
Zions Bancorporation and its subsidiary National Bank of Arizona (NBA) announced today the launch of Zions Energy Link, a division that will specialize in the sustainable energy finance sector. Zions Energy Link will provide simple, streamlined and cost-effective financing solutions for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, [...]

Storing thermal energy in chemical could lead to advances in storage and portability CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Researchers at MIT have revealed exactly how a molecule called fulvalene diruthenium, which was discovered in 1996, works to store and release heat on demand. This understanding, reported in a paper published on Oct. 20 in the journal Angewandte [...]
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand “Yingli Solar,” this week announced its new 700 MW capacity expansion projects to be located at Baoding headquarters and in Hainan province. Yingli Green Energy plans to [...]
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Cogenra Solar, a provider of distributed solar cogeneration systems and renewable energy service solutions, has been awarded a $1.5 million research grant from the California Solar Initiative Research, Development, Deployment and Demonstration Program. The funding will support the accelerated development and commercial deployment of Cogenra’s proprietary solar cogeneration technology and will finance the company’s demonstration [...]
At an event with homeowners and workers who benefited from the program, today in Manchester, New Hampshire, Vice President Joe Biden announced a major Recovery Act milestone—the weatherizing of 200,000 homes under the Recovery Act. As a result of the Administration’s unprecedented commitment to energy efficiency, more than 200,000 low-income families have been able to [...]
Aug 26 2010 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON, DC – Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, released the following statement recently calling on the U.S. Senate to include solar provisions that enjoy bipartisan support in the pending energy bill: “We applaud the Senate for bringing legislation to the floor to address the tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico. [...]
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Hybrid Energy Holdings, Inc. recently reported independent advances in solar cell research that have virtually doubled the conversion ratio of sunlight to energy, thereby significantly reducing the effective cost of its solar energy solutions and the cut payback time frames in half. Researchers at the University of Texas in Austin and the University of Minnesota [...]
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The Oregon Department of Energy has issued 11 awards in a competitive process to study the feasibility of specific and new renewable energy, heat, and fuel projects in Oregon. Eleven projects in nine counties received funding ranging from $20,000 to $50,000, at a total commitment level of $351,000. The purpose of the CREFF program is [...]
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has filed a lawsuit against government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for their actions taken against property-assessed clean energy finance (PACE) programs in the U.S. “As the nation struggles through the worst recession in modern times, California is taking action in federal court to stop the regulatory [...]

A new report from Market research takes a hard look at the potential for solar energy in the U.S. After its best year ever in 2008, the world solar market struggled to survive a tumultuous 2009. What looked like a yawning drop for the solar photovoltaic (PV) market in the first half of the year [...]

As BP’s oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, G20 heads of state, due to meet in Toronto this weekend, are planning to dilute last year’s commitment to phase out subsidies to Big Oil and Big Coal, according a copy of the draft statement seen by the environmental groups, Greenpeace and Oil Change [...]

A recent article from”Beyond Zero Emissions” suggests that all is not well with the Solar Thermal Industry in the “land down under” . It appears that the federal government is eager to show new support for the industry after cristism for allowing a solar thermal Australian startup company ( Ausra) to be purchased by a global energy company. The government [...]

Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. (SNRY 0.14, +0.02, +21.62%) , with businesses in solar project development, distribution and workforce training, received $704,110 in grant funding to be used for a solar rooftop array on its showcase facility in South Carolina. “Our expansion in the state of South Carolina continues with the addition of a $1.5 million [...]