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A thumbs-up ruling by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and some overseas customer deals have helped to get GreenMan Technologies Inc. of Lynnfield rolling with its offering of conversion kits that allow diesel engines to burn natural gas as a second fuel.

The company (OTCQB: GMTI), which operated as a used tire recycler before selling off that business, is offering the $20,000 conversion kits through its subsidiary American Power Group Inc.

The EPA has approved the first in what is expected to be a series of GreenMan submissions for converting various types of diesel engines to dual fuel engines, in this case the Caterpillar C-15 family of engines. The submissions are required for vehicle conversions, although GreenMan has already sold conversion kits for applications such as electrical generators.

According to GreenMan Technologies , the addition of gas — liquid natural gas, compressed natural gas, pipeline gas, well-head gas or bio-methane gas — as a second fuel can help truck or generator owners displace 40 percent to 60 percent of the normal diesel fuel consumption. The gas, which is fed into the engine’s turbocharger along with the existing diesel fuel, is less expensive and burns cleaner and more efficiently than diesel, according to GreenMan CFO Chuck Coppa.

GreenMan Tech propels dual-fuel vehicles forward - Mass High Tech

A battle is brewing in the world of fuel for full-size trucks. Ford and GM announced this week that theyll invest in technology and partnerships to allow their V-8 pickups to run on compressed natural gas, or CNG.

The move is aimed at providing commercial truck users a more economical way to power their fleets and take advantage of the fact the fuel is sourced in North America.

Right now, GM is the only manufacturer that provides a single-source commercial option with the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana CNG cargo vans. Adding a bifuel CNG pickup truck will likely help satisfy a broader range of needs for commercial customers looking for a one-stop alternative-fuel vehicle from the factory. This also will allow business owners to spend less on costly upfitting.

The bifuel commercial trucks will be covered by GMs three-year, 36,000-mile new-vehicle limited warranty and five-year, 100,000-mile limited powertrain warranty and vehicle emissions warranty, meeting all EPA and California Air Resources Board emission certification requirements.

Ford, GM Open Door for Natural-Gas V-8 Pickups - PickupTrucks.com

HEI gained 4.75%, to close at $48.26 and its overall traded volume was 0.00 shares in the last trading session. HEI shares were trading within the range of $45.18-$48.50 while its opening price was $45.75. The stock has a 52 week range of $35.80 – $57.98. HEI’s market capitalization is $2.02B and it has 41.76M outstanding shares.

HEICO Corporation, through its subsidiaries manufatures Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved jet engine and aircraft component replacement parts, other than the original equipment manufacturers (OEMS) and their subcontractors. The Company manufactures various types of electronic equipment for the aviation, defense, space, medical, telecommunication and electronic industries. It consists of two segments: the Flight Support Group and the Electronic Technologies Group. The Flight Support Group (FSG), consisting of HEICO Aerospace Holdings Corp. (HEICO Aerospace) and its subsidiaries, accounted for 67% of the net sales during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010. The Electronic Technologies Group (ETG), consisting of HEICO Electronic Technologies Corp. and its subsidiaries, accounted for 33%, of the net sales during fiscal 2010.

HOS went up 3.29%, to close at $23.88 and its overall traded volume was 0.00 shares in the last trading session. HOS opened the day at $22.84, it made an intraday low of $21.96 and an intraday high of $23.97. The stock has a 52 week low of $18.72 and 52 week high of $31.77. HOS’s market capitalization is $642.68M and it has 26.91M outstanding shares. Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. through its subsidiaries, operates offshore supply vessels ( OSVs), multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs), and a shore-base facility to provide logistics support and specialty services to the offshore oil and gas exploration and production industry, primarily in the United States Gulf of Mexico, or GoM, and select international markets. The Company, through its subsidiaries, also operates ocean-going tugs and tank barges that provide transportation of petroleum products, primarily in the northeastern United States, GoM and Puerto Rico. The Company provides marine transportation and logistics services through two b usiness segments: Upstream segment and Downstream segment. As of December 31, 2010, it had 16 new generation OSVs working in foreign markets. The Company primarily operates new generation OSVs and MPSVs in the U. S. Gulf of Mexico (GoM), other U. S. coastlines, Latin America and the Middle East.

IM percentage change grew 6.29%, to close at $16.74 and its overall traded volume was 0.00 shares in the last trading session. IM opened the day at $15.60, it made an intraday low of $15.45 and an intraday high of $16.75. The 52-week range of the stock is $15.45 – $21.63. IM’s market capitalization is $2.64B and it has 157.44M outstanding shares. Ingram Micro Inc. (Ingram Micro) is a global information technology (IT) wholesale distributor, providing sales, marketing and logistics services for the IT industry worldwide. Ingram Micro distributes and markets technology products worldwide from the industry’s computer hardware suppliers, networking equipment suppliers, software publishers, and other suppliers of computer peripherals, consumer electronics (CE), physical security, automatic identification and data capture (AIDC)/point-of-sale (POS) and mobility hardware worldwide. It offers a variety of systems, such as rack, tower and blade servers, desktops, portable personal computers, and perso nal digital assistants (PDA). During the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, the Company acquired interAct BVBA and Albora Soluciones SL.

Moved Above Ichimoku Cloud - HEI, HOS, IM, KCI, KEX - Health Talk & You

German adventurer Rainer Zietlow and his two accomplices, Juan Carlos of Spain and fellow German Marius Biela, drove their Volkswagen Touareg TDI Clean Diesel SUV from the tip of South America along the 1,600-mile length of the Pan-American Highway to the end of the road in northern Alaska from July 2nd to the 13th, setting a new world record of just less than 12 days. The impetus for the record run was to celebrate road’s 75th anniversary and to demonstrate the competence of the turbo-diesel Touareg.

After nearly two years of careful planning and preparation, the team flew to Buenos Aires where they picked up their essentially stock Touareg TDI for the trip. The only modifications done for the challenge were the installation of an auxiliary 300-lieter fuel tank, adding the largest wheels and tires that would fit the Touareg and mounting an Inmarsat satellite communications system. Making over 400 pound-feet of torque, having enough room for three adventurers and their gear, and being capable of highway mileage just short of 30-mpg, the Touareg promised to be an ideal vehicle for the trip.

July is the dead of winter in the southern hemisphere, of course, and from the Argentine capitol they drove many hours further south to the little town of Ushuaia, in the Province of Tierra del Fuego, where the Pan-American Highway has its southern terminus, and where the epic journey and challenge of the record must began. After a short rest and a few deep breaths they started the stopwatch and hit the road.

In order to allow fans and sponsors to monitor the run the team blogged along the way using their military-style indestructible laptop computer from Getac, the same company that provides these systems to the military. In addition to Volkswagen, other sponsors joining the project were: 3M providing a new, flexible, lead-free wheel weights along with a protective film for the Touareg’s leading edge; Continental providing tires; Bosch whose fuel delivery and other systems are part of the Touareg; Kuehne+Nagel who handled the complex and touchy logistics; Allianz Global Automotive for insurance; OEM supplier Federal Mogul; SONAX car care products company; Exide Technologies battery company; Castrol who provided lubricants; ESL mobile communications company; Imnarsat satellite communications company; Kruse who manufactures the AdBlue urea for the diesel exhaust treatment; PIAA auxiliary lighting provider; and TAG Heuer who provided the official timing equipment.

Argentina to Alaska In A Volkswagen Toureg TDI - Autochannel (press release)

The Oil, Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure program was put in place by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to prevent oil spills into waters of the United States.

This program recently expanded regulations to include some farms. As a result of these regulations, certain facilities are required to develop SPCC plans that describe oil storage containers, emergency contacts and response personnel, procedures, and training to prevent, control, and provide adequate countermeasures to a discharge of oil.

What farm facilities are covered by the SPCC program? Well, your farm facility is covered by this program if you store more than 1,320 gallons of oil in above-ground bulk containers, including containers (drums, totes, aboveground storage tanks, nurse tanks, well pumps, hydraulic lifts, etc.) with a storage capacity of 55 gallons and above, and your facilities have a â??reasonable expectation of an oil dischargeâ?? to water.

In order to define what is meant by â??reasonable expectation of an oil dischargeâ?? to water, consider the geography and location of your farm facility relative to nearby waters. Determine if drainage near your fuel storage facility or precipitation runoff could transport an oil spill to a nearby water body.

AGRICULTURE: EPA storage regulations impact farmers - Nueces County Record Star