Solis visit yields windfall for NV Energy
NV Energy recently played guide to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis as she toured the utility's massive building that houses its dispatch and operations center.
The Largest Lithium Ion Automotaive Battery Manufacturing Plant In the U.S. is Open for Business!
A123 Systems, a leading domestic manufacturer of advanced lithium ion batteries and systems for electric drive-train vehicles, opened the largest lithium ion automotive battery facility in the United States. Learn more »
A123 Systems Battery Plant
A123 Systems will provide Fisker Automotive with advanced automotive battery systems that combine high power and energy density with excellent safety and life performance. Michigan plants to make battery system to power Fisker's Karma Luxury plug-in hybrid electric cars adding more jobs to Michigan. Learn more »
Shell Oil Opens America's Largest Crude Oil Refinery
Port Arthur, Texas, December 2007– Shell Oil Company broke ground on a 325,000 barrel-per-day capacity expansion project at its joint venture Motiva's refinery in Port Arthur, Texas this morning. The expansion project will increase the refinery's crude oil throughput capacity to 600,000 barrels a day making it the largest refinery in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world.