Vela Solaris, a leading provider of simulation software for the renewable energy sector, today announced the release of Polysun 5.5. The new Polysun 5.5 release is entirely focused on improved user friendliness. A fresh user wizard and a new range of automations enable planners to draw-up an initial offer including comprehensive information on solar fractions, [...]
SkyFuel’s Parabolic Trough Garners Prize for Technology Innovation SkyFuel took its place among the concentrating solar power (CSP) industry’s leaders last week when CSP Today named SkyTrough® the winner of the 2010 “CSP Commercialized Technology Innovation of the Year” award. Announced at last week’s International CSP Summit in Seville, the award is intended to highlight [...]
The Australian National University will continue to be at the forefront of national and international solar research thanks to the new Australian Solar Institute (ASI) Laboratory. The Hon Martin Ferguson, Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism today launched the new solar laboratory. The Federal Government, through the Australian Solar Institute, provided a foundation grant of [...]
DOE Webinar December 1: Procuring Solar Energy for Federal Facilities The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) will present a Webinar next Wednesday, December 1, about procuring and integrating solar energy into Federal facilities. The Webinar is a joint effort with the DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program (SETP). Solar energy plays [...]
A R40 million manufacturing facility for solar water heaters was launched in East London today. The facility for Matla Solar Water Heating (SWH) is the first renewable energy sector investor to locate in the East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ) and is a major milestone for the Eastern Cape Province vision to positioned itself as [...]
Largest Solar Power Facility in the World to Create Over 7,500 Jobs Solar Trust of America, LLC (Solar Trust), a leading U.S. integrated solar solutions company, today announced that its development subsidiary, Solar Millennium, LLC, has received a draft term sheet for a loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the Blythe [...]
State and Federal incentives for installing solar hot water systems in Victoria are running out soon. Melbourne, Australia. If Victorian residents are thinking about installing a solar hot water system, now is the time. State rebates are scheduled to finish by June 30, 2011 and Federal rebates could expire at anytime as it is funded [...]
Vancouver, BC-Enertopia Corporation (ENRT) (TOP) (the “Company” or “Enertopia”) announces that it has settled $9,375of debt with a related party by issuing 62,500 shares of the Company at a deemed price of $0.15 per share, which is today’s closing stock price on the US OTCBB. About Enertopia Enertopia (www.enertopia.com) is focused on the development of [...]
The government of India has shortlisted seven companies, including Lanco Infratech Ltd, KVK Energy and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd and Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Power Ltd’s (RPower) Rajasthan Sun Technique Pvt. Ltd, to build 470MW of solar power capacity as part of the first phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). The bids were opened [...]
Wallingford, Conn – Customers of Wallingford Electric Division can reduce their annual home energy bills through an efficiency program offered through the municipal utility. The utility’s Home Energy Savings was started in summer 2008 and has resulted in 1,493 homes in the community having assessments of energy usage, said Richard Hendershot, general manager of Wallingford Electric [...]
Sunvalley Solar, Inc., a leading solar power technology and solar system integration company, announces the filing for a SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) grant offered by the Department of Energy (DOE). Concentrated PV structures are believed to offer a low cost solution for solar energy systems. However, the current PV concentrators are focused on lowering [...]
Detroit Edison has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) that will continue to add Michigan-based renewable power to the company’s energy portfolio. The utility is seeking approximately 245 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy from wind, solar, hydro, biomass or landfill gas facilities that would be operating by the end of 2014. Of that amount, approximately [...]
Southern Nevada’s First Non-Solar Renewable Energy Project Completed Ormat Technologies, Inc. and Kern River Gas Transmission Company today dedicated southern Nevada’s first non-solar renewable energy project, the Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station. Located 35 miles south of Las Vegas, the Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station is the first renewable energy project owned by NV Energy. The project [...]
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