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Sharp Reaches Two GW Of Cumulative Solar Cell Production Volume Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 28, 2008
At the end of 2007, Sharp became the first company to reach 2 GW in cumulative solar cell production volume in the world. Sharp has been involved with solar power for 49 years: the company began research into solar cells in 1959 to develop a new technology to follow the success of the television and started mass-production in 1963. It is estimated that the current world's cumulative solar ... read more |
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Ohio Pioneers Development Of Green Collar Workers For Advanced Energy Jobs
Columbus OH (SPX) Feb 28, 2008Ohio is pioneering the development of "green collar" workers, a growing number of skilled professionals who use their talents to improve the emerging advanced energy industry. A recent report released by the American Solar Energy Society, funded by the Ohio Department of Development, predicted that 174,000 Ohioans could have jobs related to advanced, renewable energy by 2030. According to ... more Honeywell And City Of Hillsboro Power Water Storage Facility With Solar Panels
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Feb 28, 2008Honeywell has announced that the City of Hillsboro, Ore., has awarded the company a solar project that is expected to cut the city's energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Under the agreement, Honeywell will install ground-mounted solar panels next to the Hillsboro Evergreen Reservoir water storage facility and sell the electricity the panels produce to the city for use at the reservoir. ... more BTU International Accelerates Growth Of Its Solar Energy Equipment Business
North Billerica MA (SPX) Feb 28, 2008In a move that signals the company's commitment to rapidly grow its solar energy business, BTU International has announced several initiatives, including the formation of a new Business Group for its Alternative Energy equipment business, the addition of key talent, and the establishment of international solar research and process application centers. With over 15 years experience in ... more TAG International Designs Green Manufacturing Facility For HelioVolt
Austin TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2008Austin-based architecture and land development services firm TAG International has announced that it is designing a full-scale green manufacturing facility for HelioVolt, one of the renewable energy industry's most innovative technology leaders. Working in collaboration with HelioVolt as part of a design-build team with Harvey-Cleary Builders, TAG International will play an instrumental ... more Clear Skies Solar Announces Grant From US Patent Office For X-Trax Solar Monitoring System
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2008Clear 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 ... more |
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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 Synova Joins European Solar Research Alliance
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 26, 2008Synova has announced it has joined a research alliance led by Europe's largest solar research organization, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, to explore new manufacturing methods that will both speed processing and improve the performance of solar cells. Comprising industry leaders whose offerings span the photovoltaic manufacturing spectrum -- from raw material ... more Sunovia At Forefront Of Next-Gen Cadmium Telluride Solar Cell Development
Sarasota FL (SPX) Feb 26, 2008Sunovia Energy Technologies and EPIR Technologies are in the process of developing the most advanced cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells. The top experts and leading institutions in the world for CdTe now reside with the companies. The solar industry is currently dominated by the use of silicon; however CdTe is growing rapidly in acceptance and now represents the second most utilized ... more |
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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 US Stimulus Package For 2008 Completed Renewable Energy Projects
Murrieta CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2008The White House 2008 Economic Stimulus Package contains a 50% bonus depreciation and increased Section 179 expense provisions that could provide significant economic benefits for certain renewable energy projects that are acquired and placed in service in 2008. Along with changing State Rebate and Federal Tax Incentives programs, residential, commercial and public sector decision makers ... more First Major Manufacturing Partnership With The Solar Energy Consortium
Lake Katrine NY (SPX) Feb 25, 2008In a significant boost for the Hudson Valley economy, Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) joined leaders of The Solar Energy Consortium to announce the signing of Prism Solar Technologies as the first major manufacturing partnership with the consortium. The deal, which was signed this morning, will create new jobs in Ulster County this year with more than 400 new jobs to be created over ... more
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