Bizjournals Energy and the Environment

Patriot Coal Corp. said Monday it reached an agreement to sell 1.5 million tons of metallurgical coal starting in April through early 2011 to steel mills in the Pacific Rim. (PCX)

Two Colorado men and an Aurora printing business have been indicted by a state grand jury on charges of violating hazardous-waste laws, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced Monday.

Ameren Corp. said Monday it plans to reorganize its three Illinois electric and gas utilities — AmerenCIPS, AmerenCILCO and AmerenIP — into a single public utility that does business as Ameren Illinois. (AEE)

First Solar Inc. has sold a 30-megawatt solar plant in New Mexico to Southern Co. and Turner Renewable Energy.

A unit of ConocoPhillips Co. will pay $588,000 in a settlement with the state to help pay for the cleanup of a 2004 oil tanker spill in Puget Sound’s Dalco Passage near Tacoma.

Honolulu’s average retail gas price rose 5.3 cents per gallon in the past week, to $3.37 per gallon Monday.

U.S. Sen Bill Nelson, D-Florida, used a Monday morning visit to contaminated 35-acre industrial site in Jacksonville to explain why oil and chemical companies should be charged an annual clean-up fee.

Construction of a $200 million plant that will produce high-tech batteries for the alternative energy industry began Monday afternoon.

Clayton Homes has completed one of its super-green modular homes, called the “i-house,” in Evans, Colo., just south of Greeley.

Independent insurance and financial services brokerage Higginbotham & Associates on Monday announced its partnership with EnRisk Services, an energy industry insurance broker and risk manager.

A Kansas City office of GE Energy is among assets to be sold to a subsidiary of McDermott International Inc. for an undisclosed amount. (MDR) (GE)

CSI Leasing Inc. said it established an alternative markets group to invest in energy, health care and acquisitions, and move the company beyond its traditional core business of information technology leasing.

SuperPower Inc. in Schenectady, N.Y., today unveiled a new display at the Schenectady Museum and Suits-Bueche Planetarium to mark the company’s 10-year anniversary. (PHG)

The American Wind Energy Association is bringing its power supply chain workshop to Greensboro on Wednesday.

Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc. is set to acquire the electrostatic precipitator and emissions monitoring business units of GE Energy, a division of General Electric Co. (MDR)

St. Petersburg College will begin installing its first photovoltaic system on a building at the Clearwater campus.

The U.S. arm of Intertek Group Plc has opened a new corrosion testing facility at the Westport Technology Center.

The board of directors of Endeavour International Corp. said Monday that the oil and gas exploration company is reviewing several options for its North Sea business, including selling those assets or entering into a joint venture.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and EnerNOC have signed a three-year deal to deploy EnerNOC’s energy efficiency application to commercial and institutional customers. (ENOC)

Consol Energy Inc. has entered an agreement to buy the Appalachian exploration and production business of Dominion Resources Inc. for $3.5 billion. (D) (CNX)