[January 24, 2006] The Salt Lake Tribune business digest column Tweet (Salt Lake Tribune, The (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Jan. 24--UTAH WORKSHOPS TO FOCUS ON RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES: The Utah Wind Working Group is playing host to a series of renewable energy workshops to help Utahns harness wind power and other renewable energy resources. Participants will learn about federal grants and loans to assist rural small businesses and agricultural producers develop wind power, geothermal, solar and biomass projects. The workshops, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., are scheduled for: * Feb. 8 at the Comfort Suites in St. George. * Feb. 9 at the USDA Service Center in Provo. * Feb. 10 at Utah State University in Logan. For more information, contact Nykole Littleboy at the Utah Geological Survey at (801) 538-5413, [email protected] or visit http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/farmbill/2005NOFA/nofa05navigate.html. -- Dawn House UTAH SYSTEM TO BE USED: Malaysian Airlines will equip its Airbus A380 jet flight training simulators with a visual system developed by Salt Lake City-based Evans and Sutherland Computer Corp. The selection follows recent orders from Dubai-based Emirates, Qantas Airways and Singapore Airlines for their A380 training programs, Evans and Sutherland announced Monday. With 550 seats, the A380 is the world's largest commercial jetliner. The double-deck jet first flew in April. Commercial flights are expected to begin in late 2006 after 15 months of tests. Malaysian Airlines has ordered six of the super-jumbo jets. Evans and Sutherland's system is embedded in flight simulators made by Thales Training and Simulation Ltd., a business unit of Thales Group, France's largest defense contractor. "It's an out-of-window scene for the simulator. It would be all your takeoffs, your landings, the atmospheric effects. It has all the airport visuals," Evans and Sutherland spokesman LuAnn Jensen said. --Paul Beebe DEADLINE FOR TRAVEL MEET: Feb. 10 is the deadline for companies to register to participate in the 31st annual Mountain Travel Symposium, which will take place April 2-8 at Squaw Valley Resort in North Lake Tahoe. The show opens with a trade exchange, in which tour operators meet in pre-scheduled appointments with sales representatives from ski resorts, lodging properties and transportation companies. It ends with a group exchange, in which tour operators and suppliers of specific, ski-oriented services (including lodging) meet individually with ski club decision makers to try to finalize upcoming trips. The week's activities also feature an educational forum with three general sessions and numerous small group workshops. "Growing Business: Harvesting Revenue" is the theme of the forum, with general sessions focusing on marketing mandates, the future of online travel and the idea that "if it ain't broke . . . break it." --Mike Gorrell [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]