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Monday, April 25th, 2011Tech Data Corp. (Nasdaq:TECD) announced it has strengthened its extensive portfolio of Cisco solutions with Cisco’s TelePresence, the recently acquired Tandberg product line, which brings advanced collaboration technology into the mid-market space and creates new opportunities for Cisco resellers. Cisco’s TelePresence has transformed the way people collaborate. The realism of telepresence enhances the communication value of meetings, while the quality of the collaboration capabilities exceeds that of typical videoconferencing. At the same time, companies can save money, time and energy when they use the technology.
Tech Data Corporation distributes information technology products, as well as offers logistics management and other value-added services in North America, South America, and Europe.
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GreenHouse Holdings, Inc. (GRHU)
Demand Response is defined as a set of time dependent activities that reduce or shift electricity use to:
1. Improve electric grid reliability
2. Manage electricity costs
3. And provide systems that encourage load shifting or load shedding during times when the electric grid is near its capacity or electric power prices are high.
GreenHouse Holdings, Inc. is a leading provider of energy efficiency and sustainable facilities solutions. The company designs, engineers and installs disparate products and technologies that enable its clients to reduce their energy costs and carbon footprint.
Electric power generation and distribution systems are strongly affected by supply-side policies (how, when, and where to generate electricity, how to couple generation into the grid, how to transmit and distribute generated electricity) and demand-side policies (pricing schemes, conservation efforts, customer premises automation, and, in extreme circumstances, rolling blackouts). Demand-side programs focus on reducing the peak-to-average demand profiles through automation in the customer premises.
Target markets for GreenHouse’s energy efficiency solutions include residential, commercial and industrial, as well as government and military markets. In addition, the company develops designs and constructs rapidly deployable, sustainable facilities primarily for use in disaster relief and security in austere regions.
GreenHouse Holdings, Inc. recently announced a partnership with EnergyConnect, Inc, a forerunner in the development of smart grid demand response services and technologies. Together, the companies would offer customers integrated energy management and automated demand response (Auto-DR) services.
GreenHouse Holdings is excited to be a part of EnergyConnect’s continuing efforts to deliver integrated demand response solutions to its valued customers. This strategic alliance would generate complementary synergies
Under the terms of the agreement, GreenHouse would offer its Auto-DR services to EnergyConnect’s customers, and EnergyConnect would market its products to Greenhouse’s extensive customer base. This partnership would allow both companies to expand their customer base and offer a comprehensive, integrated demand response solution to existing customers. Customers would benefit from increased energy savings and earnings along with higher consistency in performance.
Auto-DR offers participants the technical means to automatically reduce electricity consumption when signaled by the utility during costly peak energy periods when the demand is highest. This program provides customers with complete control of actual curtailment measures implemented on an event-by-event basis and enables them to realize significant financial benefits.
GreenHouse provides expertise in turnkey Auto-DR implementations that comply with utility requirements and qualify participants to receive significant incentives for enabling technologies. ECNG believe this partnership would facilitate their customers’ seamless participation in demand response.
GreenHouse is a qualified service provider of Southern California Edison’s Auto-DR program, providing site assessment, feasibility studies, project development, engineering, and installation of enabling technologies, including complete processing of all utility documents.
For more information about GreenHouse Holdings, Inc. Visit its website:www.greenhouseintl.com
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Cleantech Transit, Inc. (CLNO)
Cleantech Transit, Inc. was founded to capitalize on technology advances and manufacturing opportunities in the growing clean energy public transportation sector. The Company has expanded its focus to invest directly in specific green projects.
The term “biomass” encompasses diverse fuels derived from timber, agriculture and food processing wastes or from fuel crops that are specifically grown or reserved for electricity generation. Biomass fuel can also include sewage sludge and animal manure. Some biomass fuels are derived from trees. Given the capacity of trees to regenerate, these fuels are considered renewable.
Recognizing the many economic and operational advances of converting wood waste into renewable sources of energy, Cleantech has selected to invest in Phoenix Energy (www.phoenixenergy.net). This project can generate shareholder returns as well benefit the Company’s manufacturing clients worldwide.
Because biomass technologies use combustion processes to produce electricity, they can generate electricity at any time, unlike wind and most solar technologies, which only produce when the wind is blowing or sun is shining. At present, most biomass power plants burn lumber, agricultural or construction/demolition wood wastes. Direct Combustion power plants burn the biomass fuel directly in boilers that supply steam for the same kind of steam-electric generators used to burn fossil fuels. With biomass gasification, biomass is converted into a gas - methane - that can then fuel steam generators, combustion turbines, combined cycle technologies or fuel cells.
Cleantech Transit, Inc. original aim was to develop opportunities utilizing advances in technology and manufacturing processes in order to develop significant market share in the growing clean energy public transportation sector.
With the growth in green sector as a whole the CLNO has expanded its focus to invest directly in specific projects. Recent advances in the technology of converting wood waste into power have so greatly enhanced the economic value of their systems they have launched the biomass division as a separate company, Phoenix Energy, to focus exclusively on generating greater returns for manufacturing clients worldwide.
For more information about Cleantech Transit, Inc. visit its website www.cleantechtransitinc.com
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Lufkin Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:LUFK) announced financial and operating results for the first quarter 2011. All per share numbers have been adjusted to reflect the Company’s 2-for-1 stock dividend, which occurred on June 1, 2010. Earnings from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2011 more than doubled to $12.4 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, from $6.0 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2010. First quarter 2011 earnings were impacted by a general liability accrual and legal expenses associated with an intellectual property lawsuit as further outlined in the table at the end of this release. Excluding these items, adjusted net earnings from continuing operations would have been $13.6 million, or $0.44 per share. Revenues for the first quarter of 2011 increased 53% to $194.4 million compared to $127.1 million for the same period a year ago.
Lufkin Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries manufacture and sell oil field pumping units and power transmission products. The company operates through two segments, Oil Field and Power Transmission.
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Harmonic Inc. (Nasdaq:HLIT) announced that it plans to report its results for the first quarter 2011, after market close on April 28, 2011. Harmonic will host a conference call to discuss its financial results at 2:00 p.m. Pacific (5:00 p.m. Eastern) on Thursday, April 28, 2011. A listen-only broadcast of the conference call can be accessed on the Company’s Investor Relations Events page at www.harmonicinc.com or by calling +1.706.634.9047 (conference identification code 51969320). The replay will be available after 6:00 p.m. Pacific at the same website address or by calling +1.706.645.9291 (conference identification code 51969320).
Harmonic Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells video products and system solutions that enable service providers to deliver broadcast and on-demand services.
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