China Wind Systems, Inc. has received a conditional purchase contract for about $1 million to supply precision manufactured sub-assemblies or solar cell manufacturing equipment. The purchase contract is conditional upon the successful inspection and acceptance by the customer of sample units by the end of December 2010. Upon successful inspection and acceptance of the initial [...]
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EcoSolargy Planning U.S.-Based Solar Module Manufacturing EcoSolargy Inc., a vertically integrated PV manufacturer, says it will site its first U.S. manufacturing plant within Eco-Merge’s Green Corporate Center in Bastrop, Texas – 15 minutes east of Austin. Production capacity will start at 50 MW. The EcoSolargy U.S. plant will create 70 full-time jobs in the first [...]
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Enbridge Inc. and First Solar, Inc. have completed the expansion of the Sarnia Solar Project from 20 megawatts of capacity to 80 megawatts (MW) making it the largest operating photovoltaic facility in the world. To celebrate this milestone, Enbridge will hold a Grand Opening celebration in Sarnia, Ontario. Enbridge and First Solar representatives along with [...]
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What is the attraction to solar alternative energy technologies for the global oil industry? British Betroleum has their BP Solar division, Chevron has an Alternative Energy division and recently Hybrid Energy Holdings has decided to move into solar thermal, PV and heavy oil extraction. Which one of these 3 energy technologies is not a plus [...]
XcelPlus Global Holdings, Inc.,an alternative energy and renewable energy solutions company, have announced that it has acquired Sunfield Technologies North America, Inc. (Sunfield N.A.), making XcelPlus the exclusive U.S. supplier of Sunfield solar thermal collectors. “This solar thermal collector is the key component of our new line of products to retrofit traditional hot water heaters [...]
PORTLAND, Ind. Fort Recovery Construction & Equipment, LLC announced plans to expand its SolarAg division, creating up to 120 new jobs by 2013. Founded in 2003, Fort Recovery Construction & Equipment designs agricultural buildings and equipment. In late 2009 it launched SolarAg to develop and produce solar collectors and equipment. The company plans to invest [...]
Following a popular vote among peers and conference attendees at the Fourth Concentrated Solar Power Summit for the first US CSP Today Industry Awards, the Stirling Energy Systems (SES) SunCatcher technology was honored with the Best Commercialized Technological Innovation Award. SES received the award for its SunCatcher technology advancements that led to its commercialization in [...]
Energy Innovations, Inc., a producer of concentrated solar energy systems, today opened its new 60,000 square-foot headquarters in Poway, Calif. The new facility, which was relocated from Idealab in Pasadena, Calif., will house the company’s corporate offices, design center and global manufacturing operations. In recognition of the move, the company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today [...]
This country spends, in a typical year, $350 billion importing oil from Saudi Arabia and other foreign countries. While this is no doubt good news for the Saudi royal family, one of the richest in the world, it is bad news for the average American. The vast majority of the American people understand that now [...]
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 Turkish company, Solimpeks Corp., has launched its Volther hybrid photovoltaic-solar thermal collector, which produces electricity and hot water simultaneously. The hybrid system allows extra module heat to be absorbed to produce hot water while optimising efficiency, the company says. Historically, the main drawback of many conventional photovoltaic (PV) systems has been the high initial [...]
Solar Division Thermomax Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of high efficiency equipment for efficient and economical conversion of solar radiation into thermal energy. Based in two locations in the United Kingdom, and a unit in Italy, Thermomax occupies over 10,000m² of purpose built factories on 10 acres (40,400m²) of land. The operation is complete with [...]
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Apricus Solar Evacuated Tube Production & Packing Video providing overview of the evacuated tube production and packing.
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