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SSE Announces Renewable Plans (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 08:00:59
| Having completed its acquisition of Airtricity Holdings Limited, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has completed a review of its renewables plans and investments. When it entered into the agreement to acquire Airtricity, SSE said it expected to have over 3500 megawatts (MW) of operating renewable capacity in the UK and Ireland in 2013. However, following review SSE now expects this to be around 4000 MW, doubling its current capacity. |
U.S. Geothermal to Acquire Plant (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 08:00:59
| U.S. Geothermal Inc. announced that it entered into an agreement with Michael B. Stewart and Empire Geothermal Power LLC to acquire a 3.6-megawatt (MW) operating geothermal power plant, approximately 28,358 acres (44.3 square miles) of geothermal energy leases and certain ground water rights all located north of Reno, Nevada. The power plant includes four binary cycle units, a wet cooling tower and nine geothermal wells developed in a proven geothermal reservoir. |
Spire Gets Order for Module and Cell Line in China (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 08:00:59
| Spire Corporation announced that it has won a contract in China for a combined solar module and solar cell facility. This order from Jiangxi Gemei Sci-Tech LTD includes a 25-megawatt (MW) module factory and an adjacent 25-MW solar cell factory designed to produce high efficiency multi-crystalline cells. |
Horizon Exercises 200-MW Option with Suzlon (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 08:00:59
| Horizon Wind Energy announced the signing of a repeat order with Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation for 200 megawatts (MW) of wind turbine capacity. The original contract called for delivery of 400 MW of turbine capacity from 2008 - 2009 and now has been expanded to include an additional 200 MW in 2009. |
1366 Technologies Raises US $12 Million (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 08:00:59
| 1366 Technologies, a start-up aiming to make silicon solar cells competitive with coal, announced that it has secured US $12.4 million in a first round of financing. Founder and CTO, Ely Sachs, said that 1366 Technologies will be combining innovations in silicon cell architecture with manufacturing process improvements to bring multi-crystalline silicon solar cells to cost parity with coal-based electricity. |
Suntech to Supply 4 MW to Enerray (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 08:00:59
| Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. announced a 4-megawatt (MW) module supply agreement with Italian designer Enerray. |
Greenfield Studies Ethanol in Belarus (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 08:00:59
| Greenfield Project Management has begun a comprehensive energy system study for its proposed ethanol plants at Mozyr and Bobruisk, Belarus to be carried out by Swedish consulting firm SEP Scandinavian Energy Project AB. |
EnerNOC Signs Contract with Ontario Power Authority (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 08:00:59
| EnerNOC, Inc. announced a five-year contract with the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to provide demand response capacity in the Greater Toronto Area, the Waterloo Region and the City of Hamilton. The contract, which falls under OPA's Demand Response 3 (DR3) load reduction program, enables EnerNOC to deliver up to 25 megawatts of capacity. |
DOE Takes Different Approaches in Thin-Film Solar Cell Efficiency Research (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 08:00:59
| Recently, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced that they have moved closer to creating a thin-film solar cell that can compete with the efficiency of the more common silicon-based solar cell. The Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cell recently reached 19.9% efficiency in testing at the lab, setting a new world record, according to NREL. |
Spire to Showcase Solar Manufacturing Equipment at Photovoltaic Technology Show in Munich (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 10:01:00
| BEDFORD, Mass., March 27, 2008; Spire Corporation, (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced it will participate in the 2008 Photon Photovoltaic Technology Show in Munich, Germany from April 2 to April 4, 2008. Spire Corporation's Chairman and CEO, Roger Little, along with senior members of Spire's management team, will attend the conference. |
Distributed vs. Utility Scale Renewables: A Dead-End Battle (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 10:01:01
| On a rainy January day in Sacramento, I attended a plenary meeting of California's Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative. At one point, a smartly dressed man from one of the largest rooftop solar finance companies got up to tout the benefits of distributed energy, harping on the drawbacks of high-voltage transmission. Given the backlog of renewable energy projects in California requiring transmission, it was kind of amazing that he had bothered to come to a remote corner of the city to speak against the cause of his renewable energy brethren, an initiative that has zero impact on his firm. Needless to say, next time any of the assembled had a customer referral they would not be turning to this company. |
enXco Completes Development and Construction of the Black River Farm Solar Project (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 02:00:59
| enXco, an EDF EN Company, announces the completion of development and construction of the 143 kW solar project located on the grounds of the Black River Farm equestrian training facility in Ringoes, New Jersey in Hunterdon County. The project consists of a combination of 63 kW roof mounted and 80 kW ground mounted Evergreen Solar PV panels. Additionally, it features Sunflow Monitor, a web-based monitoring system provided by Noveda Technologies. The solar project will generate electricity for the farm on a net metering basis. enXco serves as the owner, financier, and co-developer. Atlantic Solar Assets, a subsidiary of Clean Energy Holdings co-developed the project with Vanguard Energy Partners, LLC / New Jersey Solar Solutions as installer. |
SolarCraft Completes Solar Electric System at Jacuzzi Family Vineyards (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 02:00:59
| Novato-based SolarCraft announced today the completion of design & installation of a 124 kW solar electric system for Jacuzzi Family Vineyards in Sonoma, CA. |
SunEdison Opens Services Office in San Francisco (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 04:01:07
| SunEdison, North America's largest solar energy services provider, today announced the opening of a key office in San Francisco. The SunEdison Northern California base will lead the company's integrated services development efforts, focusing on integrated solar monitoring and control systems with load management services. The San Francisco office is the fourth office in California for solar energy services provider. SunEdison has more than 210 employees across California and 380 employees in total. |
SunWind Ltd. – The Windmobile - The Path to Magnetic Power Inc. (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 04:01:07
| SunWind developed the freeway capable Windmobile, a wind-electric hybrid vehicle. It was the cover story for Popular Science in November, 1976.
Invented by the late James Amick, a Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Michigan, the prototype proved capable of cruising on the highway at speeds up to 65 mph, using wind energy alone. |
Senate Democrats Introduce Renewable Energy Tax Credit Legislation (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2008 at 06:01:08
| United States Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and John Ensign (D-NV) have introduced the Clean Energy Stimulus Act of 2008. The bill extends the commercial Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for eight years and removes the utility exemption. |
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