The following information was released by the office of the governor of Illinois:

With just eight days left in the spring legislative session, Governor Pat Quinn today announced a surge of support from businesses and economic development groups across Illinois for his plans to rescue the state pension and Medicaid systems. Recognizing the positive impact the Governor's plans will have on small and large employers, businesses throughout the state urged lawmakers to pass major pension and Medicaid stabilization reforms this spring session. More than 50 businesses and economic development groups have backed the Governor's proposals.

"The Chicagoland Chamber strongly supports Governor Quinn's plans to stabilize and strengthen our Medicaid and pension systems. One of the most important things to the business community is a strong, stable business climate, which provides employers with the certainty they need to invest more, grow more and create more jobs. By addressing these two major issues, our elected leaders can pave the way for more economic growth in Illinois," Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jerry Roper said. "The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce stands with Governor Quinn in urging the General Assembly to make the tough decisions - and take the tough votes- to address these challenges this spring session."

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ZUBAIR TUFAIL: I was born in Karachi in 1951 and had my all studies of school and college in Karachi. I joined family business in 1972, which was trading of chemicals and polymers and importing from different countries for distribution in the country. In 1995, I entered into manufacturing of industrial chemicals. Manufacturing business is growing and our latest detergent plant will start production in the fourth quarter of 2012, which will save foreign exchange on imports as well as provide new jobs.

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ZUBAIR TUFAIL: It is good to know that the government has simplified the procedures in order to achieve the target of producing 1,500MW of electricity through wind power units by 2013. Investors have been assured that they will get land lease in the wind corridor without delay after completion of formalities. We have been told that in order to attract investors, a new incentive-based alternative energy policy is being finalized. The draft policy would be sent to the council of common interest soon for approval. The AEDB has been directed to complete the work on the new policy at the earliest. The government has announced upfront tariff for wind power projects and for coal and solar power generation projects, the tariff would be announced shortly.

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity today announced the launch of a new advertising campaign about how the EPA's heavy-handed regulations have threatened the affordability and reliability of electricity in America. The new campaign will air three TV ads nationally.

Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) today announced that Reliance Industries Limited, India's largest private sector enterprise, has selected Phillips 66's E-Gas(TM) Technology for its planned gasification plants at Jamnagar.

Reliance's Jamnagar site is the largest refining complex in the world, with an aggregate refining capacity of 1.3 million barrels of oil per day. The planned gasification plants at Jamnagar will be among the largest in the world and will process petroleum coke and coal into synthesis gas utilizing the E-Gas(TM) Technology. The synthesis gas will be used as feedstock for a new chemical complex and will fuel the refinery's existing gas turbine power generation units.

Wind power could be the key to cutting your electricity bills and making your home greener and cleaner, says Julia Gray

Before he moved onward and upward, David Cameron had one on his London home and you can too, but domestic wind turbines aren't a practical way of generating electricity for many of us.

IHI Corporation, CTCI Corporation, and Sumitomo Corporation with Steam Turbine / Generator supplied by Toshiba Corporation have been jointly awarded from Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) the contract for engineering, procurement and construction of two Power Generating Units with Power Block Buildings and Facilities at Talin Thermal Power Plant to replace existing facilities at the plant. Commercial Operation Dates are scheduled in 2016 for Unit 1 and 2017 for Unit2.

Under the revised "Power Block First" proposal for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), Illinois electricity customers could save an estimated $437.7 million over a 20-year period, including more than $250.6 million in the plant's first five years of operation, according to a rate impact analysis conducted by Pace Global, a Siemens business.

In a release, the company noted that as TEC's power capacity is bid into the PJM auction (ComEd's grid operator) in future years, hundreds of millions in additional savings for ComEd customers could also be realized because of lower resulting auction prices.

ENP Newswire - 21 May 2012

Release date- 21052012 - IHI Corporation (IHI, headquarters: Koto-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Tamotsu Saito), CTCI Corporation (CTCI, headquarters: Taipei, Taiwan; Chairman and CEO: John T. Yu), and Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo, headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Susumu Kato)with Steam Turbine / Generator supplied by Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba, headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Norio Sasaki) have been jointly awarded from Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) the contract for engineering, procurement and construction of two Power Generating Units with Power Block Buildings and Facilities at Talin Thermal Power Plant to replace existing facilities at the plant.

LAHORE, May 22 -- Recently it has been reported that the Planning Commission has decided to stop further financing of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Project at Thar, since no encouraging results are forthcoming. This UCG project is the brainchild of Dr Samar Mubarakmand, who has been working on it for the last couple of years. This news has been given lot of coverage by the media, and a wrong impression is being created as if the Planning Commission has rejected the Thar coal. It is surprising that so far the Planning Commission has not clarified their position. Obviously the objection pertains to underground gasification of the Thar coal and not the mining of the huge deposit of coal.

ENP Newswire - 21 May 2012

Release date- 18052012 - PHOENIX - Providing safe, reliable and affordable electricity to 1.1 million customers across more than 34,000 square miles takes considerable resources.

APS cannot do it alone. It requires business partners who can supply equipment, deliver and produce materials and share expertise across a variety of industries.

BEFORE he moved onward and upward, David Cameron had one on his London home and you can too, but domestic wind turbines aren't a practical way of generating electricity for many of us.

After facing criticism from Members of Congress over omitting coal from the "all of the above" energy strategy on his campaign website, the Obama campaign added "clean coal" to the site.

Today, India is the fifth largest power producer in the world. Since the opening up of the sector in 2003, thanks to the EA2003, the industry is now moving away from negotiated and guaranteed terms of a government-driven sector to open market and performance-based terms

The temperament favours greater investments, although legacy problems of fuel availability, cross-subsidies, T&D losses and rural access persist. The private sector has also emerged as a key player in both conventional and renewable power, and increasingly in other parts of the business. There is strong growth opportunity in the power generation sector, led by exponential growth in economy, increasing propensity for electricity consumption and urbanization. In recent years, Indian companies have shown a huge interest in power generation and the recent change in power procurement landscape towards competitive bidding is expected to drive investments and efficiency in the sector. Compared to the 10th Five Year Plan, the capacity additions have increased considerably in the 11th Five Year Plan as India Inc. is slowly developing execution capabilities.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 8,177,477, issued on May 15.

"Dam-Free Hydro-Power Plant" was invented by Victor Lyatkher (Richmond Hts., Ohio). According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dam-free hydro-power plant for generating electricity comprises a convergent-divergent water passage including a cylindrical neck containing a shutter, branch pipes connected with the neck, each branch pipe including a reverse valve capable of triggering, depending on the stream direction in the passage. A first and second branch pipes are located in front of the shutter, a third and fourth branch pipes are located behind thereof, a first and second buffers accumulating respectively higher-pressure liquid and lower-pressure liquid, the buffers are communicated through a cross-flow pipeline enclosing a turbine joined with an electro-generator. The first buffer is communicated with the neck via the first and the third branch pipe, whereas the second buffer is communicated with the neck via the second and the fourth branch pipe. The plant is highly efficient due to deploying hydro-impact, and particularly usable in places of tidal activities, in freezing rivers for all-year-round generating electricity." The patent was filed on Sept. 23, 2008, under Application No. 12/284,577. For further information please visit:

Before he moved onward and upward, David Cameron had one on his London home and you can too, but domestic wind turbines aren't a practical way of generating electricity for many of us.

The question is: could your home be suitable for one? On the face of it, wind turbines are a good bet because the UK gets around 40% of the wind energy in Europe.

The advantages of having your own turbine are that you get free electricity (although you obviously have to pay for the turbine and its installation) and reduce your CO2 emissions. As long as your turbine complies, you If it's good the Prime the wind Daviod west London can also earn money through the Government's Feed-in Tariffs scheme (see www.energysavingtrust.org.uk ). This will pay you not only for the electricity you generate and use, but also for any you export to the National Grid.