As a new film about the importance of statistics in sports hits cinemas, rugby coaches at all levels of the game can now get real-time data to boost their team’s performance with the help of a new iPad app.

Performa Sports’ release on the App Store coincides with the release of Brad Pitt’s new movie, Moneyball, about a baseball coach whose pioneering use of data succeeded in improving his team’s fortunes.

The Performa Sports app is a performance analysis tool that allows coaching staff to build up information on their players and opponents during matches. It brings high-tech analytical tools to the handheld device.

Coaches and analysts can get the edge over the opposition by responding to problems identified by Performa Sports data during matches.

Managing director Danny Turley said: “Small margins make all the difference in sport. Whatever level they are playing at, teams are constantly looking at ways to capitalise on those margins.

“With Performa Sports, teams can generate data that makes it easy to spot the areas of the game that can help them to win the match while the game is still in progress.”

The app allows each event in the play to be easily tagged and the appropriate outcome selected as it happens. Events and outcomes can be customised so that users can generate unique, personalised analysis. Danny came up with the idea for the app during his own work as a sports analyst. After spending hours running through match videos, he set about developing Performa Sports to ensure that the bulk of the analysis work could be completed during matches.

Danny continued: “The biggest teams in the country use performance analysis to up their game, but they spend thousands of pounds every year to do this. Clubs playing at lower levels want to add that professionalism to their setup, but until now the price was prohibitive.

“There was a situation where the people who have least time on their hands to spend on analysis are currently forced to spend the more hours on it in order to do a decent job.

“We’ve developed Performa Sports to be very intuitive to ensure you don’t need days of training to get the most out of it and make performance analysis as easy as possible.”

The versatile app is also suitable for football, Gaelic football and hurling, with basketball, hockey, ice hockey and cricket versions on the way soon.

Visit www.performasports.com for more information or download the app at bit.ly/performasports.

The CWC Group, today have announced the dates for the Latin American Oil and Gas Conference taking place on the 25 " 27 October 2011 in Miami, U.S.A.

With growth in Asian demand and current Middle Eastern and Northern Africa instability pushing prices ever higher, Latin America is a key driver in developing the future of the global oil and gas industry.

Organisers confirmed that the strategic conference will feature advanced insights from important organisations of key countries alongside NOC's showcases from Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela and the southern cone including Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru. Content centres around the development of the Latin Americas' resources, the impact of shale gas, deep water developments, mature oil fields, heavy oil, pre-salt opportunities, LNG trade dynamics and new contractual agreements.

Senior governments' and NOC's representation from Latin America in one place to include:

Armando Zamora, Director General, ANH
Luis Eduardo Duque Dutra, Chief of Counsel, ANP
Ldo Carlos Villegas Quiroga, President, YPFB
Enrique Velsquez Convers, Vice President of Exploration, Ecopetrol
Ricardo A. Sarmiento Botero, Chief Technical Officer & Vice President E&P, Ecopetrol
Gustavo Hernndez, Vice President Planning, Pemex E&P
Sergio Guaso Montoya, Vice President New Ventures, Pemex E&P
Jordy Herrera, Director General, Pemex Gas y Petroqumica Bsica
lvaro F. Racero , Regional Executive Director Caribbean Region, Repsol YPF

For more information on Latin American Oil & Gas Conference please visit. www.cwclatamoilandgas.com

eSight selected by Balfour Beatty to help reduce energy and utility usage for its clients and across sites.

Cambridge UK " Wednesday 8th June 2011

Energy management software company eSight Energy has added Balfour Beatty " the world-class infrastructure services business – to its list of clients.

Work has begun to monitor 1000 meters across all UK Balfour Beatty sites with eSight energy monitoring software " bringing together all energy information under one application, but uniquely providing access to the information from anywhere worldwide, via the web-based eSight system. eSight will be utilised primarily as a tool to assist in the delivery of CRC compliance and also to identify energy reduction targets within Balfour Beatty.

Balfour Beatty will also use eSight as a platform to deliver energy bureau services for clients as part of their portfolio of support services. The company has also commissioned a rebranded eSight system, ideal for rolling out to clients across the UK and further afield.

Simon Durrant, Chief Executive Officer for the eSight Energy Group said;
"We are excited to begin working with Balfour Beatty " eSight is perfect for monitoring multiple sites as it's web-based, so it's ideal for Balfour Beatty to manage their own sites and clients' sites nationwide from a single location. It also provides a comprehensive range of analysis techniques which Balfour Beatty can utilise to fulfil a wide range of client energy management requirements."

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About eSight Energy

eSight Energy provides energy management solutions for use across any type of building or process. With installations across the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia, solutions are provided through a network of resellers and systems integrators. Products from eSight Energy allow organisations to cut energy consumption, reduce costs and lower CO2 emissions.

eSight is an enterprise wide solution for managing energy across both large single site organisations and multi-site organisations often with a global reach. eSight integrates diverse systems regardless of manufacturer into a single solution allowing energy management to be easily managed over the Internet using a standard web browser. eSight is a multi-lingual application allowing easy deployment across multinational companies.

About Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty is a world-class infrastructure services business operating across the infrastructure lifecycle with strong positions in major markets.

Balfour Beatty has four market-leading businesses in professional services, construction services, support services and infrastructure investments.

Balfour Beatty undertake projects for customers principally in the UK, Europe, the US, South-East Asia, Australia and the Middle East who value the highest levels of quality, safety and technical expertise.

Contact:
Jennifer Eastman
eSight Energy, Marketing Manager
T: +44 (0) 1954 233203
E: jennifer.eastman@eSightenergy.com

Leading energy management company Enistic are holding free seminars to show you just how you can benefit from Energy Guardian.

If, like most businesses around the world you are trying to cut costs wherever possible and finding that your energy spend is one big cost you cannot reduce, consider Energy Guardian.

Energy Guardian is the leading energy management and savings solution developed by Enistic. Currently being installed nationwide in companies, public bodies, schools and charities, Energy Guardian offers a new solution to customers who are experiencing reduced energy efficiency and also offers considerable sales opportunities to Enistic partners.

This innovative product brings together all the technology and learning Enistic has built and undertaken over last few years in a simple solution that customers can buy and see immediate benefits from.

These free seminars will:

- Introduce you to the Energy Guardian proposition "20 % Energy savings"
- Highlight how Energy Guardian works to achieve energy savings via our Energy Coaching process
- How partners, resellers and distributors businesses can benefit by selling Energy Guardian
- How our turnkey Franchise model works

These free half day seminars are on first come first served basis and places are limited, only 7 each seminar. They will be held at Enistic offices from 9.30am to 12pm.

Dates
July 2011 – Wednesday 13th
August 2011- Wednesday 10th
September 2011 – Wednesday 28th
October 2011 – Wednesday 19th
November 2011 – Wednesday 30th
December 2011 – Wednesday 7th

To reserve your place and change the way you manage your energy forever contact Paul Willett on 0844 875 1600 or paul.willett@enistic.com

A MASSIVE £1.2 billion deal has been struck that will see around 200,000 council and housing association tenants across the UK getting free solar panels installed on their homes.

Yorkshire-based Solar Europa has unveiled what it claims is the UK's biggest-ever deal for free solar power after securing financial backing from a market-leading project finance specialist.

Over the next four years, the deal is expected to create up to 3,000 jobs for installation and maintenance teams all over the country.

It could slash every tenants' electricity bill by up to fifty per cent – and could also be a financial lifeline for cash-strapped councils and housing associations who will earn substantial rental incomes for the next 25 years.

The deal will help social landlords take a huge steps towards tackling the escalating problem of fuel poverty, while at the same time confirming their commitment to hitting the Government's carbon reduction targets.

Solar Europa is now set to open discussions with councils and social landlords, with the first installations due to start as soon as September.

Spokesman David Hawkins described the deal as a 'win win' situation for local authorities, housing associations – and their tenants.

He said: "With spiralling electricity costs hardly ever out of the news, fuel poverty is an important issue facing every social housing provider.

"Financial constraints have, until now, meant many housing associations and local authorities have been unable to invest in much-needed renewable technologies.

"Installing solar photovoltaic panels as part of a wider energy efficiency programme can help alleviate the problems of high energy costs for tenants.

"The average tenant who has solar panels installed can save as much as 50 per cent off their annual electricity bill and that saving can make a massive difference to the lives of many householders across the country.

"This deal will go a long way towards helping housing providers meet the requirements of the Government's White Paper on reducing fuel poverty while at the same time, help them meet carbon reduction targets – and all at no cost to the tenant or landlord."

In Barnsley, where the company is based, it will mean an extra 25 new jobs working in distribution and support roles.

The company has already invested in a new 75,000sq ft northern warehouse and distribution depot in the village of Barugh Green, a few miles from its headquarters in Dodworth. And it has also secured a southern distribution depot in Sunbury-on-Thames.

All properties fitted with the solar PV kits will benefit from the latest generation of micro-inverter technology, meaning the systems are 25 per cent more efficient than conventional kits.

A spokesman for AD-ECO which is providing the funding for the partnership said they were delighted with the outcome of several months of negotiations.

He added: "AD-ECO bring many years of financial experience and understand the importance of being able to deliver extremely flexible solutions to the end user – something that is vital in a sector which increasingly insists on a "one size fits all" mind-set.
"The flexibility and innovation that Solar Europa brings to the design of individual projects was key to our choice."

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For further information, contact David Hawkins at Solar Europa, telephone: 01226 249852 or email david@solareuropa.co.uk

About Solar Europa:

Solar Europa is the UK's leading manufacturer and installer of solar photovoltaic solutions to domestic, commercial and industrial markets.
The company's experience in working on some of the country's most ambitious solar power generation projects means it it well-placed to advise on any aspects of solar and the Feed In Tariff.
Its range of commercial solar pv kits, homeowner solar pv kits and solar inverters, coupled with its facility to help and advise on funding for solar projects, allows it to deliver professional and complete solar pv installations – regardless of size – throughout the UK.

A report commissioned by the government has found that 35% of all the energy used in the UK could come from renewable sources in 10 years time.

The report was commissioned back in December 2010 by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), and has looked at a variety of sustainable sources including biomass technologies such as wood pellet boilers and stoves, wave and tidal power and solar power.

The findings show that the UK's energy generating capacity is better than previously expected and could encourage the government to invest more in renewables.

Renewable energy sources can easily be fitted to your home to help you do your part in reducing the country's dependence on fossil fuels and other unsustainable forms of energy.

Thanks to the government's renewable heat incentives, homeowners are offered help with the costs of installing renewable sources such as solar panels to their home.

Feed In Tariffs are also available, which allow you to sell any extra energy back to the Grid, meaning that adding sustainable energy sources to your home could benefit your pocket as well as the environment!

"If you care about greenhouse gases, we've got to look at a safe and secure nuclear industry." Barack Obama, President, United States

Owners and operators of nuclear facilities are always focused on the challenge of avoiding project delays, reducing unplanned shutdowns, and enhancing safety in line with productivity.

In the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear PP accident, however, the challenge of anticipating and minimizing the impact of major plant incidents is an equally high-profile priority. When faced with the competing challenges of ensuring readiness to deal with major incidents, complex shutdowns and major capital planning, it is clear a new approach is needed to achieve these business-critical goals.

In response, a virtual solution has been increasing in prominence which allows owners and operators of complex plants such as nuclear facilities a low risk, high return ability to visualize their plants in four dimensions and prepare not only for major incidents, but also build readiness for capital project management, maintenance and shutdown planning.

In a new online presentation, Alain Floutier of Dassault Systmes solution shares how other plant owner/operators are using 4D visualization tools to understand:

How safety can be enhanced " and productivity boosted – during all phases of the project and plant lifecycle from design through to decommissioning

What lessons can be applied to the nuclear industry from the aeronautical and automotive sectors

What plant/product lifecycle management software can be used in design, simulation, manufacturing and maintenance

How simulating in 3D and 4D allows you to learn how to operate the plant in a variety of scenarios via gaming and interaction

Steps you can take to avoid islands of separate systems and information to manage all elements of a project's execution

The presentation is hosted online at:

http://www.energyiq-online.com/nuclear/webinars/4d-virtual-maintenance-planning-of-nuclear-plants/

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Editors Notes

About Energy IQ

Energy IQ, a division of IQPC Ltd, is a leading information based portal dedicated to the promotion of energy industry developments and the continued learning of its members. Led by over 100 technical and strategic events across Europe, Asia, the US and the Middle East every year we educate over 5,000 strategic and practical executives annually. Further details can be found at the Energy IQ website at http://www.energyiq-online.com/

For any more information please contact:

Sumit Dutta
+44 (0)20 7368 9300
sumit.dutta@iqpc.co.uk

London, June 28, 2011: After careful consideration of several oil trading and risk technology solutions, Chase Petroleum Ghana Ltd (Chase) chose AspectCTRM Standard Edition (SE), to manage its oil trading and risk management operations. The flagship solution from Aspect Enterprise Solutions (AES) is the only Web-based multi-commodity trade and risk management system for front, middle and back office professionals, delivered in the Cloud.

Chase, an oil trading and distribution company specializing in trading crude oil and bulk refined products between Africa and Europe is active in transportation, storage and distribution of petroleum products.

AES' AspectCTRM SE was selected after other vendor systems and in-house options were investigated. The high cost and long deployment timeframes from software vendors which required hardware, software and maintenance made AES the preferred choice. Because all AES solutions are deployed via the Web, it takes days or weeks to implement rather than months or years like older software technology. Because they're delivered as a service, the costs are predictable with monthly subscription fees per user.

Kwasi Deh, head of commercial at Chase says "AspectCTRM was the best option for us. It matched our requirements exactly and we were already familiar with AspectDSC so it was so easy to move across."

AspectDSC is the Decision Support Center from AES, which delivers futures prices from leading exchanges including ICE and NYMEX, and spot prices from Platts and Dow Jones. It integrates with AspectCTRM for convenient pricing of trades on the same platform.

Moving from individual spreadsheets to an enterprise-wide CTRM system was essential to keep track of trades and allow visibility across the company with users travelling regularly. AspectCTRM is fully Web-based so it can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection.

Robert Batong-Hor, finance manager at Chase adds, "The mobile access is important to us as we travel a lot and need to share data wherever we are. With Aspect we can aggregate our activities across the company in real-time."

AES's minimal implementation timeframe meant that Chase's master data was loaded into the system and they were running and fully operational just one week later, meaning no 'down-time' for traders and the benefits of the solution were evident immediately.

Yags Savania, sales director EMEA at AES explains, "AspectCTRM SE was the perfect solution for Chase. Having been AspectDSC users for some time it was simple to scale up to the CTRM system and start experiencing the benefits of a full trade and risk management solution in a very short time frame. The easy remote access suits their travel commitments, and there is room to scale up further as their needs change and their business grows."

About Aspect Enterprise Solutions
AES provides Web-based enterprise class market information, trade and decision support tools for commodities professionals. Its solutions are trusted by over 500 corporations in more than 90 countries. They go live quicker, fit more exactly and deliver greater ROI yet cost far less to implement than first generation offerings. AES applications include AspectCTRM which is recognized in Gartner's Magic Quadrant of ETRM Systems. It's a full-featured commodity trading and risk management enterprise suite for front, middle and back office. It's available in 3 Editions: Lite, Standard and Enterprise, seamlessly expanding in functionality according to the needs and budget of clients. AspectDSC is its decision support center for traders offering oil, metals and agricultural market news, prices, futures and analytical tools on desktops and mobile devices including Apple iPhone and iPad, and BlackBerry. AspectPM is its Price Manager solution which provides consolidation and support for the global oil price forecasting process and forward curve management.

See http://www.aspectenterprise.com for more information.

Aspect Enterprise Solutions
Jane Pryce-Jones
jpryce-jones@aspectenterprise.com
+44 (0) 20 7632 0170

Europe's newest bio-fuels trading house, Ambrian Energy, has deployed AspectCTRM, the front-to-back-office trading and risk management suite by Aspect Enterprise Solutions (AES).

Created in August 2010 by the acquisition of Masefield Bio-Fuels by Ambrian Capital, the new trader is headed by Bernd Sturmheit, formerly of Masefield, Vattenfall and E.ON.

"Having worked with AspectCTRM before, I was assured of its capabilities," says Sturmheit. "For Ambrian Energy, they were the best solution for trade capture and risk management."

Ambrian Energy, based in London, Hamburg, and Singapore, specialises in providing palm-, rapeseed- and soybean-based bio-diesel to customers throughout Europe.

AspectCTRM was deployed and tested at Ambrian Energy over a single weekend, and fully operational for when traders returned to their desks on the Monday morning.

Aspect Enterprise Solutions director of sales, Yags Savania comments, "The scalability of AES's Software-as-a-Service solutions and the speed with which they can be deployed contrasts dramatically with client-software systems which typically take a year or more to implement and which fail to effectively scale downwards to support smaller trading operations."

Even in a large scale fully end-to-end implementation, key elements of AspectCTRM, such as deal capture and risk analysis, can be in place, working and delivering value within a matter of days, with successive additional elements going live as the progress of integration projects allows.

About Aspect Enterprise Solutions
AES provides Web-based enterprise class market information, trade and decision support tools for commodities professionals. Its solutions are trusted by over 500 corporations in more than 90 countries. They go live quicker, fit more exactly and deliver greater ROI yet cost far less to implement than first generation offerings. AES applications include AspectCTRM which is recognized in Gartner's Magic Quadrant of ETRM Systems. It's a full-featured commodity trading and risk management enterprise suite for front, middle and back office. It's available in 3 Editions: Lite, Standard and Enterprise, seamlessly expanding in functionality according to the needs and budget of clients. AspectDSC is its decision support center for traders offering oil, metals and agricultural market news, prices, futures and analytical tools on desktops and mobile devices including Apple iPhone and iPad, and BlackBerry. AspectPM is its Price Manager solution which provides consolidation and support for the global oil price forecasting process and forward curve management.

For information visit www.aspectenterprise.com

Aspect Enterprise Solutions:
Jane Pryce-Jones
jpryce-jones@aspectenteprise.com
+44 (0)20 7632 0170

Sage Partnership:
Geoff Twibell
geoff@sagepartnership.com
+44 (0)1189 344007

Countries in western Europe that are looking to reduce carbon dioxide emission and increase renewable energy contribution have implemented robust policies that favour energy storage methods. Their endeavours to achieve permissible emission levels have created a need for better energy management that, in turn, has led to higher demand for batteries in utilities.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.powersupplies.frost.com), European Utility Battery Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $126.4 million in 2010 and expects this to increase to $564.9 million in 2015.

Although Europe generates sufficient energy, the quality of power leaves much to be desired. The frequent surges, dips and interruptions have made a strong case for utility batteries, particularly in back-up and grid stabilization applications in smart grids.

"The increasing importance as well as need to install and implement micro grids and smart grids stokes demand for utility batteries," says Frost & Sullivan Industry Manager Suba Arunkumar. "Utility batteries, uniquely, can make it viable to implement smart grids and develop infrastructure for charging electric vehicles."

Batteries could also help utilities save costs by lowering the need to construct a new generation plant. Additionally, batteries aid efficient handling of power, which reduces fuel consumption.

Currently, lead acid batteries are the only affordable chemistries; however, their energy density and performance come up short when compared to other chemistries.

On the other hand, the efficient chemistries are too expensive for widespread adoption. Scientists have not yet developed a chemistry that can be applied across all applications in utilities, and this translates to higher investments by end users.

Once they refine and expand the scope of their technologies, market participants can make the most of the demand from western European countries that wish to increase power generation through environment-friendly renewable sources. Utilities will need batteries to store the generated energy and feed-in to the grid.

"Furthermore, the sophisticated electronic gadgets and technically advanced lifestyles in these countries hike the demand for electricity," notes Arunkumar. "Utility batteries cater to this demand by facilitating efficient energy management and enhanced generation."

If you are interested in more information about this study, please send an e-mail with your contact details to Chiara Carella, Corporate Communications, at chiara.carella@frost.com.

European Utility Battery Market is part of the Power Supplies & Batteries Growth Partnership Services programme, which also includes research in the following markets: European Industrial UPS Market, Opportunities in European BIPV Market, European DC Power Systems Market and European Lead Acid Battery Market. All research services included in subscriptions provide detailed market opportunities and industry trends that have been evaluated following extensive interviews with market participants.

About Frost & Sullivan
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Contact:
Chiara Carella
Corporate Communications " Europe
P: +44 (0) 20 7343 8314
M: +44 (0) 753 3017689
E: chiara.carella@frost.com

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