Q and A: Dennis Yablonsky, Allegheny Conference
Less than two years on the job as CEO of southwestern PA's collaborative community and economic development effort, Yablonsky talks about challenges, jobs, politics and his favorite restaurant.
Faces of Energy: Maureen Mangan Mills, Craft Oil
Learning the business from her father, she has risen to become the leader of the family business as well as an industry leader in distributing eco-friendlier products like a cleaner diesel fuel and waste oil furnaces.
IUP partners with Indiana window and door company to develop calculator showing energy savings
Chemistry students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania came up with mathematical formulas showing how much money Gorell Windows & Doors products have saved their owners over time.
Mercer County Growth Alliance to streamline economic development efforts
The Shenango Valley Chamber of Commerce and Penn-Northwest Development Corp. are hiring a CEO for the Mercer County Growth Alliance, which will give various economic-development groups a chance to work as one.
Penn State in national program to install wind turbines at PA schools
The Penn State Wind Application Center is one participant in the Wind for Schools Project. Through the program, elementary, middle and high schools can have a small wind turbine installed on school grounds.
Faces of Energy: Stacey Brodak, Chesapeake Energy Corp.
Working for the nation's most active driller of new natural gas wells, she has the sometimes difficult task of explaining the process, benefits and precautions in shaping the future of Marcellus Shale development.
Berks bus system to test Chesco company's wireless electric vehicle charging technology
A Chester County company, Momentum Dynamics, has figured out a way to charge electric vehicles' batteries without wires. Next year, plans call for the technology to be beta-tested on buses serving the Reading area.
Greater Reading KIZ challenges college students to create tech-oriented business ideas
The Greater Reading Keystone Innovation Zone is running a business idea contest for students from five colleges in Berks County. The only stipulations are that the businesses have to be for profit and must somehow focus on technology.
Roaring Spring Paper Products gets state cash to turn waste paper into fuel
Roaring Spring Paper Products, near Altoona, is spending about $1 million to turn paper into a substitute for coal.
Bethlehem Solar Company Named Next Ben Franklin Venture Idol
CEWA Technologies and the flexible, efficient solar dish it is creating won over the judges in the annual competition for early stage entrepreneurs hosted by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern PA on Tuesday.