Solar Topps, a fast growing solar integrator with offices based in Tucson, Arizona, announced a new solar panel supply agreement with one of America’s leading panel manufacturers, Schott Solar, which manufactures its quality zero power loss (-0%/+5%) solar panels in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
FPL to Offer Solar Energy Rebates Through New Pilot Program Florida Power & Light Company customers who are interested in installing solar-powered upgrades to their homes and businesses can apply for rebates starting June 21 through a new pilot program approved by the Florida Public Service Commission.
Vermont has enacted a first-in-the-nation registration process for small solar systems, providing a national model for mitigating costly local solar permitting.
Good morning. The Commission meets today to receive a briefing on the results of the Agency Action Review Meeting (AARM). This is among the most important meetings the Commission holds every year.
Canadian Solar and GCL Announce Major Solar Joint-Venture; Companies to Build Wafer Plant Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar companies, and Suzhou GCL Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited, today announced a major solar joint-venture to build a 600 MW capacity wafer plant in Suzhou dedicated to [...]
China bullish as it soars ahead of competitors Countries around the world are increasingly broadening the scope of their renewable energy portfolios amid challenging market conditions, according to Ernst & Young’s latest quarterly global Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices.
This week, The Octagon, a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® (LEED) Silver 500-unit apartment community on Roosevelt Island, made green history by becoming the first residential building in the State of New York to be powered and heated by a 400 kilowatt (kW) fuel cell from UTC Power.
May 30 2011 | Posted in
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Trina Industry leading, global solar panel manufacturer Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) has become a sponsor of actor/racer Patrick Dempsey’s Dempsey Racing Team. Together, the two organizations will establish a solar charity initiative.
May 30 2011 | Posted in
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The increasingly complex and conflicting relationship between climate, energy and water systems will be the subject of a public lecture at The Australian National University tomorrow.
The recently reported spent fuel pool fire at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 demonstrated the vulnerability of nuclear power plants to loss of outside power. The Unit 4 spent fuel pool has been without outside power for cooling circulation pumps since the earthquake on March 11.
Two new solar energy incentives will make it easier for Gulf Power customers to harness the power of the sun. The company is offering rebates to customers who install a qualifying solar thermal water heating system or a solar photovoltaic system that makes electricity.
May 28 2011 | Posted in
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Smart grid solution will increase power plant efficiency while maximizing reliability for customers Telvent, the leading real-time IT solutions and information provider for a sustainable world, announced today that it has been selected to design, install and manage the distributed control system (DCS) for Shams Power Company’s Shams-1 solar thermal power plant in MadinatZayed, 75 [...]
Luis Ramírez, CEO of GE Energy Industrial Solutions this week joined Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy and GE employees to unveil the GE Electric Vehicle (EV) Solar Carport in Plainville, Conn. The GE EV Solar Carport Project, one of the most expansive undertakings of its type in North America, uses GE’s new smart EV Charging Stations [...]
May 26 2011 | Posted in
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