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Clear Skies Solar Announces Grant From US Patent Office For X-Trax Solar Monitoring System Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2008
Clear Skies Group has announced a U.S. Patent was granted for its X-Trax Solar monitoring system. The patented system, designed and developed entirely by Clear Skies Group's in-house research and development department, will deliver reliable autonomous data readings for solar energy systems around the United States. "Most systems on the market today are developed for large-scale commercial ... read more |
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Materials For Thin-Film And Organic Photovoltaics Will Reach 3.8 Billion Dollars By 2015 Materials for use in thin-film and organic photovoltaics will reach $3.8 billion by 2015, according to a new study by NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm. According to the NanoMarkets report, Materials Markets for Thin-Film and Organic Photovoltaics, the thin-film and organic photovoltaic market is becoming a source of opportunity for both traditional electronic chemicals suppliers and in ... more Wal-Mart Launches Web-Based Innovation Tool To Drive Sustainability Progress
San Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2008Wal-Mart Stores and the Cleantech Group announced the official launch of a Web-based tool to identify technologies that will help Wal-Mart move toward its environmental sustainability goals. The "Cleantech Accelerator Project," will connect Wal-Mart with the cleantech industry and accelerate the deployment of new technologies that reduce negative ecological impacts while increasing performance a ... more TXU Energy And National Energy Education Development Project Help Schools With Energy Education
Dallas TX (SPX) Feb 27, 2008TXU Energy has announced that it will sponsor the National Energy Education Development Project's nationally recognized solar energy education program. The TXU Energy Solar AcademySM sponsored program helps local schools bring the latest solar technology and energy lessons into the classroom. TXU Energy and NEED will select several Texas school districts for the program reaching more ... more Brazil Has Large Untapped Renewable Energy Resources
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Feb 27, 2008Brazil's energy industry is at a crossroads. After a decade of reforms and privatizations, Brazil is reevaluating its plans to meet growing energy needs following a crippling power shortage that rocked the nation in 2001 and a change of government on January 1, 2003. The country's energy policies of the last decade have been highly successful. Brazil has transformed itself from a major oil ... more Special Coating Greatly Improves Solar Cell Performance
Evanston IL (SPX) Feb 25, 2008The energy from sunlight falling on only 9 percent of California's Mojave Desert could power all of the United States' electricity needs if the energy could be efficiently harvested, according to some estimates. Unfortunately, current-generation solar cell technologies are too expensive and inefficient for wide-scale commercial applications. A team of Northwestern University researchers ... more |
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Los Gatos CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2008Akeena Solar announces it has expanded its operations to the Thousand Oaks market of California. The new location at 780 Lakefield Rd., in Westlake Village, Calif., marks the ninth office Akeena Solar has opened in recent months, a response to the rapidly growing demand for its new, sleek Andalay panels. Akeena Solar maintains a total of 10 offices, with one in New Jersey. "With the right ... more LDK Solar Signs An Eight-Year Wafer Supply Agreement With Hyundai Heavy Industries
Xinyu City, China (SPX) Feb 25, 2008LDK Solar has announced that it has signed an eight-year "Take or Pay" contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Republic of Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries. Under the terms of the agreement, LDK Solar will deliver 450 MW of multi crystalline solar wafers to Hyundai Heavy Industries over an eight-year period commencing in late 2008 through 2015. Hyundai Heavy Industries ... more ACCIONA Dedicates Nevada Solar One Plant
Boulder City NV (SPX) Feb 25, 2008ACCIONA has demonstrated its significant commitment to being one of the worlds leaders in renewable energy in its formal dedication of Nevada Solar One, the companys 64MW concentrating solar power plant based in Boulder City, Nevada. At a major gathering there, leading scientists, environmentalists, federal and state public officials, and key industry executives, celebrated the viability ... more WorldWater And Solar Technologies Ships 12 Solar Powered Mobile Units To Iraq
Ewing NJ (SPX) Feb 25, 2008WorldWater and Solar Technologies has shipped 12 of its Mobile MaxPure solar water and power-supply units for immediate air delivery to Baghdad. The portable Mobile MaxPure systems will supply up to 30,000 gallons per day of clean drinking water or irrigation, plus electric power for Iraqi farmers and their families along the Euphrates River. At the request of the U.S. Marines at Camp Fall ... more |
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Denver CO (SPX) Feb 22, 2008Abengoa Solar has signed a contract with Arizona Public Service (APS) to build, own and operate what would be the largest solar power plant in the world if operating today. The plant, scheduled to go into operation by 2011, is located 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, near Gila Bend, Arizona. It will sell the electricity produced to APS over the next 30 years for a total revenue of around $4 ... more 2007 Renewable Energy Report U.S. utilities will need to plan, finance, and build more than 52,000 MW of renewable capacity at an estimated capital cost of more than $53 billion. This detailed renewables map includes: New and existing renewable energy projects, transmission infrastructure, regulatory status, facility information (name, company, capacity, fuel, and estimated on-line date where appropriate). Plus, the i ... more Oregon's Largest Solar Electric System Gets Green Light
Portland OR (SPX) Feb 22, 2008Portland Habilitation Center Northwest will soon host the largest solar electric system in the state of Oregon. U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation will own and finance the 870-kilowatt system. Additional financing is being provided by Meyer Memorial Trust and the Energy Trust of Oregon. United Fund Advisors is developing the project and structured the financing of the federal and ... more Residential Development In Nevada Features GE Solar Products In Every Home
Henderson NV (SPX) Feb 22, 2008Concordia Homes has announced the launch of Sommerset Community, the first solar-powered residential development in Nevada to feature GE ecomagination-certified solar products, as a standard on every home. Located in Henderson, near Las Vegas, Sommerset Community will debut in March and feature innovative, high-performance solar-powered homes that meet standards inspired by GE's ecomagination Ho ... more
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