United Solar, the global manufacturer of UNI-SOLAR(R) lightweight, flexible solar modules and a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. announced this week that Baker Renewable Energy has completed the installation of a 2.6 megawatt (MW) system containing its photovoltaic laminates on the roof of Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner jet assembly plant located in North [...]
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc,.this week announced a series of actions to be taken during the fourth quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 that will reduce the company’s global workforce, right size its production capacity and accelerate operating cost reductions in 2012 and beyond. The actions better align the business to current and [...]
Declaring “this is a great day for the Pittsburgh region’s economy and environment,” Heather Sage, vice president of Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture), announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded PennFuture a grant of $315,697 to advance the use of solar power in western Pennsylvania. The grant, which was applied for by [...]
59 Members Sign on to Letter to President Obama Washington, D.C.The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), seven U.S. manufacturers of crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today welcomed the support of 59 members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for CASM’s trade case against China’s unfair trading practices in the solar industry. [...]
Indices for Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia/Oceania, and then for sub-sectors such as solar and wind, will offer fresh insight for investors and ETF providers NYSE Euronext in partnership with research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance have announced that they will launch three regionally-focused clean energy stock indices, enabling the quoted companies most active in [...]
Washington, D.C. – As part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative, today Energy Secretary Steven Chu was joined by Lynn Jurich, the president and co-founder of the solar power company SunRun, and Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman to announce $12 million in funding for the awardees of the Rooftop Solar Challenge. The Challenge [...]
Durban – The South African government is using this year’s climate conference underway in Durban to demonstrate its green economy initiative that forms part of the country’s new growth strategy. Officials have launched what has been referred to as the Green Economy Accord, with Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel telling reporters on Tuesday that the [...]
Additions signify growing attention on sustainability services for firm and industry Ernst & Young LLP announced today the appointment of Brendan LeBlanc as an Executive Director in Americas Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) and Chris Walker as an Associate Director. Based in the firm’s Boston and New York offices, LeBlanc and Walker bring valuable [...]
FREEHOLD, N.J.–On November 14, 2011, NJBIZ named Trinity Solar as New Jersey’s 4th fastest growing company. Every year, NJBIZ holds an awards dinner and ceremony honoring New Jersey’s fifty fastest growing companies that contribute to the state’s economic growth and stability. To qualify for this nomination, companies must have achieved revenues of at least $500,000 [...]
About 150 U.S. solar-industry employers of more than 11,000 American workers have joined the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) to support the U.S. government’s investigation of China’s solar trade practices and the restoration of fair, sustainable, international solar-industry competition. The numbers include seven U.S. solar manufacturers that have joined to stop what CASM calls [...]
Panasonic Corporation PC today announced its plan to establish a company in Malaysia that will serve as Panasonic’s new solar manufacturing base. Panasonic Energy Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., to be set up in December 2011, will operate a vertically-integrated solar manufacturing facility producing from wafers to cells and modules. Panasonic will invest 45 billion yen in [...]
The Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE), initially representing 25 organizations and more than 9,200 jobs in the U.S. solar industry, announced its founding today to defend solar industry competition and growth in the U.S. and globally. CASE was formed in response to an anti-trade action filed by Germany-based SolarWorld with the U.S. government that [...]
Estimated 11,000 solar jobs face axe – social housing projects slashed An REA/STA industry survey answered by 139 solar companies details the likely impact of the proposed cuts to solar FITs on the UK industry. Key findings are; Initial impact may result in employment levels falling by 42% 95% of social housing tenants may not [...]
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