Kansas to Develop Web-Based Oversize Permit System
A new system that will streamline the permit process for trucking companies hauling large loads, such as wind turbine components, through Kansas has been announced by a cross-agency partnership.
TA Buys Willie’s Place
Willie’s Place in Carl’s Corner, Texas, has been sold at auction to TravelCenters of America following a foreclosure suit.
Oil, Diesel Hit New Highs
As crude oil futures hit a new 29-month high Monday, diesel prices took another big leap this week, 15.5 cents, to a national average of $3.871 per gallon, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. That’s the 14th hike in a row and nearly 97 cents…
Retail Container Traffic to be Up 11 Percent in March
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to be up 11 percent in March over the same month last year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Assoc…
Monsanto and Sapphire Energy to collaborate to advance yield and stress research; Monsanto taking equity stake in Sapphire
Monsanto Company and Sapphire Energy, Inc., which applies synthetic biology to produce drop-in replacement fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from algae, will enter a multi-year collaboration that will leverage Sapphire’s algae-based re…
Perspective: Not all reductions in battery costs are found underneath the microscope
Perspective by The Townsend Company
The one topic that all people involved in the electric vehicle industry agree on is that batteries cost too much. This has led to a wave of investment in material science developments by both governments and private…
Airlines canceled almost 4 pct. of Jan. flights
Nearly 4 percent of all U.S. flights were canceled in January as severe winter storms paralyzed most of the East, but just one flight was stuck on the ground for more than three hours, the government said Monday.
Why is gas so high?
Do you like this Article? Since areas all over the Middle East exploded into revolutions for democracy, one thing that every American has noticed when they filled their car up with gas, prices are getting higher.
Pack manufacturer Evida Power to provide up to 50,000 Li-ion battery packs to Mia Electric
Evida Power, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of lithium-iron-phosphate battery packs, recently signed an agreement worth more than US$250 million with German and French electric vehicle manufacturer Mia Electric, to provide 8 kWh battery packs for th…
Grand opening of Neste Oil renewable diesel plant in Singapore; ISCC certification
Neste Oil celebrated the grand opening of its ISCC-certified renewable diesel plant in Singapore.
The start-up of the Singapore plant, which produces NExBTL renewable diesel, took place in November 2010; production at the world’s largest renewab…