Bizjournals Energy and the Environment

BioEnergy Holdings LLC has raised $6.4 million in a new debt round, bringing its total debt investment to $70 million, the cleantech company reported in a regulatory filing posted Friday.

Rumpke Sanitary Landfill said Friday it will pay a $98,000 civil fine to the Ohio EPA related to elevated temperatures in some of its landfill gas recovery wells.

James Henderson is returning to Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. as chief financial officer after two years at Aspect Energy LLC.

Motorists in New Mexico and across the U.S. are experiencing a fourth consecutive week of gas price increases, according to the AAA New Mexico Weekend Gas Watch Report.

Caldwell Tanks, which has built field-erected storage tanks since 1887, plans to invest $3.9 million to expand its operations at 4000 Tower Road, off Preston Highway near Fern Valley Road.

A lawsuit filed by a Moses Lake property owner asking to halt construction of a $688 million expansion to an REC Silicon chemical plant is “mostly about money,” according to REC officials.

As expected, shareholder meetings on Friday related to the proposed merger between Baker Hughes Inc. and BJ Services Co. were postponed.

FPL Group wants to change its name to NextEra Energy. (FPL)

WestonSolutions Inc. has bought Taiwan-based China Environmental Consultants Ltd.

Houston retail gasoline prices shot up higher than anywhere in the state this week, up 6 cents to $2.65 a gallon, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch Report.

Austin-San Marcos area fuel prices increased for the fourth consecutive week, hitting an average $2.65 per per gallon, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch.

Sandia National Laboratories said Thursday it will break ground early next week its Combustion Research Computation and Visualization building.

Hawaii’s average gas prices were two cents higher on Thursday than they were a week ago, according to AAA Hawaii.

Stealth energy startup Cyanto Corp. of San Carlos has raised $1 million of a $2.1 million equity offering, according to documents filed Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski on Thursday signed House Bill 3680, which reforms the Business Energy Tax Credit (BETC) program.

According to state statistics, the number of “green” jobs in Washington state’s private sector grew to about 62,000 last year from slightly more than 47,000 a year earlier.

Placer County is launching a $33 million program to help property owners install energy efficient technology.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has awarded a $1.26 million federal stimulus contract to install solar electricity systems at nine park and dam operations in California.

Retail gasoline prices throughout San Antonio rose an average of 2 cents over the past week, signaling the fourth consecutive week of price increases in the San Antonio area.

A unit of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Mariner Energy Inc. made the highest joint bid on a tract during the Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 213, held in New Orleans this week. (ME) (MRO) (COP) (APC) (PXP) (NBL)