Thomas Leysen, Chmn. and other specialty materials for use in application areas,
Arjang Roshan, Sr. VP-Automotive Catalysts Asia Pacific such as electrical, automotive and construction; and Zinc
Phone: 32-2-227-71-11 Fax: 32-2-227-79-00 Chemicals, which produces fine powers and oxies used in
Toll-Free: production of UV resistant paints, rubber and ceramics. The
firm’s Recycling segment treats complex waste streams
Address: Broekstraat 31 Rue de Marais, Brussels, B-1000 containing precious and other non-ferrous materials. This
Belgium process can recover nearly 20 precious and non-ferrous
metals. Umicore also holds a 40% stake in joint venture
Element Six Abrasives (with De Beers).
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $13,783,600 2010 Profits: $353,800 Int’l Ticker: UMI
2009 Sales: $10,892,700 2009 Profits: $114,760 Int’l Exchange: Brussels-Euronext
2008 Sales: $13,777,700 2008 Profits: $734,520 Employees: 14,390 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $12,130,000 2007 Profits: $950,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $61,800 2011 Profits: $12,700 U.S. Stock Ticker: UEDVF.PK
2010 Sales: $69,000 2010 Profits: $15,000 Int’l Ticker: U19
2009 Sales: $43,000 2009 Profits: $4,000 Int’l Exchange: Singapore-SIN
2008 Sales: $51,000 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 80 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Subsidiary
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INC
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: USU
2010 Sales: $2,035,400 2010 Profits: $7,500 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $2,036,800 2009 Profits: $58,500 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $1,614,600 2008 Profits: $48,700 Employees: 2,422 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $1,928,000 2007 Profits: $96,600 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $900,000 Bonus: $1,164,600
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $487,851 Bonus: $418,324
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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VATTENFALL AB www.vattenfall.com
Industry Group Code: 2211
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Y Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Utilities-Electricity & Natural Gas
Electricity Supplier Vattenfall AB generates, distributes, trades and sells
Wind Power Generation electricity and gas used for heating residential and
Biomass Power Generation commercial areas. The majority of its electricity sales are
Nuclear Power Generation made to industrial customers and energy companies. The
company is completely owned by the Swedish government,
has approximately 4.8 million customers and generates
roughly 20% of the electricity used in the Nordic countries of
Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Vattenfall divides its
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: operations between its Nordic Group, which includes
Thanet Offshore Wind Farm operations in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark; the
Nuon Energy Central Europe Group, overseeing the firm’s activities in
Germany; the Pan Europe Group, which includes the wind,
nuclear and engineering business groups across Europe; the
Benelux Group, which incorporates the acquisition of Nuon
Energy; and other miscellaneous business activities, including
energy trading and finance operations. Annually, Vattenfall
generates approximately 808.9 terawatt hours (TWh) of
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be electricity and 20.6 TWh of heat. Its electricity generation,
intentionally listed here more than once.
broken down by source, includes 44% fossil-fuel power; 25%
Oystein Loseth, CEO nuclear-generated power; 21% hydro-electric power; 1%
Oystein Loseth, Pres. wind-generated power; and 1% biomass and waste products.
Peter Smink, Acting CFO The company is one of the largest generators of wind power
Kerstin Ahlfont, Head-Human Resources in Northern Europe, with about 700 turbines spread
Tuomo Hatakka, Head-Production throughout Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Poland, the
Anne Gynnerstedt, Head-Legal Affairs Netherlands, Belgium and the U.K. In 2010, Vattenfall
Andreas Regnell, Head-Strategy opened, Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, an offshore wind
Elisabeth Strom, Sr. VP-Comm. turbine farm off the coast of southeast England which features
Anders Dahl, Head-Renewables
Andreas Regnell, Head-Environment
100 turbines and a total generating capacity of 300
Harald von Heyden, Head-Trading & Asset Optimization megawatts. In July 2011, the firm sold Nuon Belgium, Nuon
Lars G. Nordstrom, Chmn. Power Generation Walloon and Nuon Wind Belgium to Eni,
an Italy-based energy company. In August 2011, the
Phone: 46-8-739-50-00 Fax: 46-8-17-85-06 company agreed to sell its Polish generation and distribution
Toll-Free: assets to Tauron and PGNiG S.A.
Address: SE-162 87, Stockholm, Sweden
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Government-Owned
2010 Sales: $19,215,342 2010 Profits: $1,376,736 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $26,515,400 2009 Profits: $3,606,430 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $22,212,700 2008 Profits: $3,172,200 Employees: 20,410 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $19,257,900 2007 Profits: $2,773,410 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 3 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: VE
2010 Sales: $48,681,000 2010 Profits: $812,750 Int’l Ticker: VIE
2009 Sales: $47,012,100 2009 Profits: $793,500 Int’l Exchange: Paris-Euronext
2008 Sales: $53,901,000 2008 Profits: $593,000 Employees: 287,043 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $37,760,000 2007 Profits: $1,000,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 1 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $9,981,480 2010 Profits: $225,010 Int’l Ticker: VWS
2009 Sales: $9,015,940 2009 Profits: $786,650 Int’l Exchange: Copenhagen-CSE
2008 Sales: $8,135,660 2008 Profits: $688,870 Employees: 23,252 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $7,090,000 2007 Profits: $420,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
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VINCI www.vinci.com
Industry Group Code: 237
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Y Information Systems: Y
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Y Green Buildings Tech.: Y
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Y Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Heavy Construction
Infrastructure Management VINCI, one of the largest companies operating in construction
Information & Energy Technologies and related services worldwide, consists of four major
Commercial Construction divisions: VINCI Concessions, VINCI Energies, Eurovia and
Engineering Services VINCI Construction. VINCI Concessions is engaged in the
Highway Construction design, turnkey construction, financing and operation of
Airport Management & Support Services facilities, as well as outsourced infrastructure management.
Power Transmission Services Its comprehensive approach is applied to major public
facilities such as the Stade de France stadium near Paris, as
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: well as to the operation of various motorways, car parks and
VINCI Concessions airports. The overall Concessions business line accounts for
VINCI Energies approximately 25% of company revenues. VINCI Energies is
Eurovia
a leading European producer of information and energy
VINCI Construction
Axians technologies for infrastructure, industry, the service sector
Actemium and telecommunications. It operates through several brands
Opteor in Europe, including Actemium, offering energy services to
Graniou industry; Axians, offering voice-data-image communication
services; Citeos, specializing in urban lighting; Graniou,
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be supporting telecommunications infrastructure; Omexom,
intentionally listed here more than once.
specializing in high-voltage power; and Opteor, offering
Xavier Huillard, CEO industrial and services maintenance. The Energies business
Christian Labeyrie, CFO/Exec. VP line accounts for approximately 15% of company revenues.
Franck Mougin, Exec. VP-Human Resources Eurovia is a leading European company in the road industry
Richard Francioli, CEO-Construction and in recycled materials, operating in roadworks, materials
Patrick Richard, General Counsel production and environment-related activities and services. It
Jean-Luc Pommier, VP-Bus. Dev. accounts for approximately 25% of company revenues.
Pierre Duprat, Dir.-Corp. Comm. VINCI Construction, representing roughly 45% of overall
Jean-Yves le Brouster, CEO-VINCI Energies company revenues, is an industry leader in building, civil
Louis-Roch Burgard, CEO-VINCI Concessions
Jacques Tavernier, CEO-Eurovia
engineering, hydraulics and facilities management. The
Xavier Huillard, Chmn. division is composed of three main components: Mainland
France; Local Markets outside mainland France; and
Phone: 33-1-47-16-3500 Fax: 33-1-47-51-9102 Worldwide activities, including major structures, specialized
Toll-Free: civil engineering and dredging. VINCI is engaged in a design-
Address: 1 Cours Ferdinand-de-Lesseps, Rueil-Malmaison, build project for a causeway between Qatar and Bahrain,
92851 France which will be among the world’s longest bridges.
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker:
2010 Sales: $47,566,100 2010 Profits: $2,484,410 Int’l Ticker: DG
2009 Sales: $44,101,500 2009 Profits: $2,168,390 Int’l Exchange: Paris-Euronext
2008 Sales: $42,717,900 2008 Profits: $2,003,070 Employees: 179,527 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $33,820,000 2007 Profits: $1,680,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: WM
2010 Sales: $12,515,000 2010 Profits: $953,000 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $11,791,000 2009 Profits: $994,000 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $13,388,000 2008 Profits: $1,087,000 Employees: 42,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $13,310,000 2007 Profits: $1,163,000 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,073,077 Bonus: $1,407,514
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $566,298 Bonus: $487,875
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 2 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Government-Owned
2010 Sales: $1,425,905 2010 Profits: $36,354 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $1,363,731 2009 Profits: $-93,012 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $1,360,586 2008 Profits: $-173,482 Employees: 1,417 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30
2007 Sales: $1,047,716 2007 Profits: $-248,098 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 4 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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WINWIND OY www.winwind.com
Industry Group Code: 33361
Hydrogen: Waste/Agriculture: Electricity Generation: Equipment: Services: Other Technology:
Fuel Cells: Biomass: Nuclear: Superconductivity: Eng./Research: Information Systems:
Other Technology: Ethanol: Solar: Batteries/Storage: Consulting: Green Buildings Tech.:
Waste to Energy: Wind: Nuclear Technology: Specialty: Clean Coal Tech.:
Other: Hydroelectric: Photovoltaic/Solar: Smart Grid:
Thermal/Other: Wind: Y
TYPES OF BUSINESS: GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
Wind Turbine Manufacturing
Turbine Maintenance WinWinD Oy, which does business as WinWinD Ltd.,
designs, develops and assembles turbines for wind power
plants. It specializes in low-speed 1 and 3 megawatt (MW)
turbines, which are generally called WWD-1 and WWD-3,
respectively. The company also has the WinWinD 3 upwind
wind turbine. This turbine is lighter in weight and suits all
three wind classes because of its different rotor sizes. To
guarantee high quality, the company provides WinCare
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Operation and Maintenance services to its customers,
Siva Group including preventive and corrective maintenance. The wind
Finnish Industry Investment Ltd turbines are monitored 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week
and up-to-date production information is always available
online. The company has manufacturing plants in Hamina,
Finland and Vengal, India. Its Indian operations are run by
wholly-owned subsidiary, Winwind Power Energy Private
Limited. Currently, WinWinD’s products have been installed
in Portugal, France, the Czech Republic, Estonia and
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be Sweden. Indian private equity firm Siva Group is a majority
intentionally listed here more than once.
stakeholder in WinWinD, with the firm’s other large investor
Guru Vijendran, COO being the government-owned Finnish Industry Investment Ltd.
Guru Vijendran, CFO
Peter Holmgaard, Chief Sales Officer
Krishnamurthy Vembu, VP-Human Resources
Richard Jones, CTO
Narayan Kumar, Bus. Head-India
Ravichandran Narasimman, Bus. Head-Europe
Farhan Mirza, VP-Global Purchasing & Supply Chain Mgmt.
Phone: 358-207-410-160 Fax: 358-207-410-161
Toll-Free:
Address: Keilaranta 13, Espoo, FI-02150 Finland
FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: 800 Fiscal Year Ends:
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company: SIVA GROUP
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: WEC
2010 Sales: $4,202,500 2010 Profits: $456,500 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $4,127,900 2009 Profits: $382,400 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $4,427,800 2008 Profits: $359,100 Employees: 4,596 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $4,237,800 2007 Profits: $335,600 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: Y ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,129,008 Bonus: $2,462,868
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $657,000 Bonus: $1,152,390
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: 5 West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: XWES
2010 Sales: $17,985 2010 Profits: $- 99 Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $14,618 2009 Profits: $-2,334 Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $12,445 2008 Profits: $-6,795 Employees: 2,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $9,200 2007 Profits: $-8,642 Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $250,000 Bonus: $125,000
Savings Plan: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $235,000 Bonus: $104,167
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y Y Y Y Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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FINANCIALS: Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. 2011 Note: Financial information
for 2011 was not available for all companies at press time.
2011 Sales: $ 2011 Profits: $ U.S. Stock Ticker: Private
2010 Sales: $ 2010 Profits: $ Int’l Ticker:
2009 Sales: $ 2009 Profits: $ Int’l Exchange:
2008 Sales: $ 2008 Profits: $ Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31
2007 Sales: $ 2007 Profits: $ Parent Company:
SALARIES/BENEFITS:
Pension Plan: ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
Savings Plan: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $
OTHER THOUGHTS: LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes)
Apparent Women Officers or Directors: West: Southwest: Midwest: Southeast: Northeast: International:
Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
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ADDITIONAL INDEXES
Contents:
Index of Firms Noted as “Hot Spots for Advancement” for Women/Minorities 464
American Coalition for Ethanol; HAWKEYE ENERGY Austin Energy; STP NUCLEAR OPERATING
HOLDINGS LLC COMPANY
American South General Contractors; SOLARGENIX Australia National University; TRINA SOLAR LTD
ENERGY LLC Automation Products Group (APG); ATS
American Standard; INGERSOLL-RAND PLC AUTOMATION TOOLING SYSTEMS INC
American Superconductor Corp.; AMSC Automation Systems Group (ATG); ATS
CORPORATION AUTOMATION TOOLING SYSTEMS INC
American Transmission Company; WISCONSIN avim Solar Production Co. Ltd.; ALEO SOLAR AG
ENERGY CORP Avista Corporation; RELION INC
Amerigon, Inc.; BSST LLC Avista Development; AVISTA CORPORATION
AMINOPLUS; AG PROCESSING INC Avista Energy, Inc.; AVISTA CORPORATION
AMPCO Marketing; ATLANTIC METHANOL Avista Utilities; AVISTA CORPORATION
PRODUCTION COMPANY LLC Axians; VINCI
Amperium; AMSC CORPORATION B.R.C. Società a Responsabilità Limitata; FUEL
AmpLink; SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS INC
INC Babcock & Wilcox Company (The); MCDERMOTT
AMSC India; AMSC CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL INC
AMSC Korea; AMSC CORPORATION Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy Inc; BABCOCK &
Amstar Surface Technology Ltd.; ALSTOM SA WILCOX COMPANY (THE)
Amyris Brasil SA; AMYRIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group Inc;
INC BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY (THE)
Amyris Fuels LLC; AMYRIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc;
INC BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY (THE)
Andromeda; NUVERA FUEL CELLS INC Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group Inc;
Anlagenbau und Fordertechnik Arthur Loibl GmbH; BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY (THE)
BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY (THE) Badger Meter Europa GmbH; BADGER METER INC
Applied Energy Group; AMERESCO INC BadgerTouch; BADGER METER INC
APS Energy Services Company, Inc.; AMERESCO INC BAF Technologies Inc; CLEAN ENERGY FUELS
Aptivo Consulting SA; HITACHI LTD CORP
Aqualia SA; FOMENTO DE CONSTRUCCIONES Y Bakery Feeds; GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES INC
CONTRATAS SA (FCC) Bakery Solutions; IMPERIAL WESTERN PRODUCTS
AquaTower Pty Limited; CHEUNG KONG INC
INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS LTD Ballard Material Products Inc; BALLARD POWER
Aral; BP PLC SYSTEMS INC
ARCH Venture Partners; SAPPHIRE ENERGY Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co Ltd;
Areva; ALSTOM SA YINGLI GREEN ENERGY HOLDING CO LTD
AREVA NC; AREVA GROUP Baroid Fluid Services; HALLIBURTON COMPANY
AREVA NP; AREVA GROUP BASF AG; TEKION INC
AREVA T&D; AREVA GROUP BASF AG; BASF SE
Argonaut Private Equity; SOLARRESERVE BASF Canada; BASF SE
ARIES; BIODICO INC BASF Future Business GmbH; BASF SE
Arizant, Inc.; 3M COMPANY BASF Hock Mining Chemical Company Ltd.; BASF SE
Arizona Public Services; RENEGY HOLDINGS INC Basic; SOLARONE SOLUTIONS LLC
Armour of America; AROTECH CORPORATION Battery ECU; PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO LTD
Arrow Energy Ltd; ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC Battery Ventures; QTEROS INC
ARTisun; SUNIVA INC Beebe Community Wind Farm LLC; NORDEX AG
Asia Silicon Co., Ltd.; SUNTECH POWER HOLDINGS Befesa; ABENGOA SA
CO LTD Beijing-RIC; AREVA GROUP
Assembly & Test Worldwide, Inc.; ATS AUTOMATION Ben Aketil Wind Energy Ltd; GRUPPO FALCK SPA
TOOLING SYSTEMS INC Benchmark Capital; NANOSOLAR INC
Atlas Energy, Inc.; CHEVRON CORPORATION Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.; MIDAMERICAN ENERGY
ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc; PHOTOWATT HOLDINGS CO
INTERNATIONAL SA Big River Resources LLC; REX AMERICAN
Attenti Holdings S.A.; 3M COMPANY RESOURCES CORPORATION
AU Optronics Corp (Taiwan); SHARP CORPORATION Biglow Canyon Wind Farm; PORTLAND GENERAL
ELECTRIC COMPANY
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Caltex; CHEVRON CORPORATION CEEG (Shanghai) Solar Science & Technology Co Ltd;
Calyxo GmbH; Q.CELLS SE CHINA SUNERGY CO LTD
Cambrian Wind Energy Ltd; GRUPPO FALCK SPA Cementos Portland Valderrivas; FOMENTO DE
Cambridge Water plc; CHEUNG KONG CONSTRUCCIONES Y CONTRATAS SA (FCC)
INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS LTD Cemig Distribucao de Energy S.A.; COMPANHIA
Camros Capital LLC; QTEROS INC ENERGETICA MINAS GERAIS (CEMIG)
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; PUGET Cemig Gercao e Transmissao S.A.; COMPANHIA
ENERGY INC ENERGETICA MINAS GERAIS (CEMIG)
Canadian Arctic Gas, Ltd.; CANADIAN OIL SANDS Centra; EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
LTD Centra Gas; MANITOBA HYDRO-ELECTRIC
Canadian Meridian Cogeneration Plant; CHEUNG Central Vermont Public Service Corporation; GREEN
KONG INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS LTD MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION
Canadian Oil Sands Limited; SYNCRUDE CANADA CEntry Sulfur Recovery; FOSTER WHEELER AG
LTD Cerilliant Corp; SIGMA-ALDRICH CORP
Canadian Oil Sands Marketing, Ltd.; CANADIAN OIL CEZ Group; CEZ AS
SANDS LTD CH2M HILL Canada, Ltd.; CH2M HILL COMPANIES
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc; LTD
CANADIAN SOLAR INC CH2M HILL Lockwood Greene; CH2M HILL
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc; COMPANIES LTD
CANADIAN SOLAR INC CH2M-IDC China; CH2M HILL COMPANIES LTD
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Ontario) Inc; Chalk River Laboratories; ATOMIC ENERGY OF
CANADIAN SOLAR INC CANADA LTD
CANDU; ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD Chemical Researching and Licensing; CHICAGO
Canon Ecology Industry Inc; CANON INC BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY NV
Canon Information Systems Co Ltd; CANON INC Chemical Terminal Trombay Limited; TATA POWER
Canon Investment Holdings Limited; ALTAIR ChemSystems Online; NEXANT INC
NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC Chevron Corp; KONARKA TECHNOLOGIES INC
Canon Machinery, Inc.; CANON INC Chevron Corporation; CHEVRON TECHNOLOGY
Canon Marketing Japan Inc; CANON INC VENTURES
Canon Singapore PTE Ltd; CANON INC Chevron Limited; CHEVRON CORPORATION
Cargill AgHorizons U.S.; CARGILL INC Chevron Phillips Chemical Company; CHEVRON
Cargill Animal Nutrition; CARGILL INC CORPORATION
Cargill Sugar; CARGILL INC Chevron Technology Ventures; CHEVRON
Cargill Trade and Structured Finance; CARGILL INC CORPORATION
Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung; SCHOTT SOLAR China Investment Corporation; AES CORPORATION
Carrier Corp; UNITED TECHNOLOGIES (THE)
CORPORATION China Solar Holdings Limited; TERRA SOLAR
Cascade Investment LLC; SAPPHIRE ENERGY GLOBAL INC
Castrol; BP PLC China Sunergy (US) Clean Tech Inc; CHINA SUNERGY
Cat UPS; ACTIVE POWER INC CO LTD
Catalytic Distillation Technologies; CHICAGO BRIDGE China Sunergy Europe GmbH; CHINA SUNERGY CO
& IRON COMPANY NV LTD
Catalytica Energy Systems Inc; RENEGY HOLDINGS Chitrangi Power Private Limited; RELIANCE POWER
INC LIMITED
Catchlight Energy; CHEVRON TECHNOLOGY CIM Group; SKYPOWER LIMITED
VENTURES CISA; INGERSOLL-RAND PLC
Caterpillar Inc; ACTIVE POWER INC Clarion Co Ltd; HITACHI LTD
Caterpillar Logistics; CATERPILLAR INC Clean Energy del Peru; CLEAN ENERGY FUELS
CB&I Lummus; CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON CORP
COMPANY NV Clean Filtration Technologies, Inc.; DOW CHEMICAL
CB&I Steel Plate Structures; CHICAGO BRIDGE & COMPANY (THE)
IRON COMPANY NV CleanSource; ACTIVE POWER INC
CEEG (Nan Jing) New Energy Co Ltd; CHINA CleanSource DC; ACTIVE POWER INC
SUNERGY CO LTD CleanSource UPS; ACTIVE POWER INC
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Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. (The); Corian; DUPONT (E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS &
FIRSTENERGY CORP CO)
Clipper Windpower Marine Limited; CLIPPER Cory Environmental Municipal Services; CORY
WINDPOWER LLC ENVIRONMENTAL
C-Lock Technology Inc; EVERGREEN ENERGY INC Cory Environmental Waste Management; CORY
Club Car; INGERSOLL-RAND PLC ENVIRONMENTAL
Clyde Wind Farm; AIRTRICITY Cosan Acucar e Alcool; COSAN SA INDUSTRIA E
CML Group Ltd; TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC COMERCIO
Coastal Andhra Power Limited; RELIANCE POWER Cosan Alimentos; COSAN SA INDUSTRIA E
LIMITED COMERCIO
Co-eXprise; WORLD ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC Cottonase; VERENIUM CORPORATION
Cogent, Inc.; 3M COMPANY Covanta Holding Corporation; COVANTA ENERGY
Cogentrix; SUNIVA INC CORPORATION
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG; BASF SE Cox Flow Measurement Inc; BADGER METER INC
COM4EV; SFC ENERGY AG CPS Energy; STP NUCLEAR OPERATING
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA); AREVA COMPANY
GROUP CRC; CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE
Commonwealth Edison Company; EXELON CORP
CORPORATION CSI Cells Co. Ltd; CANADIAN SOLAR INC
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA; AVANCIS GMBH & CSI Solar Manufacture Inc; CANADIAN SOLAR INC
CO KG Custom; CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE
Companhia Nacional de Acucar e Alcoo; BP CORP
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY CustomerIQ; SILVER SPRING NETWORKS
Companhia Nacional de Acucar e Alcool; BP PLC Customized Home Energy Report; PROGRESS
Companhia Paranaense de Gas S.A.; COMPANHIA ENERGY INC
PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA - COPEL Da Barra; COSAN SA INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO
Concord Safety Solutions Pvt Ltd; AROTECH Dalkia; VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT
CORPORATION Dallas Clean Energy LLC; CLEAN ENERGY FUELS
Conductus Superconducting Wire; CORP
SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES INC DALSA Corporation; TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES
Conectiv Energy; CALPINE CORPORATION INC
Conergy; CONERGY AG Danisco A/S; GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Conergy; NANOSOLAR INC Danisco A/S; DUPONT (E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS
Conergy Inc; SKYPOWER LIMITED & CO)
Confluence Solar Inc; GT ADVANCED Dantherm Power A/S; BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS
TECHNOLOGIES INC INC
CONSOL Energy Inc; CNX GAS CORPORATION Darling International Inc; GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES INC
Consolidated Bioprocessing; MASCOMA CORP Dedini Agro; ABENGOA BIOENERGY CORP
Consortium for Solar Lighting; SOLARONE Deltazym GA L-E5; VERENIUM CORPORATION
SOLUTIONS LLC Demand Response; SILVER SPRING NETWORKS
Constellation Energy Group; UNISTAR NUCLEAR Denabraide; IOGEN CORPORATION
ENERGY LLC DETA; EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
Constellation Energy Group; EXELON DFC1500; FUELCELL ENERGY INC
CORPORATION DFC300; FUELCELL ENERGY INC
Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC; DFC3000; FUELCELL ENERGY INC
ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE SA (EDF) DFC-ERG; FUELCELL ENERGY INC
Control Dynamics International, LP; ENGLOBAL CORP DII; ABENGOA SA
Cookie Meal; GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES INC Direct FuelCell; FUELCELL ENERGY INC
COPEL Distribuicao S.A.; COMPANHIA Direct Wafer; 1366 TECHNOLOGIES INC
PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA - COPEL District Energy; BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC
Copel Geracao y Transmissao S.A.; COMPANHIA Dominion Energy; DOMINION RESOURCES INC
PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA - COPEL Dominion Generation; DOMINION RESOURCES INC
COPEL Telecomunicacoes S.A.; COMPANHIA Dominion Resources Services, Inc.; DOMINION
PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA - COPEL RESOURCES INC
Plunkett Research, Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com
Entergy Texas, Inc.; ENTERGY CORP First Resources Corporation; DYNAMOTIVE ENERGY
Entergy Vermont Yankee Nuclear LLC; GREEN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION FirstEnergy Service Company; FIRSTENERGY CORP
Epsilor Electronic Industries Ltd; AROTECH Fischer-Tropsch; SYNTROLEUM CORPORATION
CORPORATION Fisia Babcock; IMPREGILO SPA
Epyon B.V.; ABB LTD Fisia Italimpianti; IMPREGILO SPA
ERI AquaBold; ENERGY RECOVERY INC Fisker Automotive Inc; QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS
ERI AquaSpire; ENERGY RECOVERY INC TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC
ErSol Solar Energy; BOSCH SOLAR ENERGY AG Fisker Karma; QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS
Essent; RWE AG TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC
Essentials; SOLARONE SOLUTIONS LLC Flare; SOLARONE SOLUTIONS LLC
Esso; COSAN SA INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO FLATcomp; WURTH ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO
Esso; EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION KG
(EXXONMOBIL) Flatiron; HOCHTIEF AG
Eurovia; VINCI Flexcell; VHF TECHNOLOGIES SA
Evergreen Energy Asia Pacific Corp; EVERGREEN flexcellfama; VHF TECHNOLOGIES SA
ENERGY INC flexcellgaia; VHF TECHNOLOGIES SA
Evonik Degussa; EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG flexcellhelios; VHF TECHNOLOGIES SA
EvoTek, LLC; FUEL SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS INC FlexCrete; HEADWATERS INC
Excelergy BV; NEXANT INC Florida Power & Light Company; NEXTERA ENERGY
Exelon Business Services Company; EXELON INC
CORPORATION Fluor Constructors International, Inc.; FLUOR CORP
Exelon Generation Company LLC; EXELON Focus-Abengoa Foundation; ABENGOA SA
CORPORATION Formira; TEKION INC
Exelon Transmission Company; EXELON Formira Power Pack; TEKION INC
CORPORATION Forza; NUVERA FUEL CELLS INC
Exide; EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES Foster Wheeler International Corp.; FOSTER
Exide Extreme; EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES WHEELER AG
Exide NASCAR Select; EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES Foster Wheeler Power Machinery Co., Ltd.; FOSTER
Exxon; EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION WHEELER AG
(EXXONMOBIL) Foster Wheeler Power Systems, Inc.; FOSTER
ExxonMobil; EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION WHEELER AG
(EXXONMOBIL) Foster Wheeler SOFCON Consulting Energy Company;
ExxonMobil Chemical; EXXON MOBIL FOSTER WHEELER AG
CORPORATION (EXXONMOBIL) Foster Wheeler USA Corp.; FOSTER WHEELER AG
FAAC Inc; AROTECH CORPORATION Foster Wheeler, Ltd.; FOSTER WHEELER AG
Fagen Inc; HAWKEYE ENERGY HOLDINGS LLC FPL FiberNet, LLC; NEXTERA ENERGY INC
Falk Renewables SpA; GRUPPO FALCK SPA FPL Group, Inc.; NEXTERA ENERGY INC
FASST Technology; HELIOVOLT CORP Frontier Angel Fund; ENERG2
Fast Pyrolysis; DYNAMOTIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS Frontier Carbon Corporation; MITSUBISHI CORP
CORPORATION Fuel Cell Extended Run (FCXR); AMERICAN POWER
FCC Environment; FOMENTO DE CONVERSION (APC)
CONSTRUCCIONES Y CONTRATAS SA (FCC) FuelCell.com; ELECTROCHEM INC
FCC Medio Ambiente SA; FOMENTO DE Fuelzyme-LF; VERENIUM CORPORATION
CONSTRUCCIONES Y CONTRATAS SA (FCC) Fullerene International Corporation; MITSUBISHI
FCC Versia SA; FOMENTO DE CONSTRUCCIONES CORP
Y CONTRATAS SA (FCC) Fulmen; EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
FerroCep; HYFLUX LTD Future Heating Limited; RENEWABLE ENERGY
Filters for Industry; PORVAIR PLC SYSTEMS
Fine Silicon Co Ltd; YINGLI GREEN ENERGY G.C. Andersen Partners LLC; SKYFUEL INC
HOLDING CO LTD GALAXY; BADGER METER INC
Finnish Industry Investment Ltd; WINWIND OY Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA; NAVITAS
Firelake Capital Management; ENERG2 ENERGY INC
First Choice Power L.P.; PNM RESOURCES INC Gamesa Energia; GAMESA CORPORACION
TECNOLOGICA SA
Plunkett Research, Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com
Gamesa Eolica; GAMESA CORPORACION Goldwind USA; XINJIANG GOLDWIND SCIENCE &
TECNOLOGICA SA TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
Gaz Metro Limited Partnership; GREEN MOUNTAIN Good Energies; SOLARRESERVE
POWER CORPORATION Goodrich Corp; UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
Gaz Metro Limited Partnership; CENTRAL VERMONT CORPORATION
PUBLIC SERVICE CORP Google Inc; NANOSOLAR INC
GDF Suez; INTERNATIONAL POWER PLC Graniou; VINCI
GE Capital; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE) Great Plains Energy Inc; WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR
GE Capital Aviation Services; GENERAL ELECTRIC OPERATING CORPORATION
CO (GE) Greater Gabbard Wind Farm; AIRTRICITY
GE Energy; ESOLAR INC Green Crude; SAPPHIRE ENERGY
GE Energy Infrastructure; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO Green Island Cement; CHEUNG KONG
(GE) INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS LTD
GE Energy Services; GE ENERGY Green Mountain Power Corp; CENTRAL VERMONT
INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC SERVICE CORP
GE Healthcare; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE) Green Plain Trade; GREEN PLAINS RENEWABLE
GE Oil & Gas; GE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ENERGY
GE Power & Water; GE ENERGY Green Plains Grain; GREEN PLAINS RENEWABLE
INFRASTRUCTURE ENERGY
GE Technology Infrastructure; GENERAL ELECTRIC GreenCert; EVERGREEN ENERGY INC
CO (GE) GroSolar; SOLARCITY
GEM Electronics; MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Growth Energy; HAWKEYE ENERGY HOLDINGS
CORPORATION LLC
GenCore; PLUG POWER INC Grupo Maeda; BRASIL ECODIESEL
GenCore; IDATECH LLC GSE Consulting, LP; WORLD ENERGY SOLUTIONS
GenDrive; PLUG POWER INC INC
General Catalyst Partners; MASCOMA CORP GT Solar International Inc; GT ADVANCED
General Electric Co (GE); GE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC
INFRASTRUCTURE Guangzhou Lin Hai Envirotech Co Ltd; UNITED
General Electric Co (GE); GE GLOBAL RESEARCH ENVIROTECH LTD
General Growth Properties Inc; BROOKFIELD ASSET Gulf Power Company; SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE)
MANAGEMENT INC Gurgle; HYFLUX LTD
GEN-SE; NEXANT INC Hamilton Sundstrand; SOLARRESERVE
GenSys; IDATECH LLC Hamilton Sundstrand; UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
GenSys On-site Power Systems; PLUG POWER INC CORPORATION
Gentle Power Bleach; GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL Hansen Transmissions International NV; SUZLON
INC ENERGY LIMITED
Georgia Power Company; SOUTHERN COMPANY Hanwha Solar Electric Power Engineering Co; HANWHA
(THE) SOLARONE CO LTD
Gestamp Asetym Solar, S.L; TRINA SOLAR LTD Hanwha SolarOne Deutschland GmbH; HANWHA
Gexa Energy; NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES SOLARONE CO LTD
LLC Hanwha SolarOne Technology Co; HANWHA
Global Energy Partners LLC; ENERNOC INC SOLARONE CO LTD
Global Green Cars, Inc.; GREEN STAR PRODUCTS Hanwha SolarOne U.S.A. Inc; HANWHA SOLARONE
INC CO LTD
Globalvia Infraesturtura; FOMENTO DE Harvester; SOLARONE SOLUTIONS LLC
CONSTRUCCIONES Y CONTRATAS SA (FCC) Hawkeye Gold LLC; HAWKEYE ENERGY
Golden Chlorella High Protein; SOLAZYME HOLDINGS LLC
Golden Chlorella Omega; SOLAZYME Hawkeye Renewables LLC; HAWKEYE ENERGY
Golden Peanut Company LLC; ARCHER DANIELS HOLDINGS LLC
MIDLAND CO Headwaters Energy Services Corp.; HEADWATERS
Goldman Sachs Group Inc; SUNIVA INC INC
Goldston Engineering, Inc.; CH2M HILL COMPANIES Headwaters Resources, Inc.; HEADWATERS INC
LTD Headwaters Technology Innovation Group, Inc.;
HEADWATERS INC
Plunkett Research, Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com
Hedley Pointe Wind Energy Facility LLC; NACEL IDACORP Financial Services Inc; IDACORP INC
ENERGY CORP Idaho Energy Resources Co; IDACORP INC
Helioenergy 1; ABENGOA SOLAR Idaho Power Company; IDACORP INC
Hess Corporation; NUVERA FUEL CELLS INC Ida-West Energy Company; IDACORP INC
HIG Ventures; SUNIVA INC Idealab; ESOLAR INC
Hitachi Consulting; HITACHI LTD IFASTAR; AREVA GROUP
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Inc; HITACHI LTD iGen; IDATECH LLC
Hitachi High Technologies America Inc; HITACHI LTD IGLI SpA; IMPREGILO SPA
Hitachi Ltd; CANON INC IMPCO Technologies, Inc.; FUEL SYSTEMS
Hitachi Medical Corporation; HITACHI LTD SOLUTIONS INC
Hitachi Medical Systems America; HITACHI LTD Imperial Biotane; IMPERIAL WESTERN PRODUCTS
HOCHTIEF AirPort; HOCHTIEF AG INC
HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions; HOCHTIEF AG Imperial Oil Resources; SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD
HOCHTIEF Solutions AG; HOCHTIEF AG Imperium Grays Harbor; IMPERIUM RENEWABLES
Home Energy Improvement Program; PROGRESS INC
ENERGY INC IMW Industries Ltd; CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP
Homeservices of America, Inc.; MIDAMERICAN Inbuilt; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY HOLDINGS CO Indianapolis Power & Light; AES CORPORATION
Hongkong Electric; CHEUNG KONG (THE)
INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS LTD Induktive Bauelemente; WURTH ELEKTRONIK
Huanghua Port; CHINA SHENHUA ENERGY GMBH & CO KG
COMPANY LIMITED Industrial Design and Construction; CH2M HILL
Hungry Tiger; COSAN SA INDUSTRIA E COMPANIES LTD
COMERCIO InfraStruXure; AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION
Hussman; INGERSOLL-RAND PLC (APC)
Hybrivet Systems, Inc.; 3M COMPANY Inge Watertechnologies AG; BASF SE
Hydro Energy Ltd Piave; ENEL SPA Innovative Design Inc; SOLARGENIX ENERGY LLC
Hydro One Brampton, Inc.; HYDRO ONE INC InoCep; HYFLUX LTD
Hydro One Networks, Inc.; HYDRO ONE INC Insignia Energy Ltd; BROOKFIELD ASSET
Hydro One Remote Communities, Inc.; HYDRO ONE MANAGEMENT INC
INC IntelliSOURCE; COMVERGE INC
Hydro One Telecom, Inc.; HYDRO ONE INC Investec Limited; IDATECH LLC
Hydrochlor; AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC Iogen Bio-Products; IOGEN CORPORATION
Hydrogen Energy California; BP ALTERNATIVE Iogen Energy; IOGEN CORPORATION
ENERGY Iowa Corn Promotion Board; HAWKEYE ENERGY
Hydrogen Power Abu Dhabi; BP ALTERNATIVE HOLDINGS LLC
ENERGY Iowa Renewable Fuels Association; HAWKEYE
Hydro-Quebec Distribution; HYDRO-QUEBEC ENERGY HOLDINGS LLC
Hydro-Quebec Equipement et services partages; HYDRO- Iowa Thin Film Technologies; POWERFILM INC
QUEBEC Isofoton North America Inc; ISOFOTON
Hydro-Quebec International, Inc.; HYDRO-QUEBEC iSun; ICP SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES
Hydro-Quebec Production; HYDRO-QUEBEC Itaipa Dam; ITAIPU BINACIONAL
Hydro-Quebec TransEnergie; HYDRO-QUEBEC Italian Gun Grease; GREEN STAR PRODUCTS INC
Hymotion, Inc.; A123SYSTEMS Itogumi Motech Inc; MOTECH INDUSTRIES INC
HyPM; HYDROGENICS CORPORATION ITRON; BADGER METER INC
HyPX; HYDROGENICS CORPORATION Ivanpah Solar Power Complex; BRIGHTSOURCE
HySTAT; HYDROGENICS CORPORATION ENERGY INC
i.LON; ECHELON CORP JA Development Co Ltd; JA SOLAR HOLDINGS CO
Iberdrola Renovables SAU; IBERDROLA SA LTD
Iberdrola SA; IBERDROLA RENOVABLES SAU JA Solar Hong Kong Ltd; JA SOLAR HOLDINGS CO
i-BUMA; EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG LTD
I-Cells; MOTECH INDUSTRIES INC JA Solar USA Inc; JA SOLAR HOLDINGS CO LTD
ICFS International LLC; ZORLU ENERJI ELEKTRIK Jacoby Development Inc; GEOPLASMA LLC
URETIM AS Jacoby Group (The); GEOPLASMA LLC
ICM Inc; HAWKEYE ENERGY HOLDINGS LLC Java Field; MESA ENERGY HOLDINGS INC
Plunkett Research, Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com
Manitoba Hydro International, Ltd.; MANITOBA Mobion; MTI MICROFUEL CELLS INC
HYDRO-ELECTRIC Mobion; MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY INC
Manitoba Hydro Utility Services, Ltd.; MANITOBA Mocal Energy Limited; SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD
HYDRO-ELECTRIC MODELEX; NEXANT INC
Mannaway; NOVOZYMES Modine OneGene Corp.; MODINE
Marathon Oil; MASCOMA CORP MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Marathon Oil Corporation; ATLANTIC METHANOL Modular Cartridge Technology; RELION INC
PRODUCTION COMPANY LLC Mosaic Co. (The); CARGILL INC
Marcegaglia; UNITED SOLAR OVONIC Motech Instruments; MOTECH INDUSTRIES INC
Massachusetts Green Energy Fund; KONARKA Motech Power; MOTECH INDUSTRIES INC
TECHNOLOGIES INC Motech Solar; MOTECH INDUSTRIES INC
Masterfeeds; AG PROCESSING INC Motiva Enterprises LLC; SHELL OIL CO
McDowell Research; ULTRALIFE CORPORATION MOX; BELGONUCLEAIRE SA
MDT Armor Corporation; AROTECH CORPORATION M-Series; BADGER METER INC
MDT Protective Industries Ltd; AROTECH MTE S.r.L.; FUEL SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS INC
CORPORATION MTI Instruments Inc; MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY
Mechanical Technology Inc; MTI MICROFUEL CELLS INC
INC MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc; MECHANICAL
MegaFlux; CLIPPER WINDPOWER LLC TECHNOLOGY INC
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc; SUNEDISON LLC Multi-Chem Group LLC; HALLIBURTON COMPANY
Mendota Hills Wind Farm; NAVITAS ENERGY INC Murphy Oil Company Limited; SYNCRUDE CANADA
Mesa Energy Operating LLC; MESA ENERGY LTD
HOLDINGS INC MyGen; KYOCERA SOLAR CORP
Mesa Energy, Inc.; MESA ENERGY HOLDINGS INC N100; NORDEX AG
Mescalero Ridge Wind LLC; CAITHNESS ENERGY N80; NORDEX AG
LLC N82; NORDEX AG
Methane Power, Inc.; PROGRESS ENERGY INC N90; NORDEX AG
Methanex Express; METHANEX CORP NAC International, Inc.; USEC INC
Metropolitan Edison Co.; FIRSTENERGY CORP Nalcor Energy; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
MF&T; PORVAIR PLC HYDRO
Microfiltrex; PORVAIR PLC NanoEner; ENER1 INC
Microvia; WURTH ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO KG NANOPLAS; SUNTECH POWER HOLDINGS CO
MidAmerican Energy Company; MIDAMERICAN LTD
ENERGY HOLDINGS CO Nanosolar Cell A-100; NANOSOLAR INC
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.; PACIFICORP Nanosolar Utiliscale; NANOSOLAR INC
Millenium Wind Energy Ltd; GRUPPO FALCK SPA Nanosolar Utility Panel; NANOSOLAR INC
Millennium Energy Holdings, Inc.; UNISOURCE Nanosys Korea Inc; NANOSYS INC
ENERGY CORPORATION Nantong Hanwha Import & Export Co; HANWHA
MIMAS; BELGONUCLEAIRE SA SOLARONE CO LTD
Minera Escondida Limitade; MITSUBISHI CORP National Research Universal (NRU); ATOMIC
Mississippi Power Company; SOUTHERN COMPANY ENERGY OF CANADA LTD
(THE) NaturalDrive Partners LLC; FUEL SYSTEMS
MIT; TRINA SOLAR LTD SOLUTIONS INC
Mitsubish Electric Corp; MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Nature Safe; GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES INC
CORPORATION Natureworks LLC; CARGILL INC
Mitsubish Electric GEM Power Device Co Ltd; Nazarian Enterprises; SOLARRESERVE
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION NBC Universal LLC; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE)
Mitsubishi Corp; MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC n-BUMA; EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG
CORPORATION NEC Corporation; AUTOMOTIVE ENERGY SUPPLY
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; MITSUBISHI CORP CORPORATION (AESC)
Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co Ltd; MITSUBISHI Neftegaztechnologiya; ENEL SPA
CORP NELCO Limited; TATA POWER
Mobil; COSAN SA INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO Networked Energy Services; ECHELON CORP
Mobil; EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION New Enterprise Associates; SUNIVA INC
(EXXONMOBIL) New PE Holdco LLC; PACIFIC ETHANOL INC
Plunkett Research, Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com
Nexen Oil Sands Partnership; SYNCRUDE CANADA Operations Management International; CH2M HILL
LTD COMPANIES LTD
Nexsol Biodiesel; PETER CREMER NORTH OPG Evergreen; ONTARIO POWER GENERATION
AMERICA LP INC
NextEra Energy Inc; NEXTERA ENERGY Opteor; VINCI
RESOURCES LLC Optim Energy; PNM RESOURCES INC
NextEra Energy Power Marketing; NEXTERA ENERGY Optimus; SUNIVA INC
RESOURCES LLC Opus; INTERNATIONAL POWER PLC
NextEra Energy Power Marketing LLC; NEXTERA Orbital; EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
ENERGY INC Orbotech Medical Solutions Ltd.; GENERAL
NextEra Energy Resources LLC; NEXTERA ENERGY ELECTRIC CO (GE)
INC Origin Energy; GEODYNAMICS LTD
Nida-Core Corp.; 3M COMPANY Origin Energy Australia; TRINA SOLAR LTD
Nissan Motor Co Ltd; AUTOMOTIVE ENERGY ORION; BADGER METER INC
SUPPLY CORPORATION (AESC) Ormat Energy Converter; ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES
No Compromise Fuels; AMYRIS Osram; SIEMENS AG
BIOTECHNOLOGIES INC Otis Elevator Company; UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
Noble Energy; ATLANTIC METHANOL CORPORATION
PRODUCTION COMPANY LLC Ovonic Battery Company Inc; ENERGY CONVERSION
Noble Spirit; ATLANTIC METHANOL DEVICES INC
PRODUCTION COMPANY LLC OVP Venture Partners; ENERG2
Norbord Inc; BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT Oxonica Materials, Inc.; CABOT CORPORATION
INC Pacific Ag Products LLC; PACIFIC ETHANOL INC
Nordex Energy GmbH; NORDEX AG Pacific Biodiesel; SEQUENTIAL BIOFUELS LLC
Nordex USA, Inc.; NORDEX AG Pacific Gas and Electric Co; PG&E CORPORATION
Northeast Energy Solutions LLC; WORLD ENERGY Pacific Power; PACIFICORP
SOLUTIONS INC PacifiCorp; MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS
Northern Natural Gas Company; MIDAMERICAN CO
ENERGY HOLDINGS CO PacifiCorp Energy; PACIFICORP
Northern Powergrid; MIDAMERICAN ENERGY Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant; ARIZONA PUBLIC
HOLDINGS CO SERVICE COMPANY
Northwest Energy Angels; ENERG2 PanaHome; PANASONIC CORPORATION
Nova Research Inc; TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES Panasonic Automotive Systems of America;
INC PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO LTD
NOVO Envirotech (Guangzhou) Co Ltd; UNITED Panasonic Corporation; PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY
ENVIROTECH LTD CO LTD
NOVO Envirotech (Tianjin) Co Ltd; UNITED Panasonic Corporation; SANYO ELECTRIC
ENVIROTECH LTD COMPANY LTD
npower; RWE NPOWER Panasonic Corporation of North America; PRIMEARTH
npower Cogen; RWE NPOWER EV ENERGY CO LTD
NRG Energy Inc; STP NUCLEAR OPERATING Panasonic Electric Works Co. Ltd.; PANASONIC
COMPANY CORPORATION
Nuclear Fuel Services Inc; BABCOCK & WILCOX Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd.; PANASONIC
COMPANY (THE) CORPORATION
NuGen Energy LLC; REX AMERICAN RESOURCES Panasonic EV Energy Co Ltd; PRIMEARTH EV
CORPORATION ENERGY CO LTD
Nuon Energy; VATTENFALL AB Panasonic Factory Solutions Co., Ltd.; PANASONIC
Nuon NV; ALLIANDER NV CORPORATION
NV Energy; ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES Panasonic Mobile Communications Co Ltd;
NZ Legacy LLC; RENEGY HOLDINGS INC PANASONIC CORPORATION
Ohio Edison Co.; FIRSTENERGY CORP Panasonic Welding Systems Co., Ltd.; PANASONIC
One Earth Energy LLC; REX AMERICAN CORPORATION
RESOURCES CORPORATION Partech International; KONARKA TECHNOLOGIES
OnSun; SKYFUEL INC INC
Plunkett Research, Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com
Patriot Renewable Fuels LLC; REX AMERICAN Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc.; PRAXAIR INC
RESOURCES CORPORATION Pressure Exchanger; ENERGY RECOVERY INC
PBF Group BV; SFC ENERGY AG ProCep; HYFLUX LTD
PECO Energy Company; EXELON CORPORATION Progress Energy Carolinas Inc; PROGRESS ENERGY
Peninsula Compost Company, LLC; WASTE INC
MANAGEMENT INC Progress Energy Florida Inc; PROGRESS ENERGY
Penn West Energy Trust; MITSUBISHI CORP INC
Pennsylvania Electric Co.; FIRSTENERGY CORP Progress Rail Services; CATERPILLAR INC
Pennsylvania Power Co.; FIRSTENERGY CORP Project Brightfield; CHEVRON TECHNOLOGY
Penyao; ASIA ENVIRONMENT HOLDINGS LTD VENTURES
Peter Cremer Holding GmbH & Co KG; PETER PRYM; NEXANT INC
CREMER NORTH AMERICA LP PSCAD; MANITOBA HYDRO-ELECTRIC
Petro-Canada; IOGEN CORPORATION PT Sorini Agro Asia Corporindo Tbk; CARGILL INC
Petro-Canada; SUNCOR ENERGY INC Public Service Company of New Mexico; PNM
Pfenex, Inc.; DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY (THE) RESOURCES INC
PhotoCap; STR HOLDINGS INC Puget Holdings LLC; PUGET ENERGY INC
Photowatt International SAS; ATS AUTOMATION Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; PUGET ENERGY INC
TOOLING SYSTEMS INC Pump Engineering LLC; ENERGY RECOVERY INC
Photowatt Technologies; ATS AUTOMATION PuraFast; GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
TOOLING SYSTEMS INC Pure Energy Corporation; GREEN STAR PRODUCTS
Phyzyme XP; VERENIUM CORPORATION INC
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation; ARIZONA PUBLIC PureCell; UTC POWER
SERVICE COMPANY PureComfort; UTC POWER
PN Rotor GmbH; AREVA GROUP PureCycle; UTC POWER
Poco Graphite; ENTEGRIS INC Purifine; VERENIUM CORPORATION
POLIX; PHOTOWATT INTERNATIONAL SA PV Alliance (PVA); ATS AUTOMATION TOOLING
Poly 2xx; SCHOTT SOLAR SYSTEMS INC
Portable Power Pack (P3); GLOBAL SOLAR ENERGY PX; ENERGY RECOVERY INC
Porvair Filtration Group; PORVAIR PLC Q Microbe; QTEROS INC
Porvair Sciences; PORVAIR PLC Q-Cells International GmbH; Q.CELLS SE
Porvair Technology; PORVAIR PLC QD Soleil; NANOSYS INC
Power Authority of the State of New York (The); NEW QDEF; NANOSYS INC
YORK POWER AUTHORITY Q-Drive; QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS
Power Plastic; KONARKA TECHNOLOGIES INC TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC
Power Roof; SOLARGENIX ENERGY LLC Quadribaric; ENERGY RECOVERY INC
Powerex Corp.; BRITISH COLUMBIA HYDRO AND Quantum Drive; CLIPPER WINDPOWER LLC
POWER AUTHORITY Quantum Engineering and Development, Inc.;
PowerFLEX; GLOBAL SOLAR ENERGY AMERESCO INC
PowerFlow; NUVERA FUEL CELLS INC Quanxi; ASIA ENVIRONMENT HOLDINGS LTD
PowerGuard Roof System; SUNPOWER RAG Immobilien; EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG
CORPORATION RayTracker Inc; FIRST SOLAR INC
PowerHouse; ACTIVE POWER INC Realia Business SA; FOMENTO DE
Powerlinks Transmission Limited; TATA POWER CONSTRUCCIONES Y CONTRATAS SA (FCC)
PowerMax; AVANCIS GMBH & CO KG Realtime Technologies Inc; AROTECH
PowerModule; AMSC CORPORATION CORPORATION
PowerShingle; UNITED SOLAR OVONIC Re-Crude; KIOR INC
PowerStation System; ELECTROCHEM INC Recurrent Energy LLC; SHARP CORPORATION
PowerTap; NUVERA FUEL CELLS INC Recycle America Alliance; WASTE MANAGEMENT
Powertech Labs, Inc.; BRITISH COLUMBIA HYDRO INC
AND POWER AUTHORITY RedBlack Communications; ULTRALIFE
PowerTrak; ENERNOC INC CORPORATION
Prairie Brands Seeds; DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY ReflecTech Inc; SKYFUEL INC
(THE) ReflecTech Mirror Film; SKYFUEL INC
Pratt & Whitney; UNITED TECHNOLOGIES Reliance ADA Group; RELIANCE POWER LIMITED
CORPORATION Renew Power; TEKION INC
Plunkett Research, Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com
Spark Infrastructure Group; CHEUNG KONG SunPower T-10 Commercial Solar Roof Tiles;
INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS LTD SUNPOWER CORPORATION
Sperry Drilling Services; HALLIBURTON COMPANY SunPower T-5 Solar Roof Tile System; SUNPOWER
SPEZYME; GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC CORPORATION
Spire Biomedical, Inc.; SPIRE CORPORATION SunPower Tracker; SUNPOWER CORPORATION
Spire Semiconductor LLC; SPIRE CORPORATION SunRay; SUNPOWER CORPORATION
Spire Solar; SPIRE CORPORATION Sunsei Construct; ICP SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES
Spire Solar India LLC; SPIRE CORPORATION Sunsei Industrial; ICP SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES
Spire Solar Systems; SPIRE CORPORATION Sunsei Solar; ICP SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES
Spire Taiwan LLC; SPIRE CORPORATION SunSense; PROGRESS ENERGY INC
Spirizyme; NOVOZYMES Sunslick; VHF TECHNOLOGIES SA
SSE E&P UK Limited; SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN SunTechnics; CONERGY AG
ENERGY PLC Sunways Production GmbH; SUNWAYS AG
SSE Hornsea Limited; SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN SuperLink; SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES
ENERGY PLC INC
SSE Renewables; AIRTRICITY SuperPlex; SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES
SSE Telecommunications Limited; SCOTTISH AND INC
SOUTHERN ENERGY PLC Supreme Biotane; IMPERIAL WESTERN PRODUCTS
ST Microelectronics; SHARP CORPORATION INC
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