System combines home heating, power generation
January 23, 2009 By LP Gas
This winter, a new home energy technology will allow homeowners to turn home heating into power generation.
Read More Propane retailers feeling heat from challenging economic conditions
December 1, 2008 By LP Gas
Yep, things are a mess. Looking back, retailing sure was easy before overwhelming regulation and sky-high insurance took the fun out of the business. Sure, you worried about what weather Mother Nature would be throwing at you any given year. Sure, you spent a sleepless night or two, wondering whether you’d made the right decision about adding a bobtail despite a new retailer invading your territory. But global economic crisis? Where did this come from? Yep, things are a mess.
Read More Nichols’ LP Gas Service
December 1, 2007 By LP Gas
Tom Nichols had little choice. Working in the electronics industry, he had to embrace technology and adapt to change, or the world and his competitors would pass him by.
Read More Hybrid technology may change the landscape of drying grain
September 1, 2007 By LP Gas
When Cooperative Energy Co. entered the propane market in 1969, about 70 percent of its business came from drying corn. Now it’s down to 27 percent, says General Manager Brian Dreessen.
Read More Opportunity to learn
August 1, 2006 By Patrick Hyland
Nobody has to tell propane marketers that today’s business climate is far more complex than a generation ago.
Read More Project Renaissance: An epoch of technology application
June 1, 2006 By LP Gas
When Jim Ferrell returned from semi-retirement to run the Fortune 1000 company that bears his name in 2001, the 61-year-old industry icon already had decided that drastic change was critical in the face of stiffening competition and spiraling prices.
Read More Solving the truck computer mystery
June 1, 2004 By LP Gas
OK, so we aren’t the most adventurous industry when it comes to technology.
Read More Riding technology’s new wave
January 1, 2003 By LP Gas
Running out of fuel can bring catastrophe to critical accounts, especially those that use large volume of propane for commercial purposes. Keeping these key clients content often involves considerable outlays of time and money, especially in the form of extra delivery runs to make sure the supply never gets too low.
Read More Shifting gears on propane vehicle production
May 1, 2002 By LP Gas
The Propane Promotion Consortium is detouring away from Detroit in search of a way to boost sputtering propane vehicle sales nationwide.
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