SolFocus CPV Solar Systems Installed at U.S.-Mexico Border Region The new solar power project with the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) demonstrates the promise of clean power, economic growth and bilateral partnership. SolFocus has installed a 16.8 kilowatt (Kw) installation of high-concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems at the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) BECC offices in [...]
Oct 28 2010 | Posted in
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Envision Solar Unveils CleanCharge™ Electric Vehicle Charging Station during GM’s “Volt Unplugged” U.S. Tour in San Diego Envision Solar International, Inc., a leading sustainable infrastructure designer and developer, is announcing the unveiling of its new CleanCharge™ solar-powered electric vehicle charging station integrated into EnvisionTrak™ tracking Solar Trees®. Envision Solar displayed its single vehicle CleanCharge charging [...]
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The first solar thermal power plant project using direct steam generation (DSG) has recently been announced in Southeast Asia. Solarlite GmbH, located in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany, is the parabolic trough collector developer and solar field constructer of this first commercial solar thermal power plant with Direct Steam Generation in the world. Solarlite has tested the [...]
As the worlds economy struggles to rebound from the worst recession most of us have seen in our lifetime the price of oil and gas has stayed relatively low. A rebound in the economy and industrial demand will come with an increase in fossil fuel demand and prices at the pump. If there ever was [...]
Oct 9 2010 | Posted in
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This week New York Times blogger Todd Woody reported that California regulators had licensed the Blythe Solar Power Project, a 1,000-megawatt complex to be constructed in the Mojave Desert. The power plant will not only reduce California’s environmental impact, but result in significant job creation. The article also noted that, if the Blythe complex is [...]
Xtreme Power, a provider of Dynamic Power Resources™ (DPRs) for utility-scale power management and energy storage, today announced a collaboration with developer Castle & Cooke, Inc. to implement a 1.125 MW system on its Lana’i Island La Ola solar farm, the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) energy farm in Hawaii. Effectively incorporating solar power is essential [...]
U.S. PTO Approves Additional Patent Protection For Cyclone Power Technologies’ Green Engine Pompano Beach, FL, Sept. 14, 2010. Cyclone Power Technologies (Pink Sheets: CYPW) announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has approved the company’s second overall patent on its heat-regenerative, external combustion engine. This latest action marks the seventh patent issued on [...]
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Kalahari Greentech, Inc. released a statement this week detailing a report prepared by the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Engineering Experiment Station, which found Kalahari Greentech’s Solar Collector to be up to 74% efficient; that’s four times the efficiency of commercial photovoltaic cells. The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation’s top research universities, [...]
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has approved Tucson Electric Power’s (TEP’s) plan to provide customers with an affordable way to meet their electric needs with locally generated solar power. By the end of this year, participants in TEP’s Bright Tucson Community Solar Program will be able to purchase shares of solar energy for as little [...]
With 6,600MW of utility scale PV under development, the US solar market is quickly expanding from commercial scale PV to utility scale plants. This means now more then ever, harvesting every kilowatt-hour possible is critical to succeed in such a competitive market. Aggressive RPS targets are yet to be met, which means utility scale PV [...]
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Florida Power & Light Company changed the Space Coast skyline this morning by demolishing the most visible structures at its 42-acre, 45-year-old Cape Canaveral Power Plant, as it prepares to build the Cape Canaveral Next Generation Clean Energy Center, which will open in 2013. FPL’s Next Generation Clean Energy Center will use about 33 percent [...]
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (Nasdaq:ENER), the leading global manufacturer of thin-film flexible solar laminate products for the building-integrated and commercial rooftop markets, today announced that it is realigning solar manufacturing capacity in its United Solar business among its existing facilities as part of its overall cost reduction activities. Effective in the fall of 2010, [...]
Aug 12 2010 | Posted in
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The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is conducting a webinar describing efforts underway to develop a suite of national guidelines for the work and workforce involved in residential energy efficiency retrofits. Webinar attendees will learn how these proposed guidelines will improve the quality of weatherization services and other [...]
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