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Two Plants Almost Double Current US Grid-Connected PV Capacity Washington DC (SPX) Aug 18, 2008 
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) applauds Pacific Gas and Electric (PG and E), a California investor-owned utility, for the groundbreaking 800 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic announcement. With 473MW of grid-connected photovoltaics installed throughout the entirety of the U.S. as of the end of 2007, this announcement by a single electric utility to develop almost double that amount ... read more
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Beardy's And Okemasis Partners With Skypower In Wind Energy Project
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Aug 18, 2008Beardy's and Okemasis, a First Nation community, and SkyPower, a Lehman Brothers Company, have entered into an agreement to develop the Willow Cree Wind Project. The partners' proposed plan includes developing a 100 MW wind park in Big Quill, a rural municipality near Wynyard, Saskatchewan. The project currently encompasses approximately 12,000 acres of land and when built, will generate ... more Carbon-Neutral Home Heating Solution 
Tipperary, Ireland (SPX) Aug 18, 2008New York-based First Pellet Boilers (FPB) and Ireland-based Gerkros Boilers have joined forces to bring a competitive new choice to U.S. consumers for carbon-neutral, ultra-high-efficiency, low-cost home heating solutions. In a three-year licensing deal, worth up to $40 million, Gerkros selected Irish-owned FPB as its exclusive U.S. distributor to market the company's award-winning ... more Turning Waste Material Into Ethanol 
Ames IA (SPX) Aug 18, 2008Say the word "biofuels" and most people think of grain ethanol and biodiesel. But there's another, older technology called gasification that's getting a new look from researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University. By combining gasification with high-tech nanoscale porous catalysts, they hope to create ethanol from a wide range of biomass ... more Spire To Showcase Spi-Sun Simulator At PV Solar Energy Conference In Spain 
Bedford MA (SPX) Aug 18, 2008Spire has announced that key sales and executive staff will attend the 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) in Valencia, Spain, September 1-4, 2008. Spire will highlight the Spi-Sun Simulator 4600SLP. This system will be fully operational at the conference located in Hall One, Booth A29 and available for customers to bring their modules and cells for ... more SatCon To Develop Next Gen Of Distributed Renewable Energy Solutions 
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 18, 2008SatCon Technology is a key member of a team of best-in-class clean energy industry leaders recently awarded the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) contract by Sandia National Laboratories. The project, led by the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), is focused on developing the next generation of clean energy technologies required to increase the usage of photovoltaic (PV) system ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 17, 2008Airport officials in the northern Chinese port of Tianjin are building a second runway to test Airbus A320 planes built at a plant in the city, state media reported Sunday. The new runway would be ready for May 2009 and would also allow Tianjin, which is about 110 kilometres (70 miles) east of Beijing, to serve as a backup for the Capital International Airport, the Xinhua news agency reported ... more Livermore Residents Install 166 Kilowatts Of Solar Panels In Eight Weeks 
Livermore CA (SPX) Aug 18, 2008In the past eight weeks 29 homeowners in Livermore and Pleasanton have installed solar electric systems through industry leading solar solutions provider REC Solar. In June the company launched a special community program to encourage residents of the community to invest in renewable energy by offering deep discounts on solar electric systems. In fact, demand for the REC Solar program has ... more Raser Technologies Adds 20,000 Acres To Its Thermo Resource Portfolio 
Provo UT (SPX) Aug 18, 2008Raser Technologies has announced that it has signed three new lease agreements covering more than 20,000 acres of geothermal, surface and other rights near its existing Thermo resource in Beaver County, Utah. The signing of these three leases increases Raser's total holdings in the Thermo area to over 50,000 acres. Raser recently released the results of a report prepared by the prominent ... more Amiworld Plans To Increase Biofuel Production By 300 Percent 
New York NY (SPX) Aug 18, 2008Amiworld has announced a strategic plan to increase both diesel and biodiesel production by at least 300% at the Company's South American facility. The strategic plan further validates the Company's aggressive business strategy to capitalize on the growing energy needs of emerging economies in South America. The Company intends to see production more than triple to 100,000 Bpm (barrels ... more |
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Gilbert AZ (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Evolution Solar announces plans to implement a new "Green Technology Marketing Strategy," through its subsidiary, Synergy Design and Development, Evolution Solar Corporation's newly acquired Hong Kong-based R and D and Procurement Company. "Synergy has a seven-year history of professional services in research, development, and procurement in China," stated Robert Kaapke, CEO of Evolution S ... more Silicon Valley Based Law Firm Installs Large PV System 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Fast-growing solar solutions provider REC Solar has announced the completion of an 87 kilowatt solar electric system for leading law firm Cooley Godward Kronish's 130,000 square-foot office building on Hanover Avenue in Palo Alto. The system is the largest system for any Bay Area law firm and the third largest solar installation in Palo Alto. Cooley is among only a handful of law firms nat ... more Old Growth Giants Limited By Water-Pulling Ability 
Corvallis OR (SPX) Aug 14, 2008The Douglas-fir, state tree of Oregon, towering king of old-growth forests and one of the tallest tree species on Earth, finally stops growing taller because it just can't pull water any higher, a new study concludes. This limit on height is somewhere above 350 feet, or taller than a 35-story building, and is a physiological tradeoff between two factors in the tree's wood - a balance betwe ... more Purdue Researcher Identifies Climate Change Hotspots 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 14, 2008A study using one of the most complete climate modeling systems in the world points to southern California, northern Mexico and western Texas as climate change hotspots for the 21st century. The research team, led by Purdue University associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences Noah S. Diffenbaugh, developed a new technique to identify hotspots based on the magnitude of temperatu ... more
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